Welcome to this week’s Throwback Thursday, where I feature a fun mix of current Stampin’ Up! products with some retired favourites! This week’s card was created for my video game–loving son’s 17th birthday—and I couldn’t resist pulling out the retired Level Complete stamp set to make something truly personal.

✂️ Design Details:

• Card Base: Secret Sea cardstock, 5 ½” X 6-3/4″, scored at 4-1/4″ .
• DSP Layers: Florals in Bloom 12×12 DSP on the front panel, and a custom-stamped Cloud Cover panel inside featuring repeated gamer icons from the stamp set.
• Focal Point: The video game controller from Level Complete, stamped in Secret Sea Ink on Basic White and coloured subtly with Stampin’ Blends. It’s layered on die cuts from the Stylish Shapes and Spotlight on Nature Dies, with the outer layer in Secret Sea. This layer was scored about 1/2″ in and glued between the Cloud Cover and Secret Sea layers to create a flap
• Sentiment: “Happy Birthday” is heat embossed in white on Secret Sea, then die-cut with a Stylish Shapes stitched banner.
• Embellishments: A few2025-2027 in Color Flat Pearls add a touch of shine without making the card too “blingy” for a teen boy.

The mix of old and new really makes this card shine—and those new 2025–2027 In Colors (Secret Sea and Cloud Cover) are so versatile!

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Secret Sea 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [165624]	Cloud Cover 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [165621]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Florals In Bloom 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [165175]	Level Complete Cling Stamp Set (English) [161563]
Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad [165285]	Cloud Cover Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [165279]	Uninked Stampin' Spots [141822]	Cloud Cover Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [165287]	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154958]
Azure Afternoon Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161672]	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885]	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [165679]
Embossing Additions Tool Kit [159971]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]	Spotlight On Nature Dies [163580]	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183]	Paper Snips [103579]
2025–2027 In Color™ Flat Pearls [165192]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

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Sweet Jar Bundle Card Class! 8 cards (2 each of 4 designs!)

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Starting June 3, all available suites and suite products from the 2025–2026 Annual Catalog and Online Exclusives are buy one, get one 50% off! If you’ve had your eye on a new suite from the annual catalog or you really like the look of a stamp set from an Online Exclusives suite, you don’t have to choose—you can get both!

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See you next week for another Throwback Thursday creation!

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