I received my May 2024 Paper Pumpkin kits on Sunday. And I was able to take time to create alternate project ideas with it right away on Monday. I LOVE thinking outside the box and coming up with card, page, and project ideas that are different than what the kit directions map out. I created quite a few items, too! I was inspired.
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 cards designed for this May 2024 The Best There Is Paper Pumpkin kit. (Click here for Stampin’ Up!’s how-to video to help you assemble these as intended.)
I’m sharing my first alternates with you today. Even if you didn’t get this kit, I hope the ideas I share can be applied to other products you own, and I hope what I share inspires your creativity!
Watch my video first by clicking here to get the measurements, directions, and tips (or you can just click on the 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 everything.
Here are close-up photos of the alternate projects I made and shared in my video. (Remember to watch first to get measurements, tips and directions.)
Simple Card and…
…In Color Version of the same card
I used the beautiful background I demonstrated this past weekend. I was inspired by a swap card from fellow demonstrator, Virginie Julien. (If she hasn’t already, she will be sharing how to make her card soon. Here is a link to her Facebook page. And here is a link to her YouTube channel.)
This was inspired by a gift I received from fellow demonstrator, Lisa Marshall (who is also my moderator on Facebook Lives).
I hope you enjoyed what I shared today! Again…if you did not get this kit, I hope you can apply these ideas to products you already 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 June 10th for this next kit…
A PEEK AT JUNE’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Life is Sweet: Celebrate the sweet things in life with textured, artistic cards. Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes iridescent glimmer sentiments, precut paper pieces, vellum accents, iridescent pearls, and linen thread. Plus it coordinates with the Country Woods Designer Series Paper (item 163393). Coordinating colors: Poppy Parade, Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Shy Shamrock (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Pool Party, Pretty In Pink. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the April-June kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Thanks & Beyond Dies (#164397) — made available March 11th and only while supplies last!
After live winners from last week’s live…Judy Ann Brander & dianelovesfred
This week’s live winners…Jeanne Draughon & Sandra Schmieg
Congratulations to these individuals!! If your name is above, be sure to reach out to me at stampyourartout@comcast.net to claim your prize.
Tune into my events on my Facebook Page to see notices of my upcoming Lives. Or subscribe to my YouTube channel. And then click on the bell next to the subscribe button and set notifications to “all” so you can get updates when I share and when I go live. My next Live will be Wednesday, May 29th at 11 AM Central Time.
STAMP-N-STORAGE MEMORIAL DAY SALE Stamp-n-Storage is having a Memorial Day Sale now through May 27th. Get 15% off your entire order! Click HERE to shop and save.
IN COLOR STARTER KIT SPECIAL Just a reminder that there are just a little over a week left to take advantage of the awesome May 2024 In Color Starter Kit offer. Choose $125 worth of product for just $99 + tax. But also enjoy the gift of four new 2024-26 In Color products shown in this flyer (a value of $82) for FREE. Click this link to purchase this amazing Starter Kit, and begin the fun of being on the demonstrator side of things! Click here for more details on this promotion.
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to shop My Favorite Extras. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products! Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
Product List…(FYI…Refill kit is available to active subscribers and does not contain the stamps and ink)
IN COLOR STARTER KIT SPECIAL Stampin’ Up! has a fabulous Starter Kit offer for May 2024. Choose $125 worth of product for just $99 + tax. But also enjoy the gift of four new 2024-26 In Color products shown in this flyer (a value of $82) for FREE. Click this link to purchase this amazing Starter Kit, and begin the fun of being on the demonstrator side of things! Click here for more details on this promotion.
STAMP-N-STORAGE MEMORIAL DAY SALE Stamp-n-Storage is having a Memorial Day Sale now through May 27th. Get 15% off your entire order! Click HERE to shop and save.
THE2024-25 ANNUAL CATALOG IS HERE! New products (stamp sets, dies, embossing folders, punches, papers, ephemera, embellishments, ribbons, colors, etc…) just debuted with the release of the 2024-25 Annual Catalog! How fun!! Shop the online store. And see the digital version of this new publication in my Catalogs section of my website. Are you one of my regular customers, but didn’t get your copy? You may have missed my notices asking you to fill out the request form. Filling out the form helps me make sure I’m sending catalogs to correct addresses and to those who actually want the publication. Thank you!
KITS COLLECTION: CITY SIGHTS & HELLO HOLLYHOCKS 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 JUNE’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Life is Sweet: Celebrate the sweet things in life with textured, artistic cards. Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes iridescent glimmer sentiments, precut paper pieces, vellum accents, iridescent pearls, and linen thread. Plus it coordinates with the Country Woods Designer Series Paper (item 163393). Coordinating colors: Poppy Parade, Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Shy Shamrock (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Pool Party, Pretty In Pink. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the April-June kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Thanks & Beyond Dies (#164397) — made available March 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 May 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 May 2024 Country Woods 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 Take To The Sky Suite from the 2024-25 Annual Catalog will be available June 1st.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES NEWS– NEW ITEMS ARE HERE! 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 available while supplies last.
#APaperPumpkinThing Welcome to our monthly APPT blog hop to showcase Paper Pumpkin alternate projects! We are featuring ideas we created with the contents of the April 2024 Delicate WingsPaper Pumpkin kit. See what I have to share. Then check out all the other blogs in the hop for additional creative ideas. To follow the hop, simply scroll down and click on the names of the other hop participants. (If you are receiving this blog post by email, click HERE to see the hop.)
Here are the intended cards designed for this April 2024 Delicate Wings 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 April 26th and on April 24th. Be sure to visit to see those creations.
Today I am sharing…
A Chocolate Nugget Treat Holder
AND… a 12×12 scrapbook page layout
Chocolate Nugget Treat Holder
I was inspired by a gift I received from fellow demonstrator, Theresa Gloe. I took her measurements and made a version using this kit! It was so fun and easy to make, too.
But I thought it was easiest to show the initial measurements, cuts, folds, and assembly with video instruction. So on Wednesday, I added that at the end of my Online Paper Crafting Class.
Watch my video starting around the 40 minute mark first by clicking here (or you can just click on this image below if you are already in my blog post). Then scroll down for the full list of measurements and to see close-up photos.
Measurements…
Basic White Cardstock
3-1/2″ x 9-3/4″ scored parallel to the short side at 1-1/4″, 3-1/4″, 4-1/2″, 6-1/2″, 7-1/8″ and 9-1/8″ then scored parallel to the long side at 1-1/4″ and 2-1/4″
1/2″ x 1-1/4″
Lost Lagoon (blue) & gold butterfly paper (from the kit card base)
(2) 1″ x 1-7/8”
Basic Beige (beige) & gold butterfly paper (from two kit envelope flaps)
(4) 1″ x 3″
(2) 7/8″ x 1-7/8″
(2) 7/8″ x 1-1/8″
After assembling the treat holder, add the Basic Beige layers to the sides of the box and around the chocolate nugget candies. Add the Lost Lagoon layers to both top sides of the middle section. Stamp and add the sentiment layer. Then embellish with a few kit butterflies. Add the wrapped candies and give to someone you love! So sweet, right? (pun intended)
12×12 scrapbook Page Layout
The pages with this month’s kit look like they could be lifted off my table top. I couldn’t stop adding the pretty butterflies! Hahaha 🦋
Measurements…
Pool Party Cardstock
(2) 12″ x 12″
Basic Gray Cardstock
(3) 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″
4-1/4″ x 4-1/4″
5-3/8″ x 7-3/8″
3-7/8″ x 7-1/8″
Gold flecked card base from the kit
(3) 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″
4-1/8″ x 4-1/8″
5-1/2″ x 7-1/2″
Basic Gray and gold butterflies card base from the kit
2-1/8″ x 3-7/8″
2-1/4″ x 3-7/8″
2-5/8″ x 3-7/8″
Champagne foil from the kit
Scrap for die-cutting 6-sided stitched label
Basic Beige envelope from the kit
Scrap for stamping then punching 1-3/4″ Circle
This photo below shows where my mind went first when I started creating the pages. I love that layer from the kit with two butterflies and wanted to build around that with more knowing that I would make the blue one 3-D by die-cutting it with the coordinating dies from the Thanks & Beyond Dies. I also imagined the bottom right area would be where I would place my title.
I transfered this over to my 12×12 cardstock base and added a couple stamped butterflies and photo mat layers. You can see the blue butterfly here is die-cut and reattached just in the center so the wings fold up a bit. I also added a few of the butterflies with Dimensionals to create depth and shadow.
I couldn’t stop with just those few butterflies, so I added the Basic Gray card base as designer paper. It’s really 3 small pieces but there is the illusion that it’s one long strip. The speckle stamp image added a bit more “texture.” So I added it here and there. And the title layers I added with Dimensionals as well.
I realize that the gold speckled photo mats may get covered once I add in my photos. But I may add slightly smaller photos so some of the foiled areas are still visible.
This kit was so much fun to create with!
I hope I inspired your creativity with what I shared today! If you did not get this kit, I hope you can apply these ideas to products you already 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 May 10th for this next kit…
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT The Best There Is: Make cards for Father’s Day and more to express your gratitude and admiration! Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes precut paper accent pieces & labels AND woodgrain textures & masculine earthy tones. Plus it coordinates with the Country Woods Designer Series Paper (item 163393). Coordinating colors: Wild Wheat, Pool Party, Misty Moonlight (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the April-June kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Thanks & Beyond Dies (#164397) — made available March 11th and only while supplies last!
Thanks for visiting! Now I invite you to visit the blogs of fellow demonstrators.
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to shop My Favorite Extras. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products! Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
IN COLOR STARTER KIT SPECIAL Stampin’ Up! has a fabulous Starter Kit offer for May 2024. Choose $125 worth of product for just $99 + tax. But also enjoy the gift of four new 2024-26 In Color products shown in this flyer (a value of $82) for FREE. Click this link to purchase this amazing Starter Kit, and begin the fun of being on the demonstrator side of things! Click here for more details on this promotion.
THE2024-25 ANNUAL CATALOG IS HERE! New products (stamp sets, dies, embossing folders, punches, papers, ephemera, embellishments, ribbons, colors, etc…) just debuted with the release of the 2024-25 Annual Catalog! How fun!! Shop the online store. And see the digital version of this new publication in my Catalogs section of my website.
KITS COLLECTION: CITY SIGHTS & HELLO HOLLYHOCKS 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 MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT The Best There Is: Make cards for Father’s Day and more to express your gratitude and admiration! Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes precut paper accent pieces & labels AND woodgrain textures & masculine earthy tones. Plus it coordinates with the Country Woods Designer Series Paper (item 163393). Coordinating colors: Wild Wheat, Pool Party, Misty Moonlight (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the April-June kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Thanks & Beyond Dies (#164397) — made available March 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 May 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 May 2024 Country Woods 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 Take To The Sky Suite from the 2024-25 Annual Catalog will be available June 1st.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES NEWS– NEW ITEMS ARE HERE! 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 available while supplies last.
I woke up this AM with a card idea and went straight to work putting it together. No video today… and it’s just a quick post because I need to get to packing! (I leave for Mexico tomorrow!!) But I had to share this card with you that I made with the April 2024 Delicate Wings Paper Pumpkin kit.
It’s based on a fun fold card I made back in May 2023 (gosh about a year ago!) for my Layering Leaves Class-to-Go. I called it my Tucked Gatefold Wreath card. But this one I’m sharing today is a vertical version of it. (By the way, the tutorial for that class is a popular one which includes other cards/projects as well and it’s still available for purchase.)
I already shared four other alternate project ideas using this April 2024 Delicate Wings kit just a couple days. Check it out here. But I couldn’t resist and had to put this Tucked Gatefold Card together and share!
The only extra products I used are listed here. In fact, I didn’t even use the stamps or ink from the kit. So one could just use the refill kit, coordinating dies, and the Iridescent Foil Gems to make it! To purchase the refill kit and dies, be sure to have an active Paper Pumpkin subscription or click here to get a subscription going, and then visit the Paper Pumpkin products available just to subscribers for purchase. (Both Cut & Emboss Machines are listed here, but you only need one. The mini size will work with these dies.)
Delicate Wings Tucked Gatefold Card…
To begin, I scored my flat card base in on each side at 2-1/8″ and at 4″. Then I trimmed 1/4″ off each side.
I folded along the four score lines I had just added (as shown) but not along the middle one that already was there. I attached the 1/4″ strips to the middle 1/2″ wide area with glue. There was a small overlap when I added them, because I made sure they were just inside the outer middle creases. This helped to reinforce the center. I also attached the cut-out/printed butterfly layer to the champagne foil layer (lifting the wings a bit).
OH! I also used the Thanks & Beyond Dies to cut a small detailed butterfly from another quarter piece of champagne foil. And then cut it in half to get two wings for adding later. But in hindsight, I wonder if I could’ve cut that shape from the foil piece I had layered here (maybe in a conspicuous spot on the bottom portion that gets covered by the top layer).
Next I used the champagne foil layered piece as a guide and added Dimensionals to the center of the card base in a few spots.
I closed my card by bringing in the two sides (like a Gatefold Card) and attached the layered champagne foil/butterfly piece to it with just those three center Dimensionals making sure it was centered and aligned. Then I opened the card by bending back those tucked side panels, and I added the two wings I had die-cut earlier (with glue) and the four butterflies from the kit to the inside panels (using Glue Dots on the center backs of each so I could bend the wings up a bit). I finished the card by adding some gems to the front panel. Here is the finished front.
And here is the inside. Yay! So pretty, so fun, and so easy to make!
Okay. Time to pack!
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 May 10th for this next kit…
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT The Best There Is: Make cards for Father’s Day and more to express your gratitude and admiration! Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes precut paper accent pieces & labels AND woodgrain textures & masculine earthy tones. Plus it coordinates with the Country Woods Designer Series Paper (item 163393). Coordinating colors: Wild Wheat, Pool Party, Misty Moonlight (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the April-June kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Thanks & Beyond Dies (#164397) — made available March 11th and only while supplies last!
PAST KITS & KIT ADD-ONS ON SALE Currently there are a few past kits and kit add-on products for sale online. To purchase them, you must be an active Paper Pumpkin subscriber.
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to shop My Favorite Extras. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products! Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
IN COLOR STARTER KIT SPECIAL Great news!! Stampin’ Up! just announced a fabulous Starter Kit offer for May 2024. It goes hand-in-hand with the release of the new 2024-26 In Color Collection in the new Annual Catalog! Here is the link to click starting May 1st when you are ready to get these four In Color products worth $82, another $125 worth of product of your choice, free shipping, and all the fun of being on the demonstrator side of things for just $99 + tax.
PRODUCT SHARES, SAMPLERS, & COLOR CLUBS The new 2024-25 Annual Catalog debuts May 1st. I have an amazing team of demonstrators with a few who offer great ways to get your hands on “tastes” of the new products. Click here for details and links.
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS Stock up on your favorite retiring/last chance products from the 2023-24 Annual Catalog and the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog before they’re gone for good! Sale prices began April 9th. Click here to learn more. Click here to shop the remaining last chance items. And if you are ordering before the new 2024-25 Annual Catalog debuts on May 1st, you may want to stock up on a few basics that will experience slight price increases. This resource here was put together & shared by a demonstrator friend to help you with the comparisons.
KITS COLLECTION: BY YOUR SIDE & HOORAY FOR HONEYCOMB KITS ADDED Two kits have been recently added to the Kits Collection! Click here and scroll down for more details.
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT The Best There Is: Make cards for Father’s Day and more to express your gratitude and admiration! Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes precut paper accent pieces & labels AND woodgrain textures & masculine earthy tones. Plus it coordinates with the Country Woods Designer Series Paper (item 163393). Coordinating colors: Wild Wheat, Pool Party, Misty Moonlight (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the April-June kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Thanks & Beyond Dies (#164397) — made available March 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 May 10th for this next kit.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES NEWS– NEW ITEMS ARE HERE! 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 available while supplies last.
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 April 2024 Nature’s Sweetness 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 Country Woods Suite from the upcoming 2024-25 Annual Catalog will be available May 1st.
STAMP YOUR ART OUT LOGO MERCHANDISE Be sure to check out my newly released line of Stamp Your Art Out logo merchandise! From the menu at the top choose SHOP > TUTORIALS, LOGO ITEMS & MORE > LOGO ITEMS. Or just click here. Many of the items have more than one color option. Thanks for shopping!
I’m excited to share with you my first set of alternate projects I’ve created with the April 2024 Delicate Wings Paper Pumpkin kit!
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 cards designed for this April 2024 Delicate Wings Paper Pumpkin kit. (Click here for Stampin’ Up!’s how-to video to help you assemble these as intended.)
What are alternate projects? Well, I take the supplies from the kits and create other things…different cards and projects. This way I can show others how to stretch the kits in new ways. A kit that you may have not been a fan of might all of a sudden be more attractive (or a favorite) because of a new way of using the supplies!
And I’m sharing my first alternates with you today. Even if you didn’t get this kit, I hope the ideas I share can be applied to other products you own, and I hope what I share inspires your creativity!
Watch my video first by clicking here to get the measurements, directions, and tips (or you can just click on the 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 everything.
I hope you enjoyed what I shared today! Again…if you did not get this kit, I hope you can apply these ideas to products you already 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 May 10th for this next kit…
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT The Best There Is: Make cards for Father’s Day and more to express your gratitude and admiration! Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes precut paper accent pieces & labels AND woodgrain textures & masculine earthy tones. Plus it coordinates with the Country Woods Designer Series Paper (item 163393). Coordinating colors: Wild Wheat, Pool Party, Misty Moonlight (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the April-June kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Thanks & Beyond Dies (#164397) — made available March 11th and only while supplies last!
PAST KITS & KIT ADD-ONS ON SALE Currently there are a few past kits and kit add-on products for sale online. To purchase them, you must be an active Paper Pumpkin subscriber.
Winners:
After live winners from last week’s live…Kimberly Blackburn McCollum & lauriehenning-johnson7876
This week’s live winners…Renee Walkowski & Deb FitzGerald
Congratulations to these individuals!! If your name is above, be sure to reach out to me at stampyourartout@comcast.net to claim your prize.
Tune into my events on my Facebook Page to see notices of my upcoming Lives. Or subscribe to my YouTube channel. And then click on the bell next to the subscribe button and set notifications to “all” so you can get updates when I share and when I go live. My next Live will be in two weeks…on Wednesday, May 8 at 11 AM Central Time. I’ll be in Mexico next week on May 1st. And though I won’t be live, I will post a pre-recorded Online Paper Crafting Class featuring the fun fold card I created at my incentive trip swap! So I hope you can also tune in Wednesday, May 1 at 11 AM Central Time.
A quick reminder that I have…
KITS FOR SALE If you are looking for a past Paper Pumpkin kit – a full kit with stamps and ink, check out a new store front on my website. From the menu at the top choose SHOP > TUTORIALS, LOGO ITEMS & MORE > KITS & RETIRED PRODUCTS. Or just click here. I currently have a vast supply built up over the years for times that I used to hold craft fairs and in-person events. I no longer do those events, so I’m offering them for sale here instead. And there are limited supplies of each. If you live near Andover, Minnesota and would rather pick your kits up to save on the cost of shipping, reach out to me personally.
I’m leaving for Mexico in a few days. So tonight I’ll be turning off this portion of my store for a couple weeks. That means if you have a kit in mind that you’d like to purchase, you should do it now if you don’t want to wait.
IN COLOR STARTER KIT SPECIAL Great news!! Stampin’ Up! just announced a fabulous Starter Kit offer for May 2024. It goes hand-in-hand with the release of the new 2024-26 In Color Collection in the new Annual Catalog! Here is the link to click starting May 1st when you are ready to get these four In Color products worth $82, another $125 worth of product of your choice, free shipping, and all the fun of being on the demonstrator side of things for just $99 + tax.
Reach out if you have questions
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to shop My Favorite Extras. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products! Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
Product List…
Delicate Wings Refill Kit (this is available to active subscribers and does not contain the stamps and ink)
IN COLOR STARTER KIT SPECIAL Great news!! Stampin’ Up! just announced a fabulous Starter Kit offer for May 2024. It goes hand-in-hand with the release of the new 2024-26 In Color Collection in the new Annual Catalog! Here is the link to click starting May 1st when you are ready to get these four In Color products worth $82, another $125 worth of product of your choice, free shipping, and all the fun of being on the demonstrator side of things for just $99 + tax.
CLEARANCE RACK REFRESH! Exciting news! More items were added to the Clearance Rack on April 23!
PRODUCT SHARES, SAMPLERS, & COLOR CLUBS The new 2024-25 Annual Catalog debuts May 1st. I have an amazing team of demonstrators with a few who offer great ways to get your hands on “tastes” of the new products. Click here for details and links.
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS Stock up on your favorite retiring/last chance products from the 2023-24 Annual Catalog and the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog before they’re gone for good! Sale prices began April 9th. Click here to learn more. Click here to shop the remaining last chance items. And if you are ordering before the new 2024-25 Annual Catalog debuts on May 1st, you may want to stock up on a few basics that will experience slight price increases. This resource here was put together & shared by a demonstrator friend to help you with the comparisons.
KITS COLLECTION: BY YOUR SIDE & HOORAY FOR HONEYCOMB KITS ADDED Two kits have been recently added to the Kits Collection! Click here and scroll down for more details.
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT The Best There Is: Make cards for Father’s Day and more to express your gratitude and admiration! Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes precut paper accent pieces & labels AND woodgrain textures & masculine earthy tones. Plus it coordinates with the Country Woods Designer Series Paper (item 163393). Coordinating colors: Wild Wheat, Pool Party, Misty Moonlight (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the April-June kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Thanks & Beyond Dies (#164397) — made available March 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 May 10th for this next kit.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES NEWS– NEW ITEMS ARE HERE! 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 available while supplies last.
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 April 2024 Nature’s Sweetness 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 Country Woods Suite from the upcoming 2024-25 Annual Catalog will be available May 1st.
STAMP YOUR ART OUT LOGO MERCHANDISE Be sure to check out my newly released line of Stamp Your Art Out logo merchandise! From the menu at the top choose SHOP > TUTORIALS, LOGO ITEMS & MORE > LOGO ITEMS. Or just click here. Many of the items have more than one color option. Thanks for shopping!
The cards I’m sharing today are alternates that I created with a set of card supplies from a past Paper Pumpkin kit, Bouquet of Hope. Now that’s a blast from the past, right?! I had 17 refill kits of this February 2021 kit, and each refill kit contained supplies for 3 sets of 3 kit cards. So with 17 times 3 giving me 51 sets of supplies, it became the make-n-take products for my April 13th Kit Together event!*
Of the 50 that registered for the event, 37 were able to attend the Live Zoom gathering this past Saturday. Attendees worked on kits they had on hand. I also demonstrated (gave instructions, tips, and measurements for) these 7 cards shown below from the Bouquet of Hope make-n-take materials they each received from me. And there were prize drawings at the end. It was a super fun event. I’m excited to host another possibly in June or July.*
The instructions, tips, and measurements are exclusive for those that attended the event. But here are photos of the cards I demonstrated to give you a little creative inspiration today. Each card shown has a couple variations. Can you see the slight difference in each?
The cards above and below required some careful cutting of the two gold foil pieces.
Cutting the gold doily correctly will allow for more gold foil so you can create a strip.
I’m sharing two versions of each because I didn’t want my kit class participants to have to own a lot of extra supplies.
They only really needed white cardstock, white envelopes, a stamp set with small sentiments, black ink, and some adhesives and basic tools. Embossing and extra embellishments were optional.
This last card wasn’t my favorite with the white layer behind. But I thought I’d share it anyway. I think it looks better with the vellum layer alone. Oh! And maybe a couple Brushed Brass Butterflies would look good too. I should’ve added those to the vellum-only version. Oh well.
The stamp set I used on several of the cards was Timeless Arrangements (which is retiring soon). It’s a great set with lots of small word images. I highly recommend getting it before it sells out or is gone for good on May 1st (along with all the other last chance products).
*And if you’d like to take part in my next Kit Together, make sure that you are subscribed to my newsletters so you will be the first to get notices. This April class literally filled up within two days. I didn’t even have time to share about it here on my blog.
Though this post didn’t share the details of these cards, I hope you got some creative inspiration AND will consider signing up for one of my future Kit Togethers. Thanks for stopping by!
KITS FOR SALE If you are looking for a past Paper Pumpkin kit – a full kit with stamps and ink, check out a new store front on my website. From the menu at the top choose SHOP > TUTORIALS, LOGO ITEMS & MORE > KITS & RETIRED PRODUCTS. Or just click here. I currently have a vast supply built up over the years for times that I used to hold craft fairs and in-person events. I no longer do those events, so I’m offering them for sale here instead. And there are limited supplies of each. If you live near Andover, Minnesota and would rather pick your kits up to save on the cost of shipping, reach out to me personally.
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to shop My Favorite Extras. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products! Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS Stock up on your favorite retiring/last chance products from the 2023-24 Annual Catalog and the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog before they’re gone for good! Sale prices began April 9th. Click here to learn more. Click here to shop the remaining last chance items. And if you are ordering before the new 2024-25 Annual Catalog debuts on May 1st, you may want to stock up on a few basics that will experience slight price increases. This resource here was put together & shared by a demonstrator friend. So hopefully the information is all accurate.
KITS COLLECTION: BY YOUR SIDE & HOORAY FOR HONEYCOMB KITS ADDED Two kits have been recently added to the Kits Collection! Click here and scroll down for more details.
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT The Best There Is: Make cards for Father’s Day and more to express your gratitude and admiration! Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes precut paper accent pieces & labels AND woodgrain textures & masculine earthy tones. Plus it coordinates with the Country Woods Designer Series Paper (item 163393). Coordinating colors: Wild Wheat, Pool Party, Misty Moonlight (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the April-June kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Thanks & Beyond Dies (#164397) — made available March 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 May 10th for this next kit.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES NEWS– NEW ITEMS ARE HERE! 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 available while supplies last.
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 April 2024 Nature’s Sweetness 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 a new suite from the upcoming 2024-25 Annual Catalog will be available May 1st.
STAMP YOUR ART OUT LOGO MERCHANDISE Be sure to check out my newly released line of Stamp Your Art Out logo merchandise! From the menu at the top choose SHOP > TUTORIALS, LOGO ITEMS & MORE > LOGO ITEMS. Or just click here. Many of the items have more than one color option. Thanks for shopping!
KITS FOR SALE If you are looking for a past Paper Pumpkin kit – a full kit with stamps and ink, check out a new store front on my website. From the menu at the top choose SHOP > TUTORIALS, LOGO ITEMS & MORE > KITS & RETIRED PRODUCTS. Or just click here. I currently have a vast supply built up over the years for times that I used to hold craft fairs and in-person events. I no longer do those events, so I’m offering them for sale here instead. And there are limited supplies of each. If you live near Andover, Minnesota and would rather pick your kits up to save on the cost of shipping, reach out to me personally.
#APaperPumpkinThing Welcome to our monthly APPT blog hop to showcase Paper Pumpkin kit alternate projects! This time we are featuring ideas we created with the contents of the March 2024 Memorable MeadowsPaper Pumpkin kit. See what I have to share. Then check out all the other blogs in the hop for additional creative ideas. To follow the hop, simply scroll down and click on the names of the other hop participants. (If you are receiving this blog post by email, click HERE to see the hop.)
Here are the intended cards designed for this March 2024 Memorable Meadows Paper Pumpkin kit. (Click here for a link to Stampin’ Up!’s how-to video to help you assemble these as shown.)
I’ve already shared some other alternate projects using the contents of this kit on March 24th. Be sure to visit to see photos of those and to watch my instructional video.
Today I am sharing…
A unique fun-fold card that turns 90° and extends far when open
AND… a 12×12 scrapbook page layout
I’m calling the card a Twist Corner Wide Tri-Fold Card. Check this out…
To make this amazing card I used the full daisy card base from the kit, folded it closed the opposite way, opened it up and folded the upper left corner diagonally so that the left edge when folded back lined up with the bottom edge, then attached an extension piece on the right: a 4-1/4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Pretty Peacock cardstock scored at 3/4″ on the left (for the overlap).
After connecting and folding, I added a 3-3/8″ x 3-5/8″ layer of Granny Apple Green and a 3-1/4″ x 3-1/2″ layer (stamped with the “beautiful birthday” portion of the stamp) of Basic White to the inside of the Pretty Peacock flap. On the opposite side I added a thin strip of the purple vellum to the edge, a die-cut leaf to the right and an upright butterfly that does not show when the card is fully closed. You’ll want to make sure it doesn’t show when closed because the rotation of the card changes.
With the card closed, I added a strip of purple vellum coming from behind the upper edge of the “corner.” I stamped the other half of the sentiment onto an arched label and attached it to the card with Dimensionals while also tucking and adhering a couple more die-cut leaves. I finished the card by embellishing with three more butterflies.
This is what it all looks like from the back when fully opened.
For my 12×12 scrapbook page layout, I was inspired by the exclusive card that I created and shared with my personal subscribers. (Some of you know what one I’m talking about.) I absolutely LOVE how it came together!
I prepared my pieces:
One sheet of 12″ x 12″ Basic White
Four pieces of 4″ x 5-1/2″ Basic Black
Scraps of Basic Black for the sentiment pieces
One piece of 2″ x 12″ Basic White
One piece of 2-1/8″ x 12″ Holographic Paper
Two 1″ x 5-1/2″ strips of the kit card with the tree image and clouds above
And two 1″ x 5-1/2″ strips of the kit envelope (I hadn’t cut mine down to 5-1/2″ yet in this photo)
Then I stamped the flower outline images randomly on the thin white strip with Smoky Slate ink. I filled in the flowers and leaves with “stamped off” Smoky Slate ink for a slightly lighter gray. For the smaller single flower image I used a Blender Pen dipped into Smoky Slate ink on an acrylic block to add light gray coloring on the petals.
I then masked the sentiment stamp, stamped it onto the black cardstock scrap with Versamark ink, stamped the full sentiment image again onto another area of the scrap, added the white embossing powder, and used the Heat Tool to emboss. I trimmed these words out by hand for my title pieces and set them aside.
To build the page, I started by adding the Basic Black photo mat pieces in the four corners. Then I added a 14″ length of ribbon adhered only in the center and on the ends which are wrapped around to the back.
I added the kit card and envelope strips right up next to the photo mat edges above and below the horizontal ribbon creating a look of an extended sky above the trees.
I layered the stamped white strip onto the holographic strip, tied on a bit more ribbon through the middle, added this to the page with Dimensionals, attached the sentiment pieces to the upper front with Dimensionals, and finished off the page design with some kit sequins.
I hope I inspired your creativity with what I shared today! If you did not get this kit, I hope you can apply these ideas to products you already 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 April 10th for this next kit…
A PEEK AT APRIL’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Delicate Wings Kit: Send elegant words of encouragement and support to those you love. Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes coordinating envelopes. Kit also includes paper pieces, butterfly designs, Champagne foil images, sentiments, and labels. Coordinating colors: Lost Lagoon, Moody Mauve, Basic Beige, Basic Gray (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Basic Black, champagne foil. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the April-June kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Thanks & Beyond Dies (#164397) — made available March 11th and only while supplies last!
Thanks for visiting! Now I invite you to visit the blogs of fellow demonstrators.
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. Click here to shop My Favorite Extras. Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity! Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me! Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products! Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group! Please subscribe to my blog, too!Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES NEWS– NEW ITEMS ARE HERE! 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 available while supplies last.
STAMP YOUR ART OUT LOGO MERCHANDISE Be sure to check out my newly released line of Stamp Your Art Out logo merchandise! From the menu at the top choose SHOP > TUTORIALS, LOGO ITEMS & MORE > LOGO ITEMS. Or just click here. Many of the items have more than one color option. Thanks for shopping!
KITS COLLECTION: BY YOUR SIDE & HOORAY FOR HONEYCOMB KITS ADDED Two kits have been recently added to the Kits Collection! Click here and scroll down for more details.
A PEEK AT APRIL’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Delicate Wings Kit: Send elegant words of encouragement and support to those you love. Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes coordinating envelopes. Kit also includes paper pieces, butterfly designs, Champagne foil images, sentiments, and labels. Coordinating colors: Lost Lagoon, Moody Mauve, Basic Beige, Basic Gray (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Basic Black, champagne foil. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the April-June kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Thanks & Beyond Dies (#164397) — made available March 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 April 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 April 2024 Nature’s Sweetness 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 a new suite from the upcoming 2024-25 Annual Catalog will be available May 1st.
Stamp Your Art Out!
Rachel Tessman
Independent Demonstrator 763-502-6813
Current Catalogs
Get My Posts
This is the best way to enjoy all that Stampin' Up! has to offer. Plus it's fun to be on the demonstrator side of things!
Subscribe to our monthly Paper Pumpkin crafting kits through me to enjoy exclusive ideas shared in PDF tutorials from the our PP Creatives team of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators.
In the spirit of full disclosure, I am an affiliate with Stamp-n-Storage which means I may get commissions if you click on links I provide and decide to purchase anything from this company. I love their products and recommend them because I own several myself and believe my readers will benefit from them.
Archives
Categories
Recent Achievements
#5 Overall
#5 in Leadership
#11 in Sales
#4 in Team Building
2024 Incentive Trip Achiever (My 19th trip earned will be Disney World in 2025!)
