Designs and inspiration from Michele Reynolds, Independent Stampin' Up!™ Demonstrator in central Maryland.
Please contact me at michelerey@aol.com for information about receiving your own personal copy of the May – August 2026 Catalog and about events I offer in my Stampin’ Studio in my home.
Celebrate World Card Making Day with other crafters during the Virtual Card Retreat! During this two-day virtual event, you’ll craft along with Stampin’ Up!™ staff as they go through the step-by-step process of creating 15 fabulous cards using the 2026 October Card Retreat Kit. Craft with others who love cardmaking, learn new techniques, and connect on a personal level with fellow crafters and Stampin’ Up!™ staff. Stampin’ Up!™ will also have some fun giveaways during the live event!
There is no registration for this event! By purchasing the 2026 October Card Retreat Kit, you’ll get access to the exclusive Facebook group where the live event will stream on October 1 – 2 starting at 2 pm (Mountain Time) each day. This event will be presented in English only. After the event, you can access the recorded event videos on the exclusive Facebook group. Videos with English, French, German, and Dutch captioning will be available through the Facebook group within two weeks after the live stream. You’ll receive a card in your kit box that has a link to the exclusive Facebook group where the live event will stream. Follow the instructions on the card to access the Facebook group so the Facebook group administrator can admit you. Please allow adequate time (at least 2 to 3 business days) for the group administrator to admit you, at least 48 hours. If you haven’t been admitted, you won’t be able to view the group.
To craft along with the presenters and make 15 cards, you’ll need to purchase the 2026 October Card Retreat Kit. Everyone who purchases a kit will receive a link to the exclusive Facebook group where the live event will stream. Stampin’ Up!™ only has a limited number of kits, so make sure to order yours ASAP! The kit includes 2 stamp sets, a die set, designer series paper, two-tone cardstock, white cardstock, gold foil, envelopes, printed precut images, and embellishments. The kit is available in English, French, and German. The kit is item 170632 and costs $165.00. You do earn Stampin’ Rewards with the purchase of this kit and you can use Stampin’ Rewards you’ve earned previously to purchase it!
Please note that the 2026 October Card Retreat Kit is NOT eligible for expedited shipping and if it is included with other Stampin’ Up!™ products, no part of the order is eligible for expedited shipping. So, if you want to participate during the event, please be sure to order your Kit as early as possible!
You can place an online order for the 2026 October Card Retreat Kit by simply clicking on the image below. This will take you directly to my online store!. Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.
For the best experience during the event, you’ll also want to have the following supplies on hand. If you need to order any of these supplies, you can do so by clicking on the image of them below. This will take you directly to my online store! Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.
You’ll also want to have clear blocks, an eraser, a pencil, a ruler, and stamp cleaning supplies handy.
For a sneak peek at the cards you’ll get to make, please click here. Or, check out this video from Stampin’ Up!™ to hear more about the event and get a closer look at some of the projects:
Two weeks before the event, Stampin’ Up!™ will post a Preparation Video on Facebook showing how to cut your paper so you can have everything ready to go before the event. This video will be in English with captions available in English, German, French, and Dutch. They will also post step-by-step directions for each card.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Happy Stamping!
Stampin’ Up!™ is now offering virtual classes that anyone can order and join! This class will be held live on September 17 at 2 pm (Mountain Time). After the Class, you can still watch the video on demand with captions in English, French, German, and Dutch. You’ll be decorating a 24-box advent calendar.
The cost of the class (access to the Facebook page) is $30.00. It is item 171481. You do earn Stampin’ Rewards on the purchase of a Craft Class By Stampin’ Up!™ and can use Stampin’ Rewards to purchase a Craft Class By Stampin’ Up!™ as well.
It is recommended that you purchase the Advent Treat Boxes from the September – December 2026 Catalog in advance so that you have all the products you’ll need to craft along during the class. The Advent Treat Boxes are item 168534 and cost $15.00.
After you purchase the Craft Class, you’ll receive an email with a link to an exclusive Facebook page. To view this page, you’ll need to enter the name and email address you used when you purchased the class. You’ll also need to enter your Craft Class order number. With this information, the page administrator can admit you to join the page. Please allow adequate time for the page administrator to admit you (at least 24 hours). If you aren’t admitted to the page, you won’t be able to view the class. Once you’re on the Facebook page, you can download the instructions for the projects you’ll make during the class. It is recommended that you review the instructions before you view the class so you can have everything prepped and ready to go.
You can place an online order for the Advent-ures In Christmas Craft Class by simply clicking on the image below. This will take you directly to my online store!. Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.
You can place an online order for the Advent Treat Boxes by simply clicking on the image below. This will take you directly to my online store!. Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.
For the best experience during the Craft Class, you’ll also want to have the following supplies on hand in addition to the Advent Treat Boxes. If you need to order any of these products, simply click on the image below. This will take you directly to my online store! Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.
Here are some new products in the Stampin’ Hot Foil Line. Read through the Radiance Awaits Stampin’ Hot Foil Brochure (download it here) for information on what is and isn’t included in the system and simple user instructions. Of course, no project would be complete without a stamped image or two and this brochure highlights coordinating hot foil dies and stamp set bundles designed specifically to enhance the foil artwork in this product line. We even have a bundle that includes a set of decorative masks so you can add color alongside your shimmering foil for even more dimension. Plus, there is a Reverse Hot Foil Die which lets you easily use negative images left on foil scraps so you don’t waste any and some new colors of foil!
Here’s a video from Stampin’ Up!™ on how to use the new Reverse Hot Foil Die.
And, here’s a video from Stampin’ Up!™ about the Smooth Foiling 5″ x 7″ Specialty Paper.
Items could sell out quickly, so be sure to order starting Tuesday, September 1 at midnight (Mountain Time)!
Be sure to check out the brochure to see all the products available and order yours starting September 1 at midnight (MT). If you have Stampin’ Rewards, redeem them with your purchase and save! Purchasing the system qualifies you to buy the Product of the Month. If you haven’t purchased the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine yet, buy the Stampin’ Hot Foil System and use Stampin’ Rewards toward the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. Remember, you’ll need a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine to complete the hot foiling process.
Of course, the stamp sets that coordinate with some of the Hot Foil Dies can always be purchased and used separately if you want!
You can place an online order for the Hot Foil System and new products by simply clicking on the image below. This will take you directly to my online store! Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.
Make this festive season magical with the 12 Days of Creativity Advent Calendar. Every day of this calendar contains items that you can craft with all year long, including never-before-seen dies, paper, embellishments, and more. These products are exclusive to the calendar and can’t be purchased separately. These calendars make great gifts too!
The 12 Days Of Creativity Advent Calendar is available starting September 1 while supplies last! It is item 168589 and costs $99. It includes exclusive dies, paper, coloring tools, cards and envelopes, embellishments, and more – plus, a bonus stamp set! It is only available while supplies last though, so don’t wait to order! Purchasing the advent calendar qualifies you to buy the Product of the Month.
You can place an online order for the 12 Days Of Creativity Advent Calendar by simply clicking on the image below. This will take you directly to my online store! Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.
Stampin’ Up!™ is now offering virtual classes that anyone can order and join! This class was held live on Thursday, February 19 at 2 pm (Mountain Time) on the Facebook page. You can still purchase this class and watch the videos online in the Facebook group.
The cost of the class (access to the Facebook page) is $25.00. It is item 170929.
It is recommended that you purchase the Lovely Blossoms Suite Collection from the January Online Exclusives in advance so that you have all the products you’ll need to craft along during the class. The Lovely Blossoms Suite Collection is item 167193, $89.50.
After you purchase the Craft Class, you’ll receive an email with a link to an exclusive Facebook page. To view this page, you’ll need to enter the name and email address you used when you purchased the class. You’ll also need to enter your Craft Class order number. With this information, the page administrator can admit you to join the page. Please allow adequate time for the page administrator to admit you (at least 24 hours). If you aren’t admitted to the page, you won’t be able to view the class. Once you’re on the Facebook page, you can download the instructions for the projects you’ll make during the class. It is recommended that you review the instructions before you view the class so you can have everything prepped and ready to go.
You can place an online order for the Lovely Blossoms Suite Collection by simply clicking on the image below. This will take you directly to my online store!. Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.
For the best experience during the Craft Class, you’ll also want to have the following supplies on hand in addition to the Lovely Blossoms Suite Collection products. If you need to order any of these products, simply click on the image below. This will take you directly to my online store! Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.
We made this fun fold Valentine’s card using the Reason To Celebrate Set from the Mini Catalog during my Love Is In The Air Stamp Camp. I’m sending it to my son and grandson because they’ll enjoy the fun fold!
Uses Reason To Celebrate Photopolymer Stamp Set plus Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick, Paper Trimmer, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, Clear Block B, Clear Block H, Stampin’ Seal, Mini Glue Dots, Tear & Tape Adhesive, Adhesive Sheets, Basic White Cardstock, Flirty Flamingo Cardstock, Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad, Real Red Cardstock, Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad, Made With Love 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper, Endless Love Dies, Spotlight On Nature Dies, Real Red 1/2″ Shiny Ribbon, and scissors.
The Real Red 1/2″ Shiny Ribbon is on the Last Chance list and is only available while supplies last and is on sale for $9.00.
You can place an online order for the products used on this card by simply clicking on the image of them below. This will take you directly to my online store! Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.
This is one of the cards we made in my Love Is In The Air Stamp Camp on Saturday afternoon before the snowstorm hit! I’m also sending it out to my mother-in-law for Valentine’s Day. It uses the Endless Love Bundle from the new Mini Catalog.
Uses Endless Love Photopolymer Stamp Set plus Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick, Paper Trimmer, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, Clear Block B, Clear Block C, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Seal, Mini Glue Dots, Adhesive Sheets, Iridescent Foil Gems, Basic White Cardstock, Strawberry Slush Cardstock, Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin’ Pad, Bubble Bath Cardstock, Flirty Flamingo Cardstock, Bubble Bath 1/8″ Faux Linen Ribbon, Made With Love 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper, Endless Love Dies, and scissors.
You can place an online order for the products used on this card by simply clicking on the image of them below. This will take you directly to my online store! Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.
My grandson likes for me to make his class Valentines for him whenever I can. We’ll be out of town around Valentine’s Day, so I got him to help me make his Valentines for this year a bit early while he was visiting us recently. He chose the stamp sets and colors to use. Of course, he chose a bird set, Feathered Fun, because he LOVES birds and paired it with a sentiment from the Bee My Valentine Set. He did all the stamping himself! I just cut out the tags for him and then tied the stamped and addressed tags to the lollipops for him. We did use a retired tag die just to make it easier and I did use retired ribbon to tie the tags on.
Uses Feathered Fun Photopolymer Stamp Set and Bee My Valentine Photopolymer Stamp Set plus Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine or Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Grid Paper, Paper Trimmer, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, Clear Block B, Clear Block C, Stampin’ Mist Stamp Cleaner and/or Simply Shammy, Very Vanilla Cardstock, Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ Pad, Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad, Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad, Stampin’ Scrub, Tailor Made Tags Dies (retired), retired ribbons, scissors, pencil, and lollipops.
You can place an online order for most of the products used on these tags by simply clicking on the image of them below. This will take you directly to my online store! Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.
I used the January Product of the Month, the Fabulous Sayings Set, to make this thank you card which I’m sending to a friend of ours to say thanks for the Christmas present he sent.
Uses Fabulous Sayings Photopolymer Stamp Set plus Beautiful Motifs Dies, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick, Paper Trimmer, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, Clear Block C, Stampin’ Seal, Mini Glue Dots, Adhesive Sheets, Very Vanilla Cardstock, Darling Duckling Cardstock, Mossy Meadow Cardstock, Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad, Painterly Pears 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper, Low Profile Sparkle Dots, Mossy Meadow & Gold 1/4″ Trim, Silicone Craft Sheet, and scissors.
The Fabulous Sayings Set is the January Product of the Month and is available for just $5 with a qualifying purchase.
You can place an online order for the products used on this card by simply clicking on the image of them below. This will take you directly to my online store! Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.
I made this fun fold card to send to a customer for her birthday. It uses the Terrific Toadstools Bundle from the big catalog and the Reason To Celebrate Set from the new Mini Catalog. It’s hard to tell in the picture, but I did do a little tone-on-tone stamping of the ladybug image from the Terrific Toadstools Set on the inside back of the card in the lower right corner and just above the main panel.
Uses Terrific Toadstools Photopolymer Stamp Set and Reason To Celebrate Photopolymer Stamp Set plus Terrific Toadstools Builder Punch, Take Your Pick, Grid Paper, Paper Trimmer, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, Clear Block B, Clear Block C, Clear Block D, Stampin’ Seal, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Glue Dots, Tear & Tape Adhesive, Basic White Cardstock, Poppy Parade Cardstock, Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ Pad, Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack, Old Olive Cardstock, Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad, Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad, Ladybug Garden Epoxy Shapes, Old Olive 3/8″ Specialty Rickrack, True Blue Florals 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper, and scissors.
The True Blue Florals 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper is the December Product Of The Month and it is still available for purchase while supplies last for just $5 when you make a qualifying purchase.
You can place an online order for the products used on this card by simply clicking on the image of them below. This will take you directly to my online store! Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.
My husband and I are celebrating our 36th anniversary today. I was inspired by the January Creative Challenge from Stampin’ Up!™ to use a fun layout they designed. I used the Endless Love Set from the new Mini Catalog for the sentiment.
Uses Endless Love Photopolymer Stamp Set plus Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine or Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick, Paper Trimmer, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, Perennial Postage Dies, Clear Block H, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Seal, Mini Glue Dots, Basic White Cardstock, Cloud Cover Cardstock, Secret Sea Classic Stampin’ Pad, Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin’ Pad, Secret Sea 3/8″ Bordered Open Weave Ribbon, Hues Of Blue Flowers, Peaceful Garden 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper, and scissors.
Here is the layout for the January Creative Challenge from Stampin’ Up!™.
You can place an online order for the products used on this card by simply clicking on the image of them below. This will take you directly to my online store! Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.
You can place an online order for the products used on this card by simply clicking on the image of them below. This will take you directly to my online store! Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.
Sadly, we learned over the holidays that one of our friends from our days as Boy Scout leaders had passed away. I made this sympathy card using the Friendly Foliage Bundle to send to her widower.
Uses Friendly Foliage Photopolymer Stamp Set and The Right Words Cling Stamp Set plus Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick, Paper Trimmer, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, Perennial Postage Dies, Clear Block C, Clear Block E, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Seal, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Glue Dots, Very Vanilla Cardstock, Old Olive Cardstock, Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad, Friendly Foliage Dies, Painterly Pears 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper, Low Profile Sparkle Dots, Mossy Meadow & Gold 1/4″ Trim, and scissors.
You can place an online order for the products used on this card by simply clicking on the image of them below. This will take you directly to my online store! Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.
I made this fun card using the Woolly Friends Bundle from the new Mini Catalog to send to some customers as a thank you for recent orders. It also uses some of the December Product of the Month, the True Blue Florals Designer Series Paper, which is still available for purchase for just $5 with a qualifying purchase.
Uses Woolly Friends Photopolymer Stamp Set plus Take Your Pick, Grid Paper, Paper Trimmer, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, Happy Labels Pick A Punch, Clear Block B, Clear Block C, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Seal, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Tear & Tape Adhesive, Basic White Cardstock, Balmy Blue Cardstock, Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack, Night Of Navy Cardstock, Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad, Balmy Blue 1/4″ Gingham Ribbon, Woolly Friends Builder Punch, True Blue Florals 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper, Pearls Of Beauty, and scissors.
You can place an online order for the products used on this card by simply clicking on the image of them below. This will take you directly to my online store! Or, contact me at michelerey@aol.com to place an order through me.