Welcome to our PPX monthly blog hop! Today I have my blog post linked to posts from those in my Paper Pumpkin Exclusives Video Crew so we could all share a few more projects that we put together with some of our leftovers from the May 2022Celebrating In Color kit. See what I have to share. Thenscroll down and click on the names of other hop participants to see additional creative alternate paper crafting project ideas with this Paper Pumpkin kit. (If you are receiving this blog post by email, click HERE to see the hop.)
I put together Independence Day (4th of July) scrapbook pages! These new 2022-24 In Colors (contained in this kit) are perfect for a red, white, and blue themed project. And since my family loves to celebrate this holiday up at the cabin every summer, I’m now ready to record this year’s festivities by just adding in photos and journaling to this 12×12 spread.
Extra products I used… See below for a complete list of extra products I used linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Measurements…
Basic Black Cardstock
Two pieces of 12×12 Cardstock (Yep! It’s coming back!! You’ll be able to purchase this again starting July 1, 2022.)
Plain white card base pieces from the kit
Four that are 4-1/8″ x 5-1/2″
Two that are 2-3/4″ x 2-3/4″
5-1/2″ x 5-3/4″
Banner printed white card base from the kit
5-1/2″ x 5-3/4″
Envelopes from the kit (all but the Parakeet Party green)
Four that are 4-3/4″ x 5-1/8″
Sweet Sorbet red “you” card layer from the kit
Punch a bunch of stars from this
Tips…
Use the H from HAPPY, the T and H in BEST WISHES, and another HAPPY for the HAPPY 4TH title.
To turn the H into 4, cut as shown. No need to use “white out” like I originally thought I needed to do. Instead just transfer the small piece from the bottom of the H to the middle to finish off the gold line.
I initially added the envelope paper like this, but then I trimmed them down to 4-3/4″ x 5-1/8″ (just under the envelope glue) and embossed them (with the speckle stamp and gold emboss powder) before attaching.
I used two of the plain white card bases to make the four largest white photo mats. I used the section cut from the foil printed card base to get the smaller square photo mats. And I used a portion of the white card base with a curved edge for the 5-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ photo mat on the right. Remember to emboss the speckles before adding the layers to the pages.
Add the Tahitian Tide blue banner with Seal adhesive along the back of the top and Dimensionals along the back of the bottom. Color the insides of the letters with Starry Sky Blends markers and add with Dimensionals to the Tahitian Tide blue banner.
Punch out a bunch of stars from the Sweet Sorbet red “you” card layer. And add them here and there with the Festive Pearls and embellishments from the kit.
Looking for more ideas? Be sure to check out my other fun alternate projects that I shared May 23rd and May 26th. 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.
Today is the last day to sign up (or have an active subscription) for Paper Pumpkin so you get in on this next kit titled Pick of the Crop. (More details on this kit can be found below.)
And if your subscription is through me, you’ll be able to enjoy exclusive ideas shared in video tutorials from myself and other creative Stampin’ Up! demonstrators on the PPX Crew.
To renew your subscription, click here and login to reactivate.
Thanks for visiting!Nowclick on the names of the other PPX Crew hop participants to see additional creative alternate paper crafting project ideas.
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…things you might need/want in addition to the May 2022 Paper Pumpkin kit to make these projects (I listed the kit refill below because at the time I created this post, the kit was still available….just an option for anyone who missed out on getting the full kit with the ink and stamps)
KITS COLLECTION BOGO SALE! Do you have kits from the Kits Collection on your wish list? Save this month with the Buy One, Get One 50% off sale that runs June 1-30, 2022. Click here for details. Click here to shop the Kits Collection.
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS The 2022 Jan-June Mini Catalog will be retiring soon! Stock up on your favorite retiring/last chance products before they’re gone for good! AND…save up to 50% on some of them as well. Click here for more details. Click here to shop these products in my online store.
STAMP-N-STORAGE MEGA SALE Stamp-n-Storage’s BIGGEST sale of the summer runs June 8-13, 2022. Click here for all the details and plan your wish list. Click here to shop all their products.
THE NEW 2022-23 ANNUAL CATALOG! Click here to view the online PDF of the catalog. Click here to shop the online store.
VIRTUAL TOUR Our Virtual Tour of the Catalog Crew has put together ten videos that highlight bundles and suites from the 2022-23 Annual Catalog. Join my Facebook Group to see all 10 videos (1 released each day for 10 days – June 1-10) or add one of my host codes to your June 2022 order to receive the PDF that contains links to all 10 videos. Click here for more details.
NEW BRANDED MERCHANDISE Stampin’ Up! has added some new branded merchandise sporting the SU Logo, images and colors. Click here to see and shop all the offerings.
A PEEK AT JUNE’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Give your card collection a reFRESH with the Pick of the Crop June Paper Pumpkin Kit! Inspired by open markets, summer produce, and community, this kit will help you express your love, gratitude, friendship, and adoration with sentiments that say “Love you a whole bunch”, “You’re the pick of the crop”, “You are the sweetest,” and so many more. It includes all the supplies you need to create nine cards (3 each of 3 designs), coordinating envelopes, and one mini canvas shopping bag that you can stamp, color, and personalize for a fun twist on card packaging. Plus, you’ll be able to purchase additional mini canvas shopping bags. Coordinating kit colors: Blackberry Bliss, Cajun Craze, Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, Garden Green, Night of Navy, Soft Succulent (Ink spot color: Calypso Coral) 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.
ALL STAR TUTORIALS 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 bundle of twelve June 2022 Heart & Home Suite Tutorials which are now available. CLICK HEREfor more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Awash With Beauty Suite will be available July 1st! AND all these tutorial bundles include links to instructional videos!
MY FAVORITE EXTRAS I’ve added a new section to my website titled My Favorite Extras. This is where you can find direct links to other products (from Amazon, Stamp-n-Storage, The Country Hive, etc.) that I love, use, and share about.
Have you purchased the fun Celebrate Today Magnet Board Kit from the Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection yet? These two images show the supplies from this kit…
…and what the supplies in the kit can create.
I added a bit of extra cardstock, some envelopes, the new Happiness Abounds Stamp Set and ink, the Bough Punch, and some Iridescent Rhinestones and turned the supplies from this kit around to make a simpler more personalized magnet board, a 12×12 scrapbook page layout, and 15 greeting cards! It’s a beautiful project as intended. But I couldn’t help myself and had fun changing it up.
I just showed live on YouTube and on Facebook about an hour ago step-by-step directions all the projects I came up with. And now I’m sharing that video here in my blog post. Be sure to watch the video by clicking here (or you can just click on this image below if you are already on my blog post), scroll through the close-up photos that follow, check out the measurements & products list below, and then let me know if you have any questions.
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Click here to access and download a printable “measurements & supplies” sheet.
Measurements for pages…
Basic Black Cardstock
(4) 4-1/8” x 5-1/2”
(5) 3” x 5”
Mint Macaron Cardstock
Scrap for punching five sets of leaves
Measurements for cards…
Basic Black Cardstock
(8) 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” scored parallel to the short side at 4-1/4”
(7) 4-1/4” x 11” scored parallel to the short side at 5-1/2”
Basic White Cardstock
(15) 3-1/2” x 4-1/2” (or 4-3/4”)
Here are photos of all the finished projects.
I hope you enjoyed what I shared!
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As many of you know we are getting rooms in our house remodeled. I have yet to share with you before and after photos of our bathroom because it’s not quite done yet. A couple things needed to be re-done. I will share those photos soon.
But we are already going forward with our main level remodel project. And as I mentioned in the video, we are going to have some BIG changes. Tear down began on Monday of this week!
Lucky and I love all the action. Here he is supervising the work. The plan is to have this whole level done by the end of June. So we are crossing our fingers that there are no delays in products and supplies.
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
Happiness Abounds Stamp Set (currently unavailable…debuts May 3, 2022)
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS The 2021-22 Annual Catalog will be ending soon! Stock up on your favorite retiring/last chance products before they’re gone for good! AND…even save up to 50% on some of them! Click here for the details. CLICK HERE to shop these products in my online store now.
THE NEW 2022-23 ANNUAL CATALOG DEBUTS MAY 3RD! Click here to get a peek at the new 2022-24 In Colors.
WAVES OF THE OCEAN PROMOTION Discover the depths of the ocean—and your artistic abilities—with the Waves of the Ocean Collection! This coastal collection includes an inspiring set of stamps and detailed dies (early-release products from the upcoming 2022–2023 Annual Catalog), a pack of paper made from images of hand-poured paint, blue-hued foil sheets for a sea of shine, and radiant rhinestones for a splash of sparkle (each an exclusive product you can only purchase during the promotion period)! Click here for the informational flyer. Click here to shop these products online. Click here for more details.
ALL TOGETHER COLLECTION With hand designs that illustrate coming together in friendship and solidarity, the All Together Collection will help you create cardmaking and paper crafting projects that reflect the people you know and love. Click here for the informational flyer. Click here to shop these products online. Click here to learn more.
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Create magic with the NEW 2022–2024 In Colors with this Celebrating In Color Paper Pumpkin kit! Send your best wishes or happy moments with vivid pops of green and red, a range of blues, large bold lettering, and gorgeous gold foil details. Contains enough supplies to create 10 cards—2 each of 5 designs with optional coordinating gift card holders! As an added bonus, every May Paper Pumpkin subscriber will get the chance to win a GOLDEN Voucher worth $25 USD | $34 CAD in Stampin’ Up! products! Click here to watch Sara in this video where she goes over her favorite features of the kit. Coordinating kit colors: Orchid Oasis, Parakeet Party, Starry Sky, Sweet Sorbet, Tahitian Tide 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 TUTORIALS 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 bundle of twelve April 2022 New Horizons Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HEREfor more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Flowering Fields Suite will be available May 1st! AND all these tutorial bundles include links to instructional videos!
KITS COLLECTION BY STAMPIN’ UP!® Creativity made easy! A line of affordably priced, versatile all-inclusive kits. Click here for a short promotional video. Click here for more details. Click here to shop.
MY FAVORITE EXTRAS I’ve added a new section to my website titled My Favorite Extras. This is where you can find direct links to other products (from Amazon, Stamp-n-Storage, The Country Hive, etc.) that I love, use, and share about.
My kit is here!!! I just put together my first set of alternate projects using this April 2022 Change is Beautiful Paper Pumpkin monthly subscription kit. And I’m very excited to share them with you today!
This kit contained the supplies shown below to make 9 stunning and colorful cards cards.
But I never assemble my kits as is, because I like to show subscribers other ways to use those 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…
Three Alternate Cards
A 4-Panel Carton Gift Box
And a 4-Page 12×12 Scrapbook Page Layout
Watch my video first by clicking 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 have many more alternate projects that I’ll be sharing on April 28th and May 10th.
Here are the cards the kit instructs how to make. (Click here for a link to Stampin’ Up!’s how-to video to help you assemble these as intended.)
And here 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.)
Three Alternate Cards
A 4-Panel Carton Gift Box
A 4-Page 12×12 Scrapbook Page Layout
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 Create magic with the NEW 2022–2024 In Colors with this Celebrating In Color Paper Pumpkin kit! Send your best wishes or happy moments with vivid pops of green and red, a range of blues, large bold lettering, and gorgeous gold foil details. Contains enough supplies to create 10 cards—2 each of 5 designs with optional coordinating gift card holders! As an added bonus, every May Paper Pumpkin subscriber will get the chance to win a GOLDEN Voucher worth $25 USD | $34 CAD in Stampin’ Up! products! Click here to watch Sara in this video where she goes over her favorite features of the kit. Coordinating kit colors: Orchid Oasis, Parakeet Party, Starry Sky, Sweet Sorbet, Tahitian Tide
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).
Products…things you might need/want in addition to the April 2022 Paper Pumpkin kit
2022-24 In Color Glimmer Paper (available May 3, 2022)
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS The 2021-22 Annual Catalog will be ending soon! Stock up on your favorite retiring/last chance products before they’re gone for good! AND…even save up to 50% on some of them! Click here for the details. CLICK HERE to shop these products in my online store now.
THE NEW 2022-23 ANNUAL CATALOG DEBUTS MAY 3RD! Click here to get a peek at the new 2022-24 In Colors.
WAVES OF THE OCEAN PROMOTION Discover the depths of the ocean—and your artistic abilities—with the Waves of the Ocean Collection! This coastal collection includes an inspiring set of stamps and detailed dies (early-release products from the upcoming 2022–2023 Annual Catalog), a pack of paper made from images of hand-poured paint, blue-hued foil sheets for a sea of shine, and radiant rhinestones for a splash of sparkle (each an exclusive product you can only purchase during the promotion period)! Click here for the informational flyer. Click here to shop these products online. Click here for more details.
ALL TOGETHER COLLECTION With hand designs that illustrate coming together in friendship and solidarity, the All Together Collection will help you create cardmaking and paper crafting projects that reflect the people you know and love. Click here for the informational flyer. Click here to shop these products online. Click here to learn more.
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Create magic with the NEW 2022–2024 In Colors with this Celebrating In Color Paper Pumpkin kit! Send your best wishes or happy moments with vivid pops of green and red, a range of blues, large bold lettering, and gorgeous gold foil details. Contains enough supplies to create 10 cards—2 each of 5 designs with optional coordinating gift card holders! As an added bonus, every May Paper Pumpkin subscriber will get the chance to win a GOLDEN Voucher worth $25 USD | $34 CAD in Stampin’ Up! products! Click here to watch Sara in this video where she goes over her favorite features of the kit. Coordinating kit colors: Orchid Oasis, Parakeet Party, Starry Sky, Sweet Sorbet, Tahitian Tide 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 TUTORIALS 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 bundle of twelve April 2022 New Horizons Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HEREfor more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Flowering Fields Suite will be available May 1st! AND all these tutorial bundles include links to instructional videos!
KITS COLLECTION BY STAMPIN’ UP!® Creativity made easy! A line of affordably priced, versatile all-inclusive kits. Click here for a short promotional video. Click here for more details. Click here to shop.
MY FAVORITE EXTRAS I’ve added a new section to my website titled My Favorite Extras. This is where you can find direct links to other products (from Amazon, Stamp-n-Storage, The Country Hive, etc.) that I love, use, and share about.
#APaperPumpkinThing Welcome to our monthly “A Paper Pumpkin Thing” blog hop! See what I have to share. Then check out all the other blogs in the hop to see additional creative alternate paper crafting project ideas that we each came up with using the contents of the March 2022 Beyond the Horizon Paper Pumpkin kit. To follow the hop and see other creative project ideas, simply scroll down and click on the names of other hop participants. (If you are receiving this blog post by email, click HERE to see the hop.)
Here are the cards the kit instructs how to make. (Click here for a link to 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 March 19th.
Today I am sharing a 12×12 scrapbook page layout. The floral images in that bonus stamp set, Celebration Time paired up with the leaf die-cuts make beautiful focal points for any project. So I stamped them in Orchid Oasis (a new color that will debut on May 3rd) as a blue alternative to the Misty Moonlight color AND because I wanted to show off that new color and a couple other new products that can coordinate with the imagery in this kit.
Products I used… See below for a complete list of extra products I used linked to where you can find them in my online store. But take note that three items (that are not available yet) are only listed and not linked. These can not be purchased until May 3, 2022.
Measurements…
Soft Sea Foam Cardstock
(2) 12″ x 12″
Daffodil Delight Cardstock
(3) 4-3/8″ x 5-3/4″
4-3/8″ x 4-3/8″
Mossy Meadow Cardstock
(3) 4-1/8″ x 5-1/2″
4-1/8″ x 4-1/8″
Envelope from the kit
(2) 4-7/8″ x 7″
Card from the kit with pattern
(4) ~5/8″ x 5-1/2″ from the patterned part of the card (cut between the rows in the design)
1″ x 5-1/2″ from the white part of the card
Scraps of the white side for stamping and cutting out the flowers
2022-24 In Color 6×6 Glimmer Paper (Orchid Oasis)
(4) 3/4″ x 6″ (with dark to light showing along the length)
Directions…
Attach the photo mat pieces and the Orchid Oasis Glimmer Paper strips to the pages first. You’ll need two strips on the right page and one on the left (for now).
Punch one end of the kit card patterned strips so the banner cut is in the same direction as the design. Use a Bone Folder to curl the cut ends a bit. Add them to the Glimmer Paper strips with Tear & Tape Adhesive so the banner end is on top.
Add the envelope paper next. (I loved this pattern. So I plan to add 4″ x 5-3/8″ horizontal photos in these two areas so I don’t cover too much of that pattern. BTW…The left one was difficult to add, so I placed a piece of cardstock that was 2-1/2″ tall at the top of the page so my left envelope layer was straight when I attached it.)
Add a portion of the fourth Glimmer Paper strip and the remaining kit card patterned strip that was cut from what wasn’t needed earlier.
Banner Punch the left end of the 1″ x 5-1/2″ white strip. Stamp the sentiment. Curl the banner end with a bone folder and attach.
Now use the left over pieces from that card base that was cut for the strips to stamp the flowers. Use the Paper Snips to trim them. (I stamped off onto scrap paper first to lighten the Orchid Oasis and Crushed Curry inks.) Stamp and cut the amount that appeals to you. Use a Bone Folder to curl them a bit too.
Then arrange them and the die-cut leaves to get the look you like. If you want to also stamp the smaller branch image, you could try this trick…Stamp it onto a small scrap of Soft Sea Foam then tuck it where you think it looks best as a guide for where to stamp it.
Add the flowers, branch images and die-cut leaves with Dimensionals from the kit and Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
Then embellish the centers of the small flowers with 2021-23 In Color Opal Rounds and around the flowers (and on the exclamation mark) with the rhinestones that came in the kit.
Then add special photos.
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 Whether they’re climbing their career ladder or moving out for the first time—change can be simultaneously thrilling and scary—but isn’t that what makes life beautiful? Because new beginnings, after all, are simply new adventures. Let your loved ones know you’ll be there to support them through all of life’s chapters! The Change is Beautiful kit contains enough supplies to create 9 stunning cards with a unique folding technique. The designs are inspired by the natural cycles of change found in nature. Coordinating kit colors: Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Evening Evergreen, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo
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…things you might need/want in addition to the March 2022 Paper Pumpkin kit
STAMP-N-STORAGE’S FLASH SALE In need of products to help you organize your crafting supplies? Good news!!…Now through April 8th (midnight Central Time) you can get 10% OFF site wide & Free Shipping for orders over $100! Click here to shop.
LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS The 2021-22 Annual Catalog will be ending soon! Stock up on your favorite retiring/last chance products before they’re gone for good! AND…even save up to 50% on some of them! Click here for the details. CLICK HERE to shop these products in my online store now.
THE NEW 2022-23 ANNUAL CATALOG DEBUTS MAY 3RD! Click here to get a peek at the new 2022-24 In Colors.
WAVES OF THE OCEAN PROMOTION Discover the depths of the ocean—and your artistic abilities—with the Waves of the Ocean Collection! This coastal collection includes an inspiring set of stamps and detailed dies (early-release products from the upcoming 2022–2023 Annual Catalog), a pack of paper made from images of hand-poured paint, blue-hued foil sheets for a sea of shine, and radiant rhinestones for a splash of sparkle (each an exclusive product you can only purchase during the promotion period)! Click here for the informational flyer. Click here to shop these products online. Click here for more details.
ALL TOGETHER COLLECTION With hand designs that illustrate coming together in friendship and solidarity, the All Together Collection will help you create cardmaking and paper crafting projects that reflect the people you know and love. Click here for the informational flyer. Click here to shop these products online. Click here to learn more.
A PEEK AT APRIL’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Whether they’re climbing their career ladder or moving out for the first time—change can be simultaneously thrilling and scary—but isn’t that what makes life beautiful? Because new beginnings, after all, are simply new adventures. Let your loved ones know you’ll be there to support them through all of life’s chapters! The Change is Beautiful kit contains enough supplies to create 9 stunning cards with a unique folding technique. The designs are inspired by the natural cycles of change found in nature. Coordinating kit colors: Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Evening Evergreen, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo 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 TUTORIALS 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 bundle of twelve April 2022 New Horizons Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HEREfor more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Flowering Fields Suite will be available May 1st! AND all these tutorial bundles include links to instructional videos!
KITS COLLECTION BY STAMPIN’ UP!® Creativity made easy! A line of affordably priced, versatile all-inclusive kits. Click here for a short promotional video. Click here for more details. Click here to shop.
MY FAVORITE EXTRAS I’ve added a new section to my website titled My Favorite Extras. This is where you can find direct links to other products (from Amazon, Stamp-n-Storage, The Country Hive, etc.) that I love, use, and share about.
I’m excited to share with you these fantastic projects made by Sheila Chyu, our March 2022 Stampers With ART Showcase Stamper!
I send Sheila the Seas the Day Bundle (the Seas the Day stamp set & Seas dies) from the 2021-22 Annual Catalog. Then she added in other current products so she could create and share her great ideas with us!
I love what Sheila has made! Here are her 9 projects.
I’m blessed to have Sheila in my community of stampers. Please note that I only ask my Showcase Stampers to share their creations not their instructions. These ideas are to inspire creativity not to instruct. Thanks for understanding.
Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards – including a discount on future products!
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 The 2021-22 Annual Catalog will be ending soon! Stock up on your favorite retiring/last chance products before they’re gone for good! AND…even save up to 50% on some of them! Click here for the details. CLICK HERE to shop these products in my online store now.
THE NEW 2022-23 ANNUAL CATALOG DEBUTS MAY 3RD! Click here to get a peek at the new 2022-24 In Colors.
WAVES OF THE OCEAN PROMOTION Discover the depths of the ocean—and your artistic abilities—with the Waves of the Ocean Collection! This coastal collection includes an inspiring set of stamps and detailed dies (early-release products from the upcoming 2022–2023 Annual Catalog), a pack of paper made from images of hand-poured paint, blue-hued foil sheets for a sea of shine, and radiant rhinestones for a splash of sparkle (each an exclusive product you can only purchase during the promotion period)! Click here for the informational flyer. Click here to shop these products online. Click here for more details.
ALL TOGETHER COLLECTION With hand designs that illustrate coming together in friendship and solidarity, the All Together Collection will help you create cardmaking and paper crafting projects that reflect the people you know and love. Click here for the informational flyer. Click here to shop these products online. Click here to learn more.
A PEEK AT APRIL’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Whether they’re climbing their career ladder or moving out for the first time—change can be simultaneously thrilling and scary—but isn’t that what makes life beautiful? Because new beginnings, after all, are simply new adventures. Let your loved ones know you’ll be there to support them through all of life’s chapters! The Change is Beautiful kit contains enough supplies to create 9 stunning cards with a unique folding technique. The designs are inspired by the natural cycles of change found in nature. Coordinating kit colors: Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Evening Evergreen, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo 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 TUTORIALS 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 bundle of twelve April 2022 New Horizons Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HEREfor more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Flowering Fields Suite will be available May 1st! AND all these tutorial bundles include links to instructional videos!
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MY FAVORITE EXTRAS I’ve added a new section to my website titled My Favorite Extras. This is where you can find direct links to other products (from Amazon, Stamp-n-Storage, The Country Hive, etc.) that I love, use, and share about.
Today is the last day to sign up (or have an active subscription) for Paper Pumpkin so you get in on this next kit titled Safari Celebration. Looks interesting…right!? (Information on this kit can be found at the bottom of this post.)
So I thought I’d share a few more projects that I put together with some of my leftovers from last month’s Kisses & Hugskit. And today I have my blog post linked to posts from those in my PPX exclusives video crew. So see what I have to share. Thenscroll down and click on the names of other hop participants to see additional creative alternate paper crafting project ideas with this Paper Pumpkin kit. (If you are receiving this blog post by email, click HERE to see the hop.)
The first of my three projects are these mouse cards (inspired by what I created with the January 2016 kit years ago). They are perfect for welcoming a new baby or to send as apology cards.
Extra products I used… See below for a complete list of extra products I used linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Measurements for two cards…
Basic White Thick Cardstock
(2) 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ scored parallel to the short side at 4-1/4″
(2) 4″ x 5-1/4″ (optional)
Going Grey Twine
(2) 6″
(2) 2″
Tips…
Cut a large pink heart from the kit and two small hearts tags (from the mini treat box add-on kit) in half.
Add sequins for the eyes. Add small gray Classic Matte Dots for the pupils. Add the ears on each mouse. And adhere the tails.
Emboss the smaller white and add to the front of the cards (optional). Then attach the mice either with Dimensionals or Seal. Then shape the tails and secure with small… VERY small dots of glue.
Tie the 2″ strands with knots in the centers. Fringe out the “whiskers” and add to the mice with glue.
My second project is this scrapbook page layout that I created with the negative pieces from the kit. I can see a bunch of black and white photo booth pics within all of the heart frames. Can’t you?
Measurements…
Blushing Bride Cardstock
12″ x 12″
Fresh Freesia Cardstock
Almost 5-1/2″ x 5-7/8″
Blackberry Bliss Cardstock
Almost 5-1/4″ x 5-5/8″
Fresh Freesia Open Weave Ribbon
26″
Tips…
Place all the white kit pieces evenly. Then work with one at a time adding glue just under the sections that will be covered by the center layered piece. (Photos – just over 2-1/2″ by just over 2-3/4″ – can be tucked under the areas that are around the outer edges.)
Add the Blackberry Bliss Cardstock to the Fresh Freesia piece. Adhere the XOXO pink heart. Then wrap around and tie on the ribbon securing the bow off the the left.
Stamp “love you” in the center of the white heart. Layer onto the vellum heart. Cut an arrow in half and add that to the layered hearts.
Connect these two layered pieces with Dimensionals. Then add the whole thing to the page with Dimensionals.
Finish by adding the Iridescent Rhinestones which reflect the Blushing Bride and Fresh Freesia colors on the page really well.
This last project is another scrapbook page – one that is a little less busy and has room for one big photo. A bit different the one above, right?! hahaha
Measurements…
Calypso Coral Cardstock
12″ x 12″
Blackberry Bliss Cardstock
5-3/4″ x 8-1/2″
Envelope from the kit
(4) 7/8″ x 7-1/4″
XOXO vanilla heart from the kit
about 1″ x about 3-1/2″
Tips…
Open the kit envelope by peeling it apart carefully. Then trim strips that each include two rows of letters. Attach these to the page with the first strip starting about 1″ from the top.
Ink up the arrow from the kit with Blackberry Bliss ink. Set aside to dry. (Be careful because the ink doesn’t absorb into the kit cardstock quickly. In fact I recommend wiping any excess with a tissue.) Cut the arrow in half.
Cut the striped large heart from the kit card. Cut the XOXO from the other heart from the kit card.
Add the Blackberry Bliss photo mat layer to the page. Add the large vanilla heart. Add the XOXO piece with Dimensionals. Add the arrow pieces with glue.
Stamp the hearts and speckles. Then add the sequins.
Looking for more ideas? Be sure to check out my other fun alternate projects that I shared on January 27th and February 3rd. 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.
A reminder… tomorrow is the last day to sign up (or have an active subscription) for Paper Pumpkin so you get in on this month’s kit titled Safari Celebration. And if your subscription is through me, you’ll be able to enjoy exclusive ideas shared in video tutorials from myself and other creative Stampin’ Up! demonstrators on the PPX Crew.
Thanks for visiting!Nowclick on the names of the other PPX Crew hop participants to see additional creative alternate paper crafting project ideas.
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Product List…things you might need/want in addition to the January 2022 Paper Pumpkin kit to make these projects (I listed the kit refill below because at the time I created this post, the refill kit was still available….just an option for anyone who missed out on getting the full kit with the ink and stamps)
ALL TOGETHER COLLECTION With hand designs that illustrate coming together in friendship and solidarity, the All Together Collection will help you create cardmaking and paper crafting projects that reflect the people you know and love. Click here for the informational flyer. Click here to shop these products online. Click here to learn more.
MINI TREAT BOXES AVAILABLE The Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes, item #160147 is now available! Paired up with the Kisses & Hugs kit, subscribers can create stylish treat boxes to match the heart-shaped cards in the kit. These Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes are sold separately and only available to active Paper Pumpkin subscribers while supplies last.
EARN FREE PRODUCTS DURING SALE-A-BRATION Earn free products by ordering, hosting, becoming a demonstrator or discount shopper, and more! Click here for the details.
WOULD YOU LIKE A TOUR? Click here to learn how you can get your hands on a virtual tour of the January-June 2022 Mini Catalog! You can earn or purchase the tour within a downloadable PDF containing photos, supply lists, and measurements for 11 featured projects, along with links to corresponding videos showing the awesomeness of several of the new products, details for the featured creative projects, and many other creative samples.
A PEEK AT FEBRUARY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Grab your binoculars, buckle up, and hop into our off-road truck—there’s so much to see on this safari! Answer the call of the wild—and your creativity—with the Safari Celebration Paper Pumpkin Kit. This playful, party-themed kit includes all the goodies and gear you need to create nine 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ cards —3 each of 3 designs—and coordinating envelopes in safari-inspired shapes and patterns you’ll go wild for! Make every occasion a celebration with this month’s amusing animals, beautiful botanicals, and celebratory sentiments. Leaf imagery coordinates with the new Artfully Composed Suite. Coordinating colors: Bumblebee, Fresh Freesia, Pear Pizzazz, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Succulent, Soft Suede. 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 February 10th for this next kit.
ALL STAR TUTORIALS 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 bundle of twelve February 2022 Artfully Composed Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HEREfor more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials for Sale page to see the others that have been offered. The next one featuring the upcoming new Abstract Beauty Suite will be available March 1st! AND all these tutorial bundles include links to instructional videos!
KITS COLLECTION BY STAMPIN’ UP!® Creativity made easy! A line of affordably priced, versatile all-inclusive kits. Click here for a short promotional video. Click here for more details. Click here to shop.
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