New at SU!- Memories Meant to Bee

April 16, 2025April 16, 20254 Comments

Have you ever made a scrapbook page and thought, “I should frame this!”?

You’ve visited during our New at SU! April Blog hop, where we are encouraging you to MAKE MEMORIES LAST with Stampin’ Up! products. You’ll want to visit all the other posts, too!

Scrapbooking was the reason I started my own SU! career, so I’m ecstatic that it is coming back into vogue! Our current January-April 2025 Scrapbooking brochure has so many beautiful kits, stickers, stamps and dies that I didn’t want you to miss my favorite: The “Cute as Can Bee” Designer Series Paper & Sticker Sheet:

This 12″ x 12″ page came together in minutes, using only a few pieces of card stock and the pack of patterned paper and stickers. While I don’t love my handwriting, I know how much I cherish keepsakes with my grandmother’s penmanship (it’s a piece of her that remains), so I took time to pen a few things I love about my granddaughter.

This was my favorite selfie we took when she spent a few days here last summer, so I put it into a 12×12 frame to hang up and enjoy a while longer, before it ends up in an album.

There are enough supplies leftover from the Paper & Sticker Sheet pack to create at least another 3-4 pages, or you could use them for other projects, PLUS Stampin’ Up! has a coordinating bundle of stamps and dies that you’ll enjoy incorporating into all your BEE-utiful projects: Meant to Bee bundle.

Don’t want to design a page yourself? You’ll appreciate the Meant to Bee Scrapbook Workshop Kit which creates three double-page layouts (shown above) with detailed instructions and plenty of product left over to make a few more!

Next, BUZZ on over to Heather’s contribution using a beautiful new online exclusive suite: Botanical Textures! She’s up next and you can collect every sweet memory-keeping idea like pollen on a bee 🐝

April 2025 New at SU! Blog Hop: Making Memories Last

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1.Did You Stamp Today? (USA) – Impressions Abloom Spring Scrapbook Page

2.Astrids Papiereuphorie (AT) – Erinnerungs-Minialbum

3.247 Inkspiration (US) – On The Go

4.Stamping Flair (AU) – Mixed Media Florals Suite

5.De Kijkkast (NL) – Scrapbook Lay Out – Delightful Wishes

6.Creative Juice by Loni (US) – Memories Meant to Bee

7.Playing with Papercrafting (CA) – Botanical Textures Suite of Memory

8.scraphexe (DE) – Erinnerungen festhalten

9.iHeartCards2 (US) – New At SU! Hop: Making Memories Last

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Cute As Can Bee 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper & Sticker Sheet (English)

Basic White 12 X12 (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock

Petunia Pop 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Two Tone Cardstock

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Cute as Can Bee Mirror

March 18, 2025Leave a comment

There is always creative treasure to discover at the dollar store, and when I saw this hexagon mirror, I knew just what to do with it!

Did you know StazOn ink will stamp on non-porous surfaces like plastic and GLASS? The flight trail of the bee traverses across the mirror, then I grouped a few of the hexagon Meant to Bee dies on the edge:

There are 5 sizes of hexagons in the die set, and each one cuts both a hexagon and a hexagon “frame”:

Remember that you SAVE 10% when you buy the dies and stamp set together in a bundle!

Such a cute (and quick) gift! I’m certain one of my granddaughters are going to love hanging it in their room. I may have to go back to look for more of the mirrors, so they each have one.

I did demonstrate this project, along with the Happy Bee-Day Loaded Envelope, in yesterday’s video – it starts at about 22:00

Tell me what you think of this project – my comment section is at the top by the posting date and I enjoy hearing from you!

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Loaded Envelope for a Happy Bee-Day

March 17, 20251 Comment

As we continue with the BIRTHDAY theme for March, today’s project is a Happy B-Day LOADED ENVELOPE! You saw the mini version a few weeks ago, and this time we started with a 12″ x 12″ piece of Designer Series Paper to make pockets that hold all the goodies a crafter could want.

On the side of the paper that you want for the outside of your envelope, score on each side at 3-1/4″, then turn 90 degrees and score 3-3/4″ from the bottom edge. You can watch the video below for exactly how to do this.

NOTE: This project works best if the pattern on the outside of your envelope is non-directional, like the flowers on this paper, which don’t have a right-side-up. I did make sure the bee paper was vertical on the back side, so the inside of my envelope shows them the correct direction.

Fold both sides toward the center and press open the “collar” and connect the sides in the front with Tear & Tape. Next, fold up along the 3-3/4″ score line to create the lower pocket(s). You may choose to cut about 1-1/2″ along the right side score line before folding up the pocket, so you can fold it down, as I did on the sample above, which allows you to fold the right edge down, revealing the back side of the paper, and forming a 3rd pocket (where the sticker is inserted).

Add finishing touches to decorate the front of the envelope, like the smallest hexagon focal point above, with a bee, flowers and sentiment. Follow along as I demonstrate:

Stuff your gift with a handmade card, paper snips, adhesives, embellishments (like the Tiny Bee Trinkets!) and other crafting essentials…like chocolate (dressed up in a sleeve of matching paper)!