Tricia's Stamping Creations: New Catalog Blog Hop September-December 2023 Mini Catalog

Thursday, September 7, 2023

New Catalog Blog Hop September-December 2023 Mini Catalog

It's time to explore the new September-December 2023 Mini Catalog (often called the "Holiday Catalog"). This catalog is full of amazing new products and our Design Team can't wait to share their projects and ideas to help inspire you.

One of my favorite new bundles in the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog is the Beary Cute Bundle. I love that the Beary Cute Punch coordinates with two of the designer series paper packs in this catalog - Beary Christmas and A Walk In The Forest, and both packs have bear images that can be punched out with this cute punch. For my card design today, I decided to create a masculine birthday card with the A Walk In The Forest Designer Series Paper to show that the products in this catalog can be used for so much more than the holidays.

Products Used:

Beary Cute Bundle (item #162023)

Deckled Circles Dies (item #162286)

Tailor Made Tags Dies (item #155563)

A Walk In The Forest Designer Series Paper (item #162377)

Pretty Peacock Cardstock (item #150880)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)

Brushed Metallic Dots (item #156506)

Linen Thread (item #104199)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Mini Glue Dots (item #103683)

Measurements:

Pretty Peacock Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Large Circle die cut with the Deckled Circles Dies

Sentiment Tag die cut with the Tailor Made Tags Dies

A Walk In The Forest Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

Background Circle die cut with the Deckled Circles Dies

Bear punched out with the Beary Cute Punch

Tree fussy cut with Paper Snips

For this fun birthday card, I chose to punch out one of the brown bears from one of the sheets from the A Walk In The Forest Designer Series Paper and also fussy cut out one of the Pretty Peacock pine trees and a circle background using the Deckled Circles Dies. I layered the background circle onto a slightly larger Pretty Peacock circle also die cut with the Deckled Circles Dies. To create the scene, I attached the pine tree to the background circle with Stampin' Dimensionals and then added the brown bear so that it overlapped the pine tree. For the card front, I chose a coordinating design from one of the other sheets in the paper pack and adhered it to the Pretty Peacock card base. I attached the Pretty Peacock circle to the card front, centering it slightly towards the top. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image from the Beary Cute stamp set with White embossing powder onto a Pretty Peacock cardstock tag die cut using the Tailor Made Tags Dies. I attached it to the card front below the focal circle with Stampin' Dimensionals. To complete the card design, I added a double bow tied with Linen Thread and several Brushed Metallic Dots to the pine tree.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will inspire you to get creative with the wonderful new products in the September-December 2023 Mini Catalog. As part of Stampin' Up!'s Making A Difference, for every pack of A Walk In the Forest Designer Series Paper (item #162377) sold, Stampin' Up! will donate $3 to a variety of charities throughout their global community, including the Marine Toys For Tots in the United States. Please help us support this wonderful charity and make a difference in so many children's lives.

Please take the time to visit the Design Team's blogs by using the Roll Call List below. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us what you liked about our projects.

If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you.