Brian’s Week in Review: March 9, 2025

It’s been another busy week. Stampin’ Up! launched a boat load of new products in its Online Exclusives launch on Tuesday. Most of my posts this week have been dedicated to these new products, and you’ve been excited about them, too! Thank you for the orders you’ve already placed (or for the order you are placing today). 🙂

Several of my team members (and many of my friends) are gathering in Raleigh, NC this week for Stampin’ Up!’s annual OnStage event (fka Convention), but I didn’t get to register before the event sold out. I will miss out on a lot of fun, but my calendar is still filled up. I’m wrapping up things at work (I only have 15 more working days before I retire from my 24-year career job).

Today is Sunday – and that means it’s time to take a look back at the past week in my Week in Review post. I want to share a quick rundown of the week (for those who don’t follow me every day) with a little extra background (for those who already tune in daily).

Monday

I love my monthly calls with my Paper Pumpkin subscribers. I hosted last month’s Pumpkin in the Fungeon call last Saturday. On Monday I shared two of the alternative projects I made for the call. Here’s a look at these projects with February’s Hello Spring Paper Pumpkin Kit:

If you’d like to read more about these projects or see some of the Paper Pumpkin products in the kit or find out how to be a part of our Pumpkin in the Fungeon calls, CLICK HERE.

Tuesday

Tuesday marked the launch of the new Online Exclusives, which includes THREE new Suite Collections and a lot more! I love all three of the suites (I picked up all three of them and will be sharing projects I’ve made with them in the coming weeks).

I shared the three Suite Collections and the related products in my post on Tuesday. Here’s my favorite of the three suites:

If the papers didn’t grab your attention, then the incredible collection of rectangle dies should have won you over. Maybe it was the gorgeous stamp set or the Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder? So many eye-catching products here! To learn more about the three suites that were launched on Tuesday, CLICK HERE.

Wednesday

While I shared the three Suite Collections on Tuesday, I shared all four of the new Designer Series Papers in my post on Wednesday. I included a look at all of the patterns and colors. I shared my favorite page from each pack of papers and a favorite color combination from the pack of papers.

How fun is this page of suitcases, passports and umbrellas from the On the Go Designer Series Paper?

And how vibrant is this color combination from these pages?

If you’d like to take a look at these awesome papers (there are four packs!) and see my favorite patterns and colors from each, CLICK HERE.

Thursday

Thursday’s congratulations card features elements of the Textured Notes Bundle and the new Painted Stripes stamp set. Along with flowers from the Serene Love Designer Series Paper, these pieces came to together just as I had hoped. Here’s the card I shared on Thursday:

I love the mix of Night of Navy and Pretty Peacock. I added Smoky Slate to softly offset the blues. If you’d like to read more about this project or the products I used to create it, CLICK HERE.

Friday

Since my new Online Exclusives products arrived, I’ve been itching to play with the GORGEOUS papers in the Woven Textures Designer Series Paper. The card I shared on Friday took several paths to arrive at its final version. Here’s the card I shared:

You are going to run your finger over this photo-real paper to make sure it’s just a piece of paper. I added a little more texture by roughing up the edges of the burlap-patterned page with my paper snips scissors. To learn more about this project or see closeups of the elements, CLICK HERE.

Saturday

Yesterday’s project was a fancy fold card (simple card with a hinge for fun layering) using the Everyday Arches Dies and Cute as Can Bee Designer Series Paper. Here’s a look at the front:

There was a lot of information in yesterday’s post, so I didn’t include this color combination that I love so much:

If you want to read more about my card and see it how it opens up, CLICK HERE.

It’s going to be another big week next week. I look forward to sharing new projects and launching a new Super-Awesome Fun Time Card Kit with you. ♥

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

New Online Exclusives

The Designer Series Papers showcased above are not the only new products released this week. If you’d like to see all of the new products, click on the image below:

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