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Sneak Peek Day 4

Penny here! Welcome to Day 4 of our September Release countdown. We have reached the final day of sneak peeks, and we have saved some of the absolute coziest inspiration for last! It is always a little bittersweet reaching the end of our countdown, but we could not be more excited to share these final debuts with you today.

 

Whether you adore crafting warm, wintery village scenes tucked inside a mug of hot cocoa, or you love seeing all the creative versatility and mix-and-match magic of our Designer’s Free Space projects, today’s reveals are going to wrap up our countdown in the sweetest way possible. Grab your favorite mug, settle into your crafting space, and let’s dive into our final sneak peek features!

 

Cup of Christmas Stamp Set & Dies

Serve up warm holiday wishes with the Cup of Christmas collection! This charming set features a cozy mug base ready to be filled with whipped cream and built into a festive winter scene complete with tiny houses, evergreen trees, street lamps, hanging ornaments, and seasonal greenery. Complete with script sentiments like “Have yourself a Merry Christmas” and “Season’s Greetings,” alongside matching wafer-thin dies for all the buildable elements!

 

Designer’s Free Space

Today, our design team is taking over with Designer’s Free Space! Watch how our talented creators mix, match, and reimagine products from across the entire September release to bring you extra inspiration, unexpected combinations, and endless project ideas before launch day.

 

Get ready to be inspired! Our talented design team has poured so much heart into these final projects, and their Day 4 showcases are pure holiday magic. From cozy cocoa scenes to creative free-space designs, they are giving you a front-row look at all the ways to bring these festive sets to life!

 

Take a peek at the gorgeous project gallery below, and keep a pen handy to finalize your top picks for your September wishlist!

 

Mark your calendars, tomorrow is officially Release Day! The full September collection lands in the shop Tuesday, September 29th at 12 PM ET. Set those reminders, and meet us back here tomorrow morning to shop all your favorites!

💖 Want a chance to win a $50 gift card? 💖

It’s easy! Scroll through the sneak peeks and leave a comment at the bottom telling us which project is your favorite.

Cup of Christmas Stamp Set & Dies

Featured designs by Kelly & Brenda

Kelly Lunceford

SUPPLIES

STAMPS: Cup of Christmas 

INK: New Leaf, Pinefeather, Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado, Fine Linen, Vintage Photo Distress, Coastal Blue, Stormy Sea, Pure Poppy, Scarlet Jewel, True Black, Versamark 

CARDSTOCK: Coastal Blue, Stamper’s Select White 

DIES: Cup of Christmas, Reflections: John 1:14

OTHER: gold pigment ink, Merry Motifs Hot Foil Plate, champagne foil, Crystal Stickles 

TIPS: 

  • Use a sand eraser to remove any over foiling.
  • Use two different shades of ink on stamped images to create depth and shading.
  • Wait for the ink to dry on the tea cup before embossing the sentiment.

Brenda Noelke

SUPPLIES

STAMPS: Cup of Christmas
DIES: Cup of Christmas, Love to Layer: Beaded Trim

CARDSTOCK: Stamper’s Select White, Bitty Big: Pink Posey, Bitty Big: Aqua Mist, Pearl White

INK: Pale Peony, Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Pinefeather, Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado, Honey Nut

OTHER: Hibiscus Burst Moonshine Sequins, Diamond Stickles, liquid glue, foam squares

TIPS: 

  • Add a panel of specialty pearl cardstock for an extra special layer.
  • Use a non-traditional color combo for a touch of whimsy.
  • Add sparkle with Stickles or glitter glue.

MarDi Rembold

Bobbi Lemanski

Betty Wright

Kassi Hulet

Shilo Miles

Melissa Phillips

Melody Rupple

Kailash Nailoo

Liane Hodges

Catherine Cohen

Designer's Free Space

Featured designs by Liane

Liane Hodges

SUPPLIES

STAMPS: This is big sentiment: XL Happy Holiday

DIES: This is big sentiment: XL Happy Holiday, Into the blooms: Holiday bouquet, Cutting board tags

STENCIL: Buffalo Plaid

OTHER: Distress oxides

Melissa Phillips

Brenda Noelke

Betty Wright

Melissa Phillips

Kelly Lunceford

MarDi Rembold

MarDi Rembold

Bobbi Lemanski

Melody Rupple

MarDi Rembold

Kassi Hulet

That wraps up our Day 4 sneak peeks and officially concludes our September Release countdown! We hope these cozy mugs, festive village scenes, and creative free-space designs warmed your heart and ignited your crafting passion today. ☕✨ There is truly nothing quite like celebrating the magic of the holiday season through thoughtful, handmade creations made right from the heart.

 

Take your time browsing all the stunning design team inspiration above, explore every gorgeous project detail, and leave a comment below to let us know which Day 4 product stole your heart! We can’t wait to hear what made it onto your final release wishlist and what you are most excited to craft with first.

 

Thank you so much for joining us throughout this entire countdown! Be sure to set your alarms for tomorrow, Tuesday, September 29th at 12 PM ET, when the entire September collection officially lands in the shop and doors open for full release shopping! ❤️

 

Click HERE to see our September 2026 Release Winners page!

Winners will be announced tomorrow, September 29th at 3PM ET.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Love to see the designer’s free space creations! All are beautiful!! All the little elements in the Cup of Christmas are so sweet and I can see them used in many ways!

  3. I’m amazed by the talent of your card designers. This release gave them a great selection of products to utilize. Beautiful cards!

  4. All of the PTI designers are so talented; I just love seeing what they create each month with all of the amazing PTI products.

  5. Lovely cards! But I like the creations of MarDi the best, all her cards in today’s blog.
    This is a great release tomorrow.

  8. Kassi is beautiful!
    One question though…. Does that cup filler fit into the cup from September? Will they interchange?

  11. Every single card is beautiful!! Such an abundance of talent ❤️.
    My favorite is Melissa Phillips’ , her choice of colors, the lovely home embellishments and the crinkled ribbon all create such a warm Christmas feeling ❤️

  13. Wonderful projects today! I especially love Brenda’s Happy Holidays card with the beautiful pinecone and greenery arrangement!

  17. I love when supplies are mixed together. Liane Hodges really stands out with the Buffalo plaid. I also like Melissa Phillips Cup of Christmas card. Everyone did wonderfully with this release!

  21. I like Melissa’s Cup of Christmas card with the neutral tones and red mug. All the layering on the card and even how the pictures taken to showcase her card is very nice!

  27. Gorgeous release! So had to pick a favorite product, but I really like the sweet Whimsical Trees products.

  29. Such pretty cards and I’m so excited for the release tomorrow! I love Kelly Luncefords Christmas cup of cheer best but so many great ones. Melissa Phillips Peace Love and joy card is my next favorite one. So much talent, so thankful you help teach us with your videos and live streams!!

  31. Lianold red e Hodges is my absolute favorite today! The bold red plaid is so Christmas, and then the spices and berries surrounding the Happy Holidays.
    Looking forward to seeing the new releases.

  35. This whole release is so beautiful. I love the different designs created by your creators. Betty Wright’s card is my favorite project today. I love the color palette and the dainty doily is so pretty.

  36. The Cup of Christmas die and the Buffalo Plaid stencil to my wish list. Tons of great inspiration today.

  37. Love Melissa’s Seasons Greetings card, although it’s very hard to choose, all the projects are amazing!

  39. Again, choosing one is challenging! I’m so curious what’s inside the wrapped card by MarDi! I hope to view it tomorrow on release day! How exciting to be part of this roll-out of stamps, dies and embellishments.

  40. I love the traditional style of Bobbi Lemanski’s card. Bobbi always inspires me!
    Liane’s buffalo plaid card is also a favorite as it is very unique!

  42. Melody Rupples cup card is so beautiful. But it was REALLY hard to pick just one! What a gorgeous release!!

  44. Looking thru the samples is anyone else singing Christmas songs in their head or just me? Lol I love Liane Hodges buffalo plaid card!

  45. Cup of Christmas by Kelly Lunceford is my fav because of the colors, but I love them all. Only recently stumbled onto Paper Trey and am excited for the release tomorrow!

  46. I love both MarDi’s and Melissa’s cup of Christmas cards. Love all that snow on MarDi’s and love Melissa’s choice of BG papers (love a musical score or any text!) used with the yummy cup of Christmas.

  49. I’m team Kelly! Love the cup of cheer card! I also love Brenda’s Happy Holidays card – traditional pinecones but with a nontraditional Christmas card color and the almost whimsical appeal of the red and white greeting for a fun card.

  52. I love #1 by Mellissa Phillips, the colors she’s used and the large Holiday Font with the small font. It reminds me of Home and gave me a happy feeling when I see it.

  53. So hard to choose, they are all beautiful!
    My favorite is MarDi’s Cup of Christmas. I love her color combo and lovely design. It says “Christmas” to me!

  57. All card samples are beautiful! I adore Kelly’s Cup Of Christmas! Very fun and fab and festive!

  59. It’s especially hard to pick a favorite today, I think Kassi’s stamped Cup of Christmas card is my favorite because I LOVE PINK and just love the design.

  60. It’s hard to choose just one but I think I like Melissa’s Cup of Christmas card the best. Just feels like a “warm and cozy Christmas” card.

  61. They are all just beautiful. It was hard to choose but I’m going with Brenda Noelke. The pine cones are so cute and I love the background color she chose. I also like how she used the small font on the outside verses the inside.

  62. Liane’s plaid card with the orange slices stole my heart today! Reminds me of an old fashioned Christmas.

  63. You can never go wrong with a cute Christmas mug! All adorable cards. And I really like Liane’s plaid card too. The slices of fruit add the perfect touch!

  65. Wow, lots of talent and inspiration by the designers. All the cards are fantastic but Liane’s XL Happy Holidays card with the Buffalo Plain background really caught my eye – Love it.

  69. These are all so beautiful, but I’m going with Liane’s Buffalo plaid background Happy Holidays with her perfectly ink-blended winter arrangement.

  70. All of the creations are great, but I especially love Liane’s bright plaid, with a woodsy masculine feeling!

  71. Love MarDi’s cup of Christmas and Melissa’s Happy Holiday card the best! But they’re all great!!!!

  73. Beautiful designs by the DT! My favourite is Melissa’s Cup of Christmas card. Thank you for the chance to win.

  76. Ooohhh, I love Liane Hodges Happy Holidays card with the fabulous Orange slices, Berry greenery and Buffalo Plaid! 🙂

  77. Kailash Nailoo nailed the Cup of Christmas card. She had me at the streetlight!
    All the designers are so talented and I enjoy each and every card they make.
    Thank you so much for getting me in the holiday spirit.
    Hugs

  80. I loved seeing Kelly’s and Kassi’s Merry Christmas cards next to each other. They are both very elegant.

  81. My favorite design from Day 4 is Happy Holidays card by Melissa. I love how she mixed different elements of the new release to coordinate so lovely. So excited about this new holiday release! Thanks for ALL the gorgeous inspiration!

  82. My favorite from Day 4 is Brenda Noelke‘s card! Love the teal & red, the ink blending on the pinecones & berries, and the white spatter!

  86. My pick for today is in the Designer Free Space and I love the card by Melody Rupple. I love the paper wrap and oranges remind me of an old fashioned Christmas.

  91. Designer free space card by Bobbi. I like how it is a classic card. The details and colors are perfect. Simple yet elegant.

  92. There is so much to love in this month’s release. All of the cards are fabulous! I especially like Kelly’s Cup of Christmas card & Melissa’s Happy Holidays card.

  100. I love MarDi’s pink poinsettia card! I love the muted colors and the greeting on it that says, “Christmas Blessings.” Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win. 😀

  111. There are so many great creations but on a quick look my favorite is Kelly Lunceford’s Merry Christmas card!

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