Paper Pumpkin Palooza!

Have you signed up for your half-price Paper Pumpkin yet????

Click here to Join Now!

Use the promotion code PUMPKINDEAL to join Paper Pumpkin before August 31, 2013, and pay only $10 a month* for the first two months.
*plus tax, where applicable. Shipping included!

Your first month's kit will look like this:

Then each month after that is a surprise! You can cancel at any time. These kits make wonderful gifts! Everything you need (except adhesive) is included. So if Paper Pumpkin isn't for you, I know you can think of someone who would love it! Especially for $10. Teachers, college students, teens, that sister-in-law who is hard to buy for. You know you just thought of someone. Please choose me as your demonstrator, and I'll send you ideas for your kit!


The Fine Print:
For new subscribers only.
Promotion applies only to the first two months of a new subscription. After receiving two month's worth, the price for each month's kit will go to the regular price: $19.95.
You must click "Add Promo Code" and then enter the promo code PUMPKINDEAL in the "Promo Code" field when you sign up on the mypaperpumpkin.com website to take advantage of this promotion.
You must join by Saturday, August 31, 2013; 11:50 PM (MT).

Every month a new, surprise project kit arrives at your doorstep. Just think of the anticipation of creating a fun project to pin, showoff, and share with your friends and family every month!

 
Each month we send you a unique, surprise kit with a project-cards, journals, décor, and more! (We've even color-coordinated, measured, and cut everything for you!)
Each kit includes stamps, ink, paper, and accessories-everything but adhesive.
Each kit gives you a 30-minute creativity escape.We will ship your Paper Pumpkin on or around the 15th of the month.
You need to sign up for a kit by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit. If you sign up on the 11th of the month, your first kit will come the next month. (Let's say you sign up on May 10, we'll send your kit around May 15. If you sign up on May 11, we'll send your first kit around the June 15.)
 A Paper Pumpkin membership is $19.95 per month (and shipping is included!) There's no commitment, you can cancel your monthly Paper Pumpkin at anytime. You can also skip a month if you want.  

Birthday Circle Thinlit Card

I uploaded a card using the Label Card Thinlit Die last night (see it here), and I can't resist posting one with the Circle Card Thinlit Die tonite!

These cards are so easy and fun to make!

Here are the details on the sets. I love all the "extras" included!

Stamps: Blue Ribbon, Gorgeous Grunge
Paper: Birthday Basics DSP, Silver Glimmer paper, Gumball Green cs, Basic Gray cs
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Basic Gray
Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Card Thinlits, 1 3/4" scallop circle punch, 2 1/2" circle punch, Basic Rhinestones, Silver 1/8" ribbon

New Pretties! Label Thinlits Wedding Card

My order arrived this afternoon, just before my voice students began to arrive. (Love you, voice students!) Then it was dinner time, and then family night, and the baby needed me in and around and through . . .

So here is what I made (too) late tonite! Sorry the photos aren't great. Who knew the smallest image in Apothecary Art matches the label shape???? Too cool! I cut the Calypso Coral layer using the main die, and then fiddled with what didn't cut out. :-) The heart is from the "i heart u" die in the set.

Inside

Stamps: Apothecary Art, Pennant Parade ("Love")
Paper: Very Vanilla, Modern Medley DSP, Venetian Romance DSP, Calypso Coral
Ink: Calypso Coral, Black
Accessories: Big Shot, Label Card Thinlit, Beautiful Baroque folder, Crisp Cantaloupe ribbon

Holiday Washi Notebooks

Are you wishy-washy about Washi???? (I've been wanting to say that for a long time!) 

Washi tape is fabulous decorative tape--like masking tape only CUTER! These are the two styles available in the new Holiday Catalog--
Witches Brew Designer Washi Tape (132156) $4.95 and Season of Style Designer Washi Tape (132155) $4.95.
Each set has 3 designs per package: 3/8, 1/2, and 5/8 width. 5 yards each.

Are these cute or what? I had to hurry and get the picture before my girls took the notebooks. They're decorated (the notebooks, not the girls) with the Label Love set and accompanying Artisan Label punch, with the largest of the Simply Pressed Clay buttons.

Washi tape is very easy to use--it's repositionable! If I can make these with a baby on my lap, anybody can do it!

Check out all the other wonderful goodies now available in the Holiday Catalog!
Click here for the pdf
Or see it here in my online store

July is almost over!

Ok, you probably already knew that. I'm just a little shocked about it. What happened to July? I mean, other than Scout Camp, a pioneer trek, swimming lessons, a college graduation . . . oh. THAT's what happened to July.

Don't miss out on the Designer Series Paper special that ends tomorrow!

Have you heard about Paper Pumpkin? It's a self-contained papercraft kit that comes to your door every month!
 To sign up, go to mypaperpumpkin.com! 
Use the promotion code PUMPKINDEAL to join Paper Pumpkin before August 31, 2013, and pay only $10 a month* for the first two months.
*plus tax, where applicable. Shipping included!
Join Now!

The Fine Print:

    For new subscribers only.
    Promotion applies only to the first two months of a new subscription. After receiving two month's worth, the price for each month's kit will go to the regular price: $19.95.
    You  need to visit mypaperpumpkin.com to join.
    You must click "Add Promo Code" and then enter the promo code PUMPKINDEAL in the "Promo Code" field when you sign up on the mypaperpumpkin.com website to take advantage of this promotion.
    You must join by Saturday, August 31, 2013; 11:50 PM (MT).


Stampin' Up! has also announced a recruiting special, so if you've been thinking about signing up (and you know you have!),  now is a great time. 

New recruits get to pick one of four project kits for free in addition to their starter kit when they join Stampin' Up!
through August 31, 2013

Kit Options:
The first three project kits are from the holiday catalog and the last option is from the annual catalog.

Option Kit Description Item Total Value 1 Build a Banner Simply Created Kit AND Halloween Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit 133507 132698 $29.90 2 Build a Banner Simply Created Kit AND Christmas Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit 133507 132697 $29.90 3 Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit 133463 $19.95 4 Tag a Bag Bundle AND Tag a Box Bundle 131371 131372 $22.45

Build your Starter Kit your way! For just $99, you get Your choice of up to $125 worth of any current Stampin' Up! products! A business supply pack valued at $65!. That's a total value of $190! PLUS, if you sign up between July 15 and August 31, 2013, you’ll get to pick one of four project kits for FREE in addition to your starter kit! These kits are packed with brand-new products—you won’t want to miss out on this special offer.

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Don't forget to place your orders using the hostess code 9ZPRPCFK by tomorrow night! Anyone who places a $50 order *with the hostess code* will receive a gift from me in the mail!

Shake it up, baby!

I almost missed posting this week! We've been so busy, I'm not sure how we got it all done.

This week, our oldest daughter graduated from college, and this is the card I made for her. It's a shaker card, inspired by a presentation at Stampin' Up's convention last week. (I didn't get to go, but I was able to watch some of it streamed live.)

The shaker part is made by using a window sheet and some Designer Series Paper (DSP). Use Washi tape (from the Epic Day collection) to adhere three sides, then add your cute "shakees." I used the Itty Bitty Punch Pack and the Epic Day DSP, along with the Champagne Glimmer paper. Finish off the top with more Washi. I adhered it to the card with dimensionals and added the cute ribbon from Blue Ribbon set. The card base is embossed with a sneak peek--the Stylish Stripes folder from the upcoming Holiday Catalog--available starting August 1!

Stamps: Blue Ribbon
Paper: Baked Brown Sugar, Epic Day DSP, Champagne Glimmer paper
Ink: Pool Party, Gumball Green
Accessories: Big Shot, Stylish Stripes TIEF, Window Sheets, Itty Bitty Punch pack, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch

Cute as a button!

 

These are the new Simply  Pressed Buttons and Blossoms I made today! Fun!

Simply Pressed Clay	130685
Price: $6.95
Molding clay to create your own embellishments. Use with our silicone molds. Add color by kneading ink into clay or coloring with markers after it dries for a more saturated look. Air dry is all you need. Buttons & Blossoms Simply Pressed Clay Molds 131272 Price: $7.95 Silicone molds to create your own embellishments. Use with our Simply Pressed Clay. * 2 total molds: 1 with 3 flowers, 1 with 3 buttons * 2-1/4" diameter; 3/8" high

Pistachio Pudding Just for You

It's been such a hot summer here--up to 114!--which is too hot, even for the high desert. This card reminds me of spring and cooler weather!

This Pistachio Pudding card uses the new Simply Pressed Clay and molds--I am having so much fun making little flowers and buttons to match any project! It's very easy and quick to do, and the flowers and buttons are a perfect extra touch! This flower (the medium size) has a tiny pearl in the center and a flag of cardstock behind it. I cut the window in the designer paper with one of the Chalk Talk framelits. Tags are so versatile, and these are great shapes. The greeting is from Label Love.

Don't miss out on the Buy 3 Get One Free Designer Series Paper special that runs all of July--there are so many beautiful papers, and this is a great excuse to  hoard buy more! Check it out on my website.

Remember to place your order online using this month's hostess code!
9ZPRPCFK
Order $50 or more and receive a special gift from me of current product you'll love!