Apr 30, 2020 | Cards, family, Paper Pumpkin |
Hello my friends. It’s time for our monthly A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop. A blog hop filled with alternate ideas using contents from the monthly kit. This month our kit is – My Wonderful Family. It has a beautiful stamp sets and some fun fold cards.
Honor and celebrate YOUR wonderful family with the My Wonderful Family Paper Pumpkin Kit! During this time when so many of us are unable to physically be with our families, sending them our love has never been more important. In April’s thoughtful kit, you’ll find dainty die cuts of lovely leaves, bright butterflies, bluebirds, and other springtime staples you can use to decorate the coordinating tri-fold cards and envelopes. When combined with sentimental stamped phrases and small accents and embellishments, these simply beautiful cards are sure to add a little sunshine to your loved ones’ days.
I my first idea was to create a framed piece with a family photo. And let me say I LOVE how this turned out. It will be on the mantel in the family room. This virus has totally cancelled all our travel plans and that means we won’t get to see our boys in person. Today we should be in Korea visiting our middle son who moved there last September. But our trip was cancelled. I’m not sure when we will actually get to see him in person. And then on Tuesday we found out that Stampin’ Up! was moving our incentive trip to Hawaii that was slated for July and included a side trip to visit our oldest son who lives in Seattle. So not sure when we will see him either. But this project makes me happy.
Family Frame
I used the tree card and cut it apart to create the framed piece. The frame is 5×7 and I added a piece of Early Espresso card stock in the background. The dark green strip from the card was cut in half so that it would extend across the entire bottom of the framed piece. The rest of the elements are from the kit. I added a photo of our family – it’s old and fortunately my top matches!
Supply List
The additional supplies that I added to complete this project were:
- Card stock – Early Espresso
- frame
- photo
Here for you Card
My next project is just a quick card mainly using the stamp set and some of the extra elements from the kit. I’ve read comments that some people didn’t need cards for family so I thought this one was perfect for anyone. The leaves on the tree are stamped multiple times both full strength and stamped off. The grass is just the edge of the leaves stamped over and over to look like the ground. To create the yellow twine I used Whisper White Baker’s Twine and colored it with a So Saffron Dark Stampin’ Blends marker.
Supply List
The additional supplies that I added to complete this project were:
- Card stock – So Saffron, Whisper White
- Ink – Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron
- Whisper White Baker’s Twine
- So Saffron Dark Stampin’ Blends
I hope you liked these alternate ideas for the monthly Paper Pumpkin kit. Leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts.
The Blog Hop Continues
To continue through go and click on the next blog in the list below. Everything worked correctly last month – so I’m crossing my fingers that it will work again this time.
Don’t forget you have until the 10th of the month to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin and get that month’s kit.
Well Paper Pumpkin set a record and has actually sold out of the subscriptions for the May kit. If you join now your first kit will be June 2020. But here is a look at the May kit – it’s going to be a fun one. If you have a subscription already verify that your address, and credit card information are both current so you don’t miss out. Sign up by the 10th – go here.
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Apr 27, 2020 | 12 Cards of Christmas, Cards, Christmas |
So I’m a little behind. March just kind of blew up with all this virus mess. Which means I’m only on card 3 of my 12 Cards of Christmas. But I’ll catch up at some point. I’m continuing with my plan to get ahead on Christmas cards for December. If you want to read more or see card 1 – go here. And if you want to see card 2 – go here. This is card 3 and I used the brand new Ornate Garden Suite! Yep I turned that flower filled suite into a Christmas card and I hope you like it.
For this Christmas Card I wanted to try using the Ornate Garden Suite and the designer series paper with the gold foil in it. In order to make it a Christmas Card I paired it up with the Merry Christmas to All stamp set. Everything I used on this card is current – but the Christmas stamp set I used is on the Last Chance list so grab it before it’s gone. And the Ornate Garden Suite is an early release from the new catalog so you can order that now too.
How I made it
The card base is Thick Whisper White with an Old Olive Layer that was embossed with the new Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder. The next layer is a piece of Gold Foil that I cut with the new Ornate Layers Dies. I cut a piece of the Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series paper to fit just inside the ornate frame piece.
The words are stamped on a piece of Whisper White that was die cut with the So Sweetly Stitched Dies. I stamped 3 flowers from the Ornate Style stamp set. And colored those with Stampin’ Blends in Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler – then fussy cut them with my Paper Snips. I also cut some Gold Foil paper with one of the border dies in the Ornate Border Die set and used the delicate negative leaves to tuck under my flowers. The flower centers are the Gilded Gems from the new suite. You can order all the products that I used for this card in my online store – the supply list is below.
Supply List
- #152572 Ornate Style stamp set (part of Ornate Style bundle and Ornate Garden Suite)
- #147702 Merry Christmas to All stamp set (Last Chance list)
- #152726 Ornate Layers dies (part of Ornate Style bundle and Ornate Garden Suite)
- #152724 Ornate Border dies (part of Ornate Garden Suite)
- #152488 Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper (part of Ornate Garden Suite)
- #151690 Stitched So Sweetly Dies
- #152725 Ornate Flower 3D Embossing Folder (part of Ornate Garden Suite)
- #140272 Thick Whisper White card stock
- #100730 Whisper White card stock
- #100702 Old Olive card stock
- #132622 Gold Foil Sheets
- #107301 Medium Whisper White envelopes
- #147114 Early Espresso classic ink
- #144597 Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Combo pack
- #144598 Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends Combo pack
- #152478 Gilded Gems (part of Ornate Garden Suite)
- #104332 Snail Adhesive
- #103579 Paper Snips
- #104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals
- #144108 Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals
I hope you like Card 3 of the 12 Cards of Christmas Challenge. It is possible to use spring/floral products and create holiday cards! I’m going to try to catch up in May and get two sets of cards done. We shall see.
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Order online here – use hostess code FAARSWHU for April 2020. If you plan to order over the $150 then don’t use the host code so you can redeem your Stampin’ Rewards.
Apr 20, 2020 | Achievers Blog Hop, Cards, To-Go Class |
Hello – it’s Monika Davis from the USA. I’m joining the Maui Trip Achievers Blog Hop this month. This blog hop is for demonstrator all over the world that earned the Maui Incentive trip last year. There are many amazing stampers in this group so be sure to visit the other blogs in the hop. The list is down below. I’m so excited to have earned this incentive trip and go on one of my bucket list trips. A special thanks to my customers and team members for supporting me throughout the year. Greg tells me all the time that he can’t believe the places we have been able to see because of Stampin’ Up! – now to achieve the next one……
This month we have an early release from our upcoming Stampin’ Up! Catalog. It is the Ornate Garden Suite and it is full of beautiful products. Two stamp set and die bundles, a specialty designer series paper, an embossing folder, a ribbon combo pack and some shiny gilded gems. Today’s card is one I shared last week on my Facebook live. You can watch my FB Live from April 13th to see how I made this card a a couple of others – https://www.facebook.com/AtMonikasPlace/videos/576835672927289/
So Grateful Ornate Garden Card
I used the Stamparatus to help with this card. Use the step feature I was able to stamp the large “So Grateful” all the way down my piece of card stock and keep it all perfectly lined up. Then I added my small words in between each one. I trimmed the Whisper White panel very close and then added it to the card front over a piece of the Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper.
Supply List
- #154115 Ornate Thanks Bundle = Ornate Thanks stamp set + Ornate Border Dies
- #152488 Ornate Garden Specialty Designer Series Paper
- #152478 Gilded Gems
- #150884 Terracotta Tile card stock
- #100730 Whisper White card stock
- #147114 Early Espresso ink pad
- #150086 Terracotta Tile ink pad
- #104199 Linen Thread
- #146276 Stamparatus
- #150866 Stamparatus Deluxe Foam Mat
The Blog Hop Continues
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April Ornate Garden ToGo Class – register by April 24th.
Order online here – use hostess code FAARSWHU for April 2020.
Apr 15, 2020 | Cards, To-Go Class |
Hello my friends! I hope that you are well. My family is all good right now. But as you all know I can’t hold in person classes so I’m trying out ToGo classes. I may need to come up with a different name but that is what I’m going with right now. And for April I have a class using the brand new Ornate Garden Suite! It’s a beautiful suite of products that is an early release from our upcoming Stampin’ Up! catalog. The new catalog starts in June but these products are available now.
I’ve designed the cards so that you could easily use another stamp set in your collection but I’ll provide a list of items you will need to complete the cards exactly as I did. See below for the additional supplies you will need to complete the cards exactly as I did.
Class Kit ToGo options
Kits will includes supplies to make the 6 cards (2 each of 3 designs), along with the tutorial and a video. I’m also planning a surprise bonus project. All the cut card stock, paper, envelopes, ribbon, gems and die cut, embossed and punched pieces will be included. You will need to stamp, color and assemble.
Porch Pickup Class Kit option $15 (if you are local to me)
By Mail Class Kit option $20
Free Class Kit – free kit with orders over $40 (use host code –FAARSWHU )
Register by April 24th. Register Here ==> https://atmonikasplace.com/event-registration/
Kits will be mailed the following week and you’ll receive an email with the tutorial and video link.
Supply List
Additional supplies you need to complete cards exactly as I did. Or substitute with items you already have.
- #149471 Ornate Thanks stamp set
- #152572 Ornate Style stamp set
- #148618 Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set
- #147114 Early Espresso ink pad
- #144597 Old Olive Stampin’ Blends combo
- #146875 Soft Suede Stampin’ Blends dark
- #149557 So Saffron Stampin’ Blends combo
- Adhesive of your choice
Here is a look at the complete Ornate Garden Suite – click on the image to enlarge it:
Let me know if you have questions. Hopefully my plan all works out!
Be sure to register for upcoming classes – just click on Registration under the Events tab.
Order online here – use hostess code FAARSWHU for April 2020.
