IDEAS Blog Hop: Fun Folds

 

Paper Pumpkin Possibilities: Fluttering Garden

 

Hello friends!

Welcome to the March PPP Blog Hop! 

We love Paper Pumpkin and love to share our enthusiasm for this monthly box of fun and creativity with you. The Paper Pumpkin kit is designed so you can follow the instructions provided in the kit to make the projects or use the supplies as a starting point to let your your creativity run wild (as we have!). Hop along with us and we will share some alternate ideas for the March Paper Pumpkin Kit: Fluttering Garden. 

 This month's kit makes 9 cards, 3 each of 3 designs. Here are the cards as designed:

I love the stamps in this month's kit, and we got a bonus set!! Whoohoo! The floral images are so pretty and the hummingbirds are delightful. It is almost time for me to get my hummingbird feeders out and ready for the little guys coming home for the spring. Hummingbirds migrate here, because it is too cold in the winter for them.   

 

I like to use the stamps and ink and not the rest of the kit for my alternate card. I like to show you what can be done after the consumables are gone. I really liked the floral images behind the hummingbirds on the kit cards, so used that on my card too. I also used a couple of the add on dies for this quarter to add some interest.

And an easel card is always fun!!

Glad you could join us and hope you have been inspired to get your kit out and create. Follow the blog by clicking on the links in the list below. Leave a comment if you are so inclined. We can always use a little love...

Until next time...

Happy Craftin'!

This or That Stampin' - Choose Happy

 Hi friends!! Welcome to my blog. 

Each week I do a This or That Stampin'. On Wednesday's, I post the choices, and on Thursday, I go live and make something with the winner. The choices could be stamp sets, or Designer Series Papers, or sketch or color challenges. 

This week's choices were stamps: 

People voted and "That" won, which was the Choose Happy stamp set. Check out all the fun images it has, and I love that you can build a sentiment. 

 So, I popped on Thursday, and made this:

Don't forget the inside! 

Mark your calendar for Wednesday, March 18th, after 3pm and vote!! Then plan on coming back Thursday, March 19th @ 5pm CT and hang out with me while I create something with the winner. 

Until next time...

Happy Craftin'! 

IDEAS Blog Hop: Stunning Scraps

 

Hi friends!!!

Can you believe it is March already?! Are you ready for some help to use up those scraps that you just cannot seem to part with? Follow along and we will show you some fun ideas on how to use them up. 

This bundle contains projects from 10 global demonstrators. There are over 30 pages of instructions and lots of ideas to pick from or just make them all. There are some examples using small scraps, and some with larger scraps, some cards, and some scrapbook pages, even a tag! 

Here is a collage that shows some snippets of what you can expect in this bundle. 

My projects are exclusive to the bundle; you have to get the bundle to see them. But I have prepared another card using scraps. It is so fun and when I saw the idea on Pinterest, I knew I had to give it a try! 

I often punch out circles, then decide I need a different size. Of course, the first one doesn't get thrown out, it just goes in my scrap bin! Here is my take on the circle scrap bird:

Can you imagine a whole flock of them, different size circles, different DSP patterns? Just punch or or die cut a circle and fold it in half. I think she is adorable!! 

Are you ready to order your bundle? You can use the ideas for your personal use, or even to use in your classes. Contact your member demonstrator or me.  There are three options to acquire our IDEAS tutorial bundle:

1. Place a $35 order on my website, shop here.

2. It is free for all of my team members, join here.

3. Purchase it for $15 USD.

 Once you have received the tutorials, please remember not to share or distribute the printed or electronic copies of these bundles. We have worked hard to provide these exclusive projects for your use. If you know someone that would like to purchase the bundle, please direct them to me to obtain their copy. 

Follow along from the list below to see what the other demonstrators have prepared for you! Leave a comment if you feel so inclined! Thanks for your support! 

Until next time...

Happy Craftin'!

Paper Pumpkin Possibilities: Celebrate Spring

 

Hello friends!! This month's kit, Celebrate Spring, is so much fun!! It has pretty flowers, cute bunnies and Easter eggs. The pastel colors scream spring!!

As always, I like to use the stamps on my alternate projects to show what can be done with the stamps once the kit consumables have all been used up. My card showcases the Easter eggs, using the stamps and some of the negative images to color the eggs. I used a couple of blending brushes and some ink to shade the background of the eggs on a circle, after punching the eggs out of the die cut sheets. 

Once I had the backgrounds shaded, I used the stamps to stamp over the shaded ovals with the same color inks. I added some of the February Product of the Month, Painted Illusions Designer Series Paper, and here are the results:

A fun Easter card 

Join me as I hop along to the other blogs and see what they have done with this kit! 

I hope you enjoy the hop.

Until next time...

Happy Craftin'! 

Inspire Create Share Blog Hop: It's a Love Thing

 

Hello friends! Here we are in the month of February, with Valentine's Day just around the corner, so our theme is all about Love. So appropriate, right? There are so many ways to we can express love, and so many kinds of love to express; this should be a fun time. 

My card is a Fold Out Fun Fold. It is Designer Series Paper heavy, so you can show off all the patterns! 

It is monochromatic, using Strawberry Slush on everything. The Mixed-Up Patterns DSP has several patterns with each color, so it was easy to find some to make up this card. Here it is with the belly band removed and the first unfold. 

And the final fold out with big bold Love You's. The recipient will not be able to doubt that they are loved!

Hop on over to the rest of the Love projects, follow the list below. I hope you enjoy them all and are inspired to create your own! 

Until next time...

Happy Craftin'! 

IDEAS Blog Hop: That's So Suite of You - Beautiful Gallery

 

Hello crafters!  I'm so excited to share our February IDEAS Blog Hop with you today. We are featuring projects that highlight some of the fabulous Stampin' Up! Suites. The tutorial is full of amazing creative ideas!  I used the Beautiful Gallery Suite from the 2025-2026 Annual Catalog.

This graphic is a sneak peek at the some of the projects in our February IDEAS Tutorial Bundle.

My bundle projects are exclusive to the bundle. However, I wanted to share something with you, so here is an alternate project using the same suite.   

And it is even a gift card holder....

Would you like a copy of the tutorials for these projects for your personal use, or even to use in your classes? Contact your member demonstrator or me.  There are three options to acquire our IDEAS tutorial bundle:

1. Place a $35 order on my website, shop here.

2. It is free for all of my team members, join here.

3. Purchase it for $15 USD.

 Once you have received the tutorials, please remember not to share or distribute the printed or electronic copies of these bundles. We have worked hard to provide these exclusive projects for your use. If you know someone that would like to purchase the bundle, please direct them to me to obtain their copy. Thanks for your support!

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Happy Craftin'!