September's Paper Pumpkin and Something Glorious Coming Soon!

Having just returned home last night from a late fall camping trip to visit my daughter on her birthday and have some fun times with my two little grandsons, I didn't have a lot of time to create for my blog post today, so it was a perfect time to get out my September Paper Pumpkin kit and see what I could do with it. It is such a gorgeous kit this time, with gobs of opportunities for alternatives, but I only got a couple of different ideas happening last night. I'll show you some more later. I think the quality of these Paper Pumpkin kits just keeps getting better all the time! What I really liked about this one was the embossed kraft cardstock that the card bases and the pillow boxes are made of. I loved the texture those created, and ended up cutting up a pillow box, since I probably won't be using it, and using it as a panel on a larger 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card.

First, I'll share with you how they are supposed to go together, with the official video from Paper Pumpkin:


             


Here's a closer look at my projects now. Can you spot the differences?

• Instead of stamping my big leaf just in Cajun Craze ink, I also heat embossed some of them in Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder. That looks just stunning, especially against that kraft cardstock.

• I embossed some of the greetings in Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder as well and added an edge of copper around the circular tag.
• I cut up one of the pillow boxes to use as an embossed kraft panel on a larger standard sized card. The base is Crushed Curry with a panel of Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper backed with Cajun Craze cardstock.

• If you would like to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin, make sure that you go to PaperPumpkin.com and click on subscribe before October 10, because the October and November kits are coordinated holiday projects designed to help you with your gift and greeting card needs at this time of year. You can have fun creating and meet practical needs at the same time!

As always, it was a lot of fun to do, without a lot of planning and designing which takes a lot of time.

And I promised that I would share with you that something glorious is coming soon! While there is not a definite release date yet for customers, from Oct. 1 -15, demonstrators are going to be able to order Stampin' Up's newest release - Stampin' Blends - a collection of alcohol markers for perfect blends when you are colouring and shading! I'm so excited about this because I've been missing our Blendabilities so much since they were taken off the market. The problems surrounding them were remedied and the new offering has had extensive testing and has passed SU's rigorous requirements and now Stampin' Up! Demonstrators can buy them between the above dates.

But it won't be long before customers will be able to get them as well, and you will be among the first to know as soon as a release date has been given! Mine are already ordered and I will begin to use them for projects soon.

If you don't want to wait, I suggest that you sign up as a demonstrator and purchase the markers as part of your starter kit! It would be well worth it! If you want to do that, click on Join My Team in the top menu and follow the prompts. Let me know ahead of time and I can give you the catalogue number to use to order the markers as part of your kit.

Eclipse Technique for a Fall Birthday Card

If you're like me, you've been seeing the eclipse technique all over the internet lately and been slightly mesmerized by it. It reminds me of Layering Inset techniques, where you die cut a gazillion of the same piece and glue them together before inserting them back into the space from where the originals were die cut! But that takes a lot of time, patience, glue and precision. With this technique, you get the same result with half the effort.

Take a look at this sample I did using images from Colorful Seasons and Gourd Goodness stamp sets and the Large Letters Framelits.

• This card also used the Babywipe Technique for stamping the multicoloured leaf images from Colorful Seasons and Gourd Goodness.
• The sentiment is from the Birthday Delivery stamp set, stamped in Rich Razzleberry.
• The background is Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper.

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There are some exciting promotions coming up with Stampin' Up! in October! In fact, it's one of the best Octobers I can remember. First, there is a Designer Series Paper deal coming up, where you can buy 3 packs of DSP and get another pack free from a selection of current DSPs. Then to celebrate World Card Making Day on October 7, Stampin' Up! will be offering 10 days of 15% off selected stamp sets and Notecards, as well as a great deal on adhesives!! Finally, there is the Merry Patterns Host Promotion that continues through to the end of October! I will give you more info closer to the beginning of the promotions!! Just wanted you to be aware that they were coming! Plus there is another BIG SURPRISE coming that I can't tell you about just yet, but will let you know about in October!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set [143726]	Gourd Goodness Photopolymer Stamp Set [144785]	Birthday Delivery Photopolymer Stamp Set [143660]	Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper [144613]	Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [105117]
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [131160]	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [105229]	Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [115664]
Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad [126950]	Old Olive 1/8" Sheer Ribbon [144171]	Fresh Fig 1/8" Sheer Ribbon [144174]	Large Letters Framelits Dies [141712]	Big Shot [143263]
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108]

Painted Harvest For Fall Weather

I am actually looking forward to fall weather! I usually am pretty reluctant to see the warm summer days go, but this year, our lovely sunny days have been marred by smoke! This has been one of the worst years ever for wild fires in British Columbia, and with several weeks left in fire season, could end up being the worst ever in terms of hectares burned. All the fires have caused the air quality to be extremely poor and many days it was not pleasant being outdoors and hard on your lungs and eyes.

So, cooler weather, with sweaters, frost, RAIN, and pumpkin spice anything is sounding pretty welcoming right now! I was very excited to celebrate that with my first card using a gorgeous new stamp set from the upcoming 2017 Holiday Catalogue called *Painted Harvest. If you were to ask me what the best thing from the new catalogue was, I think I would have to choose this set. The art work is stunning and you can create some absolutely gorgeous fall scenes with it. Pair it with the coordinating *Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper and bundle it with the *Leaf Punch, and you've got yourself an incredible set.

*Products from the 2017 Holiday Catalogue, available for purchase Sept. 1, 2017.

Here's what I came up with:

• The sunflowers actually use 3 step stamping to get to where you see them here. I like to start with the more detailed stamp in a darker colour. Here, I used Peekaboo Peach. Then I stamp the background colour in Crushed Curry and finally, the center in Early Espresso. I kind of love how they turned out. I fussy cut them because there are no framelits to go along with this set.
• The leaves are also 2 step stamping. The 3 leaf twig is stamped first in Early Espresso and then in Garden Green, while the frond-like leaf is Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry. While I also had to fussy cut the frond-like leaf, the other leaf could be punched using the new *Leaf Punch, which is part of the bundle with this stamp set.
• The sentiment is from the new *Labels to Love stamp set, also from the upcoming Holiday Catalogue. It pairs with the new *Everyday Label Punch, but is not with the bundle. I first stamped the frame using Early Espresso ink, then inked up the sentiment using Crushed Curry and Tangerine Tango Stampin' Write Markers.
• The background panel is from the *Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper, which is handpainted and gorgeous in it's own right! I created some texture using Linen Thread and Burlap Ribbon, and added a few Enamel Dots.

*Products from the 2017 Holiday Catalogue, available for purchase Sept. 1, 2017.

Stampin' Up! has restocked the Clearance Rack with lots of great bargains! Don't wait too long as the good ones disappear fast. Shop online by clicking on this link: Clearance Rack.  Use this Hostess Code if you want it to count toward your Stamp Club commitment, but don't want to wait for the Stamp Club Order to go in:  AHYF2CFV

              

Go to PaperPumpkin.com and click on subscribe. Don't forget to use the Promo Code: HALFOFF0917! This promotion is for first time subscribers only.

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.


Product List

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119686]	Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131199]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650]	Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad [141398]	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [131173]
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974]	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [126973]	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [131173]	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [131259]	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [131262]
Linen Thread [104199]	5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon [141487]	Brights Enamel Shapes [141680]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]	Stampin' Pierce Mat [126199]
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

*Painted Harvest Photopolymer Stamp Set, *Painted Harvest Bundle. *Labels to Love Stamp Set, *Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper, *Leaf Punch, *Everyday Label Punch

*Products from the 2017 Holiday Catalogue, available for purchase Sept. 1, 2017.