Creativity Abounds Blog Hop - October 2025 - Holidays / Stamping With Melva

Creativity Abounds Blog Hop - October 2025 - Holidays

Wednesday, 15 October 2025

Time for another Creativity Abounds Blog Hop! We are a group of very keen Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from all around the world who are coming together to share our creative ideas with you. We are happy that you can join us and hope that we can inspire you to make creations of your own. You may be starting here or you may have come from someone else's blog - either way there is a list at the end of this post to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas. We all have our country listed - so if you are looking for a demonstrator in your country, these demonstrators would love to look after you with your Stampin' Up!® shopping or if you would like to join our Stampin' Up!® teams.

Here's our amazing Creativity Abounds Design Team!

Our theme this month is holidays. I made this beautiful card in traditional Christmas colours using the beautiful Christmas Tags Mix & Match Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Sign Design Bundle. I love how it turned out!

Instructions

Cut Real Red cardstock 4 1/4" x 11" and score at 5 1/2". Fold and burnish on scoreline using Bone Folder to form card base.
Cut Basic White cardstock 4" x 5 1/4"
Cut Designer Series Paper 3 3/4" x 5" - then cut in half at 2 1/2"
Adhere one piece of the Designer Series to the top of the Basic White cardstock and the other piece (opposite side) to the bottom of the Basic White cardstock
Wrap ribbon around Basic White cardstock and adhere at the back.
Adhere to the Real Red card base.
Stamp sentiment on Basic White cardstock using Real Red ink.
To get the sentiment glossy, you can stamp over the sentiment with Versamark and sprinkle with Clear Embossing Powder. Heat to melt. Watch my video to see how I did this.
Punch out
Trim off the white border using Paper Snips.
Punch out sign from Garden Green cardstock using Sign Design Punch
Adhere sentiment to sign using Dimensionals
Adhere to the right side of the card base over ribbon using Dimensionals
Tie a bow using ribbon and adhere to the left side of the sentiment using a Glue Dot.
Adhere embellishments
Cut Basic White cardstock 4" x 5 1/4"
Cut Designer Series Paper 3/4" x 4"
Adhere to the bottom of the Basic White cardstock
Adhere to the inside of the card.

You can find all of the supplies for this card in my Online Store.

Check out my Youtube Video for tips and tricks to make this card. Don't forget to subscribe to my Stamping with Melva YouTube Channel!

Now it's time to be inspired by all of the Projects in our Blog Hop!

I hope you have been inspired!

Shopping with Me!!!

Use the following link for the Stampin' Up!® catalogue, you can download a PDF version from this link:

Stampin' Up! 2025-2026 Annual Catalogue

If you would like to receive a catalogue, please click below and fill out the form.

Click here to request a catalogue.

Stampin' Rewards Program

With the Stampin'® Up! Rewards program you earn rewards on every $25 you spend and use them on future orders! You must have an Online Account and opt in to earn rewards! You can create an account here and you will be able to opt in on your first order after April 15th!

For all orders over $50 I will send the Holiday Themed Tutorial created by the Creativity Abounds Design Team! I know you're going to love the projects.

You can also purchase this tutorial in my Tutorial Store.

Here's my project that is in the tutorial - a quad Z fold card featuring the North Pole Delivery Suite.

Monthly Card Club

I'm excited to be offering a Monthly Card Club by mail. Each month I will select a stamp set or bundle to feature.

This month the club features the Patterned Tags Dies and Christmas Words Dies.

You will make 3 cards with envelopes and receive:

1/2 package Designer Series Paper
1 package embellishments
Roll of Ribbon

Cost is $57 In Person (or local pick up) and $63 mailed or you can get for free without the product above with a minimum $50 order!

Your Creativity Awaits

The November Kit features the adorable Darling Dinos Bundle!

Do you love to craft and are you looking for a kit that ships directly to you each month with special perks each month? Then you will LOVE “YOUR CREATIVITY AWAITS”!

With “Your Creativity Awaits”, each month you will receive an exclusive make and take kit (6 designs) plus a PDF Tutorial. All for only $72 per month shipped directly to you or $65 local pick up.

After 6 consecutive months of membership, you will receive a thank you of $25 product credit (before shipping and taxes) to spend on whatever you choose!

Each month, the Design Team will choose one stamp set or bundle and design fun projects for you to create. The stamp set is included in your kit. If you don't already own the dies or punch, you may add it to your kit or use what you have.

Featured stamp set - Darling Dinos

6 Cards (all different designs) - designed by Your Creativity Awaits Team

Exclusive Project tutorials you can follow along with to create your cards

Extra product (value will depend on the price of the stamp set)

Cost

Shipped: $72 monthly

Porch Pick-up: $65 monthly

Add-ons for this month - Add the dies for $30 more!

Your Creativity Awaits Kit Timelines

The upcoming kit information including supplies needed will be announced by the 15th of the previous month

Kits will be shipped and tutorials emailed out by the 4th Tuesday of the month (subject to unforeseen delays in the shipment of product from Stampin’ Up!)