January 2017 Paper Pumpkin Alternatives

Earlier today on Instagram, I shared a sneak peek of some alternative projects I came up with for the most recent Paper Pumpkin.

I love the cute little treat bags you are meant to make (24 of them), but there aren't enough to make for my daughters classmates and too many to make for any of my upcoming events. Plus, I much prefer cards. ;) Check out the video for a walk-through of the different designs and then scroll down to see the full view of all the projects. Enjoy!

Here are all the projects...

Until next time, stay crafty!

Steph

Give Paper Pumpkin a try!  Or, purchase a 3-month subscription... it's on sale until March 31st, 2017 AND purchasing on automatically qualifies you for a FREE Sale-A-Bration item. ;)

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Cookie Cutter... Christmas??

Hello! Sorry for the late post - I was having some difficulty with Blogger. Anyway, here, as promised on Instagram yesterday, is one of four posts you'll see this week featuring my new favourite bundle in the upcoming Holiday Catalogue - I - though, the first card I'm featuring here is not Christmas. Check it out:

I made a boy & girl gingerbread, and used some new Christmas paper from the holiday catalogue, but turned it into a "lovey dovey" or maybe Valentine's card instead. I love taking products further than what their intent is. Cool, right?!

Are you thinking there's a new die set coming out for letters? Wrong! I punched those with the gingerbread... do you see how? The hearts are also from the punch and the stamped heart background is done by using my Happy Heart Textured Impressions Folder... did you know you could do that? Again, multi purpose! ;)

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph


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You Send Me Soaring

Happy Valentine's Day! Hope you're spending the day with loved ones. I'm readjusting back to the cold temps here in Canada. I just returned from sunny Florida and I think I might be hibernating in my studio for the next week. ;)

Today's card features the ever-popular The Sky is the Limit stamp set from Sale-A-Bration - only available until tomorrow - it's a limited time set (SAB runs until March 31st though!). I paired it with Timeless Textures from the Occasions Catalogue, and the little heart from last month's Paper Pumpkin kit, Cute Conversations.

I started by stamping in Real Red and when I got the look I was after, I stamped the plane in Basic Black. The sentiment was punched using the Decorative Label Punch, but I trimmed off the top and bottom piece so that the Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper that I punched with the the same punch would pop through.

On the inside, I simply created the same border as I did on the front.

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

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Bee Mine

Today's card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest by Amy Ingram. I used the stamp set from January's Paper Pumpkin - Cute Conversations and paired it with the adorable Balloon Builders stamp set from the Occasions Catalogue.

There are so many possibilities with the Balloon Builders set and I love that there are sentiments too! It had a perfect one for this Valentine's card. I stamped it inside and added a few more hearts and sequins from the trim.

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

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Valentine's Treats with Paper Pumpkin

Today is a quick post! I used January's Paper Pumpkin in a slightly different way. I used it to make 30 Valentine's for my daughter's class.

The hearts were meant to use as a banner or treat holders, but I just created a simple Valentine using a retired stamp set (it's a perfect one to keep around for my young kiddos). My daughter used the banners to write her name and then I attached it with some of the sequin trim that was included with the kit. I attached it to a little treat bag...

The kit is called Cute Conversations and you can currently purchase the refill kit if you are a Paper Pumpkin subscriber. If you aren't subscribing yet (why not?!) don't fret. A 3-month subscription is on sale until March 31st. I dare you to give it a try!

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph

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Love Your Face

It's been a while! You know how busy this time of year gets... then throw in a bad cold for two weeks, a kid with the flu for another week, the other kid with a cold the next week (which then turned into strep) and then back to the first kid again who got some sort of virus. That pretty much ate up all of December... 

Anyway, I wanted to focus on something other than Christmas and spotted my unused Larger Than Life stamp set on the shelf and a sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches and I got to work.

To be honest, I felt REALLY rusty! It's been about a month since I've really created anything, but this card is growing on me. I stamped the letters in four different colours - Melon Mambo, Brushing Bride, Watermelon Wonder & Cherry Cobbler - and then I fussy cut them.

I couldn't really decide on what sentiment to put in the banner (I literally stared at all of the possibilities for over 10 minutes!) and then "your face" popped into my head and I had a chuckle. ;)

Until next time, stay crafty!
Steph


Entering at Freshly Made Sketches, #217