Sep 29, 2024 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, Paper Pumpkin |
Today I am sharing Paper Pumpkin Artisan alternatives for the September Kit, Autumn Abundance. My cards are featured in a video below.
Autumn Abundance Fun Fold
Card #1 Instructions:
To create the fun fold, cut Cajun Craze Cardstock 8 1/2” X 5 1/2”. Score on the long side, 3″, 6″, 7 1/4″, and fold (mountain-valley).
Cut a 5 1/4″ X 2 /3″ piece from the timber card base in the kit, and glue it to the middle section of the fun fold card base. Cut a 5 1/4″ X 2 3/4″ piece of Very Vanilla Cardstock, and glue it to the inside of the fun fold. Decorate this with leaves from the kit, leaving space for a personal note.
For the top piece, use the 4″ X 8″ card base from the kit, cut the same size Cajun Craze Cardstock. Glue them together, and burnish the fold at 4″. Glue the bottom of the front, and the majority of the back to center of the fun fold card base. Be careful not to glue where there is open space.
Stamp “sending Autumn wishes your way,” from the kit, with the Cajun Craze Ink Spot, on Very Vanilla Cardstock. Use a Spotlight On Nature Die to cut the sentiment, and glue in the center of the circle.
Attach the snail, mushroom, and leaves (ephemera from the kit) with Dimensionals. For some sparkle, add three Adhesive-Backed Shiny Sequins.
For the inside, cut Very Vanilla Cardstock, 5 1/4″ X 2 3/4″. Glue in place, and decorate with ephemera from the kit.
Card #2 Instructions:
Begin with a card base of Pecan Pie Cardstock, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″. Layer with Basic White Cardstock, cut with the largest Deckled Rectangles Die.
Prior to gluing, use kit ephemera as a stencil, coloring randomly with Blending Brushes and four colors of ink: Pecan Pie, Cajun Craze, Wild Wheat, and Copper Clay. Use the “throw away” border pieces from the kit as stencils, as well as stamps from the kit to add leaves and sprigs.
The sentiment, “with thanks,” is from the kit, stamped in Pecan Pie Ink on Basic White Cardstock. Use a Deckled Rectangles Die for cutting, and attach it with Dimensionals.
For the inside, glue Basic White Cardstock, cut with the largest Deckled Rectangles Die. Stamp two leaves from the kit, with Cajun Craze Ink from the kit, and your card is complete.
Click on the picture to see this Instagram video by @paperpumpkin:
My September Host Code Gift
Place an order of $75.00 or more, before tax and shipping, and I will send you Real Red & White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints in October. Please add my 8 digit Host Code to your order.
Take advantage of the Paper Pumpkin SALE, only until October 10. Click the picture for details!
Clearance Rack Refresh is going on now! Click this picture, then “specials,” to shop for the best selection.
Neil and Lily join with me in saying thank you for visiting.
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Sep 12, 2024 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, Paper Pumpkin |
A holiday Paper Pumpkin sale is HERE! Starting September 11, 2024, at 12:01 a.m. (MT) until October 10, 2024, at 11:50 p.m. (MT), anyone who signs up for a monthly Paper Pumpkin subscription as a new subscriber will receive 40% off their first kit. That’s right, 40% OFF!
This discount will be applied to one kit in the first kit shipment of the Paper Pumpkin subscription, which means new subscribers will get 40% off the October Nests of Christmas Paper Pumpkin Kit. After that, each month’s kit will return to the regular price of $25.00. IMPORTANT! USE COUPON CODE: HOLIDAY 40
Paper Pumpkin is now giving us sneak peeks of upcoming kits for three months.
OCTOBER: Nests of Christmas
Subscribe September 11–October 10
Spread Christmas cheer with this cozy, all-inclusive crafting kit!
• Makes 10 cards: 5 each of 2 designs with 10 coordinating envelopes
• Tri-fold card bases and precut grosgrain ribbon
• Precut labels with specialty green foil
• Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green, Night
of Navy, Real Red, Shaded Spruce (Classic Stampin’ Spot)
Coordinates with the Nests of Winter Suite Collection (item 164072)!
NOVEMBER: Filled with Joy
Subscribe October 11–November 10
Celebrate Christmas with adorable stockings and gift tags!
• Makes 8 projects: 8 stockings with 8 gift tags
• Precut paper pieces
• Safety pins and specialty gold foil
• Coordinating colors: Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party, Poppy Parade
(Classic Stampin’ Spot), Shaded Spruce, Very Vanilla
Fabric stockings and paper tags come in a unique box!
DECEMBER: Notes from the Heart
Subscribe November 11–December 10
Create cards with hand-sketched botanical designs.
• Makes 9 projects: 3 each of 3 designs
• Precut vellum pieces and sparkling gems
• Scalloped card bases and coordinating envelopes
• Coordinating colors: Blackberry Bliss (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Flirty Flamingo,
Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla
Includes hand-drawn designs and card bases with scalloped edges!
My September Host Code Gift
Place an order of $75.00 or more, before tax and shipping, and I will send you Real Red & White Adhesive-Backed Peppermints in October. Please add my 8 digit Host Code to your order.
Neil and Lily join with me in saying thank you for visiting.
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Jun 26, 2024 | Artisan Projects, Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, Paper Pumpkin |
Today I am sharing Paper Pumpkin Artisan alternatives for the June Kit, Life Is Sweet.
Life Is Sweet Alternative
Instructions:
To create the fun fold, cut 8 ½” X 11” Thick Basic White Cardstock 8 1/2” X 5 1/2”. Score and fold at 4 ¼” and 6 ⅜”.
Cut 2024-2026 In Color 6”X 6” DSP, 2” X 5 ⅜”, and glue to the front fold. Cut a second pattern, 4 ⅛” X 5 ⅜”, and glue to the inside.
Glue green leaves from the kit to Thick Basic White Cardstock, 4 ¼” X 4 ¼”, and use the largest Spotlight On Nature Die to cut a circle. Cut a second circle of Thick Basic White Cardstock, and a third, smaller, circle from a kit card base in pink. Glue the pink circle to the white circle, and glue to the middle of the inside. Glue half of the front circle on the front flap, making sure it covers the inside circle evenly.
Adhere fruit from the kit: cherries to the front circle, and lemons to the inside circle
Stamp two sentiments from the kit, with the Shy Shamrock Ink Spot, on kit labels. Glue “sweet friend” to the bottom of “hello” from the kit, and attach with Mini Dimensionals from the kit. Glue “sending a big squeeze” on top of the lemons, and add a bow of Linen Thread, from the kit, to the lemon stem.
Instructions:
Begin with a card base from the kit. Layer with a card front from the kit, 5 ¼” X 4”, cut with six butterflies using a Thanks & Beyond add-on die.
Using a second Thanks & Beyond add-on die, cut “thanks” from kit envelope paper, backed with a Foam Adhesive Sheet. Peel the backing, and adhere in the middle of the card front.
Glue six Glimmer Paper ovals, from the kit, to the butterflies. These are punched “throw away” pieces from the Glimmer Paper words in the kit.
For the inside, glue a frame of leaves from the kit. Stamp “Life is so much sweeter with friends like you” from the kit, with the Shy Shamrock Ink Spot from the kit.
Decorate the envelope flap with 2024-2026 In Color DSP. Glue 5 ¾” X 2 ¼” DSP on the flap, then trim with Paper Snips Scissors, using the flap as a template.
My June Host Code Gift
Place an order of $75.00 or more, before tax and shipping, and I will send you the Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder, from the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog, in July. Please add my 8 digit Host Code to your order.
JUNE SALE 5-30
Get an additional 10% discount on stamp and die bundles (that’s a total of 20% discount!)
Save 10% on Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (white and Boho Blue).
Shop all qualifying bundles in my online store.
Thank you for visiting!
Products not in the kit. (The Thanks & Beyond Dies are a Paper Pumpkin Add-On).
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Mar 27, 2024 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, Paper Pumpkin |
Today I am sharing Paper Pumpkin Artisan alternatives for the March Kit, Memorable Meadows.
Card #1
March Paper Pumpkin Alternative
Instructions:
1.To create the easel fold, cut 8 ½” X 11” Crumb Cake Cardstock in two pieces: 4 ¼” X 11”. Score and fold both at 5 ½”. Score additional 2 ¾” on piece #1, which is the front. Glue the 5 ½” side of piece #1 to a 5 ½” side of piece #2.
2. Use a Garden Meadows Die to Cut the arch on the front side of the 5 ½” card base. Use the same die to cut Gorgeous Grape Cardstock (4” X 5 ¼”) and glue in place. On the side of the arch, glue the edge of the “wood” tree.
3. Cut a Kit card base: one piece, 4” X 5 ¼”, and two pieces 4” X 2 ½”. Glue to the Crumb Cake card base. Stamp the sentiment from the kit, with the Garden Green Ink Spot, on a kit label, and glue in place.
4. Use a Garden Meadows Die to cut the fence from a kit label. Embellish with Adhesive-Backed Birds.
5. The easel back fold will fit into a kit envelope, but use extra postage.
Card #2
Instructions:
1.Cut card base from Crumb Cake Cardstock, 8 ½” X 5 ½”, folded at 4 ¼”. Layer with Basic White Cardstock, 5 ¼” X 4”.
2.Using a Love Of Spring add-on die, cut four daisies from the kit card base, and attach with Dimensionals.
3.Stamp the kit sentiment with the kit ink spot on a kit label, and attach with Dimensionals.
4.Use a Love of Spring kit add-on die to cut several layers of Crumb Cake Cardstock, to create the flower. Top it with Gold Foil, and glue it in place.
5.Using a kit stamp, stamp dots of Crumb Cake Ink. Embellish with kit sequins, and Adhesive-Backed Dragonflies.
6.Stamp a kit flower on the envelope in Crumb Cake Ink. Use Stampin’ Blends to color.
My March Host Code Gift
Place an order of $75.00 or more, before tax and shipping, and I will send you the Adhesive-Backed Dragonflies & Birds in April (90 pieces). Please add my 8 digit Host Code to your order.
Here is my Online Exclusives Link. Click now to see the current offerings, and beginning March 5th, you’ll see all of the new products.
Thank you for visiting!
Products not in the kit. (The Love Of Spring Dies are a Paper Pumpkin Add-On).
Feb 23, 2024 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, Paper Pumpkin |
Paper Pumpkin by Stampin Up! has new things in store! Watch the video, showing alternative designs, by Artisan Design Team members, that go beyond the kit. You’ll find the pre-paid subscription links below, to sign up for Paper Pumpkin today.
My February Host Code Gift
Place an order of $75.00 or more, before tax and shipping, and I will send you the Paper Butterfly Accents in March (40 pieces).
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Aug 30, 2022 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, Paper Pumpkin |
I’m sad to report that the Sweet Sunflowers Paper Pumpkin is no longer available, but today’s design could use other Designer Paper for the same look. It’s also a reminder to order the future, holiday, Paper Pumpkin kits while they are available. I have the links for subscriptions in my Product List below.
Some of my favorite cards have lots of white, and this is an example, with a Thick Basic White card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″. It’s layered with Basic White Cardstock, cut with the largest Scalloped Contours Die, and embossed with the Timeworn Type Embossing Folder.
Paper Pumpkin alternative #5
Now, for Paper Pumpkin, which I cut from one of the beautiful envelopes in the kit, using the largest, plain, Layering Circles Die. Then, I layered it on Gorgeous Grape Cardstock, cut with the largest, scalloped, Layering Circles Die, and attached it with Dimensionals. The red flowers, a “punch-out” from the kit, was attached with Dimensionals.
The sentiment, “wishing you so much happiness,” is also from the kit. I stamped it in Blackberry Bliss Ink, used the smallest Scalloped Contours Die for cutting, and attached it with Dimensionals. A few In Color 2022-2024 Matte Dots were added just for fun.
My August Host Code Gift
Type the current host code (found beneath my profile picture) in the box provided, on your order of $75.00 or more, before tax and shipping, and I will send you the Real Red & Garden Green Ribbon Combo Pack in September.
One pack, two ribbons! The Real Red & Garden Green 3/8″ (1 cm) Ribbon Combo Pack has two spools of craft ribbon in traditional Christmas colors. Add it to cards, tie it through tags, wrap it around packages. You’ll want to have this on hand for your Christmas crafting!
July-December 2022 Mini Catalog (click to open)
Sale-a-bration 1 July – 31 August 2022 (click to open)
Additional Sale-a-bration items:
Sale-a-bration $99.00 Starter Kit promotion.
Kick off the Holiday Mini catalog with the BEST SAVINGS of all! You get up to $125.00 in products of YOUR choice (that’s $26 in FREE Product) for $99, PLUS the Making Plans Collection (a $45 value) can be added to your Starter Kit FREE. The kit ships FREE (another 11% savings). Click HERE to join my Dream Makers Team; I welcome Hobby Stampers.
Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to take advantage of the freebies during Sale-a-bration for the month of August!
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