July's Paper Pumpkin Kit

Paper Pumpkin Card

I have begun to really LOVE Stampin' Up!'s Paper Pumpkin kits!  They make life so much easier when you are in need of a quick card or gift to give that special someone.  This month's Paper Pumpkin kit allows you to put a little special treat into a little gift box and create a card to go along with it.  These two combinations will make teacher gifts so much easier for me this year so I will be ordering a few more refill kits right away! 

Paper Pumpkin Gift Box

Did you know that if you are a Paper Pumpkin subscriber that you can order any past Paper Pumpkin kits and/or refill kits that are available?  All you have to do is contact Stampin' Up! and let them know which kit or refill kit you want to order.  To see the latest Paper Pumpkin offerings, click here.  I will definitely be calling in my refill order this week so I can have these cards and gift boxes pre-made for the school year.

Ingredients included in July's Paper Pumpkin Kit:

• Wish Big Photopolymer Stamp Set
• Blackberry Bliss Stampin' Spot
• 6 white card bases
• 1 sheet of border stickers
• 2 sheets of blue stickers (WISH letters, heart and star cut outs)
• 1 sheet of silver foil stickers
• 12 die-cut round tags
• 6 (Blackberry Bliss and Whisper White) printed boxes
• 6 yds of white 5/8" Satin Ribbon 
• 7 yds of white Baker's Twine
• 6 white envelopes

Bloom with Hope Card

I love when the new annual catalog comes out!  It gives me a chance of to play with new goodies and try out some new techniques.  I'm not much of an artist but I love to play with Stampin' Up!'s products.  They make me feel like an artist when I use an Aquapainter, some watercolor paper and now, the Blendabilities.  I'm still learning how to use the Blendabilitites correctly to blend the colors together so the flowers may not be perfect in this card but I'm trying.  I love these colors together and even added some "gold" which I never use in my crafting.  My downline, Marcia brought back some of the  new Gold Metal Buttons (coming soon in the Holiday Catalog!) from Convention so I got to try them out.  I think they were definitely the right touch for the color combination of this card.

My attempt at using the new Blendabilities

Ingredients

·         Stamps:

o   Bloom with Hope (hostess set from 2014-2015 annual catalog)

·         Paper:

o   Whisper White card stock 3 ¾” x 4 ¾”

o   Daffodil Delight card stock 4" x 4 ¾” 

o   Calypso Coral card stock 4" x 5 1/8"   

o   Mossy Meadow (new In Color) card stock 4 ¼” x 11” (scored at 5 ½”)

·         Ink:

o   Mossy Meadow marker (new In Color)

o   Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (to be used with Blendabilities)

o   Daffodil Delight Blendabilities

o   Calypso Coral Blendabilities

·         Tools and Accessories:

o   Whisper White Baker's Twine

o   Gold Basic Metal Buttons (new embellishment coming in the Holiday Catalog very soon!)

o   Stampin’ Dimensionals

Starburst Sayings CASED Card

CASED card

inside of CASED card

Card CASED from Kay Kalthoff at stampingtoshare.com.  I also decided to try creating the same card with the new In Color - Lost Lagoon.  I love how it looks with the blue ocean look plus I decided to add some tiny pearls to give it a more girlish feel!

Changed up the card with the new In Color - Lost Lagoon

Up Close of banner and starburst

Inside of Lost Lagoon card

Ingredients

·         Stamps:

o   Starburst Sayings

·         Paper:

o   Calypso Coral or Lost Lagoon card stock 4 ¼” x 11” (scored at 5 ½”)
o   Crumb Cake 4 ¼” x 5 ½” (outside of card uses the rest of the Top Note die plus the 2 ½” circle and inside of card uses the cut out Top Note die layer)

o   Whisper White card stock 4" x 5 ¼”

·         Ink:

o   Calypso Coral or

o   Lost Lagoon

·         Tools and Accessories:

o   Natural 5/8" Chevron Ribbon

o   2 ½” Circle Punch
o   Starburst Framelits
o Top Note Big Shot Die
o   Arrows Embossing Folder

o   White Tea Lace Paper Doilies

o   Stampin’ Dimensionals

Beautiful Bunch Card

Do you ever need a card to cheer up someone's day?  The flowers, bright colors and "you made my day" sentiment make this card perfect just for that!  I used the new In Colors - Hello Honey and Lost Lagoon with Smoky Slate.  The Beautiful Bunch stamp set was so easy to use with the help of the new Fun Flower Punch.  I love how easy Stampin' Up! makes it to coordinate your card stock, DSP, ink colors, stamp sets and punches or framelits.  It makes my life so much easier and as a mom of two kids, a SU! demonstrator, a 31 consultant, and a tutor of 4 students, I don't have time to hand cut many objects for my cards or to figure out color combinations that I think might work.

For this card, I started with a Smoky Slate card base and added a Whisper White layer.  I wanted to use the new Moonlight DSP so I chose a pattern I liked and added some Lost Lagoon card stock behind it.  By pure accident, my card stock ended up shorter than my DSP but I loved how it looked.  I even think I will be using this layout for another card in the future.  I added my sentiment in Lost Lagoon ink and then added the flowers in different places on my card.  To give my Lost Lagoon large flower some more detail, I sponged some Lost Lagoon ink around the edges.  It gave the flower more detail and a punch of color before adding it to the card.  After placing the punched out flowers where I wanted them, I added pearls to the centers to give it a feminine look.  A simple card made in no time at all...just the way I like it with my busy schedule.  I hope you'll give it a try soon!

Close up of flowers and sentiment

Ingredients

·         Stamps:

o   Beautiful Bunch

o   A Dozen Thoughts

·         Paper:

o   Lost Lagoon 2 ½” x 3" and scraps for punches

o   Hello Honey card stock scraps for punches

o   Smoky Slate card stock 4 ¼” x 11” (scored at 5 ½”) 

o   Whisper White card stock 4" x 5 ¼”

o   Moonlight DSP Stack 2 ¼” x 3 ¾”

·         Ink:

o   Lost Lagoon - sentiment & sponged on flower

o   Smoky Slate - used on large flowers before punching the flowers out

·         Tools and Accessories:

o   Fun Flower Punch

o   Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack (flower only)

o   Pearl Jewels

o   Stampin’ Dimensionals

June's Paper Pumpkin Kit...A 4th of July Celebration

Are you preparing for a 4th of July get together or family reunion?  Here is a great solution for some quick home decor...June's Paper Pumpkin Kit!  This month's kit included all the supplies to make 24 Pinwheels.  Don't worry if you don't get Stampin' Up!'s Paper Pumpkin yet.  All the supplies you need are available at stores near you...paper straws, some scrapbook paper or DSP in red, white and blue colors of course, white banners which you can create using Whisper White card stock and the Banner Framelits if you have them or hand cut them out, and some large brads.  So run to the store, grab your supplies and get started today!

If you are interested in receiving Stampin' Up!'s Paper Pumpkin kits every month, visit Paper Pumpkin's website today to sign up.  It's only $19.95 per month which includes all your supplies, an ink spot, simple instructions, and shipping.   The best part...it comes to your mailbox each month or you can pause your subscription for a month AND you can order past kits as a Paper Pumpkin subscriber!  I love this option since I'm not sure about a kit one month when I'm beginning to put it together and then BAM! I fall in love with something I've created and I need more supplies to create some more.

Give Paper Pumpkin a try today.  You won't be disappointed. 

Ingredients

·         Stamps:

o    Paper Pumpkin Kit - June 

·         Paper:

o   Paper Pumpkin Kit-June DSP or  4 1/2" x 4 1/2" patriotic paper cut diagonally towards the center but not all the way

·         Ink:

o   Night of Navy or Real Red

·         Tools and Accessories:

o   Paper Straws

o   Brads

o   Glue Dots