Hey all just a friendly reminder if you are interested in joining the Paper Pumpkin Club fun, sign up before March 10th. I don’t want you to miss out on the extra stamp set this month.
From the hands and hearts of our in-house artisans to you—our fellow crafters and creators—comes this month’s breathtaking kit. The Beyond the Horizon Paper Pumpkin Kit includes watercolor prints and designs inspired by the beautiful nature around us to create nine cards and coordinating envelopes. And paper pieces that perfectly coordinate with the New Horizons Suite Collection in the January–June 2022 Mini Catalog.
Check out the videos below to see the January and February Paper Pumpkin Kits!
Don’t forget the FREE stamp set inside (yes—that’s two stamp sets in one kit!) as our way of saying THANK YOU to all of our wonderful Paper Pumpkin subscribers, so if you are not a subscriber, now is the time. With all these marvelous materials and more, I can’t wait to see how you take this kit far beyond the horizon!
Hello my friends, I am excited to share with you our Make it Monday video tutorial on how to get the most out of your Stampin’ Up! punches. This week I will share with you three techniques and three cards using the Everyday Label punch and the Fancy Me Label punch from the 2021-2022 annual catalog! Enjoy!
The season of Lent is a time for us to change our hearts, make a path for Jesus in all our ways and focus our minds on living and loving more like Christ. However, as you know whenever we grow closer to the Lord, the Satan is always on our back just waiting to use our weakness against us and tempt us.
This is why now more than ever we need to commit ourselves to silent personal pray and to read and reflect on Scripture. Jesus was led to the desert by the Holy Spirit where the Father was waiting to strengthen Him and unite with Him in a deeply personal way.
We see in today’s gospel that Jesus was tempted three times by the devil in the same way Adam and Eve were tempted in the garden of Eve (Genesis 3:1-6). The devil strives to tempt all of us through pleasure, power, and pride. Jesus, after being strengthened in the desert was ready to completely surrender to the love and mercy of His Father. Praise God for that because He saved us! But we can spit it the devil’s face, by our loving offering of prayer, fasting and giving to the poor.
Sure we feel weak sometimes and our sinfulness can easily cause us to turn away from Jesus, but that is precisely what the devil is hoping will happen. So this Lent let us allow the Scriptures of each day to strengthen us to overcome our personal temptations.
Remember, Lent is much more about what God wants to do for us and how we allow God’s grace to work within us. Be strong my friends and let us pray together: “Lord, strengthen me through your word this Lent.”
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
I am totally loving the angled look on our cards lately, but what I love even more is uses my scrap pieces of designer series paper to create fun cards. I love our 6 x 6 paper and now I love it even more because super easy card was created with the left over pieces from a previous project.
I had several 2 x 5 ½ pieces of designer series paper left and I simply cut them in half on the diagonal. This time I cut corner to corner as opposed to the off set angled cards we created last week. I started with a Flirty Flamingo card base and added my scrap pieces of designer series paper to a 3¾ x 4¼ panel of Basic Black cardstock. I did trim my angled pieces just a bit to fit the Black cardstock.
I added a greeting using Memento Black ink and then a few simple Matte Black dots for some added dimension. I guess this is what you call clean and simple stamping – Stamps, Ink, Paper and Embellishment. #simplestamping
I would love to see your simply simple creations. Give it a try, it is a lot of fun!
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Wake up to Wednesday and these adorable Turtle Friends. Well, they look like they are a bit more than just friends. Don’t they: Oh but they are so cute and this bundle is available in the 2022 Annual Catalog (AC), at least for now. It is already March and soon some of the stamp sets in the AC will retire. That normally does not happen until June, but this year, we will say good-bye at the end of April. Stay tuned to see which ones will be retiring. I will let you know when the list is published!
Speaking of March, yesterday I totally forgot to announce the winner of our February monthly drawing, and the winner is Dolores Landfair. Congratulations Dolores and thank you for your February order. You have won a package of the Pastel Pearls!
What is the March give away you ask? Well how about a pack of Basic Jewel Rhinestones. How do I enter the drawing you ask? Easy, just place a $50 online order using the March Host Code ARG9T366 and your name will go into the drawing. Be sure that you are shopping with me and that you apply the March Host Code to qualify and I will enter your name in the drawing. Your name will be entered for each $50 order you place.
Today’s card begins with an Old Olive card base and yes, I am using some of the recently retired Daffodil Afternoon Designer Series Paper. I hope you had a chance to grab yourself a pack last month. I had a few scrap lying around and just could not help myself. I have a feeling you will be seeing a few more cards with some of the retired papers. If you don’t have this particular paper, I am sure you can find something that will work in your crafting stash, but if not may I recommend the Bloom Where You Are Planted or the Beauty of the Earth paper pack. Both are excellent choices.
I used the Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine and the Hammered Metal Embossing Folder to create a bit of texture on the Very Vanilla panel before attaching the designer series papers strip. The greeting is stamped in Evening Evergreen. The turtles are stamped with Memento Black ink and I alternated the shell colors with Old Olive and Evening Evergreen ink.
Project Supplies and Measurements
Old Olive CS- 5½ x 8½ (card base)
Very Vanilla CS-4 x 5¼ (2), 3/8 x2¾, 1-1/8 x 4½
Evening Evergreen CS-1¼ x 4¾
Daffodil Afternoon DSP- 2 x 5¼
Turtle and Friends Bundle
Hammered Metal Embossing Folder
Stampin’ Cut n Emboss Machine
Old Olive Ink
Evening Evergreen Ink
Memento Black Ink
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive or Liquid Glue
It really did create a fun card. I love the Very Vanilla textured panel, it seems to fit will with the turtles. Add a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock panel to the inside and decorate as desired. I also think these adorable turtles would look great on the outside of your envelope.
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
