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Paper Pumpkin August 2019 Alternative Projects and a New Holiday Catalog Walk-Through

Hello there and happy Sunday! I hope you've had a crafty weekend!

Today I have a couple of alternative projects for the August 2019 Paper Pumpkin kit. In the video (below) I also walk through the Holiday Catalog - it is full of so many great things! I love the Christmas Gleaming Suite and show a card project I created from it.

 

First up are the Paper Pumpkin alternative projects. These projects use the note cards from the add-on kit that was available to Paper Pumpkin subscribers in August. I love the colors and the added elements from the Paper Pumpkin kit. Such pretty fall colors. I am ready for fall! It has been in the 100s this week in Texas and I am over it! I'm ready for those fall temperatures.

Gather your supplies:

• Paper Pumpkin kit - August 2019
• Paper Pumpkin add-on kit - August 2019
• Gathered Leaves Dies
• Banner Triple punch
• Terracotta Tile cardstock - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" and scrap to die cut leaves
• Pumpkin Pie and Mango Melody scraps to die cut leaves
• Early Espresso Ink

Cut note card from Paper Pumpkin add-on kit at score line. Use side with watercolored image on front as layer on card base. Adhere to card base using adhesive (liquid glue, snail, tear and tape or other adhesive). Stamp sentiment on other side of note card, cut into strip and banner cut both ends.

Cut embossed leaves from scraps of cardstock. Adhere to center of layer on card. Adhere a couple of the leaves with stampin dimensionals. Adhere sentiment using stampin dimensionals on top of leaves.

And that's it! First card done. Super easy and super cute card! I just love those embossed die cut leaves. This card is so pretty with those fall colors.

For the second card, I used the other note card from the add-on kit. It has a Pretty Peacock background and a fall wreath image on it.

Gather your supplies:

• All-Around Wreath Dies
• Gather Together stamp set
• Stitched Nested Label dies
• Lovely Lipstick cardstock - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
• Pear Pizzazz scrap for wreath die cuts
• Early Espresso ink
• Embellishments from Paper Pumpkin kit

Stamp leaf outline stamp from Gather Together stamp set on card base around edges. Adhere note card layer to card base. Stamp sentiment on other side of note card and cut out with Stitched Nested Label die. Adhere to center of wreath on card layer with stampin dimensionals.

Cut wreath out of Pear Pizzazz cardstock using wreath die. Cut pieces from wreath to use as embellishment behind sentiment. Adhere wreath pieces, leaves and vellum leaves from Paper Pumpkin kit behind sentiment. You could also add some rhinestone embellishments or a ribbon bow.

There are so many things you can do with these Paper Pumpkin kits! And there are always lots of embellishments left over, even if you make all of the projects included in the kit. They are a super fun way to do some crafting and be creative. And the subscription is only about $22 a month! Such a bargain!

What are you waiting for? Click here to subscribe. You can choose to pay monthly, or pre-pay 3-months, 6-months, or 12-months. Subscribe by September 10, 2019 to get the September Paper Pumpkin - a super cute Halloween themed kit.

Lastly, I put together a cut Christmas card that I made for a swap. This card uses the beautiful Brightly Gleaming suite from the Holiday Catalog.

Gather your supplies:

• Christmas Gleaming stamp set
• Gleaming Ornaments Punch pack (get the bundle (153006) and save 10%)
• Hammered Metal 3D embossing folder
• Brightly Gleaming DSP - 5 1/4 x 4" sheet for layer on card and scrap for ornament
• All-Around Wreath Dies
• Pretty Peacock cardstock - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" and scrap for ornament
• Pear Pizzazz and Mossy Meadow scraps for wreath die cuts
• Mossy Meadow scrap for ornament
• Whisper White cardstock - 5 1/4 x 4" and scrap for sentiment
• Vellum cardstock - 3 1/4 x 4 1/2"
• Versamark ink
• Pretty Peacock ink
• Merry Merlot ink
• Pretty Peacock and Night of Navy Stampin Write Markers
• Copper embossing powder

Punch ornament from Brightly Gleaming DSP. Stamp large ornament on Mossy Meadow cardstock with Versamark ink. Emboss with copper embossing powder. Emboss Pretty Peacock scrap with Hammered Metal 3D embossing folder and punch large ornament out. Stamp sentiment ("Deck the Halls" part of sentiment stamp) in Pretty Peacock ink on Whisper White scrap. Punch out using smaller ornament punch.

Adhere 5 1/4 x 4" sheet of Brightly Gleaming DSP to card base. Adhere Pretty Peacock embossed ornament in center of vellum cardstock (or a little off-centered from top to bottom and side-to-side - place it where you like it best) using snail. Using dimensionals, adhere other large punched  ornaments on either side, not even with, the middle ornament. One should be lower, toward the bottom of the vellum layer. Adhere sentiment ornament on top. Adhere vellum layer to card, placing adhesive behind where the ornaments are adhered only so that adhesive won't be visible.

Die cut wreaths from Pear Pizzazz and Mossy Meadow cardstock scraps using wreath from All-Around Wreath dies. Cut wreaths into quarters, as desired, and adhere two pieces of each color at top of vellum layer. Draw lines from leaves at top to top of ornaments using Night of Navy Stampin Write marker so that it appears that ornaments are hanging from greenery.

You could add a linen thread bow to the greenery, too.

For the inside layer, stamp the bottom part of the sentiment stamp ("with boughs of holly") toward the top of the 5 1/4 x 4" Whisper White cardstock using Pretty Peacock ink. One easy way to ink just that part of the stamp is to use the Pretty Peacock Stampin Write marker to ink the stamp. You could also cover the top part of the stamp with a post-it note when you ink up the stamp. Remember to remove the post-it from the stamp before you stamp the sentiment! Stamp the "dots" from the Christmas Gleaming stamp set in Merry Merlot ink on either side of the sentiment on the inside layer. Adhere inside layer to inside of card.

So pretty isn't it? I love this card! I CASE'd it from the sample that is on page 30 of the Holiday Catalog. That's a really great place to get inspiration for card layouts. Copy the general theme using different stamps and dies and elements, but use the layouts to inspire your creativity! It's super fun to see what you can come up with based on a general layout diagram.

Ya'll, Stampin' Up! is having an amazing special on Designer Series Paper during the month of September! You don't want to miss out! Buy three packs of select DSP (list below) and get a fourth pack FREE!!! Mix and Match and stock up on that gorgeous DSP.

Need some supplies? I would so appreciate having your business!  I would love to help inspire your creativity – and when you support my online store it helps me bring more amazing videos to you! AND I love to reward my customers – check out my fabulous VIP Rewards program. It includes all kinds of perks and inspiration for you (you can check out the program here!) You can order from my online store by clicking on the product images below. Be sure to use the current (September 2019) Hostess Code: 6YCRRJDT.  If your order is over $150, DON’T use the code – you’ll still get all the perks PLUS Stampin Rewards from Stampin Up!  If you have questions, feel free to email me at [email protected].

Today's Supplies:

Playing with Pigment Sprinkles - Super Fun Technique and Bright Cards

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

In today's video, I'm playing with the new Stampin Up Pigment Sprinkles. I was dying to try a cool technique and it turned out so cute. I just love how bright and vibrant the colors in these pigment sprinkles are! And they are so easy to use - and a tiny bit messy. _

In watching other demonstrators playing with the pigment sprinkles, I noticed that some color squirts off the edge of the paper in some cool patterns. So, I wanted to see what would happen when I was trying to do that on purpose. I ended up with two fun backgrounds for my cards.

Watch the video here:

 

To get the effect, I cut 5 1/4 x 4" and 3 1/2 x 2 1/2" pieces of Shimmery White cardstock. Temporarily adhere the smaller piece to the middle of the larger piece - a little bit of Snail adhesive will work. You just want to be able to separate the pieces when you are finished.

Sprinkle a small amount of the Pigment Sprinkles on the smaller piece only - a little bit really does go a long way! Spray water on the paper at a slight angle (so that the color will spray onto the larger piece around the edges of the smaller piece. Spray as much water as you want to get the effect you want. You could also place a second clean 3 1/2 x 2 1/2" piece on top of the larger piece (after removing the first one) and repeat the process to get more color onto the larger piece. I did that for my first card (shown in the video).

Now you have two background pieces to make the card projects.

For the first card, I used the Above the Clouds Bundle, which includes the Above the Clouds stamp set and the coordinating Hot Air Balloon punch. The really fun thing is that you can use this punch to make magnolias to coordinate with the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set.

Gather your supplies:

• Above the Clouds stamp set
• Hot Air Balloon punch
• Bermuda Bay card base - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2"
• Whisper White cardstock - 5 1/4 x 4" for inside of card
• Scrap of whisper white for balloons and sentiment
• Mango Melody cardstock - 2 5/8 x 3 5/8"
• Shimmery White background piece created using Pigment Sprinkles - 5 1/4 x 4"
• Mango Melody Ink
• Bermuda Bay Ink
• Basic Gray Ink
• Mango Melody Stampin Blends combo
• Bermuda Bay Stampin Blends combo
• Banner Triple Punch to create banner end on sentiment (you can cut this using scissors, as well)

Use Stamparatus to stamp balloons. Punch balloon, basket and triangle on scrap piece of paper to create template for stamping so you can punch out the balloons and basket. Stamp the balloons and basket using Basic Gray Ink. Stamp the shadow or color-fill stamp on one of the balloons using Bermuda Bay ink. Color one of the balloons using Stampin Blends. Punch out balloons.

Stamp the three smaller balloons (one stamp) on piece of Mango Melody cardstock using Mango Melody ink. Stamp sentiment on strip of Whisper White cardstock using Bermuda Bay ink. Banner cut end of sentiment using Banner Triple punch or scissors.

Stamp three smaller balloons on piece of Whisper White cardstock for the inside of the card. Adhere to inside of card base.

Adhere pigment sprinkled layer on card base using your favorite adhesive. Adhere Mango Melody layer in center using adhesive. Adhere solid colored balloon to Mango Melody layer. Adhere sentiment under balloon, using adhesive only on left side. Adhere balloon colored using blends on top of other balloon (offset) and covering left end of sentiment using dimensionals.

To add some additional interest to the card, you could spritz some Mango Melody ink using a Stampin Write Marker or some glitter using a Wink of Stella glitter pen. You could also use Wink of Stella to make the balloons sparkle a little bit.

Isn't that a bright fun card? I just love those colors!

For the second card, you'll use the smaller piece that you colored with the Pigment Sprinkles.

Gather your supplies:

• Butterfly Gala stamp set
• Butterfly Duet punch
• Stitched Shapes dies
• Mango Melody cardstock - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" for card base
• Whisper White cardstock - 5 1/2 x 4" for inside of card
• Scraps of Whisper White, Granny Apple Green, and Bermuda Bay cardstock for circles, sentiment and butterflies
• Brights 6" x 6" DSP pack - Cut 1 1/2 x 5 1/2" strips from Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, and Granny Apple Green sheets
• Basic Gray ink
• Melon Mambo ink
• Glitter Enamel Dots

Stamp sentiment using Basic Gray ink on Whisper White scrap and cut out using Stitched Shapes circle die. Cut same sized circles from Bermuda Bay and Granny Apple Green cardstock. Stamp butterflies on Whisper White scrap using Basic Gray ink. Stamp shading on butterflies using Melon Mambo ink (stamped off once). Punch out the butterflies using the Butterfly Duet punch.

Punch larger butterfly on Whisper White layer for inside the card using Basic Gray ink. Adhere layer to inside of card base.

Adhere DSP strips on front of card base. It usually works best to adhere to outer two pieces first and then place the center piece evenly in between the other two pieces. Adhere center background piece to center of front of card using dimensionals.

Adhere circle pieces, overlapping each other, to left side of top layer. Adhere butterflies using glue dots.

Place Glitter Enamel Dots on card.

And that's it! Aren't those cards super fun?!? I just love those bright colors so much. I'll definitely be playing more with the Pigment Sprinkles. I just love those vibrant colors. I think they make the other colors look more vibrant, too!

Need some supplies? I would so appreciate having your business!  I would love to help inspire your creativity – and when you support my online store it helps me bring more amazing videos to you! AND I love to reward my customers – check out my fabulous VIP Rewards program. It includes all kinds of perks and inspiration for you (you can check out the program here!) You can order from my online store by clicking on the product images below. Be sure to use the current Hostess Code (September 2019): 6YCRRJDT.  If your order is over $150, DON’T use the code – you’ll still get all the perks PLUS Stampin Rewards from Stampin Up!  If you have questions, feel free to email me at [email protected].

Don't miss out on the special happening during the month of September! Purchase 3 (qualifying) Designer Series Paper packs and get one free! Stock up on that fabulous DSP!

Click the link to my store to get started!

Today's Supplies:

August 2019 Paper Pumpkin and Add-on Kit

Hi there and welcome to my blog!

If you haven't tried Paper Pumpkin yet, I wanted to give you a chance to see how it works and give it a try. In the video below, I open the August 2019 Paper Pumpkin kit and put together one of the projects just to show how easy it is.

 

Paper Pumpkin is perfect for the beginner crafter because everything you need to make beautiful projects, including instructions, is included in the box. If you just want to get some inspiration, but do your own thing with the supplies included in the kit, Paper Pumpkin is great for the casual and avid crafters, too. There are always supplies left over, even if you make all of the projects in the kit, so you can use them on your other projects, too.

August's kit included the option to add on some coordinating cards and envelopes. The video shows the add-on kit and gives an option for making one of the cards. They are note-card sized, but you could use them to make a regular, 5 1/2 x 4 1/4" card, as well. I'll have a video coming showing some options for that. This add-on kit was a new thing from Stampin Up and was available only to Paper Pumpkin subscribers. I'll bet they're going to do it again and you don't want to miss out.

September's Paper Pumpkin is a Halloween kit in a special, purple box. You don't want to miss it!  Subscribe by September 10 to get in on the Halloween fun!

There are several options to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin. You can select one when you click on the link LegallyCrafty.PaperPumpkinsubscription. You can subscribe monthly, it's just about $22 per month for some super fun crafting time. There are also options to pre-pay 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month subscriptions.

Need some supplies? I would so appreciate having your business!  I would love to help inspire your creativity – and when you support my online store it helps me bring more amazing videos to you! AND I love to reward my customers – check out my fabulous VIP Rewards program. It includes all kinds of perks and inspiration for you (you can check out the program here!) You can order from my online store by clicking on the product images below. Be sure to use the current Hostess Code (September 2019): 6YCRRJDT. (If you're reading this after September, 2019, look to the right side of my blog for the current host code.  If your order is over $150, DON’T use the code – you’ll still get all the perks PLUS Stampin Rewards from Stampin Up!  If you have questions, feel free to email me at [email protected].