Many stampers I know, myself included, pore over each Stampin’ Up! catalog and carefully examine each sample. What color is that? Is that the ribbon from the such-and-such suite? Did they color that with Stampin’ Blends or Watercolor Pencils? That die is one from the XYZ set, right?
No need to lose any sleep over those questions! Stampin’ Up! has given us the “recipes” — ingredients and directions — for samples on pages 1-194 of the 2020-2021 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. Find the 227-page pdf Annual Catalog Sample Recipes here, or access it in my blog Resources page. Download it to your own local storage — no need to print it!