Impressions Abloom is one of the new bundles in the Stampin’ Up! 2025-2026 Annual Catalog – and it’s wonderful. This card was one inspired by the After Hours program at the Stampin’ Up! Convention recently. I confess it’s a direct CASE of one in the After Hours booklet :O)

This card begins with a Crumb Cake card base, standard A2 size. Several pieces of Crumb Cake were trimmed down for layering with Perennial Lavender DSP. This DSP is a carry over 12×12 paper and is gorgeous. What you are seeing here is a checkered pattern. Notice how the edges of both the Crumb Cake pieces and the DSP pieces have frayed edges. That was done by holding the scissors at an angle on each piece and ‘scratching’ down the side. It sometimes even tears a bit, which is ok. It gives it a country look. Each of the flower heads is stamped in Darling Duckling ink then die cut with the appropriate die with two layers per flower head. The centers are stamped with Pecan Pie ink then Wink of Stella for a bit of sparkle in the centers. The stems & leaves are die cut using this same Impressions Abloom bundle – using Granny Apple Green card stock. These were attached to the card front, then the flowers heads added with dimensionals. The tiny flowers were die cut from Basic White then a Stampin’ Blends in Daffodil Delight colored the center. These were added with dots of liquid glue. A double bow was created using the Gold thread and attached with a glue dot. The sentiment was stamped in Pecan Pie ink, an edge torn and added with dimensionals.

Here’s a photo of all the daisy die cuts:

For the inside…

I stamped the daisy image in Darling Duckling ink and the centers in Pecan Pie – same as the card front. I stamped the sentiment, also from Impressions Abloom stamp set, in Pecan Pie ink. The panel was added to the inside of the card.

The envelope …

More of the Perennial Lavender 12×12 DSP was added to the flap & trimmed to fit. The very same flower from Impressions Abloom stamp set was stamped on the envelope front: Darling Duckling for the flower and Pecan Pie for the center. And of course, Wink of Stella was added to the center :O) This would be a great birthday or hello card – just change the sentiment. It’s cheerful – a real lift me up kind of card.

This bundle and DSP will be available May 6, both in the ONLINE Exclusives AND in the 2025-2026 Annual Catalog. Remember too, the Stampin’ rewards are changing as well. – no more HOST CODES, but customers will begin receiving rewards with a $20 purchase – and that reward can be used toward their NEXT purchase. It’s quite a nice deal.

Feel free to look through my store by clicking the link here. This link will allow you to view any specials going on, ONLINE EXCLUSIVES, Paper Pumpkin, the Kits Collection – like that. And if you have any questions, reach out to me. I’m here to help… to inspire, to create, to answer questions.

card cuts:

• card base: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored @ 4 1/4
• layer: 1 1/8 x 4; 2 x 2; 1 3/4 x 2
• DSP layer: 1 x 4; 1 3/4 x 2; 1 3/4 x 1 5/8
• Basic White: 4 x 5 1/4, inside; 4 x 5 1/4 die cutting flowers
• Granny Apple Green: 1 3/4 x 5 3/4, leaves/ stems
• DSP: 2 14 x 6, envelope flap