It's Paper Pumpkin Sign-up Time

 

The deadline for ordering the February Paper Pumpkin is fast approaching (February 10th!) so this is a good time to review what will be included in this beautiful kit:

BOUQUET OF HOPE

Details

• Kit contains enough supplies to create 9 cards—3 each of 3 designs—and coordinating envelopes. Kit includes card bases, decorative die-cut pieces, embellishments, and more.
• Card size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" (10.8 x 14 cm)
• Envelope size: 4-1/2" x 5-3/4" (11.4 x 14.6 cm)
• Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Bumblebee, Just Jade, Merry Merlot, Mossy Meadow, Rococo Rose
• Coordinates with the Flower & Field Designer Series Paper, an exclusive Sale-A-Bration item.

The kit’s exclusive Bouquet of Hope Stamp Set features supportive sentiments centered around comfort, care, hope, and love. Such a versatile stamp set can be used throughout the year!  We all know someone who could use a heartfelt, handmade card that gives sympathy and strength during a difficult time. This kit’s cards are a must to have on-hand!

If you haven't yet tried Paper Pumpkin, this would be an excellent time to give it a go.  It's easy to sign up, and you can cancel at any time, without penalty.  Click here for more details.

Happy Fall, Y'All!

It's time to start thinking about autumn - fall holidays of Halloween and Thanksgiving, changing colors of leaves, crisp mornings, and, of course, pumpkins!  Paper Pumpkin, that is!

From now until September 10, subscribe to Paper Pumpkin and you'll receive the September box - a specially decorated box of Fall!

In years past, our September Paper Pumpkin focused on Halloween.  But this year, in recognition of those who don't enjoy that particular holiday, Paper Pumpkin will be celebrating Autumn and all that you love about fall.  September's kit will have everything you need to celebrate fall YOUR way!  It will contain a multi-occasion stamp set and enough supplies to design 20 cracker box treat packages.  You can create custom fall packages to celebrate Halloween, Thanksgiving, pumpkins or leaves!  Make them all the same, or mix and match your crafts.  Want cards?  Don't worry; there will be plenty of inspiration available to turn your box into a basket-full of cards!

ABOUT THE SEPTEMBER KIT

Name Hello Pumpkin

Details

• Kit contains enough supplies to create 20 cracker box treat packages.
• Each cracker box treat package can be customized to celebrate Halloween, Thanksgiving, the autumn season, or all three!
• Coordinating Colors: Bumblebee, Basic Black, Cajun Craze, Cinnamon Cider, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, white

Don't miss out on September's Paper Pumpkin!  Click here to subscribe.

Look at November's Paper Pumpkin

Here's a peek at the November Paper Pumpkin - just in time for holiday card-making!





Not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber?  Why not give it a try?  Just $19.95 a month brings everything you need right to your door.  One-, three-, six-, and twelve-month subscriptions are also available!  Click here for more information.

December Paper Pumpkin

Holiday over, and now we move to celebrating a new year.  What?  What about the old year?  I have lots to celebrate, and this month's Paper Pumpkin is perfect to reflect on the past year and the blessings I have experienced in 2016.

Take a look:



Don't subscribe to Paper Pumpkin?  Well, now is the perfect time to join, because once you do, you'll have access to past kits, and this month's Pumpkin is now available.  And best yet?  It's NOT just a refill kit--it's the WHOLE SHABANG!  Rotary stamp and all!

So take a chance and try a one-month subscription!  What have you got to lose? Click here to subscribe. 

Do You BOGO?

Do you know what a BOGO is? 
Buy One, Get One!

And it's time for a BOGO from Stampin' UP!'s Paper Pumpkin...what could be better?
 
 
From August 11th through October 10th, first time Paper Pumpkin subscribers who sign up and pay the usual monthly subscription price of $19.95 will get their second month FREE!  Yep, that's right--buy one and get the second one FREE!

What a great time to try Paper Pumpkin!  Click here and use the promotion code BOGO, and you'll be getting a second month of Paper Pumpkin absolutely FREE! 

July Paper Pumpkin

Need a little bling in your life?  How about making these fun little gift boxes?  July's Paper Pumpkin has everything you need to create some treat boxes that are sure to make someone smile; take a look:




Not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber?  For just $19.95 a month, you get a bright orange box delivered straight to your door with all the goodies to create cards, boxes or other paper projects.  Your own personal creative package to give you a little "stampin' heaven" each month!  Click on the link to the right, and start getting your own Paper Pumpkin! 

It's a Birthday Banner!

The June Paper Pumpkin has arrived, and what a cute box of goodies this one is!  Take a look:



Not a subscriber?  Why not try a one-month subscription and see what all the fuss is about?  Click on the link to the right and subscribe now.

Paper Pumpkin Meets Birthday Bouquet

Did you know that every Paper Pumpkin kit comes with an exclusive stamp set?  While they are meant to be used for the enclosed contents of the kit, they are also great for using after your kit is complete.

December's Paper Pumpkin was a beautiful desk calendar (mine is done and on my desk at work, but you can see what it looks like here).

Here's an idea for a birthday card using the Paper Pumpkin stamp:

I have a niece with a January birthday.  I mounted all the stamps (January - December) on one clear block until I got the size that I wanted.  I then removed January, inked up the others with Mint Macaroon and stamped on Whisper White.  I then stamped January with Watermelon Wonder.  Because the stamps are clear photopolymer, it's easy to see right where you want it. 

The card base is Whisper White Thick Cardstock.  The beautiful, subtle balloon paper is from Birthday Bouquet (available Tuesday!); both the balloon paper and the paper with the months are mounted on thin layers of Mint Macaroon.

The numbers were cut from a very old die that I have lying around (got it to use with an old machine, prior to getting my hands on the Big Shot), but these could be stamped using either the Alphabet Rotary Stamp or the Back To Basics Alphabet.

The "Your Special Day" sentiment is a pared down version from Botanicals for You, a Sale-a-bration offering (also starting Tuesday) and can be yours for FREE with a $50 purchase.  The actual phrase is "...on your special day", but I omitted the "...on".

I also added a piece of the balloon print on the envelope flap:

So how do you use your Paper Pumpkin stamps?  What?  You're not a member?  Well fix that right now by clicking on the Paper Pumpkin link on the right.  Just $19.95 a month gets you a wonderful orange box loaded with everything you need for some crafting heaven, and it's delivered right to your door! 

All supplies can be purchased here.  Now go make something pretty!

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A New Paper Pumpkin for a New Year

December's Paper Pumpkin is arriving in mail boxes now, and will be perfect for filling those hours after the busy holidays.  See what you could be making:



C'mon!  Get your crafty on!  Join Paper Pumpkin today--click on the link to the right!

Got My Paper Pumpkin!

Had a nice surprise when I got in from visiting my folks the other night--my October Paper Pumpkin had arrived.  I've been so busy I haven't had time to even open it, but this weekend is MY time.  This is what I'll get to create:


Not a subscriber yet?  Why ever not?  Each month you receive a bright orange box (except October's box was PINK - to highlight breast cancer awareness; and a donation was made for EVERY box shipped!) with everything you need to create cards and paper craft projects.  Such fun!  Click on the link to the right and you can have your very own Paper Pumpkin delivered right to your door!

Wanna do something good? And feel good about it?

 

Here's a great opportunity to do something good for others while enjoying something for you.

To show support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Paper Pumpkin is going PINK!  At least the boxes are!  The October boxes will be a special pretty pink and Stampin' Up! will also be making donations to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF). 

They will donate:

• $1 for every active Paper Pumpkin subscriber.
• Plus, an additional $1 for every new subscriber.

Here's how can you help:

1. Subscribe!  If you're new to Paper Pumpkin, click here to get started.  Your first kit will arrive in a limited-edition pink box that you'll want to keep.  Stampin' Up! will donate $2 because you're new!  New subscribers are those who signed up between September 11 and October 10, 2015 and have not been a Paper Pumpkin subscriber at any time in the past. 
2. If you are already a subscriber, make sure you stay active and have your October kit sent to you.  Stampin' Up! will donate $1 for you as long as your receive your shipment.  Funds will be donated based on the number of subscribers instead of the number of boxes shipped.  But, if you want more than one pink box, you can always increase your subscription quantity by logging into your account at PaperPumpkin.com before October 10.

Stampin' Up! says the October project inside the pink box is just as awesome as always, but says they are letting us know that it is not a pink project.

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) advances the world's most promising research to eradicate breast cancer.  Founded by Evelyn H. Lauder in 1993, BCRF has raised more than $550 million to fuel discoveries in tumor biology, genetics, prevention, treatment, survivorship, and metastasis, making it one of the largest non-governmental funders of breast cancer research in the world.  This year BCRF has invested $58.6 million in research, to support over 235 researchers at leading medical institutions across six continents, including $11.6 million to the international Evelyn H. Lauder Founder's Fund focused on metastasis.  By spending 91 cents of every dollar on research and public awareness programs, BCRF remains one of the nation's most fiscally responsible nonprofits.  BCRF is the only breast cancer organization with an "A+" from CharityWatch, and has been awarded Charity Navigator's highest rating of four stars 13 times since 2002.  For more information, please visit: www.bcrfcure.org.

So sign up now!  And if you are already a subscriber, let your friends know about this wonderful opportunity--everybody wins!

And thank you for your support!

Baby Shower Meets Paper Pumpkin

I must confess...I love my Paper Pumpkin.  But sometimes life gets in the way of "me time" and I don't get to open my pretty little orange box.  That's what happened two months ago when the Birthday Bash Paper Pumpkin arrived.  I was busy visiting my folks, working and getting ready for Convention, so I put my pretty orange box on a shelf, and there it sat.

Until yesterday...

I have a baby shower to go to today.  For some reason I pulled out my "Birthday" Bash and took a look at what was in there.  It's SO cute!  But it's really geared to birthdays--stamps that say Happy Birthday, cards with bright stripes and gift bags with balloon cut outs on the front.  What to do...

How's this?

This is the gift bag that came with the Paper Pumpkin:

It's an adorable Bermuda Bay and white polka dotted bag, with a fold-over flap.  The panel on the front is covering the balloon cut outs.  I had such fun creating it:  Whisper White with rounded corners, a piece of retired Daffodil Delight Designer Series Paper, a strip of Bermuda Bay DSP, and then some fun with the Something for Baby and Baby's First Framelits.

The onesie is stamped in Bermuda Bay and cut
with the Framelits; the little tie is part of the set.

For the sentiment, I stamped "it's a boy" over and
over, using my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, and stamping off to get an ombre look.




Finally a tag:

And here is what's inside:

I used the fabulous Envelope Paper (Neutrals) to create the custom envelope, and added a matching piece of DSP for the flap.  The stacking toy is also from Something for Baby, and is so easy to cut with the framelit.

Carrying the same theme to the card, I used a Paper Pumpkin card base, but jazzed it up with DSP and another onesie.

Now for the funny story that made the last piece of this gift package happen.  I went to find a small gift to include in the bag with the gift card.  I went to the local Target, with the mom-to-be is registered and got a copy of her wish list.  I searched for a few small items, and settled on two, figuring one would fit in the bag.

WRONG!

So now I had to figure out how to wrap them in coordinating colors and theme.  Well, how's this?

I happened to have some white gift bags that I had gotten a long time ago for a gift-bag swap.  And I had gotten the wrong size.  So they've been sitting in my craft castle for ages.  I had one piece left of Bermuda Bay DSP in a 12"x12" size (retired pack) so carefully measured and cut, and Tear & Taped it to the front.  Then I got busy creating  the stacking toy out of cardstock, with each layer embossed with a different folder.  So fun!

So what do you think of my re-purposed birthday bash Paper Pumpkin?

Are you a Paper Pumpkin subscriber?  No?????  Why not?  Look at all the things you can do!  And if you sign up now, you can get HALF OFF your first two months (new subscribers only).



Click on the Paper Pumpkin link to the right (or go here) and enter the promo code HALFOFF.  And you'll be skipping to the fun in no time!

Now go make something!

So Many New Things!

What a wonderful time of year!  There are so many fun items to look at and play with, and it all starts now!
First up:  our brand new Holiday Catalog. 

This little book is packed with fantastic items to make your holidays special.  From the new Gift  Box Punch Board (make your own one-of-a-kind gift boxes) to fabulous stamps (my favs:  Wondrous Wreath and Holiday Home, with their matching framelits) to gorgeous new Designer Series Papers...there's something for everyone!

Need a catalog?  You can view it here, or contact me for one of your own. 

Next:  Want a FREE stamp set?

This darling set can be yours by hosting a $300 party.  Perfect for the holidays and so much more.  Contact me to get your party rolling, or pass out the Holiday Catalog and collect orders for a virtual party.  Easy peasy, and you get a FREE stamp set!

And don't forget our Paper Pumpkin special:


Check out my posts here and here to see the August Paper Pumpkin...don't miss out on September's kit!  Go here to join!

And let's get creating!