You Can Create It – International Challenge & Inspiration – October 2025

You Can Create It – October Challenge | Featuring Delicate Pines Stamp Set

I’m thrilled to share my project for this month’s You Can Create It (YCCI) international design challenge! This fun, global Stampin’ Up!® collaboration, founded by the talented German demonstrators Anja Luft and Heike Fallwickl, encourages crafters everywhere to stretch their creativity with just a limited set of supplies. It’s always amazing to see how many unique projects can come from the same materials!

✂️ What is “You Can Create It”?

Every quarter, participants receive a kit with four monthly envelopes plus one bonus “extras” envelope. Each month we open that envelope and design a project using only the contents provided (plus items from the extras pack and any finishing touches we want to add).

On the 2nd of each month, our international team of demonstrators shares projects to spark your creativity. And here’s the best part: you can join in too! 🥳

👉 Grab your own YCCI Kit, create along with us, and share your masterpiece in my Crafty Stampin’ VIP Stampers Facebook group or on social media with the hashtag #YCCI.

Fun fact: “Mach was draus” means “Make something of it!” in German—and that’s exactly what we aim to do.

See prior YCCI months 

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📨 October Envelope Contents + Extras Pack

Here’s what we had to play with this month:

💌 My Project: Delicate Pines

I went classic and cozy. Evergreen snowflakes, a pop of Cherry Cobbler, a Pretty Peacock sentiment strip, and one big layered snowflake as the star. Clean lines, high contrast, easy win.

I started with a Thick Basic White card base and used almost a full sheet of the Elegant Pine Snowflake Designer Series Paper to cover it, with a small sliver of Cherry Cobbler Cardstock serving as my background.  I used the Delicate Pines Dies matching snowflake die on the darker Designer Series Paper snowflake to cut out he large snowflake and use it as the focal point.

I used a Pretty Peacock panel, also highlighted with a Cherry Cobbler strip, which is stamped with the greeting from Delicate Pines in Memento Ink.

I finished the card with several Faceted Snowflakes.

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🎨 Why I Love This Challenge

The magic of YCCI is seeing wildly different ideas emerge from the same kit. No two projects are alike, and the creativity from our global team never fails to inspire me. I hope it inspires you too!

Be sure to scroll down to see what the rest of the team designed this month. And don’t forget—you can create it, too!

👉 Click here to get your own YCCI Kit and start creating!

See my product list below.

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🌍 Meet the YCCI Team

Check out the amazing demonstrators who make this challenge possible! Click their names to visit their websites, then search for “You Can Create It” to see their challenge projects:

• Anja Luft – Germany

 

• Karina Chin – Canada

 

• Alanna Klemick Wharf – Canada

 

• Aude Barbara – France

• Rose Packer – Australia

 

• Elodie Tanchaud – France

• Stacey Marsh – England

 

• Yolanda Pasterkamp – Netherlands

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🎁 Want to Play Along?

For just $25.00, you’ll receive the official You Can Create It Kit:

• 4 monthly project envelopes
• 1 extras pack
• Shipping included!

Each month, you’ll find new inspiration from me and the YCCI team. Then share your creations on my Crafty Stampin’ VIP Stampers Facebook Page so we can cheer you on.

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Additional Delicate Pines Cards Shared

Here are other cards I’ve shared with this same set; click any picture to visit the original post. (This gallery will update over time.)

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Color Palette

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Delicate Pines Project Supplies

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