Everyone who ordered the September Paper Pumpkin should have received their box of goodies! How cute are these Fall pillow boxes? If you’ve wondered what’s inside a Paper Pumpkin box, take a look at the video below!
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For the first time ever, the October and November Paper Pumpkin kits will be coordinating and holiday-themed. Two straight months of coordinated Christmas card making and gifting projects.
Who is Paper Pumpkin for?
Someone who doesn’t have time to craft regularly but still loves to make cards and gifts. Everything you’ll need is included in the box (you’ll need a clear block but you’ll receive one in your first kit)!
Someone who just wants something quick and easy and doesn’t have time to shop for all of the supplies. It’s all in the box!
Someone who likes a surprise each month (I don’t even know ahead of time what’s inside the boxes)!
Someone who wants to slowly add to their crafting supplies. Each month you’ll receive a stamp set and at least one Stampin’ Spot ( a small stamp pad).
If you try Paper Pumpkin for a month and decide not to continue, just cancel before the 10th of the month. No hassles, no questions!
If you’d like to receive a Paper Pumpkin box delivered to your mailbox by this time next month, be sure to sign up by October 10th or click here to sign up today! If you have questions, email me and I’ll be happy to help!
It’s officially fall and I gotta tell you, I’m really looking forward to sweater weather and today’s card really gives me the feeling that fall is here! The inspiration for my card came from fellow demo, Lisa Pretto. When I saw her card, I fell in love with the simplicity and beauty of it. I made one small change to my card but I have to credit Lisa for the design.
As you can see, it’s a pretty straightforward card but guess what? I didn’t stamp the pumpkins but instead cut them out of one of the sheets of paper in the Painted Autumn DSP. Because of their size, they are very easy to cut out.
Card Details
The base of the card is Thick Whisper White cut at 11″ x 4-1/4″ and scored at 5-1/2″.
The top layer is a 3-3/4″ x 5″ piece of Whisper White. It’s been embossed with the Layered Leaves Dynamic Textured Embossing Folder
The sentiment is stamped in Soft Sky and comes from the stamp set Gourd Goodness. It was cut out with a 2″ Circle Punch.
The pumpkins were cut from one of the sheets in the Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper pack using Paper Snips.
Before attaching the top layer to the card front, Linen Thread was wrapped around the embossed layer several times and tied in a bow. It was attached to the card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Have you seen the new Treat Tubes in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog?? Oh my gosh, they are so cute! It looks like everyone else loves them too because they are now on the LOW INVENTORY list. I was going to share today’s project next week but I wanted to make sure they were still available so if you are interested in these treat tubes, please don’t delay in purchasing them! The tubes are made of plastic and are food safe for yummy treats. They are 4-1/8″ long and come with cork stoppers.
You can do so many things with our Treat Tubes but today I’m showing them inside a box made with the Popcorn Box Thinlits. The box stands a little over 3-1/2″ high and it’s the perfect size for the treat tubes. I have five inside but you could definitely add more.
A fun new product in the Stampin Up! Holiday Catalog are the Mini Pizza Boxes!! Oh my gosh, these are so cute and you can do so much with them!
The boxes measure 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ x 1″ and they’re food safe, so you can place a cookie inside. They’re also perfect for 3″ x 3″ notecards and envelopes! Stampin’ Up! retired these envelopes a few years ago but they’re back in the Holiday Catalog and just the right size for the Mini Pizza Boxes. Some other ideas for these boxes: earrings, bracelets, necklaces, candy, tea light candles, to name just a few.
I decorated my box with the gorgeous Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper and wrapped it up with our Linen Thread. I added a Garden Green and Vellum butterfly, made with the Move Me Thinlits.
Details and Measurements
Garden Green Cardstock 3-1/4″ x 3-1/4″
Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper 3″ x 3″
Here are more cute ways from Stampin’ Up! to dress up these boxes!
These boxes are just too cute! They are so easy to assemble and lay flat until you’re ready to use them so they take up very little space.
If you’d like to place an order for the Mini Pizza Boxes and/or the products I used to create today’s project, click on the items below and you’ll be directed to my Stampin’ Up! online store.
Welcome to Tool Time Tuesday! It’s that time of the week when I choose a tool in the Stampin’ Up! catalog to spotlight. This week’s tool is a must for every cardmaker – a bone folder!
When you create a card for someone, you want it to look its best and a bone folder will give your folds a crisp, clean look. If you’ve ever tried to fold card stock without one, as I’ve done on occasion when I’m not sure where I set my bone folder down, the fold looks cracked. I prefer attention to the front of my card, not on a fold that doesn’t look quite right.
One end of the bone folder is pointed and it can also be used in the groove of a paper cutter or scoring tool to score your card stock (another option for scoring is to use the Stampin’ Trimmer which comes with a scoring blade). Once you’ve created the score line, it’s easy to fold the cardstock. Use the flat edge of the bone folder to press down on the fold and achieve that crisp look!
Our linen thread is wrapped around a piece of cardboard in its packaging and sometimes there are kinks in the thread. Placing the bone folder against the thread, pull the bone folder towards you to straighten the thread out. (I did just that on the project I’ll be sharing tomorrow). When punching leaves or flowers out of cardstock, you can do this same thing with the bone folder. It will break down the fibers making the paper curl.
I think most stampers will agree that they’d be lost without a bone folder!
