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Poppin’ Up! 2025 Calendars - 3 calendars with toadstools on them — Poppin’ Up! 2025 Calendars

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Poppin’ Up! 2025 Calendars using the Terrific Toadstools Bundle and three Sale-a-Bration items including the Toadstool Gardens 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper, the Purple Adhesive-Backed Sequins and, the Starstruck Embossing Folder by Stampin’ Up! Canada Post went on strike right before Christmas and no Christmas cards were mailed. So, instead, I decided to send calendars again this year. I made 20 calendars for my customers.

20 Calendars with toadstools on them — 20 Calendars!

The Details of My Poppin’ Up! 2025 Calendars

For my calendars, I decided to create one design with different colours of DSP. I matched the card stock colours to the DSP colours trying different colours together. I ended up using Melon Mambo and Granny Apple Green. I’m not a Melon Mambo person…so, these colours were out of my comfort zone. Lol!

Calendar with White Background DSP — Calendar #1 with White Background DSP

Once I decided on the colours, I stamped the mushrooms in Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo and punched them out with the matching punch. I decided to keep the stems simple with just punched out Crumb Cake card stock.

Next, I stamped the sentiment in black and die cut it out with the large flag from the Stylish Shaped Dies.

To add interest to the Melon Mambo banner, I embossed it with the free Sale-a-Bration Starstruck Embossing Folder.

Time to assemble all the layers of the banner. I added a stitched circle behind my mushrooms and tucked in my sentiment. Then, I layered the embossed banner piece behind everything.

Next, I added a Melon Mambo mat to the calendar and adhered it to the base.

Finally, I added some of the free Sale-a-Bration Purple Adhesive-Backed Sequins around my focal point.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Terrific Toadstools Bundle (164790), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183)

Inks: Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Pad (147051), Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad (147086), Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708)

Paper: Granny Apple Green (146990), Melon Mambo (115320), Crumb Cake (120953), Basic White (159276), Toadstool Gardens 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (164942)

Accessories: Purple Adhesive-Backed Sequins (164970), Starstruck Embossing Folder (164972), Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Taylored Expression Calendars

Measurements:

Granny Apple Green (4 pieces):
- 11” x 4 ¼” scored at 5 ½”
- 4” x 4 ¼” scored at ¾”, 2” and 3 ¼” along 4” side
- 2 ¼” x 2 ¼”
Melon Mambo:
- 4-1/8” x 5-3/8”
- 4” x 1 ½”
- 3-1/8” x 2-7/8” (for behind calendar)
Basic White:
- 3 ½” x 1 ¼” (Sentiment)
- Scraps for mushroom caps
Crumb Cake:
- Scrap
Toadstool Gardens Designer Series Paper:
- 4” x 5 ¼”

More Information on My Poppin’ Up! 2025 Calendars

Downloadable Calendar Template

To download a PDF of the Calendar Template, please click here or on the picture.

For more of my Stampin’ Up! cards, please click here.

You will find the items listed above in my online store.

Happy 2024 Calendars - two handmade calendars. One with a bee on it and one with a bird. — My Happy 2024 Calendars

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Happy 2024 Calendars using the Bee My Valentine Bundle and the Flight & Airy Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! I didn’t get done my Christmas cards this year due to catching Covid. So instead, I decided to send out calendars to some of my customers in the new year.

The Details of My Happy 2024 Calendars

For my calendars, I decided to create two different calendars with the same design but using different products. I couldn’t resist using the beautiful Flight & Airy Designer Series Paper which is a Sale-a-bration freebie if you spend $60.00 CDN on qualifying orders. And don’t you just love those cute bees from the Bee My Valentine Bundle!

Since I planned to mail these out, the Sending Dies was perfect way to send “smiles across the miles”! To add some interest to the Pool Party and Soft Sea Foam card stocks behind my focal point, I did some tone-on-tone stamping. For the Pool Party one, I stamped a couple of times the bee trail in Pool Party. For the Soft Sea Foam, I stamped the leaves from the Softly Sophisticated Bundle twice in Soft Sea Foam. This bundle is also free with a $120 CDN on qualifying orders during Sale-a-bration.

The bee was stamped and punched out with the matching builder punch. The birds were fussy cut from the Flight & Airy DSP. I used different birds for each calendar since there was such a selection from which to choose.

Next, I used the Adhesive-Backed Hearts & Flowers and Adhesive-Backed Dragonflies & Birds for embellishments. I also used a pearl for the “i” in “Sending”.

The final thing was to use the technique where you press the ink pad lid when closed to get some ink. I did this with the Pool Party ink pad and picked it up with my Wink of Stella. This gave the bee wings a nice sparkle!

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Bee My Valentine Bundle (162554), Sending Smiles Stamp Set (158701), Sending Dies (159271), Softly Sophisticated Bundle (162947)

Inks: Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad (147107), Sea Foam Classic Stampin’ Pad (147102), Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad (147094),

Paper: Real Red (102482), Balmy Blue (146982), Soft Sea Foam (146988), Pool Party (122924), Fresh Freesia (155613), Daffodil Delight (119683), Basic White (159276), Bee Mine Designer Series Paper (162546), Flight & Airy Designer Series Paper (162977)

Accessories: Adhesive-Backed Hearts & Flowers (162557), Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels (158987), Adhesive-Backed Dragonflies & Birds (162743), Wink of Stella (141897), Paper Trimmer (152392), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Taylored Expression Calendars

Measurements:

Real Red/Balmy Blue (3 pieces):
- 11” x 4 ¼” scored at 5 ½”
- 4” x 4 ¼” scored at ¾”, 2” and 3 ¼” along 4” side
- 3-7/8” x 3-7/8” (for behind calendar)
- 1 ½” x 3 ½” (Sending die)
Daffodil Delight/Fresh Freesia:
- 4-1/8” x 5-3/8”
- 4” x 2-5/8”
- 1 ½” x 3 ½” (Sending die)
Pool Party/Soft Sea Foam: 4” x 2 ½”
Basic White:
- 1 ½” x 3-3/8” (Sending die)
- 3/8” x 3-3/8” (Sentiment)
- 1 ¾” x 1-3/16” (Bee body)
- Scraps for wings and antenna
Bee Mine Designer Series Paper:
- 4” x 5 ¼”
Flight & Airy Designer Series Paper:
- 4” x 5 ¼”

More Information on My Happy 2024 Calendars

To download a PDF of the Calendar Template, please click here or on the picture.

For more of my Stampin’ Up! cards, please click here.

You will find the items listed above in my online store.