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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Aug 26, 2022 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, Paper Pumpkin |
This month’s Paper Pumpkin, Sweet Sunflowers, is beautiful, and I’ve been on a roll making alternatives. I’ll be sharing them for the next few days.
The first card uses the green card base, layered with a sheet of the honeycomb (white side up, and gold foil side down), both from the kit. Then, I used a Deckled Rectangles Die to cut a piece from one of the decorative envelopes, 2 1/2″ X 4″, and placed it on Dimensionals.
Sweet Sunflowers alternative #1
Next, I stamped the sunflower in Crushed Curry Ink on Basic White Cardstock, colored the petals with Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends, and stamped the center in Mossy Meadow Ink. After fussy cutting with Paper Snips, I attached the flower with Dimensionals.
“Thank you” is from the Sweet Sunflowers Stamp Set, stamped in Blackberry Bliss Ink on a label from the kit. I added a bow of Soft Sea Foam.
Card #2 is changed simply by placing the ready-made card front on a Smoky Slate card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″. The background color gives it the feeling of a sympathy card, don’t you think? In keeping with that idea, I chose a sentiment from a retired stamp set, Itty Bitty Greetings, and stamped it in Basic Gray on the label.
The Sweet Sunflowers Stamp Set, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Crushed Curry Ink, Soft Suede Ink, Honeycomb Sheets, sentiment labels, punch-outs (bees and flowers), 9 decorative envelopes, 9 card bases, and directions, are included in the kit. Everything not included in the kit is in my Product List below.
Come back tomorrow for more alternative ideas!
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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Aug 23, 2022 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, Paper Pumpkin |
If you recall, I was touting the Sweet Sunflower, August Paper Pumpkin, during the time it could be ordered, July 11-August 10. It was just delivered to my home, and is absolutely gorgeous!
I couldn’t wait to open the beautiful box, and get started. Following the pictured instructions, I made three cards in a “snap.”
Here you can see card #1 with the box that contains all of your supplies to make nine cards.
Sweet Sunflowers
This is card #2 with the front of an envelope.
And, this is card #3 with the back of an envelope.
If you’d like a monthly surprise, containing an easy crafting experience, Paper Pumpkin is for you! It can be ordered a month at a time, or in 3 month, 6 month, and annual subscriptions. The links are in my Product List below. Plus, if you order during the month of August, because it’s Sale-a-bration time, you can also qualify for FREE items seen below.
Click here to watch a Stampin’ Up! unboxing and assembling. After opening, you can click the tab to skip the ads.
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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Jan 30, 2021 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, Paper Pumpkin |
January’s Paper Pumpkin Kit, Sending Hearts, has an adorable snail, so I HAD to create an “alternative” using the word “mail.” If you missed out on this month’s kit, snails are available in the Snailed It Bundle, which you can see in my Product List below.
Snail Mail
First, I used the largest Stitched So Sweetly Die to give a scalloped edge to the mailbox, art piece, from the kit. Then, I attached it with Dimensionals to the card base from the kit.
Next, I cut a 1″ strip from another card base, adhered it to a 1″ strip of a Foam Adhesive Sheet, and used the Playful Alphabet Dies for cutting.
Now, for the focal point, the cute snail. I stamped him in Memento Black Ink on Thick Basic White Cardstock, and colored him with Real Red and Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends.
After cutting, I peeled the backs from the Foam Adhesive Sheet, and attached the snail and “MAIL.”
Not only do the Paper Pumpkin kits have nice, thick, card bases, they also include envelopes, so my card is ready to send.
My January Host Code Gift
Add my Host Code ( 9YBJS4NM ) in the box provided when you order a minimum of $50.00 in the month of January, and I will send the Whale Of A Time Sequins to you in February.
You will love the colors, plus there are little shells that will go perfectly with the Sand & Sea Suite, pages 40-42 in the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog.
My January Drawing Prize
This month’s drawing will be a $20.00 or less, Stampin’ Up! item of your choice. Your name will be entered in the drawing when you place a minimum $100 order in January. I’ll announce the winner February 1st.
$20.00
Would you like to get a 20% discount on everything you order? Sale-A-Bration is the perfect time to join.
During this time (January & February), you can choose your $125 Starter Kit for only $99. Plus, you’ll get a FREE exclusive BONUS gift from the upcoming catalog — an assortment of 6″X 6″ stacks of Designer Series Paper, 200 sheets!
Did you know that the majority of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators are not pursuing the business? They appreciate Stampin’ Up! products, like you do, and enjoy the 20% discount. The addition of the stacks of 6X6 Designer Paper during Sale-A-Bration is an added incentive, giving the kit a $182.50 value.
I’d love for you to join my Dream Makers Team, click here:
You can click on my shop button, or the pictures in my Product List, to go to my store. Have fun filling your shopping cart!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a delightful day!
Please note: Stampin’ Up’s white cardstock is no longer Whisper White. It is now Basic White, and there are new numbers for ordering.
- BASIC WHITE 8-1/2″ X 11″ CARDSTOCK (159276)
- BASIC WHITE 8-1/2″ X 11″ THICK CARDSTOCK (159229)
- BASIC WHITE 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) CARDSTOCK (159231)
- BASIC WHITE MEDIUM ENVELOPES (159236)
- BASIC WHITE NOTE CARDS & ENVELOPES (159232)
- BASIC WHITE 3″ X 3″ (7.6 X 7.6 CM) ENVELOPES (159233)
- BASIC WHITE ASSORTED MEMORIES & MORE CARDS & ENVELOPES (159234)
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Jan 24, 2021 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, Paper Pumpkin |
I have a girlfriend who loves snails, and she actually feeds them! I’ll admit, the snail in this month’s “Sending Hearts” Paper Pumpkin Kit is really cute.
If you aren’t a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, and you missed out on this month’s kit, I have good news: It coordinates with the Snail Mail Suite in the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog, pages 54-55. I have the Snailed It Bundle in my Product List, so you can see the details. Maybe you’ll become a snail lover too?
Snail Mail
I began today’s alternative Paper Pumpkin card by using a Stitched Be Mine Die to cut the heart from a Petal Pink card base in the kit.
Next, I used an Ornate Layers Die to cut the fancy rectangle from Basic White Cardstock. Before gluing it to the Sahara Sand card base (8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″), I embossed the rectangle with the Ornate Floral Embossing Folder. I thought I might as well feed the snail some flowers, like my friend does.
Now for the snail, a “Sending Hearts” stamp in the kit, was stamped in Memento Black Ink, and cut from Thick Basic White Cardstock. I used Crumb Cake and Petal Pink Stampin’ Blends for coloring, and placed her on Dimensionals that come in the kit.
Then, I stamped “hi valentine!,” from the kit, in Memento Black Ink, and cut the words with the bubble label from the Special Day Dies Set. This caused the snail to speak, and she requested a tiny enamel heart, from the kit, be placed on the label.
I’ll be sending this talking snail to my friend soon, in time for Valentine’s Day!
My January Host Code Gift
Add my Host Code ( 9YBJS4NM ) in the box provided when you order a minimum of $50.00 in the month of January, and I will send the Whale Of A Time Sequins to you in February.
You will love the colors, plus there are little shells that will go perfectly with the Sand & Sea Suite, pages 40-42 in the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog.
My January Drawing Prize
This month’s drawing will be a $20.00 or less, Stampin’ Up! item of your choice. Your name will be entered in the drawing when you place a minimum $100 order in January. I’ll announce the winner February 1st.
$20.00
Would you like to get a 20% discount on everything you order? Sale-A-Bration is the perfect time to join.
During this time (January & February), you can choose your $125 Starter Kit for only $99. Plus, you’ll get a FREE exclusive BONUS gift from the upcoming catalog — an assortment of 6″X 6″ stacks of Designer Series Paper, 200 sheets!
Did you know that the majority of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators are not pursuing the business? They appreciate Stampin’ Up! products, like you do, and enjoy the 20% discount. The addition of the stacks of 6X6 Designer Paper during Sale-A-Bration is an added incentive, giving the kit a $182.50 value.
I’d love for you to join my Dream Makers Team, click here:
You can click on my shop button, or the pictures in my Product List, to go to my store. Have fun filling your shopping cart!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a delightful day!
Please note: Stampin’ Up’s white cardstock is no longer Whisper White. It is now Basic White, and there are new numbers for ordering.
- BASIC WHITE 8-1/2″ X 11″ CARDSTOCK (159276)
- BASIC WHITE 8-1/2″ X 11″ THICK CARDSTOCK (159229)
- BASIC WHITE 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 CM) CARDSTOCK (159231)
- BASIC WHITE MEDIUM ENVELOPES (159236)
- BASIC WHITE NOTE CARDS & ENVELOPES (159232)
- BASIC WHITE 3″ X 3″ (7.6 X 7.6 CM) ENVELOPES (159233)
- BASIC WHITE ASSORTED MEMORIES & MORE CARDS & ENVELOPES (159234)
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Dec 26, 2020 | Gallery, Hand-Crafted Cards, Paper Pumpkin |
It’s time for another Paper Pumpkin alternative. What is Paper Pumpkin? It’s Stampin’ Up’s monthly kit that is all inclusive.
The kits come with instructions, but the supplies in the kit can go beyond the designed project, known as “Paper Pumpkin alternatives.” The card I designed for today is a Paper Pumpkin alternative from December’s kit, Beary Comforting.
Isn’t this bear adorable? She wanted to be called Happy, because she said she’d bring happiness to every home she enters. She came from a stamp in the kit, and is a slightly smaller bear than the punch-out version that comes in the kit. The punch-out koalas that come in the kit are super cute too!
I stamped Happy in Early Espresso Ink on Whisper White Cardstock, and colored her with Stampin Blends: Light and Dark Crumb Cake and Ivory, plus Flirty Flamingo cheeks.
Happy giggled as I fussy cut her outline, and she loved being attached with Dimensionals to Mint Macaron Cardstock. This layer was cut with a Stitched Rectangles Die (2 1/4″ X 3 1/2″).
Happy “for you”
Happy asked for a floral background that would go with Mint Macaron, as well as bring out the pink in her cheeks. We found this pretty, Ornate Garden print, which I cut with the largest Stitched Rectangles Die, and layered it on Whisper White Cardstock, for a 1/16″ border. Then, this was glued to a Mint Macaron card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″.
Finally, Happy wanted to hold a heart, and we found one just the right size in the Be Mine Stitched Die Set, cut from Whisper White Cardstock. “For you” is from the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set, stamped in Rococo Rose Ink, and attached with a Dimensional.
If you think you would like to receive the Paper Pumpkin Kits, or send as a gift, you have the option of subscribing for one month, three months, six months, or a year. The links for ordering are in my Product List below. The deadline for ordering January’s Paper Pumpkin is January 10, 2021, and you’ll love the Valentine theme.
You can click here to see unboxing videos from prior months.
You can click here to see the list of retiring items from the Year-End Closeout, December 8th – January 4th. Order early, before things sell out. The list is long, but to make it easier, it’s in order by page number (August-December 2020 Mini Catalog).
My December Host Code Gift
Add my Host Code ( AYSGTJKE ) in the box provided when you order a minimum of $50.00 in the month of December, and I will send the Gold Hoop Embellishments to you in January.
Create your own small wreaths or tags with Gold Hoops Embellishments as a base. Add die-cut greenery pieces or other layers for an elegant and trendy finished product.
* 10 pieces
* 2-1/28″
* Gold
My December Drawing Prize
This month’s drawing will be a Card Kit (makes 8 cards with envelopes) and the Rise & Shine Stamp Set (photopolymer). Your name will be entered in the drawing when you place a minimum $100 order in December.
You can click on my shop button, or the pictures in my Product List, to go to my store. Have fun filling your shopping cart! I’ll announce the winner January 1st.
If you’d like to join my Dream Makers Team, click here:
Click here to see the Refreshed Clearance (under Sales & Specials)
Thanks for stopping by! Happy New Year!
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