Gosh I love these kits! I received my August 2024 Time For Cake Paper Pumpkin kit on Monday and opened it up to find supplies for putting together some festive and fun birthday cards.
But I never assemble my kits as is, because I like to show kit recipients other ways to use their supplies. I like to think outside the box…see what else I can come up with, and create alternate cards, scrapbook pages and more. So today I’m sharing with you twelve cards that I made with the supplies of the three kit cards. Replicating this with all the supplies in your kit would allow you to quadruple the cards you can get from this kit.
What would you do with all these birthday/celebratory cards? If you don’t need a lot of birthday cards yourself, you can package them together in sets and give them as gifts! I show you how to make these cards in my 8/23/24 video.
Watch my video here to get to get measurements, directions, and tips (or you can just click on this image below if you are already in my blog post). Scroll down to see close-up photos, access the links that I mentioned in my video, and see a list of extra supplies (linked to my online store) that I used to make my creations. Then be sure to visit my blog again soon, because I’ll have many more alternate projects that I’ll be sharing on soon!
I hope you enjoyed what I shared and gained some creative inspiration! Want to make the cards as intended? Click here for a link to Stampin’ Up!’s how-to video.
Below are close-up photos of the alternate projects I made and shared in my video. (Remember to watch my video first to get measurements, tips and directions.)
If you did not get this kit, I hope you can apply these ideas to products you already own. OR…become an active subscriber and get in on the refill kit. It doesn’t contain the ink and stamp images. But you will at least gain the main pieces and can hopefully replace most of the stamp images I used with some of your own.
If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by September 10th for this next kit…
A PEEK AT SEPTEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT
Autumn Abundance: Share your love for all things autumn with this kit! Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes printed cards and coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes laser cut card fronts, a whimsical watercolor ephemera pack, and embellishments. Coordinating colors: Cajun Craze (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Crushed Curry, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla, Wild Wheat. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the July-September kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Every Celebration Dies (#164991) — made available June 11th and only while supplies last!
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My husband Tim, my son Luke and I went to the Minnesota State Fair yesterday. (This was one of our views on one of the rides! Do you see the ferris wheel off in the distance? It’s a huge fair…one of the top rated state fairs overall.)
It was opening day, and we went to see my nephew Robbie play bass drum in the big parade.
My sister (Rob’s mom) was a chaperone/parent volunteer and helped the kids out during the parade and when needed. But she had free time, too. So she joined us when there was free time. And despite the rain showers (that came down hard right before and during the parade), the weather during the rest of the day was quite pleasant.
When we first arrived, Tim and Luke had to ride the Skyscraper. (It’s now a tradition for them.) They ride it right away so they can eat whatever they want afterwards. Hahaha!
And yes…we definitely ate! That is one of the fun things about coming is trying out new and bizarre foods. Not everything we ate was new and bizarre though. I personally have a lot of sensitivities, so I don’t wander into that craziness like most people. In fact, I LOVE that many of my gluten free/dairy free favorites can be found. Yay for Nautical Bowls (and the awesome workers there that pose for a pic with us)!! The special “State Fair Bowl” menu item tasted great!
We tried lots of foods (a new favorite of mine is the French Meadow Bakery‘s Shroomy Calamari), shopped a lot, rode a couple rides, watched the parade, visited the livestock, and enjoyed people watching and the music around us. We’ll be back again!
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Products…things you might need/want in addition to the August 2024 Paper Pumpkin kit
- August 2024 Time For Cake Refill Kit (available to active subscribers while supplies last)
- Sunflower Tombow Glue Holder
- Fine Tip Glue Bottle
AUGUST 2024 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER SALE
August 6-31, 2024 you can enjoy a 15% discount on select Designer Series Paper packs from our 2024-2025 Annual Catalog! This is a great time to stock up and save on gorgeous paper so you have artistic and versatile paper designs on hand for your next projects! Click here for more details. Click here to shop.
BONUS DAYS! EARN IN JULY & REDEEM IN AUGUST!
It’s now time to take those Bonus Days coupons that you earned in July and redeem them on your August order/s! You will want to redeem all of them between August 1–31! Click here for the details. Click here to shop.
NEW ONLINE EXCLUSIVES HAVE ARRIVED
Lots of new products released in July into the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store. You won’t find Online Exclusives products in any catalog or publication. So be sure to visit this link to shop today. (All Online Exclusives products are always available while supplies last.)
KITS COLLECTION: HAUNTED HOME & CHRISTMAS WISHES KITS ADDED
These are the kits that were most recently added to the Kits Collection! Click here and scroll down for more details.
A PEEK AT SEPTEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT
Autumn Abundance: Share your love for all things autumn with this kit! Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes printed cards and coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes laser cut card fronts, a whimsical watercolor ephemera pack, and embellishments. Coordinating colors: Cajun Craze (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Crushed Curry, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla, Wild Wheat. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the July-September kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Every Celebration Dies (#164991) — made available June 11th and only while supplies last! If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by September 10th for this next kit.
ALL STAR VIDEO CLASSES
I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our August 2024 Mediterranean Blooms Suite Video Class Bundle which is now available. CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to see others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Unbounded Beauty Suite from the 2024-25 Annual Catalog will be available September 1st.
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