I finally made time to pop open a current paper pumpkin and so glad I did. Aside from the florals and bee theme, they included free honeycomb foil laser cuts I can add to the bee journals! Journals, which I intend to finish this week!
Here's a shot of the instruction sheet:
This kit will make nine cards and the envelopes are GORGEOUS! Everything has the 'look' of having been created on watercolor paper. If you missed out on this kit, I'm so sorry for you. If the items come up on a kit in the future, I'll be sure to let you know because I'll probably be buying a refill for myself.
I made one of each of the three cards.
For the first one, the flowers to the left as well as the sunflower and the sentiment strip are all raised on dimensionals. So are the bees. They gave us the sunflower base as a die cut. All I had to do was use the stamp set to stamp the sunflower, the center and the sentiment:
Card number two was the simplest of the three. The only stamping required was for the sentiment. Everything was just die cut and layered with dimensionals and glue dots!
I loved this. The honeycomb and the florals are all one piece. just adhere with four glue dots to the card base. The bees and the sentiment mat were attached with dimensionals. I just had to stamp on the sentiment mat then adhere.
Seriously, if you want quick cards or projects, Paper Pumpkin is the way to go! With the exception of the stamps and inks (included) you don't have any leftovers unless you want to go out on your own journey and do your own thing. So you are not adding a lot of bulk to your already bulging craft supplies.
The stamp sets are created exclusively for Paper Pumpkin.
I think the September kit will have something to do with Halloween Treat containers of some sort. Remember, you must subscribe before September 10th to get in on the mailing.
Demonstrators don't even know what the kit will actually contain. We are surprised when we get our box just like you are! Once you subscribe, the kit usually arrives around the 21st of the month. Please use the link below to subscribe and join the fun with me!
Where was everyone last week? Just busy, I hope. Let's get back to crafting!
Can you believe that we've been together (well, not everyone every week, but still...) for over 13 years!!!
My goodness, that's a lot of blogs, a lot of friends and a whoppin' amount of inspiration and creativity!
So what's on my desk this morning....
I'm getting closer to completing the bee journals. I finally got the new sewing machine out yesterday, figured out how easy it is to thread and the needle went through the two layers of manilla envelope, two layers of fabric easily. That's my signature to the right of the cover. The cover is surrounded my this and that and elements of construction - except for the playing cards. They're left over from the mixed media ATC class. I just haven't gotten down on my kneeling bench to put them away.
This week on the organization front, I'm talking about GLUE. I've had several questions about not only the glues that I use on a regular basis but how some of them work compared to others. I hope there's information in the video that helps you. Also, please share your favorite glue in the comments below.
Here's another tidbit for you before I go.
If you haven't already, I hope you'll subscribe to my YouTube Channel. Friday at 11 a.m. EST I'll be having my weekly premiere - but this one is SPECIAL!
I'll be unveiling the FIVE give away packs in honor of my 500 subscribers. I'm working on something now that I might even be able to offer something to NATIONAL Subscribers. Cross your fingers I can make that happen.
In the mean time...
That's
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I took time to play last night so this post AND the coordinating video would go up on time.
As I sat thinking about what card to make for today I realized I wanted a card to go with each of the bee journal packages going in the mail later this week.
As I was pulled items I knew I wanted to use for the card, this sketch was in the front of my sketch file box. I could almost hear it say 'pick me - pick me!' So I did. LOL
I don't know where the sketch originated. Please ignore the grid lines in the back. LOL That was from the sketch.
Here is the card:
I used Basic Black for the card base and cut the woodgrain mat from a piece of the Heart & Home Designer Series Paper I've been using for the journal.
The mat is cut to 4" x 5-1/4"
I used the Layering Circles die set from Stampin' Up! The larger circle was cut from Bumble Bee cardstock using the 2" circle. The other 4 circles were cut from scraps of the Heart & Home DSP using the 1-1/4" circle
I used the Message Dies (Retired SU) to cut the sentiment. You can see how that was done in the video. Easy enough to modify if you don't have that die.
You can use any small sentiment. I used the 'hello' from the August Paper Pumpkin kit, It's what I had handy.
I finally got to work on my July card chicks kit this morning. Mostly, because if I didn't get it done for this post, I feared the envelope disappearing in the chaos again.
Roxie was our hostess for July. She picked up the following stamp set (not the die as show) at a stamp convention. She dug through 5 tubs of stamps to make sure she had enough sets for each of us to have one.
On a search for an image of the stamp set, I found this on Ebay -- which includes the coordinating die.
As is our 'rules' Roxie included everything we needed to make the card. We can add a card base as well as any tools such as die cutting/ embossing folders/ ink to make our card. Everything except the stamp set was from Stampin' Up! The only thing I added was to die cut out the center of the sun, ink and adhesives. I used Bumble Bee and Mango Melody inks.
I used the provided ribbon to hide where I seamed the two dsps but then I cut a length of ribbon in half so that it was narrower to tie on to the full length. I felt at the original width it overpowered the card. The narrow piece also provides balance for the bee, which was part of our kit.
I'll be back tomorrow for WOYWW and will link the Premiere video on Friday. Then I will be hit or miss as Bob comes home tomorrow and is only home for two weeks this trip.
