Category: Gifts
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DIY Calendar Blog Hop – November 2025

Happy November! This is upsetting, but this was by far the easiest calendar I’ve made and yet it’s also the most beautiful?? This paper is absolutely gorgeous and I wanted as much of it as possible to be visible. The cardstock mat for this calendar is 3 3/4″ x 3 3/4″ and the calendar itself…
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DIY Calendar Blog Hop – October 2025

Happy October! I really love this patterned paper. It makes me miss living in the northeast and going to orchards in the fall! The cardstock mat for this calendar is 3 3/4″ x 3 3/4″ and the calendar itself is 3 1/8″ x 1 3/4″. A bit taller this month because of the five weeks.…
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DIY Calendar Blog Hop – September 2025

Happy September! You know what I love? Punches. Gimme a new punch and coordinating stamp set and I am one happy woman. I was pleased to see that a new one was just released and I wanted to use it right away. Most of the sentiments weren’t very “September” but this one let me use…
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DIY Calendar Blog Hop – August 2025

Happy August! I really love Stampin’ Up!’s big, all over stamps, but I don’t always have good ideas for how to use them. I realize they’re a great way to make patterned paper! I plan on experimenting with them more. The cardstock mat for this calendar is 3 3/4″ x 3 3/4″ and the calendar…
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DIY Calendar Blog Hop – July 2025

Happy July! This month I really wanted to make something that felt like summer. We went on a lot of awesome vacations during summer, and the view of big, fluffy white clouds outside an airplane definitely reminds me of summer. I hope you have a lot of adventures this month! The cardstock mat for this…
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DIY Calendar Blog Hop – June 2025

Happy June! I’m a June Baby, so this is probably my favorite month of the year. It reminds me of the annual vacations our family would take when I was growing up and all of the great birthdays I’ve had. I’ve been meaning to play around with the white ink pad and I finally got…
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DIY Calendar Blog Hop – May 2025

Happy May! May is such a great time of the Stampin’ year because there are so many new products releasing. I wanted to use my new favorite stamp set as soon as I could because it’s too cute! And the color scheme reminds me of Cinco de Mayo–so it’s on theme. The bird stamp is…
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DIY Calendar Blog Hop – April 2025

Happy April! Can you believe we’re already 1/4 of the way into 2025? Time is really flying by. April is a weird month in the Stampin’ Up! universe. On the one hand, I’m super excited for the new catalogue, and on the other I’m sad to see some of my favorite products go. In that…
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ISS Blog Hop – Celebrating Birthdays

Are birthdays underrated? Last week I was searching through my stash of cards for a birthday card and I had a hard time finding one. It was for a coworker, someone I liked but didn’t know particularly well, so all of my “you’re such a great friend” cards didn’t feel appropriate. I finally found one…
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DIY Calendar Blog Hop – March 2025

Happy March! I’m having a lot of fun picking out patterned paper to use as backgrounds for this calendar. There’s so much to pick from! I’m also having fun coming up with something to place over the calendar. It’s been a challenge but it always seems to come together. This month I used dies from…
