I recently held a launch party event for the new 2024-2025 Annual Catalogue, where we created fun projects, drooled over the fabulous new products, shared inspirational ideas, and played games for prizes!

Everyone received a gift box when they arrived, which were repurposed kit boxes that I stamped and added die-cut embellishments to fit the colour theme of the event... the new 2024-2026 In Colors!  You can see these in the top-left of the image above. 

I stamped directly onto the boxes with the small flower from the Flowers of Beauty stamp set in Crumb Cake ink.  I then stamped a large flower in Petunia Pop and Pretty in Pink inks onto Basic White cardstock and die-cut it out, along with several small white flowers, and a Summer Splash leaf.  These, die-cuts I scattered over the Stampin' Up! box and added some pretty 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems.  Inside these decorated gift boxes were the supplies for creating two fun projects, a small handmade gift, chocolate, and game sheets, because you can't have a party without party games! 

Here are the prizes that everyone played party games for...  In Color sampler packs!  These packs included five card bases (one in each of the new In Colors), a selection of patterned papers from the 2024-2026 In Color Designer Series Paper pack, and some 2024-2026 In Color Resin Dots, all wrapped up with one of the five In Color 3/8" Bordered Ribbons.

Plus, everyone who came along to this fun event had multiple chances to add their name to the grand prize draw and the winner took home the Flowers of Beauty stamp set, a pack of Unbounded Beauty 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper, with generous lengths of all five In Color 3/8" Bordered Ribbons all tied in a colourful bow!

Did you see I mentioned a small handmade gift?  I created personalised note pads and popped them inside the gift box for everyone who attended the Annual Catalogue Launch Party.  These were also colour-themed and used the new In Colors.

Bundles: Flowers of Beauty Stamp Set + Flowers of Beauty Dies (photopolymer: 163376), Unbounded Love Stamp Set + Unbounded Love Dies (photopolymer: 163384).  Ink: Summer Splash (163809), Petunia Pop (163811), Pretty in Pink (163807).  Card/Paper: 2024-2026 In Colors (163804), Basic White (159228), Unbounded Beauty 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper (163372).  Accessories: 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems (163781).  Tools: Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine (149653), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).

This simple design starts with a piece of cardstock cut at 21 cm x 14 cm, which is scored at 9 cm, 10 cm, and 11 cm.  Then you fold on the second score line and snip two 1 cm parallel lines, which is the piece that pops out to hold the pen.  Finally, you fold on the last score line and adhere, ensuring you have popped out the small section the pen slides into first.

On the front of this personalised note pad, I have added one of the stunning patterned papers from the Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper pack with a white mat underneath.  The words are stamped in Summer Splash ink, die-cut out using one of the many frames from the Unbounded Love Bundle, and added to the front with Stampin' Dimensionals.  I stamped the large flower from the Flowers of Beauty Bundle in Petunia Pop and Pretty in Pink inks onto Basic White cardstock and die-cut it out.  I also die-cut out a leaf from Summer Splash cardstock, adhered it to my stamped flower, and added these above the words with a Stampin' Dimensional.  To complete the front of these gifts, I added two small, white die-cut flowers with pretty 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems in the middle.

Then inside I adhered a strip of cardstock for the back of the note pad to slide behind and decorated the front cover with one more flower...

I used Summer Splash cardstock to create this decorated notepad.  I also created two other designs using Pretty in Pink and Petunia Pop cardstock and matched these with more of the beautiful patterned papers from the Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper pack.

These are all so pretty and I loved creating them for the Annual Catalogue Launch Party gift boxes.  Which one would you choose?

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