Don’t you just want to reach into this photo and grab that pretty Paper Pumpkin Box and the pumpkins?! I do!! I can’t wait for this box to arrive in September! This one is called Hello, Pumpkin, and comes in this special box for fall!
Paper Pumpkin is our monthly subscription service that offers fun ‘n’ easy papercrafting projects for crafters of any skill level! In these themed all-inclusive kits, subscribers receive pre-cut paper pieces, embellishments, ink, and an exclusive stamp set. As the subscription continues, subscribers will have a collection of cards and other creations for a variety of occasions, in addition to a stockpile of supplies!
As the autumn season approaches, prepare to celebrate with the September Paper Pumpkin Kit! There’s so much to love about fall—some love the haunts of Halloween, many love the time to give thanks, and others love the changing colors and cooler temperatures. Whatever you love most about fall, September’s kit has everything you need to celebrate the season your way! Between a multi-occasion stamp set and enough supplies to design 20 cracker box treat packages, you can create custom fall crafts to celebrate Halloween, Thanksgiving, pumpkins, and leaves. Whether you make them all the same or mix ‘n’ match your crafts, there’s something for everyone in this kit!
Each cracker box treat package can be customized to celebrate Halloween, Thanksgiving, the autumn season, or all three!
Coordinating Colors: Bumblebee, Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Cinnamon Cider, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, white
Don’t miss out on all the fall fun! You can subscribe to the Hello Pumpkin Paper Pumpkin Kit between 11 August and 10 September.
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I had almost forgotten that this snowman stamp set from last year was still current this year, so when I came across the Snowman Season Stamp Set I knew I had to make this Snowman Season in Plaid Tidings Christmas Card.
You will find this Snowman Season Stamp Set in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. It was a favorite stamp set from last year – the cute snowmen and also the Snowman Builder Punch. You can’t but feel happy when you stamp with these snowmen in this set!
First I chose the plaid pattern I liked in the Plaid Tidings 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. Then I chose the Seaside Spray Cardstock with a layer of Cherry Cobbler.
The snowman is stamped on a Tasteful Labels Die in Memento Ink. I colored with Stampin’ Blends but you could also use other coloring methods, like maybe Watercolor Pencils. I die-cut a stitched scalloped rectangle in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies out of Cherry Cobbler, but it seemed like too big an area behind the snowman. I decided to add a rectangle of Seaside Spray that would fit inside the stitched die and that solved the problem.
Before adhering the snowman pieces, I adhered a piece of Silver 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon from top to bottom of the Seaside Spray layer. Then the snowman die piece was popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®. I tied a separate bow and adhered it to the top with Mini Glue Dots.
The greetings in the Snowman Season Stamp Set were a little too big, so I used one from the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set. I simply stamped it on a narrow scrap of Whisper White and used the new Lovely Labels Pick a Punch to punch each end of the greeting. It is popped up with Dimensionals on each end so that it is the same level as the snowman piece. For a little bling, I could have used Snowflake Sequins around the snowman, but instead, I used the Elegant Faceted Gems in three spots to resemble snowflakes.
It was fun to find this stamp set from the Holiday Catalog last year and make something updated with it this year! Here is a link to a card I made last year with the set and the Snowman Builder Punch. Choose stamp sets and papers that bring you joy for making your holiday and Christmas cards so it will be a fun endeavor! This Snowman Season in Plaid Tidings Christmas Card will make you happy all day long while you make multiples, perhaps, of this card!
I used several products on this Gather Together Fall Leaves Card, as I thought about them while making the card. I probably started out with a simpler version in my head of making this fall card, and then I came up with more ideas as I worked on it. That’s probably the way a lot of us do our cardmaking!
The beginning of the card was simply the stamping and coloring of the leaves in the Gather Together Stamp Set. You may already have this set if you purchased it last year. Happily, it was carried over into this August-December 2020 Mini Catalog as a favorite from last year! I stamped a few leaves in Memento Ink first but I thought the black outline was too stark. Then I stamped some in Soft Suede Ink. In the end, after they were colored, I’m not sure it made much difference so I think you can do either.
To color the leaves, I used Sponge Daubers and various ink pads. Just choose whatever colors you like for fall. I used Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, and Granny Apple Green. I intended to leave parts of the leaves uncolored, but it didn’t so much turn out that way! I was sort of using a card on page 47 in the Mini as inspiration with the leaves. I didn’t try to be precise, especially as far as coloring “outside the lines” because I knew I would be cutting out the leaves anyway. I don’t own the dies but I don’t mind doing some “fussy-cutting” with my Paper Snips.
The card base is Early Espresso Cardstock with a layer of Very Vanilla to offset the layer of Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper. This paper is so beautiful, it was difficult choosing which pattern to use. But I didn’t want to take too much away from the leaves so I chose a plainer pattern, not one with the gold and copper foil accents which are so pretty.
Next, I used a piece of Garden Green Cardstock to make a banner and embossed it with one of the Greenery Embossing Folders. These are narrower folders for smaller pieces you want to emboss. I also stamped the greeting in the Gather Together Stamp Set in Early Espresso Ink and die-cut it with a die in the Tasteful Labels Dies.
After adhering the layers together plus the banner on the card, I adhered two fall leaves with Stampin’ Dimensionals and added some of the gold foil pieces in the Forever Gold Laser-Cut Specialty Paper. I think they really add a little pop of pizzazz! The greeting was centered over everything, also popped up on Dimensionals. For a final touch, I added a bow made with the 3/16″ Braided Linen Trim.
It’s time to start making some fall or autumn cards, maybe just to send to friends and family and maybe to save for Thanksgiving. Who knows if we will be able to “Gather Together” this Thanksgiving so we might want to have cards ready to send to those people we want to remember on the holiday. This Gather Together Fall Leaves Card would suit the purpose just fine!
This Banner Year Halloween Card is one that I created simply by “playing around”! I won’t say it’s my best work or anywhere close, but I wanted to try out the stamp set and see what I could make!
The Banner Year Stamp Set has lots of smaller images and greetings for lots of occasions so it is a good stamp set to own. There is fall, Halloween, Christmas, and even Valentine’s Day. Of course, some of those can even be used any time of year. So I just decided I wanted to see if I could make a Halloween card with the appropriate images. That’s why I said I was playing around with the stamp set.
The card is a smaller square card, 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″, which I thought would help with the smaller images. The card base is Basic Black with a layer of Pumpkin Pie and stamping on Whisper White. Without knowing how I would place things, I stamped the little spider web up in the corner and the three bats in the sky. I was thinking of putting a strip of designer paper, maybe the new Plaid Tidings with the greeting on some kind of label across the designer paper. But then I saw the pumpkin stamps and thought why not put some green cardstock for grass across the bottom. I went back to one of our favorite old techniques of tearing the strip of cardstock to make a rougher edge. Hold the strip vertically in front of you and tear down toward yourself. That’s how you get the edge torn the way you want it.
The pumpkins are stamped in Pumpkin Pie and the little stems and leaves (one stamp) stamped in Old Olive. There is even a little jack-o-lantern face stamp in the set so I stamped one pumpkin with that!
Then I wondered what to do about the sky, since I wasn’t necessarily planning on a “scene” when I started! I grabbed my Sponge Daubers and used various colors of ink to scrub in for the sky. I used Night of Navy, Granny Apple Green, a little bit of some color of purple (Maybe Highland Heather) and some Balmy Blue over all of it. Just play with whatever colors you like because it’s Halloween after all, anything goes for a spooky sky!
I had wanted to use the “Happy Haunting” sentiment in the Banner Year Stamp Set but once I got the card stamped it looked a little large. After I stamped it, I decided to cut the words apart and adhere them in the sky. (That would also cover up part of the sky that looked less blended than I would have liked!)
For a finishing touch, I added several Gold Glitter Enamel Dots scattered around to look like stars in the sky or just for a little bling! Sometimes just added a little something to your card, like sequins or dots or glitter just finishes it off perfectly! I made some other cards recently that were cute enough as they were but when I added some sequins, it was a Wow!
Here is another Halloween card I made several years ago with smaller images and then filled up space with washi tape! You could also use strips of designer paper.
If you are looking for a stamp set that has small, but images for lots of occasions, this Banner Year Stamp Set just might appeal to you. It actually comes in a Bundle, the Banner Year Bundle. You get the stamp set and the Banners Pick A Punch together for a 10% savings. And certainly, the punch is handy to use in many cardmaking sessions! It won’t be long until we are making Halloween cards so use this Banner Year Halloween Card to help you get some ideas!
I couldn’t help but carry on with the snowflake theme with this Snowflake Splendor Merry Christmas Card. When I made the snowflake die cuts in the card from yesterday’s post, I had these three beautiful snowflakes I could use on another card.
It might look like I watercolored the background of this card, but it is actually the Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper. I chose a portion of the paper that had the colors of blue and also the purple. It’s really a beautiful background and not quite the traditional Christmas colors.
The card base is Highland Heather Cardstock with another layer of Whisper White to help set off the designer paper. These are just 1/16″ margins rather than 1/8″ because I needed the width of the card for the three snowflakes. The snowflakes are die cut with the So Many Snowflakes Dies.
I adhered the three snowflakes to the designer paper with tiny dots of Multipurpose Liquid Glue. The greeting is stamped from the Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set. Then I used the Lovely Labels Pick A Punch to punch each end of the stamped strip. This punch is like two punches in one so it is really fun to use! After I insert the strip, I turn the punch over to make sure the strip is fully inserted and that it is centered. You don’t really have to be this precise, but if I think of it, I like to double-check before punching.
I could have popped up the greeting, but since I thought I would probably put an embellishment at each end, I didn’t want it to be too thick for mailing. I used the lightest color, Coastal Cabana, in the Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels in the center of each snowflake and larger ones at each end of the greeting strip.
For the inside of the card, I added a Whisper White layer and stamped a greeting from the Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set. I had also die cut a snowflake, the same as the ones on the front of the card, out of a scrap of the same designer paper, but I thought it took up too much room on the inside Whisper White layer, so I adhered it to the inside of the back of the card front.
That’s all there is to this pretty card! It’s really just the die-cut snowflakes and the watercolor look of the designer paper. If you would like to make this Snowflake Splendor Merry Christmas Card, just visit the Stampin’ Up! Online Store!
Brand new designer paper, dies, ribbon, and even a new die-cutting machine to make this Snowflake Splendor With Many Snowflakes Dies card for the holidays! Actually, I am hoping the snowflakes will cool me off in this very hot Houston weather!
This card is actually pretty simple! The card base is Balmy Blue Cardstock and I used the new Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper as a layer underneath the die-cut snowflakes. The snowflakes are die-cut out of Whisper White Cardstock (Shimmery White Cardstock would be really pretty, too!) using the So Many Snowflakes Dies. As a bonus, I now have three beautifully die-cut snowflakes to use on another card or project!
The new Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, pictured in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog is almost available! It will be available to customers on September 1, which is coming up soon! It IS available for preorder for Demonstrators (which is always a good reason to sign up!), but only the large machine. The cute Mini is not available and we don’t have a date yet. Mine just arrived and I’ve only played with it a little bit! I will post some quick photos I took of it, but I didn’t have the handle attached to it yet!
The Stampin’ Cut & Emboss comes separately from any order you also placed with it, in a box of its own, very well packed. There are some instructions and I encourage you to read them. The handle assembly instructions are just drawings, as most manuals are these days, but there is important information in the written information just inside the cover. Please read it so you don’t void your warranty and keep it handy. Be sure to save the little wrench that comes with the machine you need to attach the handle because you may need it in the future possibly.
The machine itself is gorgeous, especially the silver embossed Stampin’ Up! logos! It’s so nice the way the platform folds up on each side for storage or just to take up less space wherever you have it. Since mine is always out on the dining room table, this might neaten things up a bit!
The platform and plates are numbered and have directions printed on the platform for the sandwiches to use for dies, thinner embossing folders and the 3D embossing folders. That is so great! Before you start, though, take a good look at your beautiful, new clean clear plates with no marks on them yet!! Just admire the beauty before they get messed up with die-cutting marks! LOL!
I found the machine to work very well and did I mention how pretty it is?! My Big Shot is still working but is ten years old and has been overhauled once by my husband a few years ago so I wonder how much longer until it konks out. I will certainly keep it as it may work for many more years, but I did have to have the new one!!
But back to the card! I die-cut the three snowflakes and then tried various designer papers underneath to see what I liked. If you want to be real persnickety, you can see if you can line up any snowflake designs underneath your die-cuts. I kind of did that and drew a pencil line around the Whisper White die-cut layer on to the designer paper and cut it out by hand, but even that wasn’t perfect so I don’t know that I would bother with that again.
The greeting is stamped in Balmy Blue Ink and die cut, as well as the Balmy Blue Cardstock layer, with the Layering Circles Dies. I was trying to make the whole greeting as small as possible to avoid covering up my die-cut snowflakes, so if you were making this same card, you might try to plan ahead with the greeting and try to arrange your dies so you have the space available that you want for your greeting. It doesn’t hurt, though, if a tiny corner of the snowflake is covered. The greeting is from the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set.
Since I had just received the Snowflake Splendor 1/4″ Ribbon, I wanted to use it and just zig-zagged it behind the greeting before adhering with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The ribbon is a little stiff and is making the greeting pop up so I probably need to work on that a little bit!
For some bling I added some Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels in Night of Navy to the center of each snowflake. You could use other things, too. Then I added a few Snowflake Sequins randomly on the card front and on the greeting. The Take Your Pick is handy for picking up these tiny snowflake sequins and placing them on the teeny tiny dot of Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I hope this Snowflake Splendor With Many Snowflakes Dies card has cooled you off from the summer heat and gotten you in the mood for holiday cardmaking!
Shop Stampin’ Up! Online in the New Store! Make sure you see my name as your Demonstrator since this is a new site. If you have questions, just let me know!
This Gilded Autumn Gather Together Card For Fall is one I created by copying a fall card I made last year with the same stamp set but using this year’s new designer paper! You can take any card or project you’ve made in the past and update it with a new greeting, new colors, new paper, new embellishments.
Here is the card I was copying from last year. Click the card to see the blog post.
The new Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paperin the Holiday August-December 2020 Mini Catalog is just beautiful this year with its earth tone colors and some copper and gold foil accents. I really like this paper! For the card base, I used Mint Macaron Cardstock because it goes with the pattern I wanted to use. This leafy pattern is what I used to cut out some leaves as embellishments.
Under the leafy pattern designer paper, I put a layer of Copper Foil. If you want to cheat, you can die-cut a piece out of the center of the foil, which will be hidden underneath the designer paper, if you want to use every bit of the foil sheets!
For the center of the card, to match the one from last year, I cut out a Copper Foil piece from the Stitched Nested Labels Dies. You can choose whichever size works best for your card.
The greeting, from the Gather Together Stamp Set, is stamped on Whisper White Cardstock in Mint Macaron Ink and die cut with a smaller Stitched Nested Labels Die. I added a little Gold Metallic Pearl on each side. The pumpkins and one gourd are cut out with Paper Snips by hand from the paper in the Gilded Autumn selection. I love the pattern with all the pumpkins and gourds! I just cut out three of them and a few leaves and adhered them to the front around the greeting. That’s all there is to it! Seems pretty simple, right?!
What is it about fall that makes us all so excited to expect it and to make fall projects like colored leaves and pumpkins and more?!
Be sure to check out the Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper in the new Stampin’ Up! Online Store because the photos of the paper are really great! Next best thing to seeing them in person!
The Gilded Autumn Paper and the Foil Sheets are so pretty that’s almost all you need on this Gilded Autumn Gather Together Card For Fall.
I don’t know what blossom or flower this is in this blueish color, but since it is art it can be anything, right? It all began with die-cutting some designer paper for the fuller layer underneath the outline layer but that didn’t seem to be what I was looking for. Sometimes if you original idea doesn’t work out, you just have to keep going and see what else you can come up with and that’s how this Blossoms In Bloom You Are Special Card came to be!
When you get right down to it, this card is pretty simple to make! The floral outline is die-cut with the Many Layered Blossoms Dies. The die is almost as big as the card front! If you think of it ahead of time, it would be a good idea to use the Adhesive Sheets on the cardstock before you die-cut it so that it will be like a giant sticker and you don’t have to worry about adhering it. I used teeny tiny dots of Multipurpose Liquid Glue but it is a little tedious!
The card base is Pool Party Cardstock, which I didn’t choose until I had the front of the card made! The floral die-cut is Coastal Cabana Cardstock. To add some color, I stamped the blossoms in the Blossoms In Bloom Stamp Set in Pool Party Ink.
I think if you are making a card like this you need to take a minute to think about the direction you want things to lay out in since everything is so large. Since I had the outline die cut first, I laid that down on my card front to see which leaf was going at the top and which way everything was pointing. Then I would know pretty close how to stamp the blossom image that would go underneath the die. It’s not something you can plan perfectly, but just so you get things pretty much how they are going to fit in the end.
The front layer of the card is Shimmery White Cardstock because at first, I thought I might do some watercoloring. Shimmery White Cardstock holds up better to water than Whisper White Cardstock. Plus it is the prettiest paper with its very subtle glimmer. It’s a little more toward the ivory or off-white color than pure white but you can really use it for either way.
The greeting is stamped from the Tasteful Touches Stamp Set. I used the Lovely Labels Pick A Punch which makes two different fancy ends to several sizes of paper strips. You can punch a 1/2″, 3/4″ or 1″ strip of paper. Just stick the length of cardstock way into the punch to get the fancy end. If you want to be extra careful, turn the punch over before punching and make sure the strip is all the way in and centered how you want it. Sometimes a tiny wiggle can get it off-center. I also cut a layer with the same punch with just a wider strip of paper. For a little bling, I used one Clear Epoxy Droplet. I think it was the perfect little bit of pizzazz on the card!
Don’t forget to use your July Bonus Coupons this month! You will see where to enter them on your order. I think you have to do one at a time if you have several to use. You can use all the coupons you have on one order, but you have to enter them one at a time. Before you submit your order, you will see that the coupon amount was taken off. Just remember, if you have a large order and reach Hostess rewards, when you enter your coupons that will bring down your total and you might have to add more to earn the Stampin’ Rewards.
Here is another way to use the Blossoms in Bloom Stamp Set along with the Many Layered Blossoms Dies. You can purchase the stamp set and dies. Then you will be all set to make something like my Blossoms In Bloom You Are Special Card.
In all the excitement over the new Stampin’ Up! August-December 2020 Mini Catalog that went live yesterday plus the new look to the Stampin’ Up! Online Store, I want to be sure you don’t forget about Paper Pumpkin, the monthly papercrafting kit from Stampin’ Up! The last day to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin is always the 10th of every month, which is today!
The August Paper Pumpkin Kit, World’s Greatest, will be one that is so appropriate for the time we are in now. I don’t know if they planned it this way or it is a coincidence. How often in the last many months have we all talked about the Heroes in our lives and working in our communities?
This August Paper Pumpkin Kit is designed to celebrate and appreciate life’s champions and everyday heroes. You get to decide who those people are to you. Especially during this time, this is something anyone can do to make a difference. The August kit makes it easy!
ABOUT THE AUGUST KIT
Name: World’s Greatest
Details: Kit contains enough supplies to create nine cards and coordinating envelopes. Card size: 4-1/4” x 5-1/2” Envelope size: 4-1/2” x 5-3/4” Coordinating Colors: Bumblebee, gold, Mint Macaron, Pacific Point, Soft Suede, white The kit’s stamp set includes Distinktive stamps. These cards have a masculine feel to them.
And of course, when you get a Paper Pumpkin Kit, all you have to do is open it up, look at the supplies, and decide what you would like to do with them! Follow the directions exactly, veer off slightly, or do whatever you want with the supplies. Every month Stampin’ Up! gives us some alternate ideas of how to use the materials plus as soon as Demonstrators and stampers get their kits you will find other ideas online as well. There is even a video every month for you to follow if you like.
You can subscribe by the month to Paper Pumpkin by signing up on the Paper Pumpkin website HERE or you can purchase a Prepaid subscription in the Stampin’ Up! Online Storefor different periods of time. For some, there is a slight discount. This prepaid subscription in the Online Store will count toward your order total, so it might help you reach Stampin’ Rewards! Be sure to set up your account TODAY to get the August Kit.
Paper Pumpkin costs $22 a month for the kit and that includes the shipping. With your very first kit, you will receive a special acrylic block on which to mount the stamps included in the kit. A small ink spot is included as well as adhesives, plus all the materials to make the cards or whatever the project is. Paper Pumpkin is always a lovely presentation with tissue paper inside wrapping up the packaged supplies. It’s a gift you give yourself every month! Or you can even have a kit sent to a friend or loved one and do Paper Pumpkin together…maybe virtually or socially-distanced right now!
If you would like to receive the August Paper Pumpkin Kit, just click the link below to subscribe. If there is any month that you would rather not receive a kit, all you have to do is go into your account and tell it to skip a month. Every kit is guaranteed by Stampin’ Up! No risk, no obligation! Easy, peasy!
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I started out looking at the peony designer paper but couldn’t come to a decision of what card design to make, so I looked in the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog at the Peony Garden Suite for ideas. Finally I settled on this Prized Peony All-Occasion Square Card that was inspired by a square card I saw on page 84.
It’s really a very easy card. I cut the Melon Mambo card base to 8 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ and folded in half. The Peony Garden Designer Series Paper is cut at 4″ x 4″ for a layer on the card base. I wanted something not too plain in the background but not too big that the big flower would not stand out.
Now there is a package of Square Vellum Doilies in the Suite, which I bought, but I couldn’t find them! So I substituted a large die-cut Vellum Cardstock circle to put behind the peony. Normally it is difficult to glue down vellum because the adhesive almost always shows in some way behind it, but in this case, I knew I could put some adhesive on the vellum behind where the flower would go and it wouldn’t show at all. The peony is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®.
The greeting is stamped from the Lovely You Stamp Set in the Annual Catalog on page 22 with Melon Mambo ink. I lined one end up with the edge of the card layer on the right and punched the other end with the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch. (This punch on backorder but coming next week). You can purchase the Lovely You Stamp Set and Lovely Labels Pick a Punch in a Bundle for a 10% savings (but backordered as I write this). This greeting is popped up also with Stampin’ Dimensionals right over the stem of the peony. For a little bling I added a Clear Epoxy Droplet to the tag.
You can change the colors, the paper, and the greeting to make a similar card for another occasion. Sometimes it is fun to make a square card instead of our usual design just for a something a little different!
Here is another card I made with the Prized Peony Stamp Set and die using a different pattern of the Peony Garden Paper and using different colors.
There are so many possibilities with this Peony Garden Suite for cards and other projects that you will enjoy making like this Prized Peony All-Occasion Square Card.
For my first, of probably many, Halloween posts for this year, here is a Ghoulish Goodies Halloween Clear Tiny Treat Box. Who knows what Halloween will look like in this pandemic year, but you can still make Halloween treats for your family or even yourself! Thank goodness the grocery stores are still able to deliver craft supplies, such as chocolate candy for treats!
As always, I love and highly recommend keeping a package or two of the Clear Tiny Treat Boxes on hand! They are only 2″ x 2″ x 2″ but food safe and have enough room for a decent treat without being too big. Or add some other small gift inside for any occasion. These boxes come flat, protected by a piece of plastic you remove, then assemble and decorate. Couldn’t be easier!
For this Halloween treat box I wrapped around a piece of the Plaid Tidings 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. Now you may have figured out that a 6″ long strip will not wrap all the way around the box. I cut two strips, then realized I needed the plaid design to march up if I wanted to be picky about it (and of course most of us do!). Actually my strips were only about 1/8″ off so I matched them up, adhered the ends together then trimmed off the excess on each side. It worked fine. Or you can wrap the 6″ strip around from the front to each side and add another piece for the back. Make it longer so you can adhere the ends inside the side pieces to make it look neater.
The tag is stamped in Pumpkin Pie ink on Whisper White with a stamp in the Ghoulish Goodies Stamp Set. What a perfect saying for Halloween treat packages! I die-cut it with a die in the Tasteful Labels set of dies. Then I wanted some kind of layer, so I cut another label which was too small, but I cut it in half lengthwise and added it to each side of the treat tag. This is the Pumpkin Pie piece. To cover up the back, I adhered the whole thing onto a rectangle of Basic Black with just a small margin and simply cut those corner curves by hand. Doesn’t have to be perfect! The tag is already almost too big for the treat box so I couldn’t keep adding larger layers.
To attach the tag and further decorate the box, I used the beautiful Black 3/8″ Glittered Organdy Ribbon. It’s almost too pretty to use on a treat box but it does look great! I punched a small hole in the top of the tag, put a piece of Linen Threat (or whatever twine I had laying around here) through the tag and tied it on to the ribbon, then finished tying the ribbon in a know. You could do a bow instead.
To decorate the front of the box (and to use another new stamp!), I stamped the black cat from Ghoulish Goodies. Then I colored in its eyes with a Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blend marker and the collar with Pumpkin Pie. I just punched out the cat with my 1 1/2″ Circle Punch and then layered it on a die-cut from the Tasteful Labels Dies again. Love those scalloped circles in that set!!
Put your treat or gift in the box before you tie it up! Luckily I had fresh chocolate kisses wrapped in purple (dark chocolate), perfect for Halloween! These candies are meant for crafting, of course! (Or for after lunch or dinner as a digestive, of course!).
Yes, it’s time to start having fun with Halloween because now that it is August, it is really almost September and you know Halloween isn’t far behind! Check out the Ghoulish Goodies Stamp Set and others in the new holiday mini, August-December 2020 Mini Catalog. If you need a copy, send me your contact information at Karen@Karenstamps.com Then you can start making your own Ghoulish Goodies Halloween Clear Tiny Treat Box or something similar!
I was anxious to play with this gorgeous designer paper in the new August-December 2020 Mini Catalog from Stampin’ Up! The designs are so pretty, the colors beautiful, and all of it accented with copper and gold foil. How can you resist?
This beautiful paper is the Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper in the new Holiday Catalog. You’ll find the whole Gilded Autumn Suite on pages 44-46. All Suites in this catalog get a three-page spread! The Suite contains the Beautiful Autumn Bundle with stamp set and three punches, ribbon, Brushed Metallic Cardstock, and Acorn Trinkets. You can order the whole thing with one Suite number or order any of the products individually.
I loved the sample in the catalog on page 44 with the three panels of designer paper on it, center of page. I changed mine a little bit and figured out my own measurements. The card base is Whisper White, although you could also use Very Vanilla. The Copper Foil layer underneath the designer paper is cut at 5″ x 3 3/4″. The strips of designer paper are cut at 1 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ so there is a tiny margin around the edges and in between the pieces. You can vary this and have the papers side by side or even a little larger with a larger foil layer underneath. When I finished gluing these pieces with my new Stampin’ Seal+ I ended up trimming just a slight bit off the side of the copper foil just to even things up.
The greeting is stamped from the Gather Together Stamp Set, a “returning fave” it says in the catalog, from last year in Mint Macaron Ink! We all did love that stamp set and cards we made with that set last year so I’m glad it is back! I die cut it with one of the Tasteful Labels Dies and used another longer one to cut out a strip of Copper Foil to go behind it. This is a great die set!
The catalog sample card has some greenery sticking out from the side of the greeting. I don’t know how they did theirs, but I just cut some greenery out from one of the sheets of the Gilded Autumn Paper. It wasn’t so easy, but it worked! And I put it on both sides of my greeting.
And then, just because I loved the paper with pumpkins and gourds, I had to cut out a pumpkin and add it to the card. I wasn’t sure! What do you think? I popped it up with a Dimensional to match the greeting that was also popped up, but I put the Dimensional only in one spot to it would be even with the greeting. I meant to add some sequins or some little bling but I forgot!
Here is a card I made last year with the Gather Together Stamp Set. I think I could use this same basic layout and make something with the new Gilded Autumn Paper! I might try that!
I think it is a fairly easy card to make, especially if you use my measurements and don’t have to figure it out. Maybe you could die cut some other greenery for a similar look without cutting by hand if you didn’t want to do that. You could die cut the greeting in a different shape. Lots of possibilities with this Gilded Autumn Fall Thanks Card.
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I finally had some time to play and make this Poinsettia Petals Merry Christmas Card. Not knowing exactly what I would ultimately need, I stamped extra flowers of two sizes, many leaves of two sizes, and the yellow flower centers. This worked out well because I was able to make two cards, slightly different, and I already had the pieces stamped and cut out.
If you like poinsettias during the holidays, this whole Poinsettia Place Suite is for you! The papers, stamps and dies in this suite just provide so many opportunities for cardmaking and creativity!
To make this card, I used a Real Red card base. Real Red has always been my favorite Stampin’ Up! color. You will not find a more perfect “red” color anywhere! I’m still not happy that they moved it out of the Brights Family and put it in the Regals!
I was going to put a Whisper White layer on the card base, but then I decided to add the beautiful Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper on top of the Whisper White. This Plush Poinsettia Paper is just gorgeous! It has very pretty flocked designs on six sheets, 2 each of 3 designs.
Next I assembled my poinsettia stamped with the Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set in Real Red Ink on Real Red Cardstock. I used the largest flower for the bottom layer and the next smaller one for the top. On the bottom flower, I tried out the embossing piece for the leaves in the Poinsettia Dies. The flower center is Daffodil Delight Cardstock. Before I glued the poinsettia petals together I kind of folded the petals a little bit and worked them with my fingers a little bit just to make them stand up a little bit and not be completely flat. Same with the Garden Green leaves, also die cut.
In the catalog, I saw that on one of the card samples the poinsettias had little red berry sprigs stuck out the sides of the flower. I noticed there was a die for them and I discovered it matches up with certain sprigs on the one patterned designer paper in the Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper. I actually cut a strip of the designer paper all the way across and was able to die-cut three of the sprigs out of the strip. When you study the paper, you will find the exact sprigs that fit in the die and you will see how they repeat across the 12″ x 12″ paper. See the photos below.
Here you can see how I found one with a partial sprig that I could still die-cut and use on the corner of this paper so that was handy!
See how the die fits the sprig in the lower right corner of the paper.
After die-cutting the cute sprigs, I just stuck a couple under the flower.
The greeting is also in the Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set. I happened to pull out a 3/4″ wide strip of Whisper White Cardstock and stamped the greeting in Real Red Ink. Then I used the new Lovely Labels Pick A Punch. I tried ideas for a green layer under the greeting, but decided I liked it as it was.
You can purchase the Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set and Poinsettia Dies in the Poinsettia Petals Bundle and save 10%! That discount is also included in the price of the Suite if you decide to get the whole thing. Or you can order whichever products you would like individually.
And for the inside of the card, add a Whisper White layer for a greeting or personal note. This greeting is also in the stamp set and I stamped the smallest poinsettia in the corner.
Nothing says Christmas like poinsettias, so if you like them, get an early start on your poinsettia cards and projects this year. Use my Poinsettia Petals Merry Christmas Card for your inspiration or I’m sure you will come up with many of your own ideas!
In all the excitement over the new Stampin’ Up! August-December 2020 Mini Catalog that went live yesterday plus the new look to the Stampin’ Up! Online Store, I want to be sure you don’t forget about Paper Pumpkin, the monthly papercrafting kit from Stampin’ Up! The last day to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin is always the 10th of every month.
The August Paper Pumpkin Kit, World’s Greatest, will be one that is so appropriate for the time we are in now. I don’t know if they planned it this way or it is a coincidence. How often in the last many months have we all talked about the Heroes in our lives and working in our communities?
This August Paper Pumpkin Kit is designed to celebrate and appreciate life’s champions and everyday heroes. You get to decide who those people are to you. Especially during this time, this is something anyone can do to make a difference. The August kit makes it easy!
ABOUT THE AUGUST KIT
Name: World’s Greatest
Details: Kit contains enough supplies to create nine cards and coordinating envelopes. Card size: 4-1/4” x 5-1/2” Envelope size: 4-1/2” x 5-3/4” Coordinating Colors: Bumblebee, gold, Mint Macaron, Pacific Point, Soft Suede, white The kit’s stamp set includes Distinktive stamps. These cards have a masculine feel to them.
And of course, when you get a Paper Pumpkin Kit, all you have to do is open it up, look at the supplies, and decide what you would like to do with them! Follow the directions exactly, veer off slightly, or do whatever you want with the supplies. Every month Stampin’ Up! gives us some alternate ideas of how to use the materials plus as soon as Demonstrators and stampers get their kits you will find other ideas online as well. There is even a video every month for you to follow if you like.
You can subscribe by the month to Paper Pumpkin by signing up on the Paper Pumpkin website HERE or you can purchase a Prepaid subscription in the Stampin’ Up! Online Store for different periods of time. For some, there is a slight discount. This prepaid subscription in the Online Store will count toward your order total, so it might help you reach Stampin’ Rewards!
Paper Pumpkin costs $22 a month for the kit and that includes the shipping. With your very first kit, you will receive a special acrylic block on which to mount the stamps included in the kit. A small ink spot is included as well as adhesives, plus all the materials to make the cards or whatever the project is. Paper Pumpkin is always a lovely presentation with tissue paper inside wrapping up the packaged supplies. It’s a gift you give yourself every month! Or you can even have a kit sent to a friend or loved one and do Paper Pumpkin together…maybe virtually or socially-distanced right now!
If you would like to receive the August Paper Pumpkin Kit, just click the link below to subscribe. If there is any month that you would rather not receive a kit, all you have to do is go into your account and tell it to skip a month. Every kit is guaranteed by Stampin’ Up! No risk, no obligation! Easy, peasy!
(This is my personal link to Paper Pumpkin to make it easy for you. If you have another Demonstrator you want to sign up under, please go to the Paper Pumpkin website and find their name.)
Big day at Stampin’ Up! The August-December 2020 Mini Catalog is LIVE with all kinds of fall and holiday seasonal products that I am sure you will love! Click the link or the catalog photo to view all the pages of the catalog!
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I can’t wait to hear how you like it! Just take some time to play around in the new website! You can even click a tab on the side and leave Feedback for Stampin’ Up! if you have problems or simply want to leave a comment, good or bad.
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