#APaperPumpkinThing Welcome to our monthly APPT blog hop to showcase Paper Pumpkin kit alternate projects! This time we are highlighting the January 2024 Lovely LavenderPaper Pumpkin kit. See what I have to share. Then check out all the other blogs in the hop for additional creative ideas my fellow Stampin’ Up! demonstrator friends shared. To follow the hop and see these other creative project ideas, 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/projects designed for this January 2024 Lovely Lavender Paper Pumpkin kit. (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 January 24th.
A Star Column Pedestal Card
Four Torn Border Cards
And…A Shaker Valentine Card
Today I am sharing…
A Landscape Card featuring the Love of Spring Dies
A Valentine Bouquet Card
AND…Two 12×12 Love-Themed Scrapbook Pages also featuring the Love of Spring Dies
The dies are definitely the “stars” on this first card where I cut the leaves from a scrap of Shaded Spruce Cardstock and the “Love” from a scrap of Blackberry Bliss Cardstock. The only other added product outside of the kit is a sheet of folded 4-1/4″ x 11″ Basic White for the card base. My floral layer is from a card in the kit. I cut it to 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8.” And after wrapping and tying my 32″ of twine, I added that layer with Dimensionals. (The small stamped “WITH” is also added with Dimensionals.) And to give dimension to my leaves I curled them with a Bone Folder before tucking and adding them to the card.
See below for a complete list of extra products I used on all three projects. The products are linked to where you can find them in my online store.
My second card (also with a Basic White card base) involves a bit more stamping. I stamped the inside of the card and the front white strip with stamps from the kit. I also stamped the branch of leaves image a few times on the 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″ purple envelope paper layer. The color is very subtle because I stamped onto scrap paper once or twice to lighten the ink first. After stamping I added the green leaves, then the purple flowers with Dimensionals, then the sentiment strip. I finished the card by tying on about 12″ of twine to the left stem of the purple flowers.
The floral and/or watercolor purple square layers measure 2-3/4″ x 2-3/4″ and all come from one of the kit card bases. I cut a slit in this one shown below so I could tuck in and attach the leaves (Notice I’m cutting directly on my Glass Mat? I love this thing!).
The green leaves are from the kit, but the purpleish ones (and the “love”) are cut from the Berry Burst Holographic Specialty Paper using the Love of Spring Dies.
For the bouquets I added the bottom floral 2-3/4″ x 2-3/4″ squares with Dimensionals. Then I tucked and attached the green leaves and flowers. OH! I almost forgot. I have 3 groups of green leaves. I got three by cutting the largest one from the kit into two pieces.
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 February 10th for this next kit…
A PEEK AT FEBRUARY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Sweet Springtime Kit: Celebrate Easter and Spring with adorable cards and treat boxes! Makes 9 projects: 3 each of 3 designs. Projects include printed cards, coordinating envelopes, and gift boxes. Kit includes precut paper pieces, baker’s twine, and embellishments AND comes in a unique box to match the season. Coordinating colors: Petal Pink, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Berry Burst, Early Espresso (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Crumb Cake. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the Jan-March kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Love of Spring Dies Add-On (item 164396) —available beginning 11 December and only while supplies last!
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Products used…things you might need/want in addition to the January 2024 Paper Pumpkin kit
SALE-A-BRATION 2024 – NOW MORE OPTIONS The Sale-a-Bration promotion is here and runs January 4th through February 29th! Click here for all the initial details. Click here to view the online version of this new publication. Please note: Additional offerings were added February 1st as some original items are anticipated to run out.Click here to see all the current products online.
KITS COLLECTION: BIRTHDAY SPARKLE & HAPPY HOUSEPLANTS KITS ADDED Two kits have been recently added to the Kits Collection! Click here and scroll down for more details.
*this link will reveal all the newer products on 3/5/24.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES NEWS 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. New products will be added March 5.
A PEEK AT FEBRUARY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Sweet Springtime Kit: Celebrate Easter and Spring with adorable cards and treat boxes! Makes 9 projects: 3 each of 3 designs. Projects include printed cards, coordinating envelopes, and gift boxes. Kit includes precut paper pieces, baker’s twine, and embellishments AND comes in a unique box to match the season. Coordinating colors: Petal Pink, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Berry Burst, Early Espresso (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Crumb Cake. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the Jan-March kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Love of Spring Dies Add-On (item 164396) —available beginning 11 December 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 February 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 February 2024 Perennial Lavender 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 Rock & Roll Suite from the Jan-Apr 2024 Mini Catalog will be available March 1st.
Home décor samplers are quite popular right now. They are a fun way to make more than just a card. The idea is to create lots of coordinating pieces with fun layers and elements, and then arrange them together on a flat background (often times within a frame) to hang on the wall or prop on a shelf or mantle.
A few hours ago I shared live on YouTube and on Facebook step-by-step directions for creating this sampler with the Perennial Lavender Suite of products and how to adapt these elements to even make photo pages OR greeting cards! 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… a complete list of products I used is shown below, and everything is linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Click here to access and download a printable “measurements & supplies” sheet.
Measurements …
Basic White Cardstock
12” x 12”
1” x 4”
2-5/8” x 2-5/8”
Scraps for letters, butterflies, hearts & flowers
Blackberry Bliss Cardstock
(7) 3” x 3”
3” x 6-1/4”
Perennial Lavender Designer Paper
(4) 2-3/4” x 2-3/4”
2-3/4” x 6 for lower right
2-1/2” x 2-1/2”
Scraps for foliage
Soft Shimmer Paper
2-3/4” x 2-3/4”
Scraps for foliage & hearts
Burlap Ribbon
(2) 3-1/2”
Wavy Trim
(2) 3-1/2”
6”
Here are photos of the finished sampler.
Such a fun tip to use the frame, right? I think I forgot to mention in my video that the frame border is 1-1/4″ wide on all four sides.
And here are photos of the note cards I shared with a couple of the sampler elements…
…and then with the pieces laying on top of the pages I have for you in my 2/9/24 blog post, what it would all look like if you decided to take the elements and create a 12×12 photo page layout with them.
Did you get your hands on this month’s bundle of video classes featuring products in the Perennial Lavender Suite? Each month’s Video Class Bundle includes photos, imperial and metric measurements, complete product lists, and links to instructional videos for twelve projects designed by our team of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world. And they are exclusive to those who earn them or purchase them.
Here are peeks of the amazing projects in this February 2024 bundle. (Click here and scroll down to find information for how to get your hands on this month’s bundle.)
I hope you enjoyed what I shared!
Winners: After live winners from last week’s live… Patty Beaudrot & kellys-krafts This week’s live winners…Mary Russom & Betty Monroy
Congratulations to these individuals!! If your name is above, be sure to reach out to me at stampyourartout@comcast.net to claim your prize.
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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 thePerennial Lavender 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!
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).
SALE-A-BRATION 2024 – NOW MORE OPTIONS The Sale-a-Bration promotion is here and runs January 4th through February 29th! Click here for all the initial details. Click here to view the online version of this new publication. Please note: Additional offerings were added February 1st as some original items are anticipated to run out.Click here to see all the current products online.
KITS COLLECTION: BIRTHDAY SPARKLE & HAPPY HOUSEPLANTS KITS ADDED Two kits have been recently added to the Kits Collection! Click here and scroll down for more details.
*this link will reveal all the newer products on 3/5/24.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES NEWS 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. New products will be added March 5.
A PEEK AT FEBRUARY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Sweet Springtime Kit: Celebrate Easter and Spring with adorable cards and treat boxes! Makes 9 projects: 3 each of 3 designs. Projects include printed cards, coordinating envelopes, and gift boxes. Kit includes precut paper pieces, baker’s twine, and embellishments AND comes in a unique box to match the season. Coordinating colors: Petal Pink, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Berry Burst, Early Espresso (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Crumb Cake. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the Jan-March kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Love of Spring Dies Add-On (item 164396) —available beginning 11 December 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 February 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 February 2024 Perennial Lavender 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 Rock & Roll Suite from the Jan-Apr 2024 Mini Catalog will be available March 1st.
I designed and put together twenty using a half pack of the M&M cards and shared them at my Silver Elite Retreat. Then I gave everyone supplies to create the same ones. Paper crafters love to be creative though. So many made variations of my designs.
After scrolling through the photos of my 20 card designs, keep going to see the variations from Vy Tran, Kayla Cory, and Margo Tessman (my mom).
The only extra product we added into the card designs were either 3-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ or 3-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ layers of Basic White Cardstock. The 3-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ Basic White was used for layers under the 3″ x 4″ Sweet Thoughts cards and for inside layers. The 3-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ Basic White was used for inside layers. And then I used tools and adhesives of course.
I love how Dimensionals create shadow. Below I added Dimensionals under the butterfly layer on the left card and under the Basic White layer (AND under the birthday sticker) on the right card. Oh! That’s a fun bonus…the Sweet Thoughts Memories & More Cards come with sheets of coordinating stickers. So you don’t need to add in any outside ribbons, embellishments or stamps to fancy up your creations.
On these next two cards I added Dimensionals under the Basic White layer on this “Dream Big” card and under the M&M card layer with the card on the right. Then I added some stickers from the M&M card pack as decorations on the insides.
Here I added Dimensionals under the Love You Forever layer on the left card and under the Basic White layer on the right card.
For these two I added Dimensionals under the Basic White layer on this “Love” card and under the M&M card layer with the card on the right. I also added some stickers from the M&M card pack as decorations on the outsides and insides.
The landscape card on the left with the 4″ x 6″ M&M card has no Dimensionals. The one on the right has them under the Basic White layer. I added the copper sticker with the word smile to the paintbrush sticker, then trimmed it up before adding it to the inside of the card. The sticker on the inside of the landscape card is one flower that was cut into two pieces.
These two are quite simple…no Dimensionals & only one sticker added to the inside of one of the cards.
This “Hello Beautiful” card also uses no Dimensionals. But the butterfly one I turned into an easel card by adding an extra score/fold half-way through the card base front at 2-1/8″ and attaching the butterfly M&M card only to the lower half so it can prop up behind the My Heart sticker that was attached with Dimensionals to the inside.
These cards below also got an extra score line at 2-1/8″ to make them into z-fold cards. I added the Basic White layers to the insides first to make it easier to line up when adding the layers on the front. The blue card has no Dimensionals. The “world” card has them between the M&M card layer and the Basic White layer.
This “sunshine” card is similar to the “world” card above. For the “paintbrush” card I added Dimensionals between the M&M card and the Basic White layer. And on the inside I added two stickers strategically to cover the words that were on the floral & lined M&M layer.
This top card is super simple…Dimensionals under the M&M floral card, and then two added stickers (the “hello” and the flower on the inside).
The second one involves a bit more thinking though. I cut the 4″ x 6″ M&M card just to the left of the white vertical stripe. Then I attached just that right portion to the card base keeping the left portion lined up to help center it all on the front. I removed the left portion, trimmed the front to separate the right side from the left just where the right layer ends, and added flower sticker on the left front to represent asterisks before each word. And then I adhered the right side completely down, opened the left and adhered the remaining left portion of that M&M card to the inside. And I finished it all off with the “you are” sticker.
I also shared these cards in my Show-n-Tell Live that aired on Facebook and YouTube Saturday if you want to watch that. And I shared cards I’ve been gifted lately PLUS new product peeks!
Now I’d like to show you some of the variations of these Memories & More cards that were made by those who attended my Silver Elite Stars’ Retreat the weekend of January 19-21, 2024. Those who created the cards are named in the watermarks of the photos. Here are Vy Tran’s…
Here are Kayla Cory’s…
And here are my mom’s…
We had a birthday to celebrate Saturday night…my youngest Luke is turning 17 on the 7th! So we celebrated with a family party. The date was agreed upon on just last week Monday which only gave us five days to pull it together. And teenagers are busy AND aren’t the most chatty creatures when they aren’t in the mood to talk. So it took me until Thursday night to have a decent conversation with Luke. 🤣
Friday morning I shopped on Amazon for decor and found a talented local cake maker that could fit our order in. And it all came together! I’m thankful to my husband who ran all the errands, Amazon for speedy delivery, and Diedre Zelin (the gal who was able to make a fun cake with only 24 hours notice). Here are a couple photos from the fun celebration. (I’m at the party, but I was taking the photo. So you don’t see me.)
Thanks for stopping by!
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).
SALE-A-BRATION 2024 – NOW MORE OPTIONS The Sale-a-Bration promotion is here and runs January 4th through February 29th! Click here for all the initial details. Click here to view the online version of this new publication. Please note: Additional offerings were added February 1st as some original items are anticipated to run out.Click here to see all the current products online.
KITS COLLECTION: BIRTHDAY SPARKLE & HAPPY HOUSEPLANTS KITS ADDED Two kits have been recently added to the Kits Collection! Click here and scroll down for more details.
*this link will reveal all the newer products on 3/5/24.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES NEWS 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. New products will be added March 5.
A PEEK AT FEBRUARY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT Sweet Springtime Kit: Celebrate Easter and Spring with adorable cards and treat boxes! Makes 9 projects: 3 each of 3 designs. Projects include printed cards, coordinating envelopes, and gift boxes. Kit includes precut paper pieces, baker’s twine, and embellishments AND comes in a unique box to match the season. Coordinating colors: Petal Pink, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Berry Burst, Early Espresso (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Crumb Cake. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the Jan-March kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Love of Spring Dies Add-On (item 164396) —available beginning 11 December 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 February 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 February 2024 Perennial Lavender 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 Rock & Roll Suite from the Jan-Apr 2024 Mini Catalog will be available March 1st.
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