Mar 26, 2014 | Cards, Occasions Catalog 2014, Paper Pumpkin, Washi Tape |
Back in January I went to the Stampin’ Up! Leadership and participated in the Paper Pumpkin craft wars. We only had about 15 minutes to create a card using past Paper Pumpkin kit stamps and new products from the Occasions catalog. My card was one of the selected winners! For my Paper Pumpkin Hands-On class this month I decided to create another version of this card using the same idea. To see the original card go to THIS blog post.
Here is the new card – another alternate idea using some of the past Paper Pumpkin card kits.
You may not be able to tell right away but I used the stamps from two different Paper Pumpkin Kits. The obvious one is the Hey There Friend which is the Welcome Kit that everyone receives when they join Paper Pumpkin. It has the fun splatter and the words in it. The second set that I used is the Party Pennants stamps from the July 2013 Paper Pumpkin kit – there were three little background stamps in the kit and I used those to create my flowers. The stamps are perfect for creating “designer paper” in any color that you want to punch flowers or other shapes.
Here are some of the specifics for this card:
- The card base is Crumb Cake.
- Then I have two layers – a layer of Coastal Cabana and the Whisper White layer
- The Whisper White layer is stamped with the splatter using the Gold Encore ink – I did stamp multiple times between inking which gives varying degrees of gold splatter. The “hey there friend” is stamped in Coastal Cabana ink.
- To create the flowers I stamped each of the Party Pennants backgrounds on Whisper White card stock – one in Coastal Cabana, one in Bermuda Bay and one in Pool Party. Then use the Petite Petals Punch to punch out two flowers from each one. Then I used the matching Stampin’ Write Marker to go around the edge of each flower. I think it gives the flowers some extra definition.
- Punch a small hole in the center of each flower. Pull some of the Gold Sequins off of the trim and then string a sequin and both matching flowers onto a piece of Whisper White Baker’s Twine. Tie a knot in the ribbon for the center of the flower.
- I attached the flowers on to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then took all three pieces of Baker’s Twine and knotted them together.
- Add a piece of the Coastal Cabana Ruffled Ribbon to the front with a piece of the Watercolor Wonder Designer Washi tape. Then I added another piece of Washi Tape.
- Put the White/Coastal Cabana layers on the card base.
What do you think? I really like how the flowers turned out. And I’m happy with the whole card – the gold with all the shades of blue are very pretty together.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Mar 25, 2014 | Cards, Paper Pumpkin, Simply Scored, Thank You |
I had a fun Hand’s On stamping class this month showing alternate ideas with the past Paper Pumpkin kits. The stamps are lots of fun and only part of the Paper Pumpkin kits you won’t find them in the regular catalog. So we went “out of the box” and made some new projects with all the fun stamps. I’ll be sharing the ideas I came up with over the next few days. Here is the first one –
Can you guess which past Paper Pumpkin kit I’m using here?
It’s a recent one – the In the Bag kit from February 2014. There were two great circle stamp images in the kit and I used the polka dot image on this card. I stamped on Whisper White card stock in the five different colors (Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, and Pacific Point) and then punched each one out with the 1″ circle punch. The left over pieces were rather fun looking and I have something planned for those too!
Here are some more details on this card:
- On a Whisper White card stock layer I put it on my Simply Scored board and scored two lines.
- Then glued on my punched circles above the lines. I started by placing the two outside circles, then centered the one in the middle and then filled in with the other two – this was so they would be spread out evenly.
- Stamp a greeting in Jet Black StazOn ink – I used “thanks” from the Another Thank You photopolymer stamp set.
- Place the layer back on the Simply Scored board to score two more lines where the greeting is stamped – but don’t score through the greeting. What I did was score with the greeting facing up – this indents the paper – then turned it over and score exactly on those same lines – so it would be raised on the front.
- Layer the white on a Daffodil Delight Card Stock base.
- Add a bow tied in the Basic Black Taffeta ribbon with a glue dot.
I hope you like this alternate idea for the In the Bag stamp set from the February 2014 Paper Pumpkin Kit. If you would like to join and be a member – just CLICK HERE – join before March 31, 2014 and you will get a free set of In-color Stampin’ Write markers.
Have a great day!
Mar 24, 2014 | Stamp, Scrap, & Create Retreat |
Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat is now open for registration. The spring retreat will be held on May 15-18th at my house. Details can be found here.
I thought I would share some of the photos from last fall –
Getting started for a crafty weekend!
Group picture from the Fall 2013 Retreat
Welcome!
Yvonne working on her lap top with My Digital Studio.
Cindy, Jennifer and Kim working on their fall cards.
Christine & Kim working on their banners in my craft room.
Sue & Lisa working on their fall table settings.
Leishman, Becky, Yvonne, and Bethany making their little framed MDS hybrid project.
One of the little gifts from the fall retreat – handmade fall cookies that match our Designer Paper and stamps that we used on the fall card project. Yummy!
Friday night treat – skeleton Smore’s
So much fun! I can’t wait for everyone to come and make new memories with me in May!
Mar 23, 2014 | Easter, Stamper's Club |
Have you seen all the little 3-D ideas with chocolate kisses? I originally saw a shamrock probably more than a year ago. So glad that we have Pinterest now to “save” ideas for us. I wanted to do something like this for one of my March Stamp Club projects and while looking at the shamrock idea I also found a flower idea – I decided to use the flower idea for Stamp Club. These little chocolate kiss ideas came from another demonstrator named Brenda Quintana- she has lots of cute ideas. So here is how mine turned out –
I used strips of So Saffron and Wild Wasabi card stock. I added the Vintage Faceted Button with some White Baker’s Twine. And filled the flower with spring colored chocolate kisses. A spring flower! Now to decide if I want to make a bunch of these for Easter.
I’m so glad spring is here. The trees and flowers are starting to bloom around here. The birds are busy. And it’s really started to feel like spring. However I did notice in the weather forecast we have some cold nights coming this week – 27 and 32 degrees – ugh!
Now that I mentioned Stamper’s Club – I working up an email to send out to my email list about Stamper’s Club. It’s time to join! I’m making a few changes and also made the decision to skip April (lot’s going on here). So Stamper’s Club will get going in May again and there will be both Full time members and Part time members. If you live near me then it’s time to join my Stamper’s Club. We make fun projects and cards every month – we’ll be meeting at my house every month. Let me know if you are interested – leave a comment, send me an email – and if you are on my email list then you will get full details real soon.
Mar 22, 2014 | Birthday, Cards, Sale-A-Bration 2014 |
Stampin’ Up!’s coordinating products make it so easy to create beautiful cards in no time. Check this one out –
The coordinating products in the Sale-A-Bration Sweet Sorbet collection – designer paper and bakers twine from the accessory pack. I paired it with the Label Love bundle which includes the Label Love stamp set and the coordinating Artisan Label punch. With card stock that matches our ink and designer paper this card came together in no time.
A quick post today! Come back tomorrow and I’ll have something else to share.
