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It’s March! Sign Up For the March Paper Pumpkin Kit!

Paper Pumpkin has been around for seven years now and it just keeps getting better! If you aren’t familiar with Paper Pumpkin, it’s a monthly subscription papercrafting kit from Stampin’ Up! Once you sign up by the 10th of any month, that month’s kit will be mailed to you by mid-month and you will receive a fun craft kit all ready for you to sit down and have some creative fun! And this March kit has a FREE extra stamp set to celebrate its 7th birthday!

And look at the ad above! Do you see the Paper Pumpkin box off to the right with the raincoat and boots?? That’s the BOX! So cute!!

During Sale-A-Bration, you can add a Paper Pumpkin PREPAID subscription to your regular Stampin’ Up! order and perhaps earn a FREE Sale-A-Bration product or even reach Hostess Rewards. Stampin’ Up! will send you an email with a code to use when you set up your Paper Pumpkin account and you will be set. Even if you already subscribe monthly, you can buy a Prepaid subscription on your order, put the code into your account, and your monthly subscription will resume after your Prepaid subscription is used up!

Paper Pumpkin is for everyone, from experienced stampers and crafters to newbies with no supplies! With your first kit, you receive a special Paper Pumpkin acrylic block on which to mount your stamps, and then the kit contains all the materials you need for the project, even including adhesives! You get a stamp set, ink spot, instructions, materials, and even a link to a video to watch online. Anyone can make these kits!

Experienced stampers enjoy getting a kit all ready to go and sometimes even like making alternative projects with some of their own stamping supplies. Whatever you like to do!

Most of the Kits are cards, but can be other projects like a mini-album, home decor piece, holiday favors, tags, bags, calendar, garland….who knows?! Last fall Stampin’ Up! even gave us ideas for turning the BOX into a haunted house! I look at Paper Pumpkin as a fun gift I give myself that I look forward to every month!

Paper Pumpkin kit projects used to be top secret but I think they have found people like at least a little clue to what the kit will be. And to celebrate seven years of Paper Pumpkin, THIS kit comes with an EXTRA FREE STAMP SET!

Here is the information about this March 2020 Kit:

Kit contains supplies for 12 cards and envelopes (4 cards of 3 designs)
Notecard size: 5″ x 3-1/2″
Envelope size: 5-1/8″ x 3-5/8″

Coordinating Colors: Balmy Blue, Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Grapefruit Grove, Gray Granite, Pear Pizzazz, Petal Pink, Shaded Spruce, and So Saffron

About the FREE Stamp Set: The additional stamp set is a great value and coordinates with the March kit design; however, you do not need it to complete the March cards. The additional stamp set is a 4″ x 6″ size, which is larger than most Paper Pumpkin sets and is designed for use on a variety of crafting projects.

Subscribe for the March kit at paperpumpkin.com from February 11–March 10. Then choose my name, Karen Fontinelle, as your Demonstrator. Or click on my personal link below!

Supplies may be limited toward the end of each subscription period.

JOIN PAPER PUMPKIN HERE TODAY!

Be sure to sign up for the March Paper Pumpkin Kit by March 10th! Please share with your friends by clicking on the social media links below.

Golden Honey Bees 2-4-6-8 Gift Boxes

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Make these easy Golden Honey Bees 2-4-6-8 Gift Boxes using the Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper available during Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration 2020! You never know when you might need a little gift bag or box at the last minute so make up a few of these or learn how to make them quickly and easily so you can personalize your gift!

Although I am not a fan of bees and bugs and insects because heaven knows, we have way too many of everything down here in the tropics of Houston, Texas in the summertime! But I liked this designer paper with its gold foil accents and it’s black, white, and gold stripes and prints. You can make lots of pretty things with this paper even if you are not into bees!

I first chose the paper pattern with the gold foil bees on it to make a box. The opposite side of the paper was a black and white dotted pattern so I decided to make a box with each side of the paper. They are both the 2-4-6-8 box but one is shorter.

Here are the basic instructions on how to make the 2-4-6-8 box: It’s very easy and has been around a long time. No pattern required!

The first box on the left with the gold foil bees and hives is made with an 8 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ piece of paper. You can vary the measurements depending on the size you want your box. If your paper has a pattern, decide where the bottom of the box is. Score at 2″ on one side which will become the bottom tabs.
Turn the paper the other way and score at 2″, 4″, 6″ and 8″……hence, the 2-4-6-8 box! That will leave a 1/2″ edge on one side of the paper. This is where you will put a strong adhesive later on.
Now that the box is scored, hold the paper with the bottom portion at the bottom and cut up to the horizontal score line on each score line to make the bottom tabs. That little 1/2″ piece on the bottom should just be cut off.
Crease all the score lines and see how the box will go together.
Apply a strong adhesive along that 1/2″ edge, preferably Tear & Tape or Multipurpose Liquid Glue. If you lay the box flat on the table, you can just fold the other side over to adhere.
Figure out where the backside of the box will be so the seam doesn’t show from the front. Fold the back tab at the bottom in and fold the other tabs in as well. If they don’t line up perfectly, just trim with scissors. Use a little bit of glue to hold the tabs in place for the bottom of the box.
Put your gift inside, punch holes in the top for ribbon to tie shut or leave open, add a handle, whatever you like. Embellish the box if you like.
You can vary the measurements, making the box shorter or taller. The bottom tabs need to be the same width as the side panels of the box. Then you need that little 1/2″ strip at the edge of the paper so you have to consider that math as you figure out the sizes.

Here is a diagram of the scored and cut paper:

For the second box, I decided to make it a little shorter. The paper is still 8 1/2″ wide but I cut it down a little to 7 1/2″. The bottom is still scored at 2″ and then you turn the paper and score at 2″, 4″, 6″, and 8″. So the box is the same, just shorter.

You can close up the top of the box by punching holes in the top and tying closed with ribbon. I used the Crushed Curry 3/8″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon. For the greeting, I stamped “Thank You” on Crushed Curry Cardstock from the Honey Bee Stamp Set and die cut it with the smallest die in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. In keeping with the bee theme, I simply cut out a gold foil bee from the designer paper. If you like the Honey Bee Stamp Set and the Detailed Bee Dies, you can order the Honey Bee Bundle and save 10%! Spend $50 on your order and get the Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper FREE during Sale-A-Bration.

For the taller box with the gold foil bee pattern, I left it open and happened to find some pretty gold foil tissue paper to put inside! I simply tied a Black Satin Ribbon around the top portion and tied a knot, but you could do a bow. The greeting is stamped from the Honey Bee Stamp Set on a narrow strip of Whisper White and layered over a Gold Foil circle punched with the 1 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch.

Have fun trying your hand at making these Golden Honey Bees 2-4-6-8 Gift Boxes and other variations!

Some New Sale-A-Bration Products Coming Tuesday, March 3!

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Sale-A-Bration 2020 2nd Release Mar 3 Ad

Only one more month of Sale-A-Bration left! This is Stampin’ Up!’s biggest promotion of the year and now we are 2/3’s of the way through! To keep things fun, Stampin’ Up! has a few new products they are releasing on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, that you will be able to choose from when you have a $50 purchase and a few with a $100 purchase! Of course, you can still choose from the products in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure with the exception of two things that are already sold out:

Metallic Baker’s Twine & Sequins Combo Pack
Kerchief Card Kit

Get your shopping list ready and if you want the maximum number of Sale-A-Bration choices, wait until Tuesday, March 3 to order from Stampin’ Up! and take advantage of the Sale-A-Bration 2nd Release!

Easy Tropical Oasis Birthday Card

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I wanted to make a quick card and the design I used for this card, Easy Tropical Oasis Birthday Card, is almost always a very quick and easy one to use! This Tropical Oasis Designer Series Paper has such gorgeous colors and floral patterns in it. I just flipped this floral pattern over, and the pineapples were on the opposite side! I saw some tiny pineapples at the grocery store one day and thought of this whole Tropical Oasis Suite!

One of the colors that go with this paper is Real Red! My favorite color, so I could not pass it up! So Real Red it was for the card base. Without measuring, I cut out a longer rectangle than I needed because I wanted to have a little overlap of the two papers so that I could glue them together. In the end, the two pieces adhered together measured like any card layer, 5 1/4″ x 4″.

I always like to cover the seam of where two papers meet, so I used the Daffodil Delight 1/4″ Ruched Ribbon. I just took a longer strip than the card and adhered it around on the back of the card layer. After I made the greeting, I use the ribbon to tie a bow on each end of the layered background for the greeting.

The greeting is stamped from the Peaceful Moments Stamp Set. You could choose lots of other greetings or sentiments with this card design and paper. I layered it on Real Red paper punched with the. Everyday Label Punch. Then I trimmed down another punched label of Daffodil Delight and cut it in half so I could make it smaller to fit under the greeting. I didn’t do a perfect job but I was trying!

The greeting itself is tricky to explain. I tried something for the first time. I used a Stitched Rectangle Die to cut it out. As you can see, the rectangle dies are longer than I wanted my greeting to be. I cut only part of the rectangle by not putting my cutting plate over the part of the die I did not want to be cut. Then I switched the die around, still lining it up with the die-cut outline on the sides (it just sticks back on the same lines) and just put the cutting pad on the end that now needed to be cut to make the greeting shorter and only rolled over that end. That all produced the smaller rectangle greeting! I didn’t take pictures because I wasn’t even sure I was doing it right! But I did!

This card design is always great to keep in mind when you want an easy card that still looks great. No fancy folds or directions to follow. Just add some designer paper to all or part of a card base, in either direction, one side of paper or two, add a ribbon or embellishment or not, then add a greeting for whatever occasion. Here’s another card I made that is similar, using a whole layer of designer paper with a strip of a different pattern going across under the greeting. When you have designer paper as bright and pretty as this, almost any card design you use like this Tropical Oasis Birthday Card will turn out beautiful.

Peaceful Poppies Pizza Box 3 x 3 Notecards

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The other day I posted about decorating one of the Stampin’ Up! Mini Pizza Boxes and today I am showing you the Peaceful Poppies Pizza Box 3″ x 3″ Notecards I made to go with the box! There were really so many choices of how I could have decorated the notecards, but using a Whisper White poppy die-cut was what I ended up with.

You can make your own 3″ x 3″ cards (or you may have some old ones in your stash!) by cutting 6″ x 3″ cardstock, folded in half. You can purchase envelopes at Stampin’ Up! in the Online Store.

To make these little cards, I just cut different patterns of the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper into layering pieces of 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″. I wanted that pretty paper to show through, so I cut the large poppy die from the Poppy Moments Dies, plus the small black center die-cut for the flower. I just used tiny dots of Liquid Multipurpose Glue (I mean TINY!) to adhere the white poppies. You could even add some Peaceful Poppies Sequins if you wanted to.

For fun, I also stamped the inside of the little notecards with a stamp in the Painted Poppies Stamp Set.

Peaceful Poppies Pizza Box Notecards Inside

And of course the envelopes!

You could even make up a few sets of these Mini Pizza Boxes and notecards and have them on hand for gifts. Who wouldn’t love to receive this little gift?!

If you want details on how I decorated the Mini Pizza Box, check out my blog post HERE from the other day. You can also purchase Gold Mini Pizza Boxes. Both kinds of boxes are food safe so you can even put a cookie or brownie or candy inside! These boxes are great to have on hand. They store flat so they don’t take up any space. All you have to do it pull one out and decorate it for whatever occasion and put something inside. Use this Peaceful Poppies Pizza Box 3 x 3 Notecards idea and use it for your inspiration!

Peaceful Poppies Pizza Box

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Peaceful Poppies Pizza Box! Say that ten times fast! If you are looking for a little gift idea, look no further than the Stampin’ Up! Mini Pizza Boxes! These boxes will be so cute for you to decorate, whether you are putting a set of 3″ x 3″ notecards inside, a small gift, or a cookie! They are even food safe so no worries there!

These boxes come to you flat, 8 in a package, so you don’t have to worry about a pile of boxes to store! Just take one out when you need one and fold on the scored lines and assemble it into a pizza box shape. Then the fun begins! Decorate for whatever occasion you have or personalize for the recipient of your gift.

For this pizza box, I decided to use the beautiful Peaceful Poppies Designer Paper. I absolutely love the pattern that I chose on top with the poppies against that Pool Party blue color. As a layer underneath this designer paper, I used another piece of designer paper, the solid watercolor Poppy Parade color. I cut a piece 3 3/8″ square to fit the top of the box and then 3 1/8″ square of the layering designer paper.

For all four sides of the box, I used strips of the Peaceful Poppies DSP, cut 7/8″ wide and just under 3 1/2″ long. You may need to trim your papers slightly differently than mine depending on your box. You could also wrap a ribbon around the box or use a solid color of cardstock. Whatever you like!

I tried several ideas for the top of the box before settling on what you see that I came up with! I used dies from the Painted Labels Dies, the Poppy Parade Cardstock bottom layer and the Pool Party circular diecut. The Whisper White circle I felt was needed to help everything stand out. It is die cut with one of the Stitched Shapes Dies. The greeting is from the Butterfly Gala Stamp Set. It’s a small box and I didn’t want to cover up too much of the lid because I wanted the designer paper to show as much as possible. Since I am putting small notecards inside the box, I thought the greeting was perfect! You wouldn’t have to have it though or you could change it for a birthday or congratulations. The greeting is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and little Basic Rhinestone Jewels added for some bling!

Here is another example using one of the Gold Mini Pizza Boxes from the Holiday Catalog with the Christmastime Is Here Designer Paper. And here is one I decorated for Valentine’s Day two years ago.

Put some Mini Pizza Boxes on your next order so you have them handy for a last-minute or just an extra little gift that you can quickly decorate for someone, like this Peaceful Poppies Pizza Box!

A Margarita Card For National Margarita Day 2020

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“They say” today is National Margarita Day so we may as well celebrate by making A Margarita Card For National Margarita Day 2020. My grandma used to always say “They say…” about fashion, the news, what was popular, etc. and then my dad would tease her and say “Who’s ‘They’?” “They” were very powerful and knew everything! So if “They” and Google say it is National Margarita Day, then we should believe them!

A margarita card is actually very easy to make! Just cut a large circle out of vellum and then cut in half for the glass. I used the Layering Circles Dies and used the largest one. Or you could use two smaller ones and make two glasses clinking together! Sponge some Granny Apple Green ink on the backside of the vellum and let it dry before adhering. I used Sponge Daubers. For the glass stem, just cut a strip of vellum. For the base, just punch an oval or use the Layering Ovals Dies. Use Vellum Cardstock because it is a little bit stronger and sturdier than regular vellum. You can adhere it easily by sponging on some Multipurpose Liquid Glue. That way the glue won’t show through the vellum.

The greeting at the bottom of the card is from the Honey Bee Stamp Set in the Occasions Mini Catalog. I stamped it in Granny Apple Green Ink. The little “splatters” around the card are from the Still Scenes Stamp Set, still available under Holiday Favorites in the Online Store. If you look through your stamp sets, you will find many stamps that you could use for those little sprinkles or splatters! I used three Stampin’ Write Markers to color right on the stamp to get three colors on the sprinkles.

If you like salt on your margarita, just put a strip of Tear & Tape along the rim and dump on some Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (or Ice Glitter from the Holiday Catalog 2019 if you have some). If you want to be fancy, color the glitter first with green reinker and let it dry. I didn’t really need green salt, though!

The card base is Coastal Cabana Cardstock with a layer of Granny Apple Green Cardstock. I thought the colors should be festive for National Margarita Day!

And I hadn’t even had a margarita yet today when my fingers got tangled up and my whole post disappeared! If you can’t celebrate today, here is another card idea for Cinco de Mayo, coming up soon on May 5th! I hope you have a good Mexican restaurant nearby where you can go celebrate National Margarita Day, but if not, just make A Margarita Card For National Margarita Day 2020!

Thoughtful Blooms Card With Gold Accents

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This Thoughtful Blooms Card With Gold Accents took me a little longer than I expected to get it exactly right. Not that there is ever an “exactly right” in stamping and cardmaking, but I always know when I finally hit something that pleases me. Just keep going if you aren’t happy with your creation because you may just be one step away.

For this card, I had the idea of using a cluster of flowers in the bottom corner, maybe three flowers. What took some time for me was finding the right layer for the sentiment at the top. Some dies were too big, some too little, a plain rectangle too plain. I kept working and came up with the combination you see. Adding the bits of ribbon, I think, jazzed it up just enough to make me happy.

The card base is Basic Black, so plan on putting a Whisper White layer inside the card for your greeting or personal message. I added two extra flowers I already had punched out plus some stamped leaves to the inside layer down in the right-hand corner.

The designer paper layer on the front of the card is the Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper. This is the paper with the bees and coordinates with the Honey Bee Bundle in the Occasions Mini Catalog. You can earn this Golden Honey DSP FREE during Sale-A-Bration with a $50 purchase of Stampin’ Up! products! Besides the bees and beehives and honeycombs on some sides of the paper, there are also plainer designs like on my card today, so even if you’re not into bees, you can still use this paper!

Since my Thoughtful Blooms Stamp Set was still out on my table, I decided to just use those flowers again. I made a card yesterday with those flowers. Today I wanted to stamp the outline image of the stamp and color them in with my Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers. I wanted some bright colors so I used Lovely Lipstick, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, and Pumpkin Pie.

There is a punch for these Thoughtful Blooms flowers that you can earn during Sale-A-Bration with a $100 purchase called the Small Bloom Punch. I wish there had been a little leaf punch, too, but there isn’t so I just cut out some leaves and the sprig of leaves by hand. A little tedious and I left some white margin so I didn’t have to be perfect, but since they are small it took a few minutes! But I like the look of having them! I just played around with grouping the flowers down in the lower-left corner, gluing two of them flat on the card and the rest are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. These are the first six flowers I used in this grouping. When I was all finished with the card, I added the Gold Glitter Dots to the flower centers, which I loved, and also added one more flower at the “top” of the grouping and at the bottom left. This, to me, was the finishing touch!

The greeting is from the Thoughtful Blooms Stamp Set. It is die-cut with a die in the Painted Poppies Bundle. I tried to find a Gold Foil layer that I was happy with. Finally, one in the Stitched Rectangle Dies seemed to fit about right! I also punched a hole in each side and threaded some Daffodil Delight 1/4″ Ruched Ribbon through.

If you like this Thoughtful Blooms Card With Gold Accents, add the Golden Honey Paper and Thoughtful Blooms Stamp Set to your Stampin’ Up! order(s) during Sale-A-Bration in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store!

Thoughtful Blooms Floral Card

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It’s even cold in Houston today and you may have snow where you live so here is a Thoughtful Blooms Floral Card to brighten our day! This is a stamp set you can earn FREE during Sale-A-Bration through March 31 with a $50 purchase of Stampin’ Up! products.

I was inspired by a card sample I saw in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure on page 12 for this stamp set, although mine turned out to be a fairly different design. It was fun to do some actual STAMPING on this card like in the “olden days” when we didn’t have so many die cuts and great designer paper.

This card has a base of Mossy Meadow, one of the coordinating colors in the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper. Although the sample in the SAB Brochure has blues and greens, I thought brighter colors were going to be what I was going to use. That led to looking at the coordinating colors of the poppy paper. Here is a card I made using the bright poppies in this designer paper that made me think of using bright colors of the stamped flowers on this card. I used the green striped designer paper as a layer on the card and I wanted a wider margin on it under the Whisper White layer.

I stamped the Whisper White layer, starting with Calypso Coral ink for the main flowers and Old Olive for the flower stems stamp surrounding the Calypso Coral flower. This stamp set, Thoughtful Blooms, is one you can earn free with a $50 purchase, as I mentioned before. AND with a $100 purchase, you can earn the coordinating Small Bloom Punch free also! I didn’t use this punch on this card but I could have! Next time!

The tiny flowers on the card are stamped with Daffodil Delight ink and the extra little dots, another stamp in the set, are stamped in Granny Apple Green for just a little texture on the card in the blank spaces. The flower centers in the large flowers are stamped in Memento Black ink.

The “Thank You” stamp is included in the Thoughtful Blooms Stamp Set and is stamped on Whisper White in Memento Ink. I die cut that with the smallest die in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies and then that was layered on a Calypso Coral die cut rectangle in the same set.

I thought the stamped layer needed a little boost in color so I found that the backside of one of the floral sheets in the Peaceful Poppies DSP in Calypso Coral would be perfect. You could also use cardstock for this as you can barely tell this is designer paper. I don’t usually like to use paper at an angle, but today I thought it suited this card. I think the Whisper White layer is fairly straight but the designer paper is on an angle. For one more pop of color, I used the Daffodil Delight 1/4″ Ruched Ribbon underneath the greeting with a little knot off to the side.

For the inside of the card, I will add a layer of Whisper White for another greeting or personal message, probably with some little flower stamped in the corner.

Be sure to take advantage of Sale-A-Bration because we are already halfway through this promotion! Can you believe it?! Time flies when you are having fun stamping! Remember that one of the stamp sets you can earn FREE with a $50 purchase is this Thoughtful Blooms Stamp Set with which you can make this easy Thoughtful Blooms Floral Card.

Lily Impressions Birthday Card

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It took me a little longer to come up with this Lily Impressions Birthday Card, I have to admit. This was my first try with all the “Lily” products in the Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration Brochure and I found it a little difficult at first to use everything together. Not everything fits together perfectly, which is fine, but you just have to play with it and not expect everything to line up!

Once I really looked through the Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper, I thought it was beautiful and I couldn’t wait to make something with it. I chose the pattern that you see on the card, layered on Petal Pink (not a coordinating color but I liked it) and Blackberry Bliss for the card base. This designer paper does have a LONG list of coordinating colors!

The three flowers are all stamped with the Lovely Lily Pad Stamp Set. They are stamped on Petal Pink with Flirty Flamingo Ink. There is a stamp that you can use to “color in” the large flower but it doesn’t fit the shape exactly. But that’s okay! It just gives a different look! You could also stamp the flower and color it in yourself if you want it to be exact. The Lily Pad Dies don’t fit everything exactly either! AND some of the stamps are reversible so you can stamp the solid shape, clean the stamp, then turn it over on the block and stamp with the detailed image. To earn the Lily Pad Dies, you must spend $100, but just $50 for each of the stamp set and paper.

Watch the Stampin’ Up! video below to get an idea of how everything works from Shannon at the Home Office!

On this card, I popped up the large lily and glued down the smaller flowers flat. Then I die cut and added some Garden Green leaves. For a greeting, I chose “Happy Birthday” from the Peaceful Moments Stamp Set in the Occasions Mini Catalog. I stamped this in Flirty Flamingo and die cut with a shape in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies also in the Occasions Catalog. I wanted a bit of a layer but there isn’t a die for layering, so I just die cut a second one out of Flirty Flamingo Cardstock, cut it in half horizontally, and very carefully layered it under the greeting with just a tiny margin showing.

For the inside, since the Blackberry Bliss is so dark, you can add a Whisper White layer for stamping a greeting or writing a personal message, but I just grabbed a layer of Petal Pink and put that inside. And since I had an outline die cut leftover from my trials, I glued that to the inside corner for a little decoration.

If you feel like working with some really artistic paper, stamps and dies, I recommend all these Lily products available during Sale-A-Bration. You will make some beautiful cards with even just the Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper! But if you get all of the products, just play and experiment and see what you come up with!

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Heart Foil Tin For a Birthday Gift

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Don’t put away those Heart Foil Tins just because Valentine’s Day is over! If you have some tins left over after Valentine’s Day, you can still use them for other occasions, like this Heart Foil Tin For a Birthday Gift.

Here is one I made for part of a friend’s birthday gift. Hearts are for any time so I think you can use the Heart Doilies and designer paper for decorating!

Here is how I decorated this birthday candy tin. I punched out a heart in the From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper with the scalloped-edge punch in the Heart Punch Pack. Then I stamped a greeting in the center of the paper heart from the Heartfelt Stamp Set. This heart was then layered on the designer paper heart and adhered to the white side of one of the Heart Doilies. This all fits perfectly in the indented heart shape of the tin lid.

The birthday greeting is stamped from the Itty Bitty Greetings Stamp Set and layered on a piece of Flirty Flamingo Cardstock. For a final touch, I used some retired Share What You Love Artisan Pearls scattered around on the heart and Rhinestone Basic Jewels on the greeting.

So keep those Heart Foil Tins handy in your stash so you can use them whenever you need a little treat for someone or even a small little gift box!

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Quick and Easy Valentine Card

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Yes, I know Valentine’s Day is over, but who knows, maybe you need one more valentine for someone today! I didn’t get around to posting this one and it’s one I like because it is a quick and easy valentine! And who doesn’t like quick and easy!

Even if you don’t need another valentine, think of the basic design of this card and think about how you could easily change it into a card for any other occasion.

This valentine has a card base of Real Red (of course!) with a layer of the From My Heart Designer Series Paper. I thought this particular pattern looked really cute on this card! For the focal point, I just have two hearts. The frilly background heart is die-cut with the Be Mine Stitched Dies in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. The heart on the front is stamped on Whisper White with a stamp in the Heartfelt Stamp Set in Real Red Ink. Then it is punched out with the scallop-edge heart punch in the Heart Punch Pack.

Just for a little something-something, before I adhered the hearts, I used a little Snail Adhesive to hold down a strip of Real Red 3/8″ Double-Stitched Satin Ribbon, just in the center. You can either pop up the hearts with Stampin’ Dimensionals or adhere the hearts flat on the card.

Now if you don’t need a valentine today, all you need to do is change out the hearts to some other focal point whether it be an image or a greeting. You can still use designer paper as a layer and you can still add a strip of ribbon behind the center image. Just keep it simple, whatever you make!

Happy Day-After Valentine’s Day!

A Valentine Card For a Husband

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Today is Valentine’s Day and you might be needing a card for, of all people, your husband! I’ve made other valentines, but now at the last minute, it’s time for a valentine for a husband! This one could certainly be for other people as well, but this one is going to my husband!

I’ve seen some valentines using black and white or red and black checks and really like the look, so that’s where I started with this card. I love the Buffalo Check Stamp so I used that with Memento Black Ink on Real Red Cardstock. I also used my Stamparatus because this is actually a large background stamp and sometimes difficult to get it to stamp thoroughly. I was glad I did because I didn’t get full coverage the first time! The Stamparatus saves you in cases when this happens so you can just stamp again in the exact stamp spot!

I added a very narrow margin of Whisper White under the Buffalo Check layer just to help it stand out a little from the Real Red card base since I knew I’d be using Whisper White on the front of the card.

After playing around with some different hearts, labels and designs, I settled on these die-cut hearts from the Stitched Be Mine Dies. The greeting is from the Heartfelt Stamp Set in the Occasions Catalog.

And when I went to stamp something on the inside of the card, this idea “popped” into my head! I don’t know why! It could probably be fancier or better or whatever, but my husband is only going to look at it once and put the card down on his table so it really doesn’t have to be fantastic!

I already had a stamped and punched “Happy Valentine’s Day” heart from the Heartfelt Stamp Set, so I just glued that on top of the accordion-folded strip of Whisper White.

I didn’t measure or do anything, just pulled out a strip of Whisper White scrap I saw laying on the table! Hopefully after being trapped in an envelope all day, it will pop up when my husband opens his card!

Now get off your computer and go make a Valentine for your husband…or boyfriend…or whomever! Here’s another Valentine made with the Be Mine Dies I used on this card if you’d like some more ideas!

Paper Pumpkin January 2020 Valentine Treat Envelopes

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Paper Pumpkin January 2020 Valentine Treat Holders — Images © Stampin’ Up! 2020

Yesterday when I unexpectedly got an appointment I wanted for that very afternoon, I remembered I hadn’t made the Valentine treat packages in my January 2020 Paper Pumpkin Kit. Since this office group enjoys my occasional holiday treats, I hurried and made up the kit! With 20 treat bags and even 10 mini cards and envelopes, I had plenty for everyone.

The envelopes came already printed with a design in the bottom corner, front and back, so that was done. I just had to make the tags to tie on to the envelope flap and stamp and decorate the front of the mini cards. The greetings were easy to stamp, and the hearts, bees and tags were all die cuts in the kit. It was fun putting on the sequins. Everything is included in these Paper Pumpkin kits!

We are past the time for ordering this kit. However, if you are or become a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, you could order the Refill for this kit in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store. You wouldn’t get the stamp set or ink spot, but you would get all the materials and you would have to substitute some other stamps for the greetings.

Better yet, sign up for the March 2020 Paper Pumpkin Kit by at least March 10th, if not sooner. It’s going to be a cute one! I can tell from the ad and the box! Yes, that is the actual box on the right side of this ad! I just love the colors!

If you are putting in a Stampin’ Up! order, you can add a Prepaid Subscription and possibly earn a FREE Sale-A-Bration product. Otherwise, you can just sign up for the monthly subscription. If you are already a subscriber and want to get the benefits of a Prepaid subscription, just purchase the Prepaid and add the code that they send you to your account. Paper Pumpkin will keep track of things and send out the kits you prepaid for and then resume your monthly subscription. It really does work out fine! I’ve done it!

Give yourself the gift of Paper Pumpkin! Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, so there’s your reason!! Not that you need a reason, but I believe in “self-care” (and self-presents on holidays! LOL!).

No risk, no obligation! Get one kit and stop….pause your subscription for a month or two if life gets too busy…or cancel at any time. Just make changes before the 10th of any month in your account. Try Paper Pumpkin!

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