April 2017 Paper Pumpkin Samples - A Sara Thing

This month's Paper Pumpkin kit was one of my favorite.  I love watercoloring with pencils and I love the embossed resist technique.  Putting them together is awesome and offered customers easy access to these types of projects.

These are the three projects that were designed for the kit with instructions.

Additional card ideas are below.  My customers will get step by step instructions on how to create these projects using their Paper Pumpkin kits.

Color the whole heart with Melon Mambo.  Then add the Rich Razzleberry pencil just on one side of each section.  Watercolor with a tiny bit of water to get the shading.

I couldn't get the heart to look like it transitioned from pink to purple like Sara did, so I just went with coloring the whole heart with the Daffodil Delight pencil and then shaded it with the Mambo and Pacific Point to make this heart.  I cut one of the white strips in half and added washi to the top.  Then I stamped it with Happy Birthday to and stamped "You" on the inside.

I wanted to see what I could do with the large piece of watercolor paper but I didn't want to work around the print in the corner.  So I turned it over and stamped several flowers in the Archival Black ink.  Any flowers would do but these are from the So In Love stamp set.  I colored the center yellow and the outer leaves pink.  Then I colored the middle with both pencils to make the peach color.  Remember that this doesn't have the embossed edge to hold in the water so you barely use any or use a blender pen.

I also did a few 3D.  One of them will be posted later when I print the photos for it but the other is a Gift Card Holder.  You fold your envelope in half and cut it in half.  Then you seal one of them and stamp just the Happy Birthday.  Then cut apart the half that is left and make the insert for your gift card.

Hope you like these ideas.  Check out below the perks of being a subscriber with me!

EASTERN PALACE PRE-ORDER

From May 1st - May 31st, you can order a special starter bundle or premier bundle featuring these products.  Individual items will be available when the new catalog goes live on June 1st.  More information on this promotion to come in future posts, along with samples!

See the list of products included in the bundles here.

GOING, GOING, GONE

You can see what supplies and stamp sets are being retired by visiting my online store!  Some items are already gone but if you see it on the store, it's still available to order.

ONLINE HOSTESS CODE

To purchase these products, please visit my Online Store and use hostess code G3Y2ZHFN when checking out.

WHAT IS PAPER PUMPKIN?

They tell you to sell what you love and I love Paper Pumpkin.  Paper Pumpkin gives you a chance to be creative and take some time for yourself.  With instructions and supplies included, you can relax and make something that will brighten your day and the person you give it to.  Sending cards is great but there is something special about getting one in the mail that someone took the time to make themselves. 

Paper Pumpkin is creativity in a box.  It costs $19.95 plus tax and ships to your mailbox once a month.  It contains everything you need for your own creative escape.  Besides the instructions and pieces for the cards or project, it also contains ink and photopolymer stamps and usually the adhesive you need as well.  My subscribers will also get a project sheet with tips and additional ideas and instructions that they can make with the supplies in the kits and sometimes some supplemental supplies.  They also are invited to participate in a free Paper Pumpkin Playdates to make their kits using any of my additional supplies like framelits and punches!  It's a wonderful program and I'd love for you to try it out!  Sign up by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit!

You can sign up here: https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/?demoid=80380

JOIN MY TEAM

If you are interested in joining out team and participating in monthly meetings with free make-n-take projects and outstanding company, contact me today or go here to sign up!  You can get $125 in free merchandise that you choose yourself for only $99 plus tax.  With the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog about to release, it's not hard at all to find stamps and accessories that you will want to play with. 

Contact me today for more information or sign up here: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stacymccain/jointhefun

  

Have a craftastic day,

Stacy

April Paper Pumpkin Subscriber Thank You

Now that all my thank you notes have gone out to subscribers, I can finally post the card that all my subscribers are receiving from me this month.

As part of my Paper Pumpkin team, my subscribers get a card in the mail that they can keep or reuse that features the stamp set and some of the elements of the kit when possible.  This card features the stamp set and washi tape.  They also get to preview the Eastern Palace DSP and Lemon Lime Twist ink which is available for pre-order in May to customers as part of a bundle!  That is normally a perk reserved to demonstrators so I'm excited to see this come up for customers too.  Read more about it below!

Back to the card, I used two 1 x 3 1/2 pieces of the Eastern Palace DSP and then used the washi tape from the Paper Pumpkin kit on it.  Because the washi tape can be waxy, I used Tear and Tape under the banner to adhere it to the card.  Speaking of the card itself, the base of the card is a Very Vanilla notecard, another new offering in the upcoming catalog!  I'm not as sad to see the Crumb Cake notecards go now that I know what is replacing them!

Supplies:

• Cardstock/DSP: Very Vanilla, Eastern Palace DSP (new!)
• Stamp Set: A Sara Thing
• Ink: Dapper Denim and Lemon Lime Twist (new!)
• Accessories: Very Vanilla notecard and envelope, Washi Tape from A Sara Thing kit, Dapper Denim 3/8 Ruched Ribbon, Dimensionals, Tear and Tape

I recorded a few videos to help with this month's Paper Pumpkin kit also.  This first one is a few tips aimed at new subscribers with limited experience with our products.

The second one is designed to help eliminate the halo that comes from using the splatter stamp.  I figured if I kept doing it, my customers were going to have the same problem!

If you have any questions at all about your own Paper Pumpkin kit, please leave me a comment or email me!

EASTERN PALACE PRE-ORDER

From May 1st - May 31st, you can order a special starter bundle or premier bundle featuring these products.  Individual items will be available when the new catalog goes live on June 1st.  More information on this promotion to come in future posts, along with samples!

See the list of products included in the bundles here.

GOING, GOING, GONE

You can see what supplies and stamp sets are being retired by visiting my online store!  Some items are already gone but if you see it on the store, it's still available to order.

ONLINE HOSTESS CODE

To purchase these products, please visit my Online Store and use hostess code G3Y2ZHFN when checking out.

WHAT IS PAPER PUMPKIN?

They tell you to sell what you love and I love Paper Pumpkin.  Paper Pumpkin gives you a chance to be creative and take some time for yourself.  With instructions and supplies included, you can relax and make something that will brighten your day and the person you give it to.  Sending cards is great but there is something special about getting one in the mail that someone took the time to make themselves. 

Paper Pumpkin is creativity in a box.  It costs $19.95 plus tax and ships to your mailbox once a month.  It contains everything you need for your own creative escape.  Besides the instructions and pieces for the cards or project, it also contains ink and photopolymer stamps and usually the adhesive you need as well.  My subscribers will also get a project sheet with tips and additional ideas and instructions that they can make with the supplies in the kits and sometimes some supplemental supplies.  They also are invited to participate in a free Paper Pumpkin Playdates to make their kits using any of my additional supplies like framelits and punches!  It's a wonderful program and I'd love for you to try it out!  Sign up by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit!

You can sign up here: https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/?demoid=80380

JOIN MY TEAM

If you are interested in joining out team and participating in monthly meetings with free make-n-take projects and outstanding company, contact me today or go here to sign up!  You can get $125 in free merchandise that you choose yourself for only $99 plus tax.  With the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog about to release, it's not hard at all to find stamps and accessories that you will want to play with. 

Contact me today for more information or sign up here: http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stacymccain/jointhefun

  

Have a craftastic day,

Stacy