The holiday season will be here before we know it. And along with putting up the Christmas tree and spending snowy nights by the fire, many of our Paper Pumpkin subscribers will be looking forward to opening their holiday kit. Christmastime papercrafting with Paper Pumpkin has become an annual tradition!
So to deliver more of what our subscribers love this holiday season, in October and November we are offering back-to-back coordinating kits, one with Christmas cards, the other with Christmas tags. Both kits make it easy for your customers to add a handmade, personal touch to their holiday giving—without a lot of fuss. It’s Christmas made easy with Paper Pumpkin!
If you haven’t tried a Paper Pumpkin subscription yet, you can order only one month or a whole year – the choice is yours!!
Aren’t these the cutest little treat boxes? Shout out for inspiration over at Chic ‘n Scratch, Angie Kennedy Juda. These little treat boxes are large enough to put your favorite candies or non candy treats like mini lotions or nail polish or stamp accessories!!
Recipe: (Directions given for the “Bring on the Merry” Treat Box as the instructions for the Halloween treat box are available over at Chic ‘n Scratch) NOTE: All measurements are given in inches.
Cardstock:
Calypso Coral: 6×5 (score 1-1/2 on all 4 sides)
Calypso Coral: 8 x 3-1/8 (score 2-1/16, 3-9/16, 5-5/8, 7-1/8)
Calypso Coral Tag: 3 x 1-1/2
Whisper White Tags 4-5/8 x 3 and 2-3/4 x 2-3/4
Designer Series Paper: Bird Ballad
The 6×5 scored piece of calypso coral card stock will make up the open box that slides into the sleeve. This diagram shows to cut on the red lines and to cut off the tabs with the X. Apply adhesive to the blue tab area.
Score and fold the 8-3/8 piece of calypso coral card stock and apply adhesive to the end. This piece will become the sleeve where you will slide the open box you made above. I added a small piece of ribbon to the bottom of the box to enable easier sliding when pulling the box out of the sleeve. (optional).
I cut decorative frames out of the Ornate Frames dies for layering my tag with both whisper white and the calypso coral. I stamped the Tags Tags Tags stamp set and cut with the Trio of Tags dies.
The possibilities are endless with the numerous beautiful designer series papers in the current Annual Catalog and the Holiday Catalog. I’d love to see your treat boxes.
Today I participated in another color challenge card event and I love the way this card came out. I used the ink direct to block technique. The colors blended nicely. I chose Highland Heather, Pretty Peacock, and Mint Macaron. These 5 colors were included in the challenge.
Recipe:
Cardstock:
Pretty Peacock 5.5″ x 4.25″ and a scrap
Highland Heather 5.25″ x 4″ and a scrap
Very Vanilla 5″ x 3.75″ and a scrap
Designer Series Paper: Woven Threads DSP (3.75″ x 1.5″)
Technique: Apply highland heather ink to the middle of the acrylic block, then apply mint macaron to the top and pretty peacock to the bottom. Mist lightly with water to let the colors blend and then pick up the block and tilt slightly to allow the colors to run. Apply the block to the very vanilla card stock and allow the ink to soak into the card stock before removing the block. When dry, stamp the desired image over the colored block image.
Adhere highland heather card stock to pretty peacock base.
Apply woven threads DSP to the bottom of the very vanilla layer.
Attach pretty peacock linen thread to cover seam between very vanilla and the DSP.
Punch pretty peacock, very vanilla, and highland heather circles.
Stamp greeting on highland heather
Adhere circles in desired layers
Attach very vanilla stamped layer to the highland heather layer.
Attach stacked circles/greeting
Spray lightly with champagne mist shimmer paint diluted in 70% rubbing alcohol. Allow to dry
I participated in a card challenge today which required the use of leaves. I wasn’t even sure I had any stamp sets with leaves but found leaves in the Stampin’ Up Colorful Seasons stamp set!! I got my color inspiration from a tissue package.
Recipe:
1. Stampin’ Up Colorful Seasons Stamp Set, Seasonal Layers Dies
2. Make a custom ink pad using reinkers on a baby wipe:
Blackberry Bliss
Cajun Craze
Pumpkin Pie
Calypso Coral
3. Coordinate cardstock
Blackberry Bliss
Base 5.5” x 8.25”, scored at 4.25”
Square scrap 2.25” for solid leaf die cut
Strip cut to 5” x 1.5” for trim (cut down to 3.75” to center scallops on card)
Pumpkin Pie
Cut strip .5” x 3.75”
Cut layer 4” x 5.25”
Very Vanilla
Cut layer 3.75” x 5”
Cut square scrap 2.5” for detailed leaf die cut
Scrap for greeting
4. Randomly stamp leaf image on Very Vanilla card stock using custom ink pad; also stamp leaf on scrap
5. Stamp leaf veins on top of stamped leaves using Early Espresso
6. Use decorative leaf die cut to cut one leaf for decoration from the scrap
7. Use solid leaf die cut to cut one leaf for decoration from Blackberry Bliss scrap
8. Use scallop die to cut trim from Blackberry Bliss
9. Stamp greeting in Blackberry Bliss ink on scraps of stamped Very Vanilla used to sample leaves in step 3 or sponge edge of greeting after punching with classic label punch
10. Spray detailed leaf with Shimmer Paint (mix 3 or 4 drops in a sprayer with 70% rubbing alcohol)
11. On silicone mat sponge Tombow liquid glue on back of detailed leaf to adhere to solid leaf
12. Layer Pumpkin Pie strip to top of Blackberry Bliss card stock between scallops and trim down to 3.75”, use dimensionals to pop up greeting and decorative leaf
Who doesn’t love a sale!? Stampin’ Up is having their annual sale on the gorgeous designer series papers in the annual catalog – buy 3 get 1 free! What are you waiting for? Click on my shop now link to take advantage of this special sale during the month of September. Happy shopping!
The Stampin’ Up 2019 Holiday Catalog is live; and my list is LONG!! There are so many cute stamp sets, matching dies and punches, designer series papers, new bling- we all love bling right?! Of course when you think of Holiday, you have to include a little snowman in the season! There is an adorable snowman stamp set and he even has an embellishment kit compete with a scarf and mittens!! If you are a Halloween fan, there are the cutest little coffins to decorate and pass out to your friends and family. Oh and I can’t forget the cute little monster stamp set complete with googly eyes! This catalog will debut a new double sided stamp set called Cup of Christmas, and I can’t wait to check that out. If you need a copy of the Holiday Catalog, let me know and I’ll get one to you. You won’t want to miss this!
The Brightly Gleaming suite is one of my favorites and the designer series papers are amazing! They have copper foil images on one side and a more generic coordinating design on the back side.
