Quite Curvy!

 

This was partially CASEd from one of the samples for the new Quite Curvy variety bundle.  I added the Gorgeous Grape frame using the Ornate Frames dies, a strip of Gorgeous Grape striped ribbon, a bow and some coordinating dsp.  I loved the "garden" feel of the original, and the Shaded Spruce and Gorgeous Grape color scheme.

In addition to the lovely floral stamps, the Quite Curvy variety bundle also includes a holiday set, Quite Curvy Christmas.  This is truly a bundle for the whole year!

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Quite Curvy variety bundle

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Stamps:  Quite Curvy

Paper:  Whisper White, Gorgeous Grape, Classic Christmas dsp

Ink:  Black Memento, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Garden Green, Shaded Spruce

Accessories:  Big Shot, Ornate Frames dies, Curvy dies, Gorgeous Grape striped ribbon, white gel pen, Dimensionals, water pen, Sequins for Everything 

 

Joy to the World!

 Paper Pumpkin

Save $1 every month and enjoy a prepaid six-month delivery of Stampin' Up!’s subscription kit program. A fully designed project kit will arrive each month with stamps, ink, and paper–everything ready to go so you can skip to the fun part of crafting.

After you order, you’ll receive a code via e-mail to redeem your subscription at PaperPumpkin.com. Just click the link and follow the instructions!  The best thing is that you get the materials for a couple of projects, but there is so much more that you can do with each months' treasure!  

November's Joy to the World kit includes everything you'll need to make six of each design above -- everything pre-cut and ready to create with! The card below was inspired by this month's kit.  I added a bit of ribbon and some gold clear faceted gems to punch up my own design.

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6 month Paper Pumpkin subscription
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Stamps:  Paper Pumpkin Joy to the World

Paper:  Whisper White, Shaded Spruce

Ink:  Black Memento, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Riding Hood Red, Cherry Cobbler, Merry Merlot, Daffodil Delight, More Mustard

Accessories:  Big Shot, Cable Knit Dynamic Textured Impressions folder, Shaded Spruce striped ribbon, white gel pen, water pen, gold clear faceted gems, dimensional, gold brads

Snow Wonder!

 

This card went through so many iterations, until I finally came on the finished product.  I changed the dsp and changed the central image THREE times!  It's so pathetic, that I've going to give you the two ripped down versions of the hideous central image.  Think of it as a first of November ha-ha!

 Too much of everything, right?  Too much mercury acetate paper.  Too much glitter.  Too many patterns.  AND TOO MUCH PUFF PAINT EVERYWHERE!!  Plus, I think that there are too many images in the Light My Way set. I think that I need to cut it apart in the future to get at the separate elements.

On the snowman image, I used ice Stampin' Glitter instead of Puff Paint.  I think that it gives a cleaner appearance, as the card base is pretty intricate.  I also love last years' Snowman Accents, so I recycled some of those, too.

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Snow Wonder

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Snowflake Splendor DSP

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Stamps: Snow Wonder, Toile Christmas

Paper:  Whisper White, Blueberry Bushel, Gorgeous Grape, Snowflake Splendor dsp, silver glimmer paper

Ink:  Black Memento, Night of Navy, Seaside Spray, Pear Pizzazz, Garden Green, Basic Black, Riding Hood Red (retired), Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede, Pretty in Pink

Accessories:  Big Shot, Softly Falling folder, Ornate Layers dies, Ornate Borders dies, Christmas Layers dies, Snowman Accents (2019), white gel pen,  blue Adhesive-Based Gems, Dimensionals, Gorgeous Grape mini-striped ribbon, Seaside Spray metallic ribbon, purple organdy ribbon (non-SU!), ice Stampin' Glitter

Paper Pumpkin - HELLO PUMPKIN! (September 2020)

Paper Pumpkin

Save $1 every month and enjoy a prepaid six-month delivery of Stampin' Up!’s subscription kit program. A fully designed project kit will arrive each month with stamps, ink, and paper–everything ready to go so you can skip to the fun part of crafting.

After you order, you’ll receive a code via e-mail to redeem your subscription at PaperPumpkin.com. Just click the link and follow the instruction!  The best thing is that you get the materials for a couple of projects, but there is so much more that you can do with each months' treasure!  I made some spooky Halloween poppers and two cards -- one suggested by the intstructions and author just by following my whim.

  

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Stamps:  Hello Pumkin (Paper Pumpkin), Autumn Goodness

Paper:  Paper cut outs from Paper Pumpkin kit, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Two For Tea DSP (retired)

Ink:  Black memento, Calypso Coral, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cale. Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip (retired), Early Esspressp, So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Bumblebee, Mango Melody, Mango Melody (retired),  Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Rose Red (retired), Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizzazz, Mossy Meadow, Purple Posey

Accessories:  Big Shot, Autumn Wheelbarrow dies, Tasteful Labels dies, Old World Paper 3-D folder, 3/4" square punch, white linen thread from Paper Pumpkin kit, pennant/triangles from Paper Pumpkin kit, Champagnes rhinestone basic jewels, SU! beads in Earth, Mossy Meadow stitched satin ribbon (retired), Merry Merlot/Copper reversible ribbon, Sequins for Everything

 

Inter-Office Mail

 

This all started with the old inter-office mail closure.  

I really wanted to do a manila envelope, but couldn't make it work without the card ending up really huge.  So I gave up on the envelope, and kept the closure.  My second option was to create a background with texture.  I pulled out my old favorite Print Pattern (sadly retired for so many years!) started messing with it.  I ended up with Bumble Bee ink on So Saffron card stock.  Then wanting even more texture, I fussy cut the edges of the harlequin pattern, sponged them with More Mustard, then backed it with Bumble Bee card stock.

To do the closure, I first cut a quarter off the the Print Pattern background, reversed it and adhered it to a layer of Cajun Craze.  I cut two Cajun Craze circles with the 3/4" punch, then anchored them with two oversized brads to the card stock.  A piece of linen thread finished up the look!

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Tasteful Touches

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Stamps:  Tasteful Touches, Field Journal, Print Pattern  (retired), Postage Due  (retired)

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow, So Saffron, Bumblebee, Copper foil sheets

Ink:  Soft Suede, Flirty Flamingo, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, So Saffron, Bumblebee, More Mustard  (retired), Pear Pizzazz, Mossy Meadow, Not Quite Navy (retired)

Accessories:  Big Shot, Roses dies, Ornate Borders dies, Jumbo eyelets  (retired), Hodgepodge Hardware clip  (retired), Champagne Mist All-Purpose ink, water pen, Dimensionals, Spiral punch  (retired), 3/4" Circle punch, gold Wink of Stella, Earths beads  (retired), 3-Way Banner punch, Postage Stamp punch (retired), brads, sponges, white gel pen, linen thread

Pearled Peony

 

I've officially gone blind separating and adhering baby pearls (non-SU!), on top of piecing together the punched border pieces cut with the Ornate Borders dies. I'm totally digging Prized Peony with the Peony Garden dsp -- as unlikely as it originally seemed, Petal Pink and Gray Granite are so softly awesome together!  Since the colors are so soft, they invite added texture, such as beads, pearls, ribbon, mixed borders and frosting the petals of the peony with Frost White All Purpose Ink.

To further bring out the peony, I stamped two images in Gray Granite.  I watercolored both with Petal Pink and Flirty Flamingo, then cut out the petals that I would want to "pop up."  Those individual layers were curled with a bone folder, then I glued just the tiny piece that connects to the card stock -- no Dimensionals were harmed  in the creation of this peony!  

The finishing touches were to paint in highlights with the Frost White All-Purpose Ink and lowlights by watercoloring them in with Gray Granite under the petals.  I watercolored the center of the peony with Daffodil Delight and More Mustard, then  adhered beads in light and dark gold.  The leaves were stamped and watercolored in Gray Granite.

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Prized Peony

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Ornate Layers dies

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Peony Garden DSP

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Stamps:  Prized Peony, Forever Blossoms

Paper:  Whisper White, Pale Pink, Gray Granite, Peony Garden dsp

Ink:  Gray Granite, Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, More Mustard

Accessories:  Big Shot, Tufted embossing folder, Ornate Layers dies, Stitched So Sweetly dies, Ornate Borders dies, champagne pearls (non-SU!), Frost White All-Purpose Ink, Earth beads (retired), Petal Pink striped organdy ribbon, Gray Granite shimmer ribbon, Dimensionals, Ticket-Corner punch (retired), water pen

Zany Zebras!

Zany Zebras is one of the new sets in the 2020-2021 Stampin' Up! annual catalog -- and I really love these little guys!  They're so happy!  Since my cute little fav set This Little Piggy retired, this zebra set will be perfect to take it's place.

A couple of things about this card.  One, the fence is made from the little 2-picket fence stamp in Grace's Garden.  I used my Stamp-a-ma-Jig and stamped it out until I had a long enough fence for my project. , then fussy cut it out with scissors.  Two, the clouds in the sky, are sponged on white card stock, using two punches from the scallop label punch.  Three, the tree started out with one of the leafless "stick" trees from In The Woods framelits.  I stamped out the little oak leaf from Beautiful Autumn with Crumb Cake ink, then used the oak leaf punch from the Autumn Punch Pack (SU! Holiday Mini) to make lots of little leaves. I then curled the tips of the leaves using a bone folder and layered the leaves to create the tree.

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Zany Zebras

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Beautiful Autumn Bundle

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Stamps:  Zany Zebras, Autumn Goodness, Banner Year, Beautiful Autumn, Grace's Garden

Paper:  Whisper White, Mint Macaron, Garden Green, So Saffron, Crushed Curry, Terracotta Tile, Cajun Craze, Copper Foil

Ink:  Black Memento, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Creamy Caramel (retired), Chocolate Chip (retired), Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, More Mustard (retired), Soft Sky, Terracotta Tile, Flirty Flamingo, Pumpkin Pie, Lucky Limeade (retired), Granny Apple Green

Accessories:  Big Shot, In The Woods framelits, Garden Gateway dies, Ornate Borders dies, Toile Tidings glitter enamel dots,  Sequins for Everything, Banners Pick-a-Punch, Dimensionals, Water Pen, sponges, Scallop Oval punch, Autumn Punch Pack, white gel pen