August Paper Pumpkin and Bogo Deal for New Subscribers

It's a wonderful card kit for August's Paper Pumpkin and if you don't have your kit yet and would rather have the surprise of finding out for yourself, you might want to skip this post. If not, enjoy the next video from Paper Pumpkin, highlighting the August kit:


         



If you would be interested in subscribing to Paper Pumpkin, but have not yet given it a try, this deal is for you:

Offer Dates: August 11–October 10, 2016

Offer Details: Use promo code “BOGO” at PaperPumpkin.ca, you’ll pay the regular price of $26.95 CAD and get your second month for FREE! If you subscribe with the promo code between now and September 10, you will pay full price for the September kit and get the October kit free. If you subscribe between September 11 and October 10, your first kit will be the October kit and you will get the November kit free.

The Fine Print:

• IMPORTANT: Offer invalid if subscription is suspended or cancelled during the first two months. In other words, you cannot cancel or suspend your subscription during your first two months—if you do, the offer is void. You can’t put your subscription on hold or cancel until after the first two full months.
• After the first two months, the subscription will continue for $26.95 CAD + tax per month (shipping included) unless cancelled or suspended. Ends October 10, 2016.
• This offer is open to first-time subscribers only.
• Not valid on prepaid subscriptions.
• Ends October 10, 2016 (the last day to subscribe and get the October kit).
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And here are another couple of reminders from Stampin' Up! First, don't forget to redeem your Bonus Days coupons before the end of August! You worked hard to earn them! Why leave money sitting on the table!

You only have 1 week left to order the wonderful Thoughtful Branches Bundle before it is gone for good! This is one of the most beautiful and versatile sets I have ever seen, so don't miss out. It's only available until August 31st, while supplies last. Call or text me at 250-768-7379 or email me to get your orders in. Or shop anytime at my On-Line Store.

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Paisleys and Posies for the Pals

Well, I got out my new Paisleys and Posies stamp set* yesterday with the intention of making a nice warm and inviting fall card, but I ended up going in a totally different direction! As I sat there staring at all the beautiful paisley shapes, I felt like I just didn't quite know how to put them all together to make a design that I wanted. I didn't really know what design I was looking for. I thought about all the paisley prints I had seen in my life and you know what came to mind most often? Neckerchiefs! That's right! The western style bandannas worn by all the good cowpokes out on the range. And hippies... all the hippies wore them, too! I wore them during the sixties!

So what emerged was a western design, with the paisleys featured on a bandanna! It roughly (ahem) fits the sketch from Pals Paper Arts Challenge this past week:

Some of the products I used for this card are current products and some are sneak peeks of products you will find in the up-coming Holiday Catalogue.

• I used Real Red cardstock to make the bandanna, using my Stampin' Trimmer to cut in in roughly the shape I wanted, then rounding corners with the Project Life Corner Rounding Punch and making the neck curve using one of the Layering Oval dies. I arranged some of the Paisley and Posies* stamps on a large clear mount base and stamped them in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on the red cardstock. Then I filled in any gaps with a couple of the smaller designs.
• With a Blender Pen and some White Craft Ink I added some white highlights to the paisleys on the bandanna. It really reminds me of the ones I used to wear.
• I was dying to try out the new Cable Knit Dynamic Embossing Folder* and originally thought that I would just have the bandanna sit over that used on some Very Vanilla cardstock. But when I added the boots and the sentiment on the Very Vanilla as well, there wasn't enough contrast. I decided to just use a strip of the Cable Knit* embossed paper on top of some of the Warmth and Cheer Designer Series Paper Stack* paper, which looks very western as well and that added the colour difference I needed.
• The boots are from the Country Living stamp set in the Annual Catalogue and I used a Blender Pen with some Soft Suede and Crumb Cake ink to shade them in. The sentiment is from the Paisley and Posies stamp set* and is stamped in the Memento ink. The bottom part of this is trimmed with the Stampin Trimmer, but the boots at the top are hand snipped. Some White Thick Baker's Twine was coiled and added behind the boots for an addition touch of western charm.

*New Products from the 2016 Holiday Catalogue, available for purchase Sept. 1, 2016.

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

Country Livin' Wood-Mount Stamp Set [141922]	Country Livin' Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141925]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953]	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115318]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650]
Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad [101731]	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [126975]	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [126978]
Whisper White Thick Baker's Twine [141688]	Blender Pens [102845]	Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [127821]	Stampin' Trimmer [126889]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]
Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706]	Punch Corner Project Life [135346]	Big Shot [143263]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Glue Dots [103683]
Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Paisleys and Posies stamp set*, Cable Knit Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder*, Warmth and Cheer Designer Series Paper Stack*

*New Products from the 2016 Holiday Catalogue, available for purchase Sept. 1, 2016.

Seaside Shore Suspended Easel Card for The Paper Players

I really wanted to play along with a challenge this week, but I was having a hard time finding one that appealed to me, which doesn't happen often, believe me. Usually there are so many I like that I have trouble choosing. But this week I just wasn't connecting. Even The Paper Player's colour challenge, while attractive, had me wondering what to do with it.

As I rummaged through my stamp closets, tossing stamp sets this way and that, I finally had a brain wave! A double brain wave, actually! The Seaside Shore stamp set would be perfect for this colour scheme with tropical blue waters and multicoloured fish and defining areas of black. Then I began to visualize the fish suspended in an open window in the card and the idea of the suspended easel card was born. Here's a closer look:

• I don't want to go into too much detail on the how to's of this card as it will be featured in a step-by-step photo tutorial on my September Newsletter, free for all who subscribe to my newsletter (also free). Basically the fish are suspended on some White Baker's Twine and sandwiched between two layers of cardstock, each with the identical oval opening die cut in them.
• Here are some other views of this card:

A side view to show the mechanism.

It will  fold flat to fit into a regular envelope.

This is the 2016 Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalogue! ...

...and this is my face when I get my hands on it!!!

My first round of Holiday catalogues has been delivered now and I'm starting to get them out to people who haven't ordered in the last month or so. If you would like one and haven't got your hands on one yet, feel free to email me or text me at 250-768-7379 to let me know that you'd like one.

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

Seaside Shore Wood-Mount Stamp Set [141622]	Seaside Shore Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141625]	Pacific Point 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [111350]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482]
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126949]	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [126944]	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [126951]
Brights Stampin' Write Markers [131259]	Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141481]	Big Shot [143263]	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706]	Ovals Collection Framelits Die [129381]
Twine Baker's Whisper White [124262]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Glue Dots [103683]