Feb 6, 2019 | 2019 Occasions Catalog, Boxes, Designer Series Paper, Paper Pumpkin, Stamper's Club, Valentine's Day |
I kept seeing these adorable heart shaped treat holders on Pinterest but everyone linked to a foreign demonstrator with instructions in french. Unfortunately for me I don’t know any french. I finally found one with some photographs with measurements in centimeters so I started with that and tried to convert to inches and round it up to make it even. Played around with it a little bit until I got measurements that worked for me. They are much easier to make than they might seem. So let’s get to it.
I started by creating this version for my Stamper’s Club. This was one of their February club projects and uses the All My Love Designers Series paper. The stamp set I used for my words is Petal Palette. The little box on the inside holds a Lindor Truffle – the strawberries & cream version for Valentine’s Day. Cut your strip of Designer Series paper to be 1-1/2″ wide and 12″ long. Fold it in half. Then put some tear & tape on the end on the outside and curl the two ends together to form the heart.
To make the box I used a 3-1/2″ square of card stock – Lovely Lipstick for this one. Score all four sides at 1″ and snip two sides and fold to form a box. The tear & tape is perfect for this project. Use it to create the box and then use it on the bottom and one end to add the box inside the heart.
Supply List
- All My Love Designer Series Paper
- Lovely Lipstick card stock
- Petal Palette stamp set
- Lovely Lipstick ink
- Whisper White card stock
- Whisper White Baker’s Twine
- 1/8″ hand held punch
- Tear & Tape
After my stamp club made these I decided to make another one as an alternate project for my January Paper Pumpkin kit. I added the Animal Expedition Designer Series paper – which coordinates with the kit and the Baker’s twine to make some of these hearts out of the kit contents.
The box for this project comes from the pillow box in the paper pumpkin kit. The stamp set, ink spot and white label are all part of the kit too. If you’d like to see a Facebook Live video of this project and my other alternate projects from the January Be Mine Valentine kit go here.
Supply List
- Be Mine Valentine January 2019 Paper Pumpkin Kit
- Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper
- Whisper White Baker’s Twine
- 1/8″ hand held punch
- Tear & Tape (or use the tape in the kit)
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Jan 31, 2019 | 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. I took a few months off but I’m back and hope to participate every month. This month our kit is – Be Mine Valentine. It an adorable Valentine kit that coordinates with the Animal Expedition suite from the Annual Stampin’ Up! Catalog.
The kit makes 24 little pillow box treats perfect for Valentine’s Day. And there are plenty of extra little die cut pieces to make cards or other treats with.
Now the kit makes 24 pillow box treats but what if you need more and you didn’t order an extra box. Well I have a sweet idea of how to double this kit and get 24 treats out of it.
Mini Valentine Treats
Cut each pillow box in half and then you can get twice as many out of this kit. If you turn the pillow box over to the blue side and put it on your trimmer there is a line right down the middle. I added a valentine peppermint patty in each box after I assembled it. To keep them from falling out I just used some Whisper White ribbon to tie around them and hold the candy inside. That’s the only thing I added.
Supply List
The additional supplies that I added to complete this project were:
- #126889 Stampin’ Trimmer
- #144172 /8″ Sheer Ribbon Whisper White
Note Cards
I like to pair up the Paper Pumpkin kits with the note cards. Yes I say that all the time. But it makes quick and easy cards that you can send right out in the mail. Here are two quick ideas for you.
This first idea I added the little chameleons to the card along with some of the little hearts. To make the matching envelope I stamped the chameleon and colored him with the Stampin’ Blends.
For this one I decided to try something without the animals and focus just on the hearts. I added an extra piece of white card stock and some Pool Party ink.
Supply List
The additional supplies that I added to complete these were:
- #131527 Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes
- #132708 Memento Ink Pad
- #147274 Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends Combo
- #144042 Calypso Coral Light Stampin’ Blends
- #144595 Pool Party Light Stampin’ Blends
- #100730 Whisper White card stock
- #147107 Pool Party Classic ink pad
I hope you liked these alternate ideas for the monthly Paper Pumpkin kit. Leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts. My plan is to have a Facebook Live on Sunday afternoon showing these ideas and a couple of others.
The Blog Hop Continues
To continue through go and click on the next blog in the list below. Its been a few months so I’m crossing my fingers that it will work again and I haven’t forgotten how to add the list!
Don’t forget you have until the 10th of the month to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin and get that month’s kit.
The February Kit will be a succulent theme and its all cards.
Sign up by the 10th – go here.
Thanks for visiting today.
Order online here – use hostess code BNNC9A9C for January 2019.
Jan 30, 2019 | 2019 Occasions Catalog, Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Scrapbook Pages, Stamper's Club |
Earlier in 2018 I added some memory keeping back into my Stampin’ Up! business. I used to have a regular monthly scrapbook class but had gotten away from it and I missed it. So I decided to add a scrapbook page to my monthly stamp club. Each month we make one 12″ x 12″ scrapbook page in our monthly meeting. It’s ready to just add photos. Everyone has been enjoying the pages. So now I’m trying to start regular Facebook Live videos and plan to include a scrapbook page once a month. For January I decided to take the page for stamp club and create a second page to go with it. Be sure you watch my Facebook Live video from Sunday, Jan 27th and you can see both of these pages.
Watch the video here – Facebook Live Jan. 27th.
The January 2019 Stamper’s Club scrapbook layout is a New Year’s celebration layout – Gold Foil, Basic Black, Whisper White, and Basic Gray are the colors I used. Watch the video to see the trick on getting the Baker’s Twine added, the little flowers added, as well as some tips on the numbers and the detailed word dies. Below is a list of supplies that I used.
Supply List
- #147003 Neutrals 12×12 card stock (Basic Gray)
- #100730 Whisper White card stock
- #121045 Basic Black card stock
- #146277 Broadway Bound Specialty Designer Series Paper
- #132622 Gold Foil Sheets
- #146282 Metallic Pearls
- #141682 Solid Basic Black Baker’s Twine
- #145055 Smoky Slate Dark Stampin’ Blends
- #119868 1″ Circle Punch
- #119869 1/2″ Circle Punch
- #134365 1/8″ Handheld Circle Punch
- #144106 Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets
- #144108 Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals
- #104332 Snail Adhesive
- #148551 Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies
- #150609 Well Said Bundle = stamp set + Well Written Framelits
- #101406 Jet Black Stazon ink
- #143263 Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine
Cut strips of Designer Paper to 2-1/4″ x 9″, and also cut a strip of white. Then center four strips on each piece of Basic Gray card stock. Use the Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine to cut the Black rectangles wit the new Rectangle Stitched dies – don’t miss them in the Occasions catalog on page 28 – these are the photo mats. It’s hard to see the stitching in these photos.
The “hooray” is from the Well Said Bundle. Use the Adhesive Sheets for detailed words like this. Add the adhesive sheet to the foil sheet before running through the Big Shot. Next remove the backing and attach to your page. The Well Written die set will be a great for all kinds of paper crafts – it has so many words and you can combine with the stamps for endless possibilities. Try cutting words apart and combine different letters or parts of the words – I checked and almost the whole alphabet is included in these words.
Be sure to register for upcoming classes – just click on Registration under the Events tab.
Order online here – use hostess code BNNC9A9C for January 2019.
Jan 29, 2019 | 2019 Occasions Catalog, 2019 Sale-a-Bration, Cards, Valentine's Day |
I shared one more card in my FB Live video from Jan. 21, 2019 that used the same suite of products as the projects in the Made to Love Class. You can see the video here. This card was one of the cards available in my Quick & Cute card class this past week. It has a glimpse of the Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets that are available through the Sale-A-Bration Promotion. Don’t miss out on these foild sheets – they have been very popular already and are likely to sell out before we get to the end of March!
One trick on this card was that I mounted all three of the little hearts from the Meant to Be stamp set on one block. Then I could stamp the whole group at the same time on the Crumb Cake layer of my card. I just randomly stamped the grouping all over to create this layer. Next I added the piece of Lovely Lipstick Foil sheet and then a strip of the All My Love Designer Series Paper.
To finish the card I tied some of the 1/8″ Sheer Whisper White ribbon on my layer before adding it to a Thick Whisper White card base. The greeting is stamped in Lovely Lipstick ink and adhered with dimensionals over the ribbon. This card doesn’t have to be for Valentine’s Day even though the colors and hearts suggest that.
Supply List
- #148626 Meant to Be stamp set
- #148576 All My Love Designer Series paper
- #148578 All My Love Card stock pack (use Crumb Cake)
- #147116 Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad
- #147140 Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin’ Pad
- #100730 Whisper White card stock
- #140272 Thick Whisper White card stock
- #144172 1/8″ Sheer Whisper White Ribbon
- #144108 Mini Dimensionals
- #149712 Grapefruit Grove & Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets (FREE Sale-A-Bration choice)
Here are a few other samples from Stampin’ Up! that use the foil sheets. Place your orders in my online store – order $50 in product to get the foil sheets for free. Each pack include 4 each of the two colors in 12 x 12 sheets.
Be sure to register for upcoming classes – just click on Registration under the Events tab.
Order online here – use hostess code BNNC9A9C for January 2019.
