August Paper Pumpkin Alternate ideas

Hi Friends

It's hard to believe it's been over a month since I've posted.  We went on vacation to the British Isles with our friends and had a wonderful time.  I'm afraid my little blog took a back seat.  But... we are back, pictures uploaded (but not sorted), caught up with chores and all that happy stuff that one must do to get back into "routine".

So yesterday I played with the August Paper Pumpkin.  I have mentioned before that I share it with a friend and we divide the goodies.  Well, this month there were nine items!  Hard to divide that by two so I let her have two boxes, two gold cards, and one pink... her selection.  I decided yesterday to squeeze more out of my part of the kit so I cut my pink cards in half, the gold card in half and spritzed the flower on my box up a little.  I also prepped some black A2 card bases... then the playing began. 



Here is the original kit ... 3 boxes, 3 gold cards, and 3 pink cards.  

And here's what I got out of 3 cards and 1 box

The only thing I did differently to the flower on the box was I smooshed the middle part and added a large pearl.  But the cards each got a personal touch.  I gave my friend most of the stamps from the kit, so I pulled out my Lacy and Lovely stamp set, the 'it's your day' from a previous paper pumpkin kit, my large flower punch, scallop tag punch, bow punch, small flower punches and an envelope from the Veteran's Fund which I had kept since it was bright, shiny gold...I hang on to stuff since "you never know".

This made my little flowers and bows.  I had fun coming up with all these cards ... the pink bow was made from the scrap piece that remained after the large pink flower was popped out.  Here are all the items individually.  Please feel free to copy any that you like ... that's what it's all about.

I hope you've enjoyed this post and gotten some ideas.

Thanks for dropping by

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July 2015 Paper Pumpkin

Hi Friends

Today I played with my Paper Pumpkin for July and it's one of my favorites.  As I've said before, I share the kit each month with a friend so we each get 4 cards or whatever the project might be.  She will come over and we chat and stamp....mostly chat.  Anyway, she wants to borrow the stamps to finish hers so I thought I'd finish mine so she didn't feel rushed.

I gave her the instructional pamphlet so I came up with alternate ideas.  This first one I made last week when we were stamping together so it copies the intended use.  So cute.

This one is one of the alternate ideas I came up with...

I remembered I had a punch (Stampin Up) from years ago that doesn't get much use and it is just like the little tabs they put in the kit.  I had this green paper on my island so I cut it the same size as the kit size and decided to layer it.  I also put a little washi tape to bring out the green and used my dauber to fancy up the cup.

Next I decided I liked the idea of adding the little flowers to the herbs or whatever is in the cup so I cut them off one of the cups and adhered with a glue dot.  I saw this idea on Pinterest by "Laura's works of Heart".  Thanks Laura... love it!

I liked that one alot so I did another and used the "frame" from the stripe tabs as a background.  I also used an embossing folder to gussy it up a little more.

I had help!!!!

I've learned to work in tiny places

But he's so cute.... and just wants to be with mommy.  We had fun doing these today... can't wait to see what Paper Pumpkin has in store for us next month.

Thanks for visiting

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SU Paper Pumpkin for June 2015

Hi Everyone

I hope you had a wonderful fourth of July yesterday.  We're always home in time to watch some more fireworks on TV.  My favorite has always been the Boston Pops but it wasn't on last night... boo.  We did enjoy 'A Capitol Fourth' very much, tho.

Today I wanted to share some photos taken when my friend, Linda, and I worked on our June Paper pumpkin.  We share the kit which works out perfectly for both of us... a social hour or so and plenty of supplies to divide.  Stampin Up offers more kits to subscribers too, so we can always get more if we want.

                                                                    The beginning............

Is dis for me, mommy?

             The "Middle"...........................

The end ... with all sorts of help!!!

We are "all" enjoying our Paper Pumpkin each month.  Linda and I share some crafting time and Bailey, well he just enjoys everything!!!

Thanks for visiting today

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More Paper Pumpkin

Hi Friends

Here are a few more of my paper pumpkin efforts.  If you see a theme here, you're right.  I liked  the look and dimension of the edge punch along the top border and I also liked using the dsp in the panels.  So here they are....

Well, you didn't think I did all this by myself, did you?

One very, very pooped assistant. 

 So that wraps it up for February's Paper Pumpkin.  I'll be back soon to share some really great cards with you ... hint... Copic markers time!!!

See you soon and thanks for the visit

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PP Layers of Gratitude

Hi Friends

I have a fun one for you today.  The latest Paper Pumpkin is called 'Layers of Gratitude' so I really took them literally and put lots of layers on my card.  I'm really enjoying Paper Pumpkin since I resubscribed.  Not to stress the negative, but I quit about a year ago since I was disappointed with the quality and quantity provided.  Then I started seeing some of the kits on Pinterest and was impressed. I decided to give it another chance.   Stampin Up has really raised Paper Pumpkin to a much higher level.  There is plenty of product to make tons of projects.  Here it is out of the box...

There are enough supplies to make 8 of these thank you booklets and 8 envelopes.  But wait.... see the orange self-stick letters?  Well, you can also use the negative space for 8 more projects... see?

I put a large scrap of my Watercolor Wonder dsp on the used felt and, since there is adhesive all over the felt, it stuck on really well.  Just place this on an elongated card and embellish.  Now you've stretched your supplies to make 16 thank you cards.

I like the card they showed as the sample but wanted to play with it more.  So I dug out some scraps from my Watercolor Wonder dsp, a couple of punches, and proceeded to have a blast.

For some reason, I just "saw" this accordian pleated card as a screen card so I punched the base of each panel with my designer label punch and then used a Fiskars lattice edge punch to decorate the top.  A tiny bit of ribbon, a couple of small butterflies, some stars, rhinestones, and it was done.  And... so much fun!  You don't have to stay with the color palette with the exception of keeping it compatible with the orange felt letters.  Fun, huh?  Here it is closed up...

And in the envelope which I kept plain.  

This is a card that is best hand carried as it is not mail-friendly.  But it's so cute, who cares?  You can prop it up on a bamboo skewer and poke it into a thank you basket of flowers, fruit, cookies or cake... etc... the possibilities are endless.   I hope you've enjoyed this (somewhat) long post.  

I'll be continuing my Paper Pumpkin subscription and will renew it now during Sale a Bration since the purchase of PP applies to your $50 minimum for freebies... love that!!!

Thanks so much for visiting...  come back soon

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Paper Pumpkin Redux

Hi Stampers

Well, I think I'm finally finished going through my craft room closets to become more organized (and purge!!!).  I can't even count the number of shoe boxes (and other boxes, tins, and jars) that were only holding a few items - most of those contents got tossed.  There were scraps, snippets of ribbon and other junk that I must have just scooped into a box so my room would be 'cleaned up' looking.

But, guess what I found?  A cute little red box with the introductory Paper Pumpkin kit inside.  I had quit Paper Pumpkin after only a couple of months because I didn't think the quality or quantity warranted $20.  For instance, the set I'm showing you at the end of this post only contained supplies for 4 cards and I had to dig into my supplies to supplement that.  But... that was then... and now Stampin Up has really upped their game.  I'd been tempted to try them again, and I finally have.  I don't know what will be in the kit for me the middle of February but I'll share with you.  I'm still a little skittery about PP so I only bought the one month but, if I'm happy with it, I'll go for more.

Here's what subscribers received in January!

Pretty darn cute, right?  And, there's plenty to make it worthwhile.  I'm impressed.

Here are the 4 cards that I made from that first kit... the best part of that one was the acrylic block that was included.  Anyway, like I said, that was then, and this is now... so lets hope for the best.

Have a great day... and thanks for dropping by!

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