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Birthday Fancy Kit

Birthday Fancy is one of my favorite current kits. The images are lovely, as are the sentiments in the included stamp set. There are a total of 12 cardbases, 4 each of 3 designs. The cardbases are printed on both sides, so if you wanted to cut them in half and mount them onto your own cardbases, you could easily make plenty of extra cards because there are lots of diecuts of various cakes and sweets and other layering pieces. The kit provides step-by-step instructions in the

21 hours ago2 min read

Watercolor in Bloom: A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop

Hi! I’m Vy with Crafting Daily Dose. Welcome to this month’s A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop, featuring alternatives for the December 2025 Watercolor in Bloom kit. This kit included supplies for 9 cards, 3 each of 3 designs. Kits always come with an exclusive stamp set, a mini ink cube, embellishments, and adhesives. As of today, refills are still available for this kit. This is a very simple fun-fold alternative that takes advantage of the beautiful laser-cut panel. Reorient

2 days ago2 min read

Wrapped in Cheer: A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop

Hi! I’m Vy with Crafting Daily Dose. Welcome to this month’s A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop, featuring alternatives for the November 2025 Wrapped in Cheer kit. This kit included supplies for 8 gift boxes, 2 each of 4 designs. Kits always come with an exclusive stamp set, a mini ink cube, embellishments, and adhesives. As of today, refills are still available for this kit. I use a lot of small gift boxes this time of year to treat my child's teachers, the postal carrier and d

Dec 5, 20252 min read

Which White?

Did you know that Stampin' Up has 2 different white cardstocks? Basic White has been the standby since 2021, and White Willow was added in 2024 when they integrated products from the Close to My Heart company that closed (Stampin' Up colors all have names with alliteration, so White Daisy was renamed to White Willow). I've been working with these colors over the last year and I keep both! They're also both represented in my cardstock swatch deck . Here's a quick comparison:

Nov 13, 20252 min read

Handmade & Heartfelt Kit

Handmade & Heartfelt is the ultimate all-in-one kit because it even comes with a card holder for all your creations! First, here’s a closer look at the cards as originally designed, with few if any tweaks. When putting these together, you can use a shorter length of twine than what the directions say—12” is plenty. Of course I couldn’t resist playing with the beautiful pieces and creating some more ideas! This is the simplest alternative, just using one of the cardbases on it

Nov 9, 20252 min read

Cozy Christmas: A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop

Hi! I’m Vy with Crafting Daily Dose. Welcome to this month’s A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop, featuring alternatives for the October 2025 Cozy Christmas kit. This kit included supplies for 9 cards, 3 each of 3 designs. Kits always come with an exclusive stamp set, a mini ink cube, embellishments, and adhesives. As of today, refills are still available for this kit. I wanted to create a simple alternative from the supplies in the kit, and this one is very quick to do! It folds

Nov 7, 20252 min read