Kisses and Hugs Paper Pumpkin

 Some of you may still be waiting for your January 2022 Kisses & Hugs Paper Pumpkin kits to arrive. The pandemic has not been kind to us in more ways than one. Delays in products and supplies is a world-wide issue right now. The January kits were one of these delayed products. And Stampin’ Up!® thanks you for your patience if you were in that group that needed to wait a bit longer. In fact my own kits were late in coming but I think it was post office and not SU's problem.  But it finally reached me last week and I have been having fun making a few Valentines.  I don't send out many Valentines so having them in my Paper Pumpkin really works for me.

I have made several alternate cards for this month's Kisses & Hugs.  Below I used the fun fold card with just a few changes.  The two hearts on the side are creased in middle and folded back.  I also sponged a little bit of ink to make the white hearts pop.

 

This picture shows the Valentine card closed with the left side on the front.  The "friend" heart is adhered on one side and lined up with the bottom heart.

This is another look at the card closed but with the "sending love ..." sentiment on the top.

Another card using this fun fold of hearts above and below.

WHAT IS PAPER PUMPKIN?

It’s fabulous, fun paper crafting product in “kit form” (pre-cut, pre-scored, ready to assemble) wrapped up in pretty, soft blue tissue paper in a bright, reddish-orange box that gets delivered right to your mailbox each month. And each kit includes a stamp set and ink that you can use again and again even after you’ve created everything within the kit!

 HOW DO I ORDER THESE KITS?

You have two choices…

You can choose the monthly subscription option where you pay as you go (“auto pay” from your credit card month to month). With this option you get billed within the first business day or two after the 10th of the month.

• $22 per month (includes shipping) + tax
• OR you can choose the prepaid subscriptions option which allow you to pay ahead of time. Prepaids can be ordered like any other other Stampin’ Up! product. So these are great when you want to pay for your kits up front, want to get a slight discount (6 or 12 month prepaids), have other product to order, are ordering for someone’s party or club, want to earn other perks (Stampin’ Rewards, Loyalty Rewards, freebies, etc.), or want to give a fun gift to another.
• • 1 month – $21 + shipping/tax
  • 3 months – $63 + shipping/tax
  • 6 months – $114 + shipping/tax
  • 12 months – $220 + shipping/tax
  And now, SALE-A-BRATION is the perfect time to purchase your own prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscription.  During Sale-a-Bration you can get free Stampin' Up! products with the purchase of a prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscription.  Even canceled or suspended subscribers can reap the benefits of this offer.

Sale-a-Bration 2022

It's time to Celebrate with Sale-A-Bration, Stampin' Up!'s biggest annual promotion. We have exclusive products you can get FREE when you SHOP and/or HOST a Stampin' Up! party.  For complete details on the Sale-A-Bration Promotion and to see the exclusive products you can get FREE when you Shop and/or Host, click HERE.

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I have a list started with oh so many new things I want to get!  So get out your pencil and paper and start your list!!

Lots of Pun

 I finally received my Paper Pumpkin for December!  It's a really cute kit called Lots of Pun.  I'm having fun coming up with alternate cards from the kit.

Here are a couple I have made.

We had a good weekend during MLK ... just not what we had planned!  Ashley came down to visit on Friday.  We took Mom out for lunch on Saturday which she loved.  We were planning on having our family Christmas on Sunday but Mother Nature had other ideas.  We woke up Sunday morning to a white yard and snowed all day on Sunday.  So, no family Christmas this year!  Ashley planned to go back home early on Monday but she couldn't get her car out of our cul-de-sac because of the snow/ice until about 5 pm.  And here it is several days later & we still have a yard full of snow and the weatherman is calling for more snow and freezing rain tonight.  We'll see!

Birthday Kit

 Hope you had an enjoyable weekend.  I spent a lot of time in my craft room trying to put things where they belong instead of all piled up on the table and floor!  We watched a lot of football - especially the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday afternoon.  It was a great game and went into overtime.  But we came out the winner which makes us in the play-offs.  I doubt we'll go very far but at least that gives us another week to watch our team and say good-bye to our quarterback.  The first time we saw Ben Roethlisberger was the weekend my son got married.  We found a bar in Tuscon where we could watch the game the day after the wedding.  That was 18 years ago which blows my mind!  

While cleaning up today I ran across a project kit from Stampin' Up that I have probably had 5 or 6 years.  So I made a few cards using things in the Birthday Kit.  Here are a few of the cards I made today.

World of Good

January!  How time flies when you're having fun!!  Maybe I can be more diligent this month with the holidays over ... well, almost!  We are having our family Christmas next weekend.  We were all spread apart during Christmas and New Year.  My husband and I drove to Maryland to spend the holidays & her birthday for a couple of weeks.  My sister and her family spent most of the time at her son's home along with my other sister and my mom on Christmas day.  So we are all getting together next Sunday to enjoy our family time.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I was so busy during December that I didn't realize I never received the new mini catalog or the Sale-a-Bration catalog.  As a demonstrator, I should have received the catalogs in early December.  And to make things worse, I also didn't receive my December Paper Pumpkin kit!  My catalogs were supposed to arrive today and the Paper Pumpkin is scheduled to arrive on Monday.  But, who knows, they are both coming with USPS and mine tend to get held up in Butner or Greensboro a lot.  (note:  so much for thinking the catalogs were delivered today - no way!  Hopefully Monday!)

After working in my craft room this morning getting everything put away, I made a couple of masculine cards.  I going to try and use up some of my DSP ... to make room for the new stuff!  I made these cards using the World of Good DSP and stamp set.

I used some DSP on this card along with Marina Mist and Cinnamon Cider cardstock.  I'm sorry to say that this DSP, dies and stamp set are all retired.  I love the Old World Paper 3D embossing folder & was sorry it was retired.

This card is made using Early Espresso that was embossed with the Old World Paper embossing folder.  I stamped the compasses on Kraft Paper using my Stamparatus to line them up.  I used the Taylor Made Tags die to die cut the tag.  The sentiment was stamped with VersaMark and embossed with Copper powder.

 

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SEASONAL SALE

 

Have you heard???  The rumors are true!  The SEASONAL SALE iS starting soon.  If you have your heart set on a handful of supplies, there's no better time to buy!  Between November 16 and 18, you can stock up and save 10%  on cardstock, 15% on ink pads and 20% on dies!!  Flip through the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog to find your favorites and prepare for another year of top-tier projects! 

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Alternates from October Paper Pumpkin 2021

 Here are a few more alternative Paper Pumpkin cards from the October kit.

For this card, I used the negative after punching out the trees.  I used the Blending Brushes (Mint Macaron & Shaded Spruce) to color the trees.  I used washi tape to hold the piece down while I was brushing the ink on.

The envelopes in this kit are beautiful as well.  I cut a strip of silver trees from the envelope.  The green trees in the back were colored using the Blending Brushes like the trees in the first card above.  I layered the sentiment on a circle of Shaded Spruce and a scalloped circle of silver.

This card was made using the kit (trees in the background) and the bird houses from Garden Birdhouse stamp set.  I love how the Cherry Cobbler houses stand out with the dark tree background.  

Pretty fall trees!

 And just like that .... it's November!  Where does the time go!  The trees changing colors this year is outstanding.  I took a few pictures out of my window yesterday as I was driving home.  Pictures don't do the leaves and trees justice though.

I had company this week.  My Texas friend, Margaret & her husband, Graham were here for a few days.  Graham & Sonny joined the Golden Boys shooting group in Georgetown, SC and Margaret and I spent three days in my craft room working on various projects.  Margaret and I also went to the LKN Brewery for trivia night on Tuesday.  There were 12 people in our group but the questions were really hard so we were not winners.  It was a fun time anyway!

I worked on alternate cards from the past two months.  These are a few from the Harvest Haunts September kit.

And these are from the gorgeous Peaceful Christmas October kit.

This was simple masking.  I used daubers to sponge the negative piece from Noel.

I did some tearing on this card using one of the cards in the kit (cut in half), the green envelope, and red tissue paper.  All items were in the kit except for the white card base that I adhered the torn pieces to.

The silver Christmas trees are cut from the envelope.  I used the Tailor Made Tags to make the silver tag and stamped the trees in the background with Shaded Spruce.

More masking using the negative part of a circle.  I made the bows and string by hand using a Sharpie marker.