Category Archives: Paper Pumpkin

Paper Pumpkin April 2016 alternate

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As expected, my Paper Pumpkin kit arrived last night. It’s an exciting event even though I’d given in to temptation and watched the videos! So, as usual, here’s my Paper Pumpkin April 2016 alternate. The first one anyway! The kit is called Lovely Little Wreath and it contains everything needed to make a wreath. But of course there are some spare pieces. So I’ve made a happy spring card with some of the leftovers.

Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin April 2016

The leaf strip is designed to wrap around the wreath – I cut a strip to fit my card (I already have ideas for the little piece leftover) and then used up three of the spare paper flowers. They are just tissue paper cut into a scalloped circle which I’ve folded into quarters. Very simple, but effective. The sentiment – one of three in the kit – is stamped in mossy meadow. The kit also contains an ink spot of very vanilla craft ink – I have wanted this for a couple of years so I’m very happy.

I’m also happy that my sister Caro is at her local Onstage event in the UK today. We’ll be chatting later so that I can catch up on all the news. I’m looking forward to that! Which reminds me – the retiring list will be published on Monday. As soon as it’s published, things will start disappearing – the first to go is everything in the retiring in colours. So if you want anything, order now! If you use my Stampin’ Rewards code over there on the left and your order is at least $50 before taxes and shipping, I’ll include the It’s My Party enamel dots with your thank you card. If you’ve ordered from me in the last 12 months (thank you!) and you didn’t check the no contact box, I’ll be sending you a new catalogue as soon as I get them in May. If you don’t currently work with a demonstrator and would like a catalogue, please email me at lizbaileycards@gmail.com with your contact details and I’ll send you one too.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Paper Pumpkin for April is on its way

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It looks as if my April Paper Pumpkin is going to arrive today! As always, I’m excited for it to get here so that I can play. Here’s the video showing this month’s kit

And this month, there’s extra bonus stamp kit, All About Everything, to celebrate Paper Pumpkin’s third birthday – here’s a separate video showing this set

So, double the the fun this month. I’m going to enjoy working on alternate projects this weekend.

In case you haven’t signed up for your Paper Pumpkin yet, here are the details:

  • Each month you receive a unique, surprise kit with a project. It’s colour-coordinated and everything is pre-cut
  • Each kit includes stamps, ink, paper, accessories and instructions – everything but adhesive.
  • Each kit gives you about 30 minutes of fun
  • Your Paper Pumpkin ships around the 15th of the month.
  • You need to sign up for a kit by the 10th of the month to get that month’s kit. If you sign up on the 11th of the month, your first kit will come the next month.
  • A Paper Pumpkin membership is $19.95 per month (and shipping is included!) There’s no commitment, you can cancel or put your subscription on hold at any time.
  • Just click on the Paper Pumpkin button on the left hand side to join up.
  • Once you’re a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, you can buy previous kits as supplies last.

If you sign up and name me as your demonstrator, I’ll send you a free gift from me.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Paper Pumpkin March 2016 Alternate 5

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This card is inspired by yesterday’s and also by the Pals Paper Arts challenge this week. It’s a very sweet combination of colours, so I’ve produced a sweet card.

Stampin' Up! Pocketful of cheer

Here’s the colour banner which inspired this, my fifth Paper Pumpkin March 2016 alternate.

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I first cut a large circle in a piece of spare card using the circles framelits and then held that over my very vanilla piece. I used two of the stamps from this month’s Paper Pumpkin kit, Pocketful of Cheer and mint macaron, blushing bride and so saffron ensuring that I stamped over the edge of my mask. I decided to continue with the circles and stamped the sentiment (from the same kit) in mint macaron onto a scrap of very vanilla and then popped it out with a punch. There was something missing so I grabbed my blushing bride cotton 1/4 inch ribbon. I don’t use ribbon a lot but when I do, this is my favourite. It’s so easy to work with. I wrapped a piece of the ribbon around the very vanilla layer and fixed it on the back. Then I glued down my sentiment circle. The very vanilla piece was then mounted on a mint macaron card base. Finally I made the bow and attached that with glue dots. It amused me that my iron gets the most use in ironing ribbon for carding!

Stampin' Up! Pocketful of cheer, Paper Pumpkin March 2016 Alternate

The envelope liner was made using the envelope liners framelits dies and paper from the 2015-2017 in colors DSP stack in mint macaron.  and did you notice the #I’mbringingbirthdaysback also stamped on the envelope? I’m continuing my plan to give out more cards although today’s card isn’t helping much! I definitely need more male birthday cards.

I’m working out the details of a Customer Loyalty program and I’m excited to be announcing the programme very soon.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Paper Pumpkin March 2016 Alternate 4

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Well I’m up to my Paper Pumpkin March 2016 Alternate number 4. This one is just using stamping rather than re-purposing any of the DSP. And after Rebecca’s enthusiastic comments about Cucumber Crush, I decided to use that colour again today.

Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin March 2016

I used post it tape to mask the area that I wanted to stamp and then it occurred to me that it would be a little irritating if I messed up the sentiment after stamping all the leaves and flowers. So I peeled up the post it tape and stamped the sentiment. Of course it was fine! Then I set about using cucumber crush and rich razzleberry and two of the little stamps from the Paper Pumpkin, Pocketful of Cheer stamp set. I really like having the images continue over the edges so that it looks as if this is just part of a large piece of paper. One word of warning however – the ink doesn’t dry as quickly on the post it tape so be careful about getting it on your fingers and then on the card.

This was a lot of fun to make, I think I’ll play with the post it tape more often. It’s a permanent fixture on my desk so that shouldn’t be difficult – I use it as a holder for my multipurpose glue. It’s especially handy to have the glue upside down as you get towards the end of the pot and the post it tape holder works perfectly.

UPDATE: I forgot to mention that the sentiment came from last month’s Paper Pumpkin kit, Hello Sunshine. This design really called for a single line sentiment and nothing in this month’s kit worked.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Paper Pumpkin March 2016 Alternate 3

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Firstly I’d like to thank Hannelie for choosing my card as an honourable mention at CASology. With 74 other cards to choose from, I’m very grateful that she chose mine.

Today I’m playing with the Paper Pumpkin March 2016 set again, Pocketful of Cheer. I’ve been using bermuda bay quite a bit over the last few days to make up for some neglect but I wanted to demonstrate that the kit also has a fair bit of cucumber crush in it. Here’s my card using leftovers from one of the cards that I didn’t make as per the kit.

Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin March 2016 Pocketful of Cheer

I cannibalized one of the envelopes for an earlier card and I still had the flaps left, so I used the hexagon punch to cut out a few shapes. I then used one of the gift card holders (which obviously now wasn’t going to be going on the envelope) and got two hexagons out of that too. I then stamped a sentiment from the set in cucumber crush onto some cucumber crush card and cut that out (it’s easier to stamp and then punch) and punched out another cucumber crush hexagon for good measure. Then came the slow part of the card as I played with the placement (whilst talking to my brother at the same time, so very efficient multi-tasking) until I got the effect I wanted. I glued the hexagons down using the multipurpose glue with some of the shapes intentionally going over the edge. It was very easy to trim these with the paper snips since I could use the piece of whisper white as the guide. I then mounted this piece onto a card base of cucumber crush and finally added the hexagon with the sentiment which I popped up. It’s easier to put your card together, including gluing everything onto the card base before popping anything up so that you can get good pressure to ensure everything is stuck well.

We’re down to the last 6 days of Sale-a-bration so if there are any of the SAB sets that you want, you need to act quickly. It’s also a good time to stock up on basics since you can get freebies for buying things that you’d buy anyway throughout the year. I have a good stash of whisper white and very vanilla card now as well as matching envelopes. This also means that the sale on Paper Pumpkin is ending next week – and you don’t want to miss April’s kit because there’s a bonus free stamp set in it.

See you tomorrow,

Liz