New Catalog Unboxing with Organizing Tips

Welcome, friends! I hope you enjoyed the unboxing of new May-August 2026 Stampin’ Up! catalog products yesterday! As always, I do my best to inform, teach and inspire you during each Friday Live. In particular, I did my best to educate you on the new products, organization and storage tips for them, plus project ideas!

Let’s chat In Colors first:

In addition to a review of the fun new magnetic ink pad style for our 2026-2028 In Colors, I also shared this tip that I love for the lighter color pads.. simply print a black label to place over the Stampin’ UP! label, or write on the Stampin’ Up! label with a black permanent marker. I use my Brother P-Touch for most of my product labels.

Stampin UP! unboxing and tips. A stack of color pads sits on a crafting table; the top pad’s original label is hard to read. A custom label reading "BARELY BLUSH" is added to the pad's edge for clarity. Text on the image explains using a P-Touch labeler for better visibility. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

Another craft room organizing tip is to use Stampin’ Up! embellishments to place on the top of my reinker bottles.. this helps identify the color when I’m looking in my drawer of 50 reinker bottles. IF there is not an embellishment in the color you need, use your Stampin’ Blends marker to color a white dot.

Bottles of ink reinkers each have a colored embellishment dot on their cap. A hand with tweezers places a green dot on a bottle. Sheets of colorful embellishments are nearby. Text instructs to add a coordinating embellishment on reinker tops for organization. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

The other thing I love to label with my Brother P-Touch is my Avery pockets for embellishments. Here are some new embellishments you can watch for on 5-5-26.

Seven packs of colorful adhesive embellishments labeled with names like “Shimmering Dots,” “Array of Dots,” and “Dreamy Flowers” are arranged on a tabletop. Text above reads “NEW STAMPIN’ UP! EMBELLISHMENTS May–Aug 2026 catalog.”. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

Watch the Replay at the bottom of this post!

What you’ll learn in the unboxing video:

New In Colors – and the New Magnetic In Color ink pads
New stamps and dies
New designer paper
New embellishments
Tips for storing embellishments
Tips for organizing new products like ink pads and reinkers
New Hybrid Basic Black ink pad and my results with Stampin’ Blends, Blender Pens, Watercolor pencils and watercoloring
and more!

Here is one of the sets of cards I made with the 5 new In Colors.. I’ll have a separate blog post for you soon with details and supplies!

Five handmade cards in green, yellow, blue, pink, and orange are displayed in a row. Each card has floral designs and a sentiment in an oval, reading either “Sending Grand Birthday Wishes” or “Sending Birthday Wishes.”. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

New Catalog Info Reminder

If you have been ordering regularly from me (at least $75 this year so far) I’ll be mailing your catalog in about 8 – 10 days. If you are a new customer and need a catalog, or you haven’t been placing orders with me, you can request one here.

An open cardboard box filled with colorful scrapbooking and stamping supplies, including decorative paper, ink pads, markers, embossing folders, blending brushes, and bottles of ink. Text on the image reads, “All the Fun has arrived! #BBB”. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

Want these new products now?

Stampin’ Up! demonstrators get to order new products early!! That is one perk I just love! You can join my nationwide Luv 2 Stamp Group team of demonstrators and add these new items to your starter kit, or your first demo order!

New Grid Paper Reference

Stampin’ Up! has added 2 new sizes of grid paper:

Coming on 5-5-26: the Crafting Grid Paper #167765 to match the size of the Glass Mat
Coming on 5-5-26: the Stampin’ Positioner Grid paper pad #169442

See the Grid Paper here in my previous video

Three gridded papers and a glass mat are displayed, labeled with their official names and product numbers. The glass mat and new grid paper are the same size, with smaller grid papers layered on top. Text and arrows highlight product details. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

New Basic Black Hybrid Ink Pad

As I mentioned in the video, I found the best results when using this new pad and Stampin’ Blends or Blender Pens when using White Willow cardstock. Watercoloring is best with Fluid 100 Watercolor paper.