Brian’s Week in Review: November 16, 2025

Welcome to my Week in Review! Each Sunday, I like to share a quick recap for those who don’t follow along every day—and a little extra behind-the-scenes for those who do. You don’t want to miss these extras! ♥

A Really Big Week

I don’t like to publicly announce an empty house, so I haven’t mentioned my big plans for this past week on my blog, but we were in Las Vegas this week for Stampin’ Up!’s Leadership Event – and we stayed a few days after for a little site-seeing and extra vacation. I loved connecting with team members, long-time friends. Emma was there, and we have an incredible story to share (and I’m sure we grabbed some great pictures). Because I just got back last night, I wrote this post more than a week ago…so no pictures to share just yet.

Over the coming days, I will share some fun photos with you! I promise.

Enough about me. Let’s get back to the week in review. Here’s a look at the projects I shared with you this week (don’t miss the bonus add-ins!) …

Monday

On Monday I launched my Holiday One-for-One Swap, and I hope you’ll participate – but time’s ticking. You don’t have to make 10 cards or even 5 cards. Send me one card you’ve made, and I’ll send you another card in return. The deadline is November 22. To learn more, click on the image below:

The link to my post from Monday also features links to the cards I received last year – I hope you’ll check them out.

To learn more, CLICK HERE.

Tuesday

On Tuesday I shared a fun Santa card that showcases the whimsical side of the Traditions of Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper. The card is simple, but there are still several fun elements you’ll want to check out. Here’s the card I shared with you on Tuesday:

Aren’t the Festive Friends images the most adorable in the world?! To learn more about my sweet, squatty Santa and the card that showcases him, CLICK HERE.

Wednesday

With the influx of projects with the Traditions of Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper over the past week (makes sense since it’s back in stock, right?!), I took a pause from new projects on Wednesday to offer a closer look at the colors in the pack of papers.

In my post, I shared six previously-shared projects and six color combinations with the glorious pack of papers. Here’s my favorite combination:

If you’d like to check out all of my projects with the Traditions of Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper and my color combinations, CLICK HERE.

Thursday

I really enjoyed making this floral card to share with you on Thursday:

Not only do I love the words in the Words of Beauty Bundle, but the flowers were fun to work with and arrange on the card.

Bonus: I want to give you a little background on how I assembled the elements on my card – in case it helps you with your cardmaking. I positioned everything on my card front to ensure it fit where I wanted it before gluing down the large flowers. I added the first Secret Sea strip with Mini Glue Dots to give it a little lift, added the “just” with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (leaving a little space at the bottom). I then added Mini Glue Dots to the bottom strip and tucked it under the popped up “just.”

If you want to see more about this project, including the products I used to make it, CLICK HERE.

Friday

On Friday I shared a super-fun, super-simple card I made with the Big Little Things stamp set and the Swirled Designs stamp set, new in the November Online Exclusives offering. Here’s the card I shared with you on Friday:

The soft, sweet watercolor spots from the Swirled Designs stamp set provide a great foundation for these animals, don’t you think?

If you’d like to learn more about this card and the products I used to make it, CLICK HERE.

Saturday

Yesterday I shared a celebratory card that combines a lot of new products from the November Online Exclusives launch:

• Swirled Designs Dies
• Banner Sayings Stamp Set
• Big Little Things Stamp Set
• Hobby Haven Specialty Designer Series Paper
• Creative Haven Dies

Here’s the card I shared with you yesterday:

Bonus: I had so much to say about this card yesterday (so many new products to show), but I didn’t get a chance to share this color combination that I love so much. If you love the vibrant mix of Daffodil Delight, Coastal Cabana and Calypso Coral as much as I do, I hope you’ll save this for future reference:

To read more about my card and the products I used to make it, CLICK HERE.

Looking Ahead

I’ve got some fun projects to share with you this coming week, too! I hope you’ll come back every day! 🙂

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

New Online Exclusives

Stampin’ Up! has released some amazing, new products in the Online Exclusives. If you’d like to see my favorites (and the things I think you should pay close attention to), CLICK HERE.