A few weeks ago, I promised to share an alternate project for May's Paper Pumpkin kit. And here it is. Finally. Today's project is a 12x12" piece of artwork that I will put in a shadowbox frame. Most of the elements are adhered using dimensionals. This piece uses three of the card fronts from the May kit. To see what the May kit looked like completed as is, click here. You might recall that this kit coordinated with the Bird Ballad Suite in … [Read more...] about May Paper Pumpkin Revisited
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May Paper Pumpkin
When a box this pretty arrives on your doorstep, you just know there is going to be something good inside. The May Paper Pumpkin was designed by Stampin Up's Founder, Shelli Gardner. This kit is just her style, full of beautiful artwork. This kit makes four different amazingly gorgeous cards. If you're not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, then you missed out on one of the prettiest kits in a long time. And since it's a Paper Pumpkin kit, it won't … [Read more...] about May Paper Pumpkin
New In Colors – Rococo Rose and Seaside Spray
Before I share today's project, I wanted to remind you that today is the last day to sign up to get May's Paper Pumpkin kit, which was specially designed by Stampin Up's founder Shelli Gardner. The kit includes an exclusive photopolymer stamp set, paper and crafting materials to create 12 cards (3 cards of 4 unique designs), 12 exclusive, coordinating envelopes, and a Classic Stampin’ Spot. Coordinating colors for this kit are Crumb … [Read more...] about New In Colors – Rococo Rose and Seaside Spray
April Paper Pumpkin Revisited
After making up my April Paper Pumpkin kit, I wasn't quite ready to put away the stamp set. I've got a few ideas for projects for this stamp, and here's the first one. I used this flower stamp to make a completely different card. I stamped the flower three times on Poppy Parade paper and cut out the three different layers of petal, with each layer being slightly smaller than the one below. To give dimension to the flower, I crinkled the … [Read more...] about April Paper Pumpkin Revisited
April Paper Pumpkin
First, I want to thank everyone that took advantage of my April Customer Special. I'll be mailing your goodies out in the next week or so. April's Paper Pumpkin kit was the very first one to offer one of our brand new Dist-ink-tive line of stamps. The flower image is absolutely gorgeous in this kit. Just check out these cards. April's kit also included gift packaging so you can make these cards and give them away to a friend or family … [Read more...] about April Paper Pumpkin
February Paper Pumpkin Shadowbox
Some of our Paper Pumpkin kits work better than others for alternate projects. The photorealistic cards in the February kit, Grown With Kindness, are perfect for framing. Those succulents are just gorgeous. I used each of the three different card fronts. Plus I added a hand-stamped image as well. The teacup with the succulent and the sentiment are both stamps from the February Paper Pumpkin kit. To give added dimension to the succulent, I … [Read more...] about February Paper Pumpkin Shadowbox
February Paper Pumpkin
I have fake grass in my yard. Instead of lovely plants, I have rocks in my planters. In general, I don't grow things. I had given up on ever having houseplants that lived for more than a month. About 10-12 years ago I discovered succulents. And then I found out that I, the lady with the black thumb of death, could keep a succulent growing for a very long time. In fact, I still have one of my very first succulent plants. It's been repotted a … [Read more...] about February Paper Pumpkin
January Paper Pumpkin
This coming Sunday, February 10th, is the deadline to sign up to receive February's Paper Pumpkin kit. Check out the sneak peak below... Still not sure if this is for you? Here's January's Kit...Oh my goodness! So very cute. January's kit makes 24 adorable Valentine's treat pouches. The pouches come flat, to be assembled. One side of the pouch is the red color and the other side is blue. This means you can make the pouches in either color. And … [Read more...] about January Paper Pumpkin