Jul 1, 2018 |
Paper Pumpkin Craft Time
Come join me at the food court in the Outlet Shoppes of Atlanta – Woodstock, GA for some crafting time. Bring your Paper Pumpkin kit from the current month or an older one that you haven’t finished yet. Grab a bite to eat and join the girls for some crafting time.
Not a subscriber yet to this fun monthly craft kit – come join us – I usually have extra kits from the current and/or past months – $20 – for a complete kit. Let me know before the 10th and I can order the current month’s kit for you.
Paper Pumpkin
We do the work, so you can skip to the fun! Paper Pumpkin is a fully designed project kit that arrives at your door each month with stamps, ink, and paper—everything cut and ready to go, so you can skip to the fun. We’ll surprise you with fun projects like cards, gift packaging, home décor, and more.
Go to www.paperpumpkin.com to sign up – to receive the monthly kit you need to join by the 10th of the month to receive that month’s kit. If you aren’t ready to subscribe let me know before the 10th of the month to order you a kit. I sometimes have and extra of the current month and/or past kits available for sale if you would like to purchase one of those let me know.
I hope you’ll come craft with me!
Jun 28, 2018 | Cards, Paper Pumpkin |
Hello my stamping 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 – Broadway Star (June 2018) and an added bonus it coordinates with the Broadway Bound Suite in the Annual Catalog.
This months kit is bright and bold and full of star power! The kit includes supplies to make 8 cards to celebrate a birthday, graduation or other event.
For my first alternate idea I made a very simple change to the card base and turned it into a triangle box. You aren’t going to believe how simple this was to make and I only used supplies in the kit. Well I did use black ink instead of the Lovely Lipstick from the kit but that was it.
Triangle Treat Box
I used the black and white striped card base and added two additional score lines half way between the center score line and the edge of the card on either side – that’s 2-1/8″ from each side. Then fold on all three score lines and overlap the two end sections and you have a triangle box. The ends are open so just slide in a treat. I’ll confess that I actually made my box and then took it to the store to find a treat to go inside. I came up with four different treats that fit but I’m sure there are more.
- two Hershey’s almonds bars
- Zebra roll cake
- Hershey Snack Mix packet
- Take 5 bar
Here is a closer look from the side so you can see the shape.
Supply List
The additional supplies that I added to complete this project were:
For my second alternate idea I decided to make a card to go with my triangle box.
Congrats Card
Since I stuck with the black, white and gold I wanted to basically do the same thing on my card. To make the banner piece I used some of the paper from the coordinating Broadway Bound Specialty Designer Series Paper. I took some left over pieces of the gold sticker sheet from my kit and cut enough of a scrap to add to the stamped piece of cake. Gold cake anyone? I stamped multiple times with the CONGRATS stamp to create the background piece.
Supply List
The additional supplies that I added to complete this project were:
- Memento Black ink
- Broadway Bound Specialty Designer Series Paper
- Thick Whisper White card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Gray Granite card stock
- Gray Granite ink
- Candle Embellishments
- Stitched Shapes Framelits dies
- Big Shot Die-cutting machine
I hope you liked these alternate ideas for the monthly Paper Pumpkin kit. Leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts. Now go see what the rest of the gang made.
The Blog Hop Continues
To continue through the full Blog Hop go and click on the next blog in the list below.
Don’t forget you have until the 10th of the month to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin and get that month’s kit.
If you want to get your own monthly kit sign up by the 10th – go here. On the Paper Pumpkin Facebook page they have been giving hints – so far a picnic basket, gingham, and maybe wood – what will it be?
Thanks for visiting today.
May 31, 2018 | Paper Pumpkin |
Hello my friends. It’s time for our monthly A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop – for the May Kit – Manly Moments. A blog hop filled with alternate ideas using contents from the kit.
This months kit was a nature themed masculine kit. And a big stamp set with lots of words. It was perfect timing for Father’s Day coming up in June. Did you notice this kit uses some brand new colors and some returning colors? Gray Granite and Soft Sea Foam are two brand new colors in the Stampin’ Up! Collections. While Mossy Meadow and Mint Macaron are former In-Colors that are making a return as core colors this year.
My idea is super quick and simple – I tend to go to my trusty Notecards and Envelopes when I need a quick idea. And yesterday was no different. I just have one idea for you today.
Thank You Note Card
Just like last month I pulled out my note cards. Since the stamp set was mostly words I focused on that and chose to do a thank you card. But you could use any of the combinations of words for this idea. The inspiration for this card came from a sketch I saw last week. I needed two strips for the side and decided to cut apart the tri-fold card and use the two different patterns for my strips. The Mossy Meadow ink spot was what I used for the ink on the words and the leaf – all the stamps are from the kit. Paper Pumpkin kits don’t include punches since the pieces come precut for you but to finish this idea I grabbed some punches. On the leaves I carefully used the starburst image to add lines – first adding the center line by stamping with the top of the starburst facing the bottom of the leaf. And then adding the side lines by stamping with the bottom of the starburst against that center line.
The additional supplies that I added to complete this project were:
- Card stock – Gray Granite, Mossy Meadow, and Whisper White
- Circle punches – 1-3/4″, 2″ and the Leaf punch.
- Whisper White Note cards & Envelopes
I hope you liked this quick idea. 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 June 10th to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin and the June kit that coordinates with one of the brand new bundles in the Annual Catalog. Sign up by June 10 – go here.
Thanks for visiting today.
May 30, 2018 |
Paper Pumpkin Craft Time
Come join me at the food court in the Outlet Shoppes of Atlanta – Woodstock, GA for some crafting time. Bring your Paper Pumpkin kit from the current month or an older one that you haven’t finished yet. Grab a bite to eat and join the girls for some crafting time.
Not a subscriber yet to this fun monthly craft kit – come join us – I usually have extra kits from the current and/or past months – $20 – for a complete kit. Let me know before the 10th and I can order the current month’s kit for you.
Paper Pumpkin
We do the work, so you can skip to the fun! Paper Pumpkin is a fully designed project kit that arrives at your door each month with stamps, ink, and paper—everything cut and ready to go, so you can skip to the fun. We’ll surprise you with fun projects like cards, gift packaging, home décor, and more.
Go to www.paperpumpkin.com to sign up – to receive the monthly kit you need to join by the 10th of the month to receive that month’s kit. If you aren’t ready to subscribe let me know before the 10th of the month to order you a kit. I sometimes have and extra of the current month and/or past kits available for sale if you would like to purchase one of those let me know.
I hope you’ll come craft with me!
May 3, 2018 | Paper Pumpkin |
Hello my friends. It’s time for our monthly A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop – we are a little later than normal but I hope you will take time to visit everyone and enjoy all the projects. This time it’s the April 2018 kit called You Are My Anchor.
This April kit was really fun and perfect for the upcoming summer months. I have just a couple of simple ideas to share with you. But first here is a look at the kit. This is what you end up with if you make the kit as instructed but you do end up with left over bits and pieces that you can use for alternate ideas.
I grew up on the lake and sailed when I was younger. My dad and brother are avid sailors and my parents actually live in a sailing club. So this kit is perfect. I made up a set of the little cards to give to my mom so she can use them for their friends at the club.
But I also wanted to do some other ideas with my kit so let’s take a look and see what I came up with.
You Are My Anchor Note Card
For this first project I made a little note card. It was the bonus card that my Paper Pumpkin subscribers get to make when they come to my monthly card class. I use the stamp set and the ink, maybe some of the left over elements and then add from my regular supplies. The Note Cards & Envelopes are quick and easy for making cards so I use them frequently. There were two items from the regular catalog that were added because they go well with this Paper Pumpkin kit – the Seaside Embossing Folder and the Island Indigo Ombre Ribbon.
The additional supplies that I added to complete this project were:
- Card stock – Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, and Whisper White
- Circle punches – 2-1/4″, 2″ and the 1/8″ handheld punch. I used the 1/8″ punch out the little hole in the anchor and then tied some of the twine through there.
- Whisper White Note cards & Envelopes
- Seaside Textured Embossing Folder (plus the Big Shot)
- Island Indigo Ombre Ribbon
You’re a Lifesaver Box
My second project was one that I thought of because I wanted to stretch my boxes. The kit comes with 4 boxes but I thought what could I do if I wanted more than 4. Plus the little phrase You’re a Lifesaver made me think of the Lifesavers candies and I decided those would be fun to put in a little box. So I took one of the boxes and cut it in half – both the base and the belly band.
Pay attention to which way you cut them – the belly band needs to still be a band to go around the box. And the box needs one side with the adhesive to create the bottom. Slide the belly band around the box and you end up with one open end.
I finished with supplies left over from the kit – the tags, the anchor and the twine. The Pool Party ink is from an earlier Paper Pumpkin kit. For my twine I actually thought it was a little bit thick. So I took the piece and untwisted it so it became three pieces. Then use one piece to tie around the box. The only additional item I added was a 2″ x 8″ cello bag. It holds the lifesavers candies. Put 5 in and push them down to the bottom half of the bag, fold the bag in half and then slide inside the box. A perfect little thank you treat for someone that did something extra special for you.
I hope you liked my projects today. 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. This is my first time to try the InLinkz so hopefully the list is here and functioning correctly. Plus I’m on my new blog so who knows what is really going to happen.
Don’t forget you have about a week left to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin and take advantage of the 50% off your first two months special. This is for new subscribers on a monthly subscription. Sign up by May 10 – go here.
Thanks for visiting today.
