Wrapping Up...

...the first prompt of 2026 and WOW, everyone did such an amazing job making gorgeous cards featuring giftwrap, tags. printed tissue paper and even a mulberry paper giftbag! If you haven't checked ou the Readers' Gallery, we highly recommend a little scroll through all of the fine inspiration. In the meantime, here are three cards that especially caught our eye:

Susan Culotti posting on Instagram

...made a background from gorgeous evergreen patterned tissue paper, used a charming scallop-edge die and then colored her stamped images to match PERFECTLY!

Willa Coates posting on Pinterest

...used beautiful metallic texty giftwrap, then added a simple faux bow and coordinating cardbase for an idea that is as simple as it is beautiful!

Bonnie Klass of Stamping with Klass

...rescued not one, not two, but THREE beautiful gift tags, added them to embossed backgrounds, chose a few embellies, et VOILA: her 2026 holiday card stash is off to a great start!

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And now it's time to see who has scored the very cool Christmas Baubles #2 Layering Dies from STAMPlorations

Would you believe the Random Number Generator chose...

Lucky #1!

Which means that @susan_culotti is our lucky winner!

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Please send your snailmail info to 

llaurenb (at) hotmail (dot) com'

and we'll get that on its way to you, ASAP!

Many thanks to all who participated, you're all off to a fabulous crafty start for this New Year! We'll be back at Midnight with a brand new prompt we hope will delight our friends, both Old and New! ;)