Stampin’ Up! March Paper Pumpkin Sneak Peek and an Alternative!

Happy Friday, y’all!  Another weekend looms and hopefully it will be a nice one!  We’ve had a bit of a cold snap here – ever hear of “Dogwood Winter”??  Yea.  Neither had I, but it appears to be a “thing” here in Georgia.  The Dogwoods bloom and we have another little bout of “winter”.  Hence…Dogwood Winter.

Who knew??

So – I got my March Paper Pumpkin the other day and pulled all the pieces and parts out.

It’s pretty gorgeous, y’all!

Instead of making the kit per the directions, I decided to make an alternative card with some of those wonderful elements – including the “special gift”!  And I added in a little embossing with the Petal Pair TIEF (free now during SAB with a $50 purchase!).  Take a look-see:

Now – if you want to see the May Good Things Grow kit as it was “planned” – here’s a quick video!  If you want to remain surprised when you open yours, scroll right on by! 🙂

To help me with the layout, I played along with this week’s Global Design Project challenge.

I began by embossing the front of an Early Espresso card base in the flowery Petal Pair TIEF – I ran it thru twice to cover the entire front.  Next, I matted two of the pretty panels from the PP kit on Powder Pink.  On the pink panel, I stamped the little corner image from the included May Good Things Grow stamp set in Early Espresso.  Then I Fast Fuse’d that panel to the card front.

I used a couple of Glue Dots to adhere a length of Fresh Fig 1/2″ Finely Woven Ribbon to the Crumb Cake panel.  I wrapped some Linen Thread around it a couple of times, securing it in the back with Fast Fuse.  Then I popped it over the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I used some of the pretty leaves and flowers die cuts from the kit and adhered them with Liquid Glue.  The wooden elements are part of the special gift included in this 5th Anniversary Edition kit.  They’re plain wood on one side and white on the other!

I adhered a couple of flowers – wood side up – and a couple of leaves – white side up – with Liquid Glue.

I decided to use the little wooden banner/label for my May Good Things Grow sentiment and I stamped it in Early Espresso.  I really love this sentiment, don’t you?!?  Then, I tied a little Linen Thread bow around the end.

Before sticking the sentiment on, I wound some loops of Linen Thread and adhered them to the card front with a Glue Dot.  Then I added the sentiment with Liquid Glue and a Stampin’ Dimensional.

A few Pearl Basic Jewels were all that was needed to finish the card front!

On the inside, I embossed the bottom of a Whisper White panel in the Petal Pair TIEF and adhered it to a Powder Pink mat.  Then I wrapped more of the Fresh Fig 1/2″ Finely Woven Ribbon around the panel, securing it with Fast Fuse.

I Fast Fuse’d the panel into the Early Espresso card base and the card was done!

My Whisper White Medium Envelope got a few flowers from the May Good Things Grow stamp set in Powder Pink and Early Espresso on the front.  I stamped the Powder Pink flower first, made a quick sticky note mask to cover it, and added the two Early Espresso flowers…

…and I embossed the envelope flap in the Petal Pair TIEF.

Et Voila!  I’ll for sure be making the note cards that are part of the kit – the matching envelopes are way too pretty not to be used!  But – I think it’s fun to think outside the…box…and get creative with the elements in the kit, don’t you?  Hope you like!

There’s still time to get in on the Paper Pumpkin 50% off Subscription Special, y’all!  Scroll on down for the info and links to get signed up!

TTFN

Mary  

HOST CODE FOR 16 MAR – 31 MAR: YXMXKAF4

Use this host code when you order and receive a free gift from me! But, if your order is over $150, please don’t use this code (you’ll miss out on your own Stampin’ Rewards if you use it) but you’ll still get the free gift. The free gift is your choice of any item valued up to $10.00 from the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog or the 2017 Holiday Catalog! And – you can even select one of the Host-exclusive sets! See my Rewards page for more details.

Sale-A-Bration Freebies From the Annual Catalog!

Now we’ve got goodies from the Annual Catalog that you can select for your free gifts during Sale-A-Bration in addition to the goodies in the previous flyers!  Check out the flyer – you could get the beautiful Sweet Soiree Framelits or the wondrous Petals & More Thinlits (hint: the March Tutorial – which you’ll get for FREE when you place a $50 or more order!! – just so happens to use the Petal Palette bundle!!).

Here’s the only catch – The item numbers from the flyer must be used in order for the products to be redeemed as Sale-A-Bration items. The items have different numbers in the catalog that do not mark the item as part of Sale-A-Bration.  Click the picture below to get it to human-size!

Happy Shopping!

Paper Pumpkin Subscription Special!

Stampin’ Up! is offering new subscribers 50% off their first 2 months with the Creativity Starts with Paper Pumpkin promotion when you sign up by May 10!  You get an amazing subscription price for two straight months!  Just add promo code SAVEFIFTY0418 at checkout in my Paper Pumpkin store!

Here are the details:

• Promotion is for new subscribers only
• Offer is available 11 March – 10 May 2018
• Offer runs for 2 months
• Use code SAVEFIFTY0418 at checkout
• Discount is applied to one kit per month for the first two month of a new subscription.
  • How it works: A new customer can subscribe during April’s subscription period from March 11–April 10 or May’s subscription period from April 11–May 10 and receive the discount. If a new customer subscribes during April’s subscription period they will receive 50% off their subscription when billed in April and May. If a new subscriber subscribes during May’s subscription period they will receive 50% off their subscription when billed in May and June. If a customer suspends during their 2-month discount period, they will receive their discount during the first 2 months in which they reactivate.
• Does not apply to prepaid codes

Now’s a great time to subscribe if you haven’t tried Paper Pumpkin yet! Click here to head over to start your subscription now!