I hope you enjoyed seeing the new Expressions In Ink products and the fun card I shared on Wednesday. Today I’m sharing some super simple cards that I made with four of the patterned papers in this Expressions in Ink designer paper pack, images from the Create With Friends Stamp Set, and some 2021-23 In Color Jewels.
Each 12″ x 12″ designer paper can be cut similarly to the one shown below…into three 4″ wide strips. Then you can cut two 4″ x 5-1/4″ layers from each of those, stamp them, and add them to your card bases.
And even though all the papers are quite beautiful, only four of the twelve designs in this pack have white space areas like this sheet making them perfect for creating quick and simple cards. (FYI…the paper patterns shown in the online store are slightly different than those on page 131 in the catalog. Those in the catalog show the pattens accurately.) Two of those four designs are back-to-back, though. So you’ll have to pick and choose which side to use. But altogether you can make 24 cards from one pack of this designer paper and still be left with a half pack (six other sheets) to use in other ways.
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Measurements for each card…
Basic White Thick or Basic Black Cardstock
4-1/4” x 11” scored parallel to short side at 5-1/2”
4″ x 5-1/4″ (for the inside if the card base is black)
Expressions In Ink Designer Paper
4″ x 5-1/4″
Directions
Stamp the words in two colors onto the designer paper.
Add to the folded card base piece using a Dimensional in each corner.
Add the jewels.
Add the inside white layer if the card base is black.
That’s it! Yep…the designer paper is so beautiful, there is no need to add much more if you are in a hurry or just feel like making a quick card or two (or more!). Here are close-ups of the four cards I made.
I love the foil accenting! Half the patterns in this pack have foil accenting.
This pattern is filled a bit more with color than the other three, but there is still space to stamp.
The In Color Jewels have pretty similar colors and pair well with this paper.
Adding the designer paper layers with Dimensionals adds a little depth and shadow.
You could even make several sets of these cards and give them as gifts.
I think this is my MOST favorite pack of designer paper that Stampin’ Up!® has ever made! Thanks for stopping by to see what I had to share today.
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Stampin’ Up! is gifting an extra $25 in Stampin’ Rewards to all orders that reach the $250+ mark May 4 – June 14! This is the perfect perk for those who host parties or those who place large individual orders. Click here for more details.
JOIN+ STARTER KIT SPECIAL An awesome Starter Kit special is being offered now through May 31st to help kick off of the new 2021-22 Annual Catalog! Choose up to $155 worth of product ($30 more than usual) and pay just $99. Click here for a few more details. Click here to learn more about joining and being part of my Stampers With ART Community.
A PEEK AT JUNE’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Make a splash with awe-inspiring, ink-stained artistry! This month’s ink-credible kit featuring three new 2021-23 In Colors contains enough elements to create nine cards (3 each of 3 designs) and includes trendy alcohol ink-stained paper pieces, an exclusive stamp set, and not one, but two Classic Stampin’ Spots! And, it all comes in a beautiful, colorful, and collectible box. This is a super affordable way to get aquainted with new colors in Stampin’ Up!’s current line. And if you love it all, you can pair this kit up with products from the coordinating Expressions In Ink Suite. Coordinating colors: Bumblebee, Evening Evergreen, Fresh Freesia, Polished Pink 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 May 2021 Ice-Cream Corner Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for 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 Sand & Sea Suite will be available June 1st! AND these tutorial bundles (Jan-June) include links to instructional videos!
HEY CHICK & HEY BIRTHDAY CHICK Available February 2 – June 30, 2021 – The popular Hey Chick has returned to pair up with the Hey Birthday Chick stamp set in the current mini catalog!! And each with coordinating dies. Click here for a downloadable flyer. Click here to shop online.
I saw a fun fold card on Pinterest made by fellow demonstrator, Karin Hobelsberger from Germany. She was sharing it in the A4 size with metric measurements. So I adapted the measurements and came up a version for Letter size cardstock using inches. I shared that version of this card with my Stampers With ART group last month during our Online Team Event. And then afterwards team member, Vicki Spicer shared a link to Dawn Griffith’s version of this with me AND I saw team member, Vy Tran’s version of it with a pop-up piece added! So I made a few improvements.
`I just showed live on YouTube about an hour ago step-by-step directions for creating this Hidden Pop-Up Flap Fold Card using products from the beautiful new Expressions In Ink Suite: Artistically Inked Stamp Set, Artistic Dies and Expressions In Ink Designer Paper. 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.
I hope you enjoyed what I shared in this video. Below are measurements, close-up photos, and a product list for what I demonstrated. (Please subscribe to my YouTube channel so you can get updates when I share and go live).
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Initial Measurements …
Shaded Spruce Cardstock
5-1/4” x 9-3/4” scored parallel to short side at 5-1/2”
Magenta Madness
4” x 4”
Basic White Thick Cardstock
3-3/4” x < 10” scored parallel to short side at 4-3/4”, 5-1/2” & 6-1/4”
3-5/8” x 3-5/8”
¾” strip that is at least 2” long
Expressions In Ink Designer Paper
3-7/8” x 3-7/8”
3-5/8” x 3-5/8”
Gold Foil Sheets
Scraps for die-cutting both detailed dies
Clear Envelope (or cello bag)
2-1/4” x 2-1/4”
Here are photos of the finished card.
I hope you enjoyed what I shared!
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I’ll be in Maui soon for the Stampin’ Up! incentive trip, so my next Live will be on Wednesday, June 2nd at 11 AM Central Time. I hope you can join me!
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. 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 for more information about joining my Online Paper Crafters’ Club. Earn even more goodies by joining a club! 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).
A NEW CATALOG IS HERE! If you do not have another demonstrator (or are not a demonstrator yourself), click here to fill out a catalog request form. If you live close enough (I am located in Andover, MN) to pick one up, contact me so we can make arrangements. By saving me on shipping costs, I will let you pick a goodie from the gift basket too.
CONNECT, CRAFT & COLLECT
Stampin’ Up! is gifting an extra $25 in Stampin’ Rewards to all orders that reach the $250+ mark May 4 – June 14! This is the perfect perk for those who host parties or those who place large individual orders. Click here for more details.
JOIN+ STARTER KIT SPECIAL An awesome Starter Kit special is being offered now through May 31st to help kick off of the new 2021-22 Annual Catalog! Choose up to $155 worth of product ($30 more than usual) and pay just $99. Click here for a few more details. Click here to learn more about joining and being part of my Stampers With ART Community.
A PEEK AT JUNE’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Make a splash with awe-inspiring, ink-stained artistry! This month’s ink-credible kit featuring three new 2021-23 In Colors contains enough elements to create nine cards (3 each of 3 designs) and includes trendy alcohol ink-stained paper pieces, an exclusive stamp set, and not one, but two Classic Stampin’ Spots! And, it all comes in a beautiful, colorful, and collectible box. This is a super affordable way to get aquainted with new colors in Stampin’ Up!’s current line. And if you love it all, you can pair this kit up with products from the coordinating Expressions In Ink Suite. Coordinating colors: Bumblebee, Evening Evergreen, Fresh Freesia, Polished Pink 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 May 2021 Ice-Cream Corner Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for 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 Sand & Sea Suite will be available June 1st! AND these tutorial bundles (Jan-June) include links to instructional videos!
HEY CHICK & HEY BIRTHDAY CHICK Available February 2 – June 30, 2021 – The popular Hey Chick has returned to pair up with the Hey Birthday Chick stamp set in the current mini catalog!! And each with coordinating dies. Click here for a downloadable flyer. Click here to shop online.
Today is the last day to sign up (or have an active subscription) for Paper Pumpkin so you get in on this month’s May kit (see details below). So I thought I’d share one more card that I put together with some of my leftovers from last month’s So Cool kit.
I added in some cardstock, Rainbow Glimmer Paper, and sequins. And I used a die to make the bite in the popsicle, but a scallop circle punch would work. Isn’t it a fun card?
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 White Cardstock
4-1/4″ x 5-7/16″
Basic Black Cardstock
2-3/4″ x 11″ scored parallel to the short end at 5-1/2″
Rainbow Glimmer Paper
Two pieces that are 3/8″ x 5-1/2″
After prepping all your pieces above, die-cut the popsicle with the small scallop circle to create a bite mark.
Position the popsicle on the Basic Black layer (fold it to help center the popsicle). Then line up the die…
…keep it in place with a sticky note, open up the cardstock, and run it through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine.
Add the glimmer paper strips to the Basic White layer.
Lay the Basic Black across the front of the Basic White layer as shown and stamp the sentiment within the bite mark area.
Wrap the Basic Black around to the back (don’t attach yet), then open the front, position the popsicle stickers adding them only to the white and not the black cardstock. Then pull the black away and trim off the tops of the stickers and set aside.
Wrap the black cardstock around again and attach the back to the back side of the white layer. Open up the card and add the sticker tops so the stickers are a small distance away leaving room for the fold in the black cardstock.
Then finish off the card by adding the Artistry Blooms Sequins to the front.
Looking for more ideas? Be sure to check out my other fun alternate projects that I shared on April 26th and on April 29th. I hope I inspired your creativity with what I shared today! If you did not get this kit, I hope you can apply this idea to products you already own.
By the way, today is the last day to sign up (or have an active subscription) for Paper Pumpkin so you get in on this month’s baseball themed May 2021 kit. And if you are a new subscriber, you can enter the code HOMERUN0521 and save $17 on this month’s kit getting it only for $5. That’s an un-bat-able deal! The sale will continue until all allocated kits are sold out, or until the May subscription period ends on 10 May—whichever comes first. If the allocated kits are sold out prior to the subscription period, the sale will end and the subscription price will return to normal.
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Step up to the plate, take a swing, and knock it out of the park! With the Batter Up! Paper Pumpkin Kit, it’s your turn to go to bat for all the people who’ve gone to bat for you. This month’s timeless kit with a “throwback” theme contains enough grand slam supplies to create nine 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ cards (3 of 3 designs) featuring classic colors, pinwheel and pinstripe patterns, and vintage-washed paper pieces. There’s no “batter” way to root, root, root for your home team and honor the all-stars in your life! Each kit also contains a couple sticks of the chewy staple – the official bubble gum of the MLB! Chew while you craft, slide a piece into a card, or save it for later. Click here to watch the promotional video, get more peeks at the kit, and see what the Batter Up! kit is about. Coordinating colors: Basic White, Bumblebee, Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Real Red, Smoky Slate, Soft Suede
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.
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. 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 for more information about joining my Online Paper Crafters’ Club. Earn even more goodies by joining a club! 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 April 2021 Paper Pumpkin kit to make this card
A NEW CATALOG IS HERE! If you do not have another demonstrator (or are not a demonstrator yourself), click here to fill out a catalog request form. If you live close enough (I am located in Andover, MN) to pick one up, contact me so we can make arrangements. By saving me on shipping costs, I will let you pick a goodie from the gift basket too.
CONNECT, CRAFT & COLLECT
Stampin’ Up! is gifting an extra $25 in Stampin’ Rewards to all orders that reach the $250+ mark May 4 – June 14! This is the perfect perk for those who host parties or those who place large individual orders. Click here for more details.
JOIN+ STARTER KIT SPECIAL An awesome Starter Kit special is being offered now through May 31st to help kick off of the new 2021-22 Annual Catalog! Choose up to $155 worth of product ($30 more than usual) and pay just $99. Click here for a few more details. Click here to learn more about joining and being part of my Stampers With ART Community.
HEY CHICK & HEY BIRTHDAY CHICK Available February 2 – June 30, 2021 – The popular Hey Chick has returned to pair up with the Hey Birthday Chick stamp set in the current mini catalog!! And each with coordinating dies. Click here for a downloadable flyer. Click here to shop online.
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Step up to the plate, take a swing, and knock it out of the park! With the Batter Up! Paper Pumpkin Kit, it’s your turn to go to bat for all the people who’ve gone to bat for you. This month’s timeless kit with a “throwback” theme contains enough grand slam supplies to create nine 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ cards (3 of 3 designs) featuring classic colors, pinwheel and pinstripe patterns, and vintage-washed paper pieces. There’s no “batter” way to root, root, root for your home team and honor the all-stars in your life! Each kit also contains a couple sticks of the chewy staple – the official bubble gum of the MLB! Chew while you craft, slide a piece into a card, or save it for later. Click here to watch the promotional video, get more peeks at the kit, and see what the Batter Up! kit is about. Coordinating colors: Basic White, Bumblebee, Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Real Red, Smoky Slate, 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 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 May 2021 Ice-Cream Corner Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for 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 Sand & Sea Suite will be available June 1st! AND these tutorial bundles (Jan-June) include links to instructional videos!
I’m pretty passionate about most of Stampin’ Up!’s designer papers. And that’s how I feel about the Ice Cream Corner pack. The images and colors are rich, cheerful and fun. Three of the designs in particular really have been really fun to play with because they were created for the coordinating Ice Cream Builder punch.
After punching several ice cream scoops from these sheets, and then experiencing a bit of loss from seeing wasted space between the areas made for punching, I decided to make some of my own designer paper with Blending Brushes, inks, and water. I punched my scoops and made a card to share with you. Actually, I made a few variations of this card to show a few options.
A few hours ago I shared live on YouTube step-by-step directions for making this special paper and the details for making all the card variations. I messed up a bit while recording that live. And afterwards I re-recorded. So you can either watch the long one with all the mistake, the short one which is much more efficient and covers things I forgot to share in the live, or both so you can get your fill of me! hahaha Watch the first video by clicking here or watch “take two” by clicking here(or you can just click on either of these images below if you are already on my blog post). Then 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.
Video one – the LIVE one…
Video two – the re-recorded one with less mistakes…
I hope you enjoyed what I shared. Below are measurements, close-up photos, and a product list for what I demonstrated. (Please subscribe to my YouTube channel so you can get updates when I share and go live).
Products I used… See below for a complete list of products linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Imperial Measurements…
Basic White Thick Cardstock
5-1/2” x 8-1/2” scored parallel to the short end at 4-1/4”
4-1/8” x 5-3/8”
1-5/8” x 3-5/8” or scrap for die-cutting rectangle
Ice Cream Corner Designer Paper or Basic White Thick Cardstock
Scraps for punching ice cream scoops and cone
Metallic Mesh Ribbon
6”
Metric Measurements…
Basic White Thick Cardstock
8 cm x 21 cm scored parallel to the short end at 10.5 cm
2 cm x 14.5 cm
2 cm x 9.2 cm or scrap for die-cutting rectangle
Ice Cream Corner Designer Paper or Basic White Thick Cardstock
Scraps for punching ice cream scoops and cone
Metallic Mesh Ribbon
14 cm
Here are photos of the finished cards.
Here are the links to those Stamp-n-Storage products that I mentioned in my videos…
Click here to shop the Blending Brush holders from Stamp-n-Storage.
Click here to shop the magnetic sheets I use to store my dies.
Click here to shop the sleeves that I use to store my magnetic die sheets.
By the way Stamp-n-Storage is currently having a Spring Sale. Get 15% off now through May 6, 2021! Click here for more details.
Did you get your hands on this month’s set of tutorials featuring products in the Ice Cream Corner Suite? These tutorials are designed by twelve Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world. They are exclusive to those who earn them or purchase them. And they are complete with photos, video directions, supply lists, and both imperial and metric measurements.
Here are peeks of the fantastic projects in our May 2021 bundle focusing on the Ice Cream Corner Suite. (Click here to find information for how to get your hands on this month’s compilation.)
Our hop today offers MORE ideas than what we are offering in our bundle. I hope you enjoyed what I shared. Now be sure to scroll down and click on the names of other hop participants in our team to follow the hop and see other creative project ideas featuring the Ice Cream Corner Suite. (If you are receiving this blog post by email, click HERE to see links and follow the hop.) I hope our ideas in this hop inspire your creativity!
I also invite you to subscribe to my YouTube channel. And then click on the bell to the right of 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 on Wednesday, May 12th at 11 AM Central Time. I hope you can join me!
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. 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 for more information about joining my Online Paper Crafters’ Club. Earn even more goodies by joining a club! 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).
A NEW CATALOG IS HERE! If you do not have another demonstrator (or are not a demonstrator yourself), click here to fill out a catalog request form. If you live close enough (I am located in Andover, MN) to pick one up, contact me so we can make arrangements. By saving me on shipping costs, I will let you pick a goodie from the gift basket too.
CONNECT, CRAFT & COLLECT
Stampin’ Up! is gifting an extra $25 in Stampin’ Rewards to all orders that reach the $250+ mark May 4 – June 14! This is the perfect perk for those who host parties or those who place large individual orders. Click here for more details.
JOIN+ STARTER KIT SPECIAL An awesome Starter Kit special is being offered now through May 31st to help kick off of the new 2021-22 Annual Catalog! Choose up to $155 worth of product ($30 more than usual) and pay just $99. Click here for a few more details. Click here to learn more about joining and being part of my Stampers With ART Community.
HEY CHICK & HEY BIRTHDAY CHICK Available February 2 – June 30, 2021 – The popular Hey Chick has returned to pair up with the Hey Birthday Chick stamp set in the current mini catalog!! And each with coordinating dies. Click here for a downloadable flyer. Click here to shop online.
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Step up to the plate, take a swing, and knock it out of the park! With the Batter Up! Paper Pumpkin Kit, it’s your turn to go to bat for all the people who’ve gone to bat for you. This month’s timeless kit with a “throwback” theme contains enough grand slam supplies to create nine 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ cards (3 of 3 designs) featuring classic colors, pinwheel and pinstripe patterns, and vintage-washed paper pieces. There’s no “batter” way to root, root, root for your home team and honor the all-stars in your life! Each kit also contains a couple sticks of the chewy staple – the official bubble gum of the MLB! Chew while you craft, slide a piece into a card, or save it for later. Click here to watch the promotional video, get more peeks at the kit, and see what the Batter Up! kit is about. Coordinating colors: Basic White, Bumblebee, Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Real Red, Smoky Slate, 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 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 May 2021 Ice-Cream Corner Suite Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for 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 Sand & Sea Suite will be available June 1st! AND these tutorial bundles (Jan-June) include links to instructional videos!
#switchercreator #madewithSwitcher #SwitcherStudio This blog post is a bit more specific today and geared towards anyone who has been curious about what I do behind the scenes to create my videos: how I set up my studio, what equipment I use, and more specifically how I use the Switcher Studio program/app so I can bring graphic overlays, multiple cameras, etc. into my recordings.
I had been getting more and more requests recently from fellow Stampin’ Up! demonstrators about all of this. So I had a plan already in the works to record some videos where I could bring them (and anyone else who was curious) “behind the scenes” with me.
Then Switcher Studio reached out to me and asked me to partner with them. I was thrilled, because not only was I getting the support (sponsoring and endorsement) from this awesome company, but I was even more motivated to accomplish this goal sooner than later so I could help my peers.
I’ve broken all this information down into a series of four videos. They are available to view on my YouTube channel. But now I’m sharing all those videos here in today’s blog post so anyone who is interested can access them all in one place. You can just click on each image below if you are already on my blog post. Or you can click on these links:
VIDEO ONE: Going Beyond the Fear & Nervousness of Live Streaming
VIDEO TWO: How to Prepare Yourself and Your Environment for Live Streaming
VIDEO FOUR: How to step up your Live Streams with Switcher Studio
After watching, please leave a comment below and let me know what you think. OR… let me know if you have any questions.
VIDEO ONE: Going Beyond the Fear & Nervousness of Live Streaming
VIDEO TWO: How to Prepare Yourself and Your Environment for Live Streaming
VIDEO THREE: Switcher Studio Basics
VIDEO FOUR: How to step up your Live Streams with Switcher Studio
For your Switcher Studio 30 Day Free Trial, click here. First sign up for the two week trial (which is a limited trial, without all the full features of a regular Switcher subscription), then use the coupon code: RACHEL30 to extend your trial to 30 days (which is a full-featured Switcher Studio experience). This offer expires the end of March 2022.
Click here to shop my online store. Click here to access & view the current catalogs. 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 for more information about joining my Online Paper Crafters’ Club. Earn even more goodies by joining a club! 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).
#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 April 2021 So CoolPaper 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 April 26th.
Today I am sharing party invites that I mass produced with the Stamparatus and some easy but cute gift pouches for party guests.
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.
The gift pouches are super easy to make. All I did was cut my envelopes from the kit in half. Then I trimmed off the sides to open them up.
I turned them inside out and resealed them with Tear & Tape (along the bottom) and Stampin’ Seal on the side.
This is what they look like on the back side.
I added a layered sentiment piece with Basic White (1-1/4″ x 3-1/2″) and Basic Black Cardstock (1-3/8″ x 3-5/8″), Rhinestones and a stamped sentiment from the kit in Tuxedo Black ink.
I filled my sample one with some odd but colorful treats (I was laughing when all I could find in the house was Kool Aid and a pack of Craisins. hahahaha). I guess if I was having a cool treats themed summer party, I’ll probably put a $5 gift card to an ice cream shop and a pack of Pop Rocks in there instead.
Here is what I did to make the invites.
First I stamped the popsicle images all over a piece of cardstock that I colored with multiple ink colors using the Blending Brushes. Click here, click on the video, and then scroll to the 21 minute mark to see how I colored that cardstock and added droplet images. I then fussy cut those popsicle tops.
Next I pulled out my Stamparatus and easily & quickly stamped 16 note cards with two stamp images at the same time.
I added a 1″ x 5″ strip of the envelope liner paper (you can get 4 from each envelope) and a 5″ length of Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon to the bottom of each card front, added a colored popsicle top with Dimensionals, stamped the splatter image in matching ink colors, and added Rhinestones.
I have 16 cards ready to personalize with party information on the inside. Now I just need to set a date and have the boys give me their guest list so we can enjoy and celebrate together outside when school is out.
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.
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A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Step up to the plate, take a swing, and knock it out of the park! With the Batter Up! Paper Pumpkin Kit, it’s your turn to go to bat for all the people who’ve gone to bat for you. This month’s timeless kit with a “throwback” theme contains enough grand slam supplies to create nine 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ cards (3 of 3 designs) featuring classic colors, pinwheel and pinstripe patterns, and vintage-washed paper pieces. There’s no “batter” way to root, root, root for your home team and honor the all-stars in your life! Each kit also contains a couple sticks of the chewy staple – the official bubble gum of the MLB! Chew while you craft, slide a piece into a card, or save it for later. Click here to watch the promotional video, get more peeks at the kit, and see what the Batter Up! kit is about. Coordinating colors: Basic White, Bumblebee, Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Real Red, Smoky Slate, Soft Suede
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Product List…things you might need/want in addition to the April 2021 Paper Pumpkin kit
A NEW CATALOG DEBUTS MAY 4! If you do not have another demonstrator (or are not a demonstrator yourself), click here to fill out a catalog request form. If you live close enough (I am located in Andover, MN) to pick one up, contact me so we can make arrangements. By saving me on shipping costs, I will let you pick a goodie from the gift basket too.
CONNECT, CRAFT & COLLECT Stampin’ Up! will be gifting an extra $25 in Stampin’ Rewards to all orders that reach the $250+ mark this May 4-June 14 – great for those who host parties or those who place large individual orders. Click here for more details.
JOIN+ STARTER KIT SPECIAL Get ready for an awesome Starter Kit special that will take place at the kick off of the new 2021-22 Annual Catalog on May 4th and continue on through the month! Click here for more details.
HEY CHICK & HEY BIRTHDAY CHICK Available February 2 – June 30, 2021 – The popular Hey Chick has returned to pair up with the Hey Birthday Chick stamp set in the current mini catalog!! And each with coordinating dies. Click here for a downloadable flyer. Click here to shop online.
CRAZY FOR BUTTERFLIES New early release and exclusive Butterfly Bouquet products are now available March 2 through May 3, 2021!! Click here for a downloadable flyer. Click here to shop online. BTW the Butterfly Bijou Designer is no longer available.
A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Step up to the plate, take a swing, and knock it out of the park! With the Batter Up! Paper Pumpkin Kit, it’s your turn to go to bat for all the people who’ve gone to bat for you. This month’s timeless kit with a “throwback” theme contains enough grand slam supplies to create nine 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ cards (3 of 3 designs) featuring classic colors, pinwheel and pinstripe patterns, and vintage-washed paper pieces. There’s no “batter” way to root, root, root for your home team and honor the all-stars in your life! Each kit also contains a couple sticks of the chewy staple – the official bubble gum of the MLB! Chew while you craft, slide a piece into a card, or save it for later. Click here to watch the promotional video, get more peeks at the kit, and see what the Batter Up! kit is about. Coordinating colors: Basic White, Bumblebee, Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Real Red, Smoky Slate, 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 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 2021 Flowering Cactus Product Medley Tutorials which are now available! CLICK HERE for 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 Ice-Cream Corner Suite will be available May 1st! AND these tutorial bundles (Jan-June) include links to instructional videos!
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