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Paper Pumpkin February 2016 Alternate

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I was looking at the Paper Pumpkin February 2016 kit, Hello Sunshine, last night and it hit me that there are four of all the main decorative pieces and only three cards for each. So I could play with leftovers. Of course they aren’t technically leftovers since I haven’t made the kit up yet – I’m saving it to do it with my friends next week. There’s a gold squiggle that you peel off the shiny gold foil and that leaves behind lots of pieces of foil and I thought it would be a crime to waste them. So I didn’t.

Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin February 2016 Alternate - Hello Sunshine

I carefully peeled a piece of gold foil (with it’s backing) leaving a hole where it had been in the cut foil. I lay this down on the card and, after peeling off the backing, stuck my piece of foil where it’s supposed to go. And continued that way. There were a few mishaps – the thin paper between the pieces was torn, so I had to approximate. Some had to have glue added but I’m thrilled with the overall effect and I love it on the cherry cobbler. I matted this with a piece of basic black and then decided it was a birthday card. This sentiment is also from the Hello Sunshine kit and I embossed it in gold. After doing this, I attached the matted piece and popped it up with dimensionals. I lined the envelope with a precut envelope liner but looking at the two together, I’m going to switch out this envelope and save it for later and line another with some DSP with gold on it.

And after doing this, I still have the gold squiggle from this, my leftover embellishment. I’ll finish my card with that soon and post it.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Paper Pumpkin February 2016 – Hello Sunshine

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My Paper Pumpkin for this month is on its way. In fact, I think it’s in New Jersey already. Here’s the Stampin’ Up! Youtube video showcasing this month’s kit.

In case you don’t know about Paper Pumpkin, 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.

During Sale-a-bration, the 3 month prepaid subscription is on sale for $55 (normally 59.85) and better than that, if you buy it you also get a free item from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. I’ve taken advantage of that myself.

I’ve started a class on (usually) the last Friday of the month to get together and put together the kits. I’m also including an extra project. If you’re local to Randolph, NJ, sign up and come on by for some fun.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Paper Pumpkin

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You have until Wednesday to sign up for Paper Pumpkin and get this month’s box. Why would you? Well, it’s a kit in a box, you don’t need anything extra (apart from adhesive on occasion) and you have a professionally prepped kit to work on. The pieces are cut, where necessary, and everything is ready. You get a ink spot (or two) and a stamp set that will obviously last past the Paper Pumpkin kit. There are always extra pieces that you can use on other projects and if you sign up with me, you get to come and put your kit together with my group and get an extra project free. If you’re not local, I’ll send you the product that you need for the extra project. So why wait?

Even better, until the 31st March, you can prepay for 3 months saving almost $5 AND get a free item from the Sale-a-bration catalog. You can’t ask for more than that! By the way, the last three items in the SAB catalog are for a limited time only (until 16th February) when three new items are availab.le. Which to go for? It’s a hard choice. I really love some of the items that are going away, but I am excited by the new ones too. I’ve put my order together ready so that I can get the new items on February 16th. I hope you have too! If not, take a look at the catalogs – the links are on your left.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

January Paper Pumpkin – Cute Conversations

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Yesterday I got this month’s Paper Pumpkin – it’s a surefire way to get me to empty the mail box!  Here’s the Stampin’ Up! Youtube video showcasing this month’s kit.

In case you don’t know what Paper Pumpkin is, here’s a recap:

  • Each month you receive a unique, surprise kit with a project. It’s colour-coordinated and everything is cut for you
  • Each kit includes stamps, ink, paper, accessories and instructions – everything but adhesive.
  • Each kit gives you about a 30 minute creativity escape.
  • 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 your monthly Paper Pumpkin at anytime. You can also skip a month if you want.
  • Just click on the Paper Pumpkin button on the left hand side to join up.

During Sale-a-bration, the 3 month prepaid subscription is on sale for $55 (normally 59.85) and better than that, if you buy it you also get a free item from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. I’m definitely doing that myself.

I’ve started a class on (usually) the last Friday of the month to get together and put together the kits. I’m also including an extra project. If you’re local to Randolph, NJ, sign up and come on by for some fun.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

 

December Paper Pumpkin

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This is a record – I received this month’s Paper Pumpkin, One Great Year, on Friday when I got home from work. Although I had plenty of things that I could be doing on Saturday, I put together the kit. This month it’s a calendar ready for next year. I really love the colours that have been used for this kit and in fact, the whole project which I plan to place on my desk at work.

Stampin' Up! One Great Year - Paper Pumpkin

There are four styles of pages included – the other three are demonstrated by the next three months

Stampin' Up! One Great Year - Paper Pumpkin

and the different styles come in three different colours

Stampin' Up! One Great Year - Paper Pumpkin

Stampin' Up! One Great Year - Paper Pumpkin

and finally

Stampin' Up! One Great Year - Paper Pumpkin

I followed the instructions pretty much to the letter – I swapped the colour of the background on a couple of months (obviously a total irrelevance) but I left off the twine which was supposed to be glued to the back of some of the calendar pieces and and artistically spread around. I find that it tends to look a mess rather than artistic so I don’t do that!

I didn’t add any supplies to the kit, the adhesive dots and dimensionals were all included. So there’s not much to put in the supply list other than prepaid Paper Pumpkin kits. If you go for the 6 month option, you save a dollar per kit, double if you select the year. One of the big benefits of being a Paper Pumpkin subscriber (apart from the fun of getting a mystery kit delivered each month) is that you can buy any of the past kits and refills which are being offered.

See you tomorrow,

Liz