PPP Blog Hop: Hope Box

 

Welcome to the monthly Paper Pumpkin Possibilities 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 creativity run wild (as we have!) 

This month's kit, The Hope Box was made from the heart of Stampin’ Up! cofounder, Shelli. She wanted to create a kit full of hope, comfort, and connection. Whether you make the Hope Box for your own treasure of self-inspiration, or you want to share and empower someone you know, create the Hope Box by decorating the box and filling it with treats and trinkets that embody what hope means to you. 

Let her show you how she assembled the cards and the box. Watch this short video:

Here are the kit cards as designed: 

            

This month, I really wanted to focus on all the stamps that are made available to us in the kit. So with a few ink colors (taken from the kit color, some embossing powder and a heat tool, along with some blending brushes, here is my take on this month's kit:

Everything from the kit, except the card base and the scrap of Basic White for the butterfly. 

Glad you could join us, and hope you have been inspired to get your kit out and create. Next hop on over to Joni's blog and see what she created to share with us from the Hope Box!

September's kit includes enough supplies to create 12 treat boxes — 4 each of 3 designs. That means you can take your pick of apple, pumpkins, or jack-o-lantern treat boxes! Plus, the Paper Pumpkin box is designed to easily transform into a vintage wheelbarrow for you to display your harvest, which I cannot personally wait to experience!

Whether you’re thinking about crisp red apples or you’re ready to carve some spooky jack-o-lanterns (or both!), the Haunts & Harvest Paper Pumpkin Kit — designed in a vivid fall palette — is a hands-on crafting experience for all autumn lovers! Don't miss out!

If you aren't working with another demonstrator, I would love to have you join me! Click here to subscribe! 

In The Wild Double Z-Fold Card

Hi friends!!

Just wanted to pop on and show you the final card in the August Tuesday Creative Crafternoon's Z-Fold Series. This is a Double Z-Fold. 

If you want to see the video on how it was made, click here!

Until next time...

Happy Craftin'!

ICS Blog Hop - Be Dazzling

 

Thanks for joining us on the August Inspire, Create Share Blog Hop! Our theme this month is Sale A Brations! For the first time ever...Stampin' Up! is having a 2nd Sale A  Bration! Yay for us... I love FREE stuff, how about you?! 

I love, love, love the FREE Be Dazzling Specialty Paper. I love how it shimmers and shines. Someone compared it to a disco ball, and I have to agree!

I paired it with the Peaceful Deer set for this fun card. Not sure I would put Flirty Flamingo with Shaded Spruce on my own, but Stampin' Up! has some fun color combos they provide to us and this was one of them. I like to play with them, to get new ideas.

And don't forget the inside. I like a finished card, and it doesn't take much to do add a coordinating element and/or a sentiment inside your card to complete it. I really like how these colors work together, I am glad I gave them a chance.

Hope you like my card, and get some of the Be Dazzling Specialty Paper for yourself. Join me as I hop on over to my good friend, Janey's blog, to see what she is Sale A Brating!! 

IDEAS Blog Hop - Beautifully Penned

 

Hello Crafters!! It is time for the August IDEAS Blog Hop. This month our theme is "Celebrating Sale A Bration."We have used some of the new Sale A Bration items that will be available to you from August 3 - September 30, 2021. This is a Stampin' Up! first!! We have never had 2 Sale A Brations in one year before, and they have given us some beautiful stamps, some awesome Designer Series Papers (DSP), and some dies to use with some of the new and existing stamps. Lots to choose from, you won't want to miss it!

Here is a sampling of the tutorials in the bundle: 

I chose to focus on the Beautifully Penned DSP. I love the black and white. But, I also chose to go with a splash of the Be Dazzling Specialty Paper. I love bling, and this definitely gives off a nice shine. Here is a snippet of my project:

This month's bundle is almost 70 pages of amazing creative ideas, and includes designs by 12 global demonstrators. There are over 25 projects as each designer features at least one card and one 3D project, some include multiple projects. 

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 the IDEAS tutorial bundle from me:

1. Place a $35 order online with my host code, click here.

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

3. Purchase it for $15 USD. (PayPal or Venmo, accepted)

 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!

Thanks for hopping along. Let's head over to Sigrid's blog to see what she has created for you!

PPP Blog Hop: The Adventure Begins

 

Hi there!! Thanks for coming along on the Paper Pumpkin Possibilities Blog Hop. We love Paper Pumpkin and how easy it is to make the kits the way they were designed. But we also, love to show you different ways to use them!

This month's kit was quite an adventure!! The cards are all trifold and so fun, with a little camper and the lantern, along with the trees. Definitely put me in the mood to camp!

Here are the cards as designed:

I have to say I really struggled using these cards other than designed. I think they were great the way they are. So, I decided to use one of the envelopes. I actually saw the envelopes before any of the card designs, and fell in love with their look and the colors. 

Here is my card using one of the envelopes. I also used the tree cut out as a template to sponge a small forest, and then I stamped this lovely sentiment right over the top of the trees. Would love to give this to a recent graduate going off to college, or someone who has just graduated and going off to their first job! Or....what other possibilities can you think of?

Since one card had an extra little tree, I did put that inside:

Thanks so much for hanging out with me. June is up next with her alternate creation, come on with me to check it out! 

Please leave a comment along the way if you have any questions, or see something you like. 

Get ready for next month's Paper Pumpkin!  Our own Shelli Gardner has helped create this one! If you know Shelli, she has a beautiful style all her own, and this kit will be gorgeous and full of hope! 

Empower yourself and others with the Hope Box Paper Pumpkin Kit! Created from the heart and soul of Stampin’ Up! cofounder, Shelli, the Hope Box Paper Pumpkin Kit reminds us why life is precious. This month’s Paper Pumpkin kit includes supplies to create nine encouraging cards and coordinating envelopes in an inspiring color palette, and a specially designed Hope Box!

The Hope Box is designed to be a keepsake box—keep mementos of cherished memories or reminders of what’s yet to come. Collect treats and trinkets that represent what hope means to you in your Hope Box and look inside for inspiration or share it with a friends who could use some uplifting!

What will you put in your Hope Box? Letters, song lyrics, inspiring quotes, and photographs are powerful reminders of hope and connection—and great additions to a Hope Box. For more inspiration on how to build your Hope Box, watch Shelli herself put one together in this video. 

Now that you have to have it, click here to subscribe! 

ICS Blog Hop: Beauty of the Earth Designer Series Paper

 

Hello, and welcome to the July Inspire, Create, & Share Blog Hop! Thank you for hopping along with us!! 

July's theme is "Fun with Designer Series Paper". Did you know that select packages of Designer Series Paper (DSP) is on sale for the month of July? You can get a pack of for less than $10.

 Here is the list of those on sale:

I chose to use the Beauty of the Earth DSP. Isn't gorgeous?! I love the prints and the color combinations!

I made a Tri Fold card, because I like how it showcases both sides of a piece of DSP. And, it also uses almost every inch of a 6" x 6" piece of paper. I love minimal waste, especially when it comes to my Stampin' Up! DSP!

I hope you like the card, and enjoy the rest of the hop! Leave me a comment, and then click on the "next" button to see which fabulous DSP the talented June has selected to use, and what she created with it. Keep following along on the hop to see what the others have been inspired to share with you!! Then, grab some of these DSP packs before the sale ends!!

Until next time...

Happy Craftin!

Iconic Dies - Day 5

Here is the final card I made using the Iconic Dies, page 163 of the 2021-2022 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog. These dies are so versatile. They can be paired with most any sentiment. I truly think they are overlooked in the catalog. There are only 3 samples made using them. I hope you will check them out!!

Here are the 5 cards I made using them during my June Creative Crafternoon's:

How fun are these?!! Go ahead, grab a set and let me see what you come up with!

Until next time...

Happy Craftin'!