Nov 2024 Filled With Joy Alternates Set 2 & Blog Hop

Welcome to our monthly “A Paper Pumpkin Thing” blog hop! It’s time to showcase our November 2024 Filled With Joy Paper Pumpkin kit alternate projects! See what I have to share. Then check out all the other blogs in the hop for additional creative ideas that my Stampin’ Up! demonstrator friends shared.

For those of you not familiar with these kits, they get delivered straight to your mailbox in the months of your choice. Inside are all the supplies you need AND the directions for assembling the kit cards/projects designed. Here are the intended projects designed for this November 2024 kit. (Click here for Stampin’ Up!’s how-to video to help you assemble these as intended.)

I’ve already shared some other alternate projects using the contents of this kit on November 20th: alternate cards and a few ideas of what to do with the stockings. Today I am sharing: a scrapbook page layout, a simple ornament card, and a poinsettia embellished stocking.

Below are close-up photos of these projects, any important measurements you might need, and tips for recreating what I shared. At the bottom of the post is a list of extra products that I’ve used linked to my online store.

Scrapbook Page Layout

This fun layout features Santa’s boots as he is heading down the chimney! It’s a fairly easy layout to put together.

Measurements:

• Night of Navy Cardstock (from the Neutrals 12×12 pack)
  • (2) 12″ x 12″ for the base pages
  • (2) 3-7/8″ x 5-7/8″ for the front photo mats (optional as these represent the actual photos)
  • (4) 2-7/8″ x 3-7/8″ for the front photo mats (optional as these represent the actual photos)
• White Willow Cardstock
  • (2) 3″ x 12″ to tear for the back layers of snow on the roof
  • (2) 2-1/2″ x 12″ to tear for the front layers of snow on the roof
  • 1-3/4″ x 3-1/2″ for the journalling piece
  • 4″ x 8″ for the base of the chimney
  • Scrap for stamping and fussy-cutting the “Magical Moments” words
  • (2) 4″ x 6″ for the middle photo mats
  • (4) 3″ x 4″ for the middle photo mats
• Smoky Slate Cardstock (from the Neutrals 12×12 pack)
  • (7-9) 1-1/4″ x 3-5/8″
• Misty Moonlight Cardstock (from the Neutrals 12×12 pack)
  • 1-7/8″ x 3-5/8″ for the journalling piece
  • (2) 4-1/8″ x 6-1/8″ for the bottom photo mats
  • (4) 3-1/8″ x 4-1/8″ for the bottom photo mats
• Cherry Cobbler & Gold Ribbon
  • (2) 14″ as a border to the bottom of the page
  • 7″ or 8″ for tying the bow

Santa’s boots were probably the most challenging for me since I’m not skilled with fabric arts. I tried three different ways…First I tried coloring the fabric with Sharpie® Marker. The ink rubbed off even a day later. Then I tried coloring our Stampin’ Write Markers, but I was worried about how much ink the fabric was soaking up and how my marker tip was getting roughed up. And though the results weren’t as bad as the Sharpie, the dried ink was still coming off a tiny bit when I rubbed the fabric against paper. So I finally dyed the fabric with Rit® Fabric Dye. Don’t ask me the details, though because again…I’m not an expert and probably could’ve gotten better results. My boots turned out sort of a reddish black. You can see the comparison below of a stocking colored with the Basic Black Dark Blends and a stocking colored with Black Rit Dye.

After the “boots” dried, I folded the cuffs as shown and then ironed them as flat as I could.

For the chimney, I embossed the Smoky Slate rectangles with the Painted Texture embossing folder (which is now on the Last Chance List), and used a Blending Brush to rub on Smoky Slate ink to deepen the look of the bricks…make them more weathered and dirty.

Then I added one towards the top right of my White Willow chimney base and built my brick pattern from there trimming off any excess Smoky Slate Cardstock that would go off the edges.

I cut my chimney in half and then arranged all my pieces (including my base photo mats) onto the 12×12 base pages. Then I stamped my snowflakes randomly with VersaMark ink, took all the layers off my pages, added white embossing powder to the snowflakes, and heat embossed.

After all my snowflakes were embossed, I prepared all my other stamped pieces and added the ribbon borders along the bottom of the front snow layers with a bit of Tear & Tape Adhesive (tucking the excess around the back).

Then I added my back layers of snow with Dimensionals, my front layers of snow with Dimensionals, my chimney halves with a couple layers of Dimensionals just on the back middle and with one layer of Dimensionals just under the back bottom, and then my boots with Tear & Tape. The boots will raise the top half of the chimney. This is why you don’t need Dimensionals in that area.

The last steps are just adding the bow, the Iridescent Faceted Gems within the snowflake centers, and adding photos and journalling!

Oh! And if coloring the stockings isn’t your thing either, you could always skip that step and pretend that Santa lost his boots before heading inside.

Simple Ornament Card

This card design was inspired by a card I got from Stampin’ Up! I loved it so much and knew it would work with the elements of this kit. I stamped Basic Beige ink for my sentiments and borders on my Basic Beige card base (which is 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″). Then I attached the ornament top to the ornament with Glue Dots and added it to the card with Dimensionals. I die-cut a couple Shaded Spruce leaf images from the Merry Tags & More Dies and glued them down behind the left side of the ornaments. Then I added a few Blooming Pearls.

(Here is the card I got from Stampin’ Up! Pretty, right?!)

Poinsettia Embellished Stocking

This last idea was inspired by a project shared by Kimberly Wynne Jones in the Paper Pumpkin Fan Club. I didn’t have any actual poinsettia dies, so I used the dies from the Happy Hibiscus Hybrid Embossing Folder set (and embossing folder and die set) to die-cut different size leaves from the Festive Glimmer papers. Then I used Glue Dots and Dimensionals to build the poinsettia. I added a Gold Blooming Pearl in the middle (although I think I should’ve added a few more to make it look more like a poinsettia), and I attached it to my stocking with more Glue Dots. A hot glue gun might have been a more permanent adhesive for this project. But I was in a hurry when I was making it.

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. (The refill typically shows up in the online store soon after the 20th.) 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 December 10th for this next kit.

A PEEK AT DECEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT
Notes From The Heart: Create cards with hand-sketched botanical designs! Makes 9 cards: 3 of 3 designs. The kit also includes precut vellum pieces, sparkling gems, hand-drawn designs, and card bases with scalloped edges. Coordinating colors: Blackberry Bliss (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Flirty Flamingo, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the October-December kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Merry Tags & More Dies (#165639) — made available September 11th and only while supplies last!

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Products…things you might need/want in addition to the November 2024 Paper Pumpkin kit 

• Post It® Notes/sticky notes
• Fabric dye (I used the Rit® brand)

Product List

LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS
There is now a new section called Last Chance Products in the Online Store and it includes all retiring products from any online releases and any catalogs including the outgoing September-December 2024 Mini Catalog. If you don’t see an item from that catalog in that section, it could be that the item is either already sold out OR that the item will continue to be made available and has instead been added to the Online Exclusives products.

DESIGNER PAPER RETURNS WITH FRESH NEW COLORS!
Stampin’ Up! is offering three previously released Designer Series Papers with fresh, new colors – some of our best-selling colors! The products debuted in the Online Exclusives section of the Online Store on December 3rd and are available while supplies last. Click here for the downloadable flyer. Click here and scroll down for a bit more detail.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVES NEWS – MORE NEW ITEMS ARE COMING SOON!
You won’t find Online Exclusives products in any catalog or publication. So be sure to visit this link to shop today. New items were just released November 5th. AND… every 2 months you’ll see even MORE added. In fact, here is a teaser flyer sharing peeks at some of the new products debuting on January 7th. (All Online Exclusives products are always available while supplies last.)

A PEEK AT DECEMBER’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT
Notes From The Heart: Create cards with hand-sketched botanical designs! Makes 9 cards: 3 of 3 designs. The kit also includes precut vellum pieces, sparkling gems, hand-drawn designs, and card bases with scalloped edges. Coordinating colors: Blackberry Bliss (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Flirty Flamingo, Old Olive, Pecan Pie, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the October-December kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Merry Tags & More Dies (#165639) — made available September 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 December 10th for this next kit.

KITS COLLECTION: PERPETUAL BEAUTY CALENDAR & CHERRY BLOSSOM TREAT BOXES KITS ADDED
These are the kits that were most recently added to the Kits Collection! Click here and scroll down for more details.

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 December 2024 Regal Winter 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 Marbled Elegance Suite from the Online Exclusives products will be available January 1st.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Stampin’ Up! is striving to make a difference by donating to organizations throughout the world that work to benefit children’s literacy. And you can help. When you purchase the Sentimental Christmas Designer Paper (also shown on pages 4 & 5 of the Sept-Dec 2024 Mini Catalog), Stampin’ Up! will donate $3. We hope you’ll join us in making a difference this holiday season.

CTMH BRANDED PRODUCTS CLEARANCE SALE
Save 30% all Close To My Heart branded products while supplies last. (Sale excludes any Stampin’ Up! scrapbooking products outside of the CTMH product category in the online store.)