If you want to stretch your Paper Pumpkin kits, a great way to do that is to add in our Catalog products. Add some card stock and pattern paper and you can take the pieces from the Paper Pumpkin kit to make lots of different cards. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the tags in the January Paper Pumpkin kit, but it turns out they look great on the front of a card. I added some white ribbon that I colored with one of our Blend … [Read more...] about Love
Paper Pumpkin Meets Catalog
I promised to share some projects combining the Lovely Lavender Paper Pumpkin Kit with the Perennial Lavender Suite in the January to April Catalog. Here is my first project. This is a slim line card and I used the greenery and flowers from the Paper Pumpkin kit and combined them with the pattern paper from the Suite. I also use the Love of Spring Dies, which was an add-on product that coordinates with the January Paper Pumpkin kit. If … [Read more...] about Paper Pumpkin Meets Catalog
More to Sale-A-Brate!
Oh my goodness, just released yesterday are more products that you can get for FREE during Sale-A-Bration. Here is a look at those new options. These items are in the current Annual Catalog, or the January-April Catalog, or available in our Online Shop. This is a great way to get some additional items you may have been wanting for FREE. … [Read more...] about More to Sale-A-Brate!
Perennial Lavender Suite
Today's card is one of the reasons I purchased the Lavender Suite. I loved this card in the Catalog and wanted to make it myself. This card is almost exactly the same as the one in the January-April Catalog. Did you know it's okay to copy the cards and projects in the Catalog? The Stampin Up designers spend hours and hours coming up with fabulous projects and then they share them with us in the Catalog. I love that I can make a beautiful … [Read more...] about Perennial Lavender Suite
January Paper Pumpkin-Lovely Lavender
Oh my goodness! The January Paper Pumpkin kit is just stunning. I love the two different cards in the kit and the tag is so cute. I know I say this every month, but these cards get better with every kit. This kit coordinates with the Perennial Lavender Suite in the January-April Catalog. Usually, I will go ahead and make up the entire kit when I receive it so I don't end up with stacks of uncompleted kits. However, this time I made only one … [Read more...] about January Paper Pumpkin-Lovely Lavender
Love You
There's just something so sweet about pink and red hearts. Add in a bit of gold and you've got a fabulous card. Since I was working with the this fabulous paper and die cutting a bunch of things, I ended up with some strips of heart cut-outs. Not willing to let them go to waste, I used them on my card. I just love that pink swirl paper in the background. It almost looks like frosting. I'm so glad I picked this paper as one of my FREE items … [Read more...] about Love You
Thoughtful Moments
On Monday I shared a perfectly lovely simple card. Today we are going to step it up a notch. I'm using the Most Adored pattern paper that's FREE with Sale-A-Bration with the Adoring Hearts stamp and die bundle and the Thoughtful Moments Hybrid Embossing Folder and dies. Oh my goodness, this Hybrid set is pretty incredible. Honestly, I waffled on getting it, but I loved the words in the set. And I love that the letters are raised in the embossing … [Read more...] about Thoughtful Moments
It Doesn’t Have To Be Complicated
Not all cards have to take hours to create. You don't even need to spend hours to make a nice, lovely card. Sometimes simple is just as nice. Especially when you are using some beautiful paperike the Most Adored paper from the Sale-A-Bration Catalog. This paper is designed to coordinate with the Adoring Hearts Bundle in the January-April Catalog. The dies in the bundle die cut a number of different hearts and the banner below. I added a … [Read more...] about It Doesn’t Have To Be Complicated