CRAFTING DAILY DOSE

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:

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

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