Valentine Paper Pumpkin?

It's that time of the month when you need to think about signing up for Paper Pumpkin!  Paper Pumpkin kits need to be ordered by the 10th of each month to get that month's kit, after that you would end up having to wait for the next months kit, and that would feel like an eternity waiting for your crafty fun! During Sale-a-Bration if you purchase a 3 month Prepaid subscription, you save $5.00 and get to choose a free item from the Sale-a-Bration catalog!  Prepaid subscriptions are easy and once the 3 months are over, your subscription ends, no need to do anything.  But, If you want to keep the fun coming, you can buy another 3 month subscription, or join the pay as you go monthly subscription.
I don't know what the kit will be for the month of January, but in the past the January kits have focused on a love theme.  Maybe kits for Valentine's or cards for any love in your life?

You could also go with the 12 month prepaid subscription, which gets you 12 months of fun AND saves you $2 a month, AND earns you FOUR FREE ITEMS from the Sale-a-Bration brochure.  Order by January 10th to get the January kit!






Order the 12 month prepaid subscription through me during Sale-a-Bration and get this cute scrap bin as a gift from me. 
This cute little scrap bin collapses for easy storage and is small enough to put out on your work space when crafting or working on your scrapbook.   It's great to take with you when your crafting on the go too! 



Click here to be taken to the prepaid subscription page! 
Contact me with any questions!

May Paper Pumpkin Sneak Peek

Hello everyone!!  I wanted to give you a sneak peek of next months My Paper Pumpkin kit!  This comes with a great stamp set that will compliment your collection.  The stamps all work with the word "happy" so that you can use the birthday as shown, but then there are a lot of other words to substitute as well, such as retirement, mother's day, father's day and more.  There are a couple different card designs with this fun laser cut top and a layer of tangerine tango underneath.  We were able to make one at the Stampin' Up! On Stage Live event earlier this month and they are really fun.
And did you see last months?!!?

We got this fun wreath kit and some extra pieces to make some fun chalkboard style tags.  The wreath was fun, no glue gun required this time, the greenery wraps around the base. 

Refills are available in the online store while supplies last.  The refills don't come with the stamps, so if you didn't get this kit, you can use another stamp on your sign piece.  You may have a Happy Spring or Happy Day or Welcome stamp in your stash.  Or maybe put a photo in the frame?  If you would like one of these adorable little wreaths just let me know!
But wait, there's more!
There are going to be some left over leaf strips.  Plenty actually.  Stampin' Up! has given us some ideas on what to make with those leaves. Check it out...

Look at these super cute cactuses, cacti? which is correct, I don't remember (haven't had my coffee yet!)

Really fun stuff!!  And I am sure that there is going to be a lot of other fun projects on the Pinterest page as people start using their kits!!  https://www.pinterest.com/paperpumpkin/
Go to the Stampin' Up! Pinterest page to see what else you can create with each months kits.  Not a subscriber?  WHAT!?!?  just kidding!  but really, you should think about it.  The kits have been getting better and better. Go to the Pinterest page and check out the kits for the past months!  You may want to buy some refills and make some of those really great projects!  https://www.pinterest.com/paperpumpkin/

Extra Stamp set in My Paper Pumpkin April Kit!

Hello everyone!  I just wanted to make sure you were aware of the FREE stamp set that will be included in the April My Paper Pumpkin kit!   This is in ADDITION to the stamp set that will come as part of the kit, so that's two stamp sets!  Stampin' Up! is celebrating selling ONE MILLION kits! I have really been loving the stamp sets in the Paper Pumpkin kits, especially all the sentiments.  They really add to your stamp collection by adding more selection and versatility.  Recently we got a Graduation stamp, a category I was lacking. Check out these videos to see some recent kits.

and this thank you video from our CEO Sara Douglas

contact me with any questions you may have!

January My Paper Pumpkin

My January My Paper Pumpkin came yesterday and I was so happy because I saw it online at another demo's blog and was excited to make the garland shown here.  This is what I will be doing this weekend with my daughter! Fun!





Check out the video below to see how it comes together. 

Wish you were a My Paper Pumpkin subscriber?  Its easy.  You can join as a monthly subscriber by clicking on the My Paper Pumpkin button on the right in my blog sidebar.  Or, even better for right now, buy a pre-paid 3 month subscription at my Stampin' Up Online store, and choose a free product from the Sale-A-Bration catalog!!  Click here to get to the Paper Pumpkin section at the online store.

Contact me is you have any questions, or if you are one of my monthly subscribers, contact me so I can show you how to get your free Sale-A-Bration choice too!  

Paper Pumpin and Sale-A-Bration = Free products!

Hello my blog friends!  Stampin' Up's annual special "Sale-A-Bration" starts of January 5th, tomorrow!!  During Sale-A-Bration a new special catalog is released full of limited time products.  With each $50 you spend, you can choose one item from the special catalog.  Stampin' Up! is making having a My Paper Pumpkin subscription even sweeter during Sale-a-Bration!  If you purchase a pre-paid 3 month subscription during Sale-A-Bration (specially priced at this time for $55) you can choose a free item from the Sale-A-Bration catalog!  Kick it up even higher and buy a pre-paid 12 month subscription and get 4 free items.  If you already  have a month to month subscription, that's OK, prepay for a 3 or 12 month and your monthly payments will stop during that pre-paid period. 

Don't forget to check back tomorrow when the new Sale-A-Bration catalog goes live and you can see all the great  offerings!!  And the new Occasions catalog will go live tomorrow too! I know you are going to love a lot of what that has to offer! 

Wish you could save even more?  Join!  becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator is easy and you can do as much or as little as you want to make it a business or a hobby. 
It costs $99 to join and you can choose what items to buy in your starter kit.  Normally you choose $125 in products for $99 but during Sale-A-Bration you can choose $155 worth of products! That's $30 more, and the starter kit ships FREE.    Once you are a demonstrator you get 20% off all your purchases.  You can be your own best customer or you can start to find new customers and make a small or large business for yourself.  As your business grows, your perks grow too with a bigger discount and earning bonuses and products.  You can drop your demonstratorship at any time.
That is a lot to digest for today!  If you have any questions please feel free to ask and don't forget to come back tomorrow, I will have all the links to the new catalogs!  Would you like a catalog?  contact me today!

November My Paper Pumpkin ~ Mistletoe and Holly

I got my November My Paper Pumpkin today and it is so pretty!  I love it! It is called Mistletoe and Holly and contains supplies for 10 cards.

Here is what you get.  And I want to point out that Stampin' Up! says that you just need to add your favorite adhesive and you are good to go, but I have not had to break out any of my own adhesive to put the kits together in a long time.  and I always have left over dimentionals and glue dots.

Here is a close up of the stamp set.  Very nice, perfect addition to my stamp stash.  You also get a Cherry Cobbler ink stamp spot.


















The cards are really pretty, I love the colors and the cute "berries".

The Mistletoe card is really nice to, with pearls for berries.  And do you see the fun envelopes?  The outside is Cherry Cobbler and the inside has a fun pattern.

















Do you get My Paper Pumpkin?  Wish you did?  Click the My Paper Pumpkin tab to the right of my post and join.  Build up a get collection of stamps and ink, and make cute projects each month.  As a subscriber, you can also get past kit refills so that you can make more of the same projects, or make alternate projects with the supplies.  There is a whole Pinterest Page devoted to sharing other things you can do with your kits!  You can cancel at any time. What's there to lose?  There are two ways to join.  Pay month to month with a subscription, charged as you go.  Or, prepay for 1,3, 6 or 12 months and not get charged again until it runs out and you can choose to then just be done, or pre-pay again. 

Already get Paper Pumpkin?  Go to the Pinterest page to see what others are making with their kits!  See any you wish you could do, go to the Stampin' Up! store and see if there are refills or kits still available.   Check out these I found on Pinterest...

Both made with last Octobers kit, which has refills available, and lucky me I had three of the boxes left over so I now know what I am going to do with them! 
Check out what other past kits are available here.  








Thanks for stopping by!! Please feel free to contact me with any questions!  

Past Paper Pumpkins!

Hello my Stampin' Friends!  I wanted to let you know that Stampin' Up! has released some more Past Paper Pumpkin kits!!   If you are a Paper Pumpkin Subscriber you can purchase past kits and refills while supplies last!  Did you miss the "Thanks a Latte" kit?  well lucky you it has just been added!  And with Christmas right around the corner you may want to grab up the Simply Snowflake kit, it made 8 cards and 8 tags!! 
Wish you were a Paper Pumpkin Subscriber?  Just click the link on the right of my blog! 
Any Questions?  Just ask, I am happy to help!

Fall treat bags from My Paper Pumpkin!

I love love love this months My Paper Pumpkin kit!  This kit makes 8 treat holders just perfect for all.   So cute!  I put one together right away and it was fun and easy.  I will have to get some yummy treats, maybe caramels or one of the fall flavors of Hersey kisses I have seen in the stores, before I make up the rest because you sort of need to try it closed and I don't want to tie and untie them until I have my candy.  These will be really fun for teacher thank yous before the thanksgiving break, or I can use the more Halloweenish stamps and make a bunch up for the kids on my block.  One of the perks of being a My Paper Pumkin subscriber is that you can purchase past kits or refills while supplies last, and I added another one of these to my last order.  The refill packs are just $8.00, so that is only $1.00 per treat bag!

 

  I put the treat bag next to my Witch's hat!  I made those fun framed silhouettes last year.

If you have any questions about My Paper Pumpkin subscriptions, please feel free to contact me! 

Last Day to get 50% off two months of My Paper Pumpkin

Today is the last day to sign up for 50% off your first two months of My Paper Pumpkin! 
My Paper Pumpkin is a fun monthly subscription that has everything you need to create a fun new project each month.  You get a new stamp set and a new ink spot color each week, as well as supplies to make cards or treat holders or other fun things.  The projects are different each month.  And, as a My Paper Pumpkin subscriber you can also buy past kits and refills while they last.
Here are some examples of past kits...

This fun Valentines kit made 24 treat bags!  It has a really great stamp set too! and a Real Red ink spot.

This kit made 8 Christmas cards and 8 gift tags! The stamp set featured snowflakes and a great inside of the card sentiment, as well as a Lost Lagoon ink spot.

This kit made 9 shaker cards! It came with a great stamp set for multiple occasions,  as well as a smokey slate ink spot.

This kit made 6 small treat boxes and 6 cards. It came with fun stamps to use with the word wish.  There were large die cut letters for the word wish, and then you added the rest, like "you were here" or " make a".  There was also a stamp wish for when you run out of die cuts on later projects and a happy and thanks.
The ink spot was Blackberry Bliss. 

My Paper Pumpkin is $19.95 (that even includes shipping!) in the USA and you get 50% off your first two months if you join today.  This deal is for new subscriptions only.
Use the word HALFOFF in the promo code box.  Click here to sign up!

June My Paper Pumpkin

Hello Everyone!  Today I wanted so share what came with the My Paper Pumpkin kit for June.  These cards are super cute, don't you think?
The kit makes 4 of each and comes with a NEW color ink spot Tip-Top Taupe.  I love ink spots, they are small but mighty.  If I am going to a friends house to do some scrapbooking or if I go to one of those big crop nights, spots are a great way to go because they are so portable.  Stampin' Up! used to sell the spots in all of the Stampin' Up! colors but stopped a couple of years back so I am always super happy when I get a new color ink spot.  Last month we got crushed curry and Pacific Point, both added after the spots were discontinued so I was happy about those too!  Each month you also get a stamp set and this months set is adorable. 

I always make the kits half as is and half I change things up a bit, but this time the only thing I changed was the sentiment.  I always need thank you cards and so I turned some into thank you cards with some other stamps I had in my stash. I liked the card design as is so I left that along.

I think the liners for the envelopes are so cute!
Why didn't I buy that die cut again? Hmm, I may rethink that.  It was on a weekly deal a while back and I should have gotten it.  For sure next time.

This card is a non traditional shape and very fun.

I needed a baby boy card, so I used a stamp from the "Say Something" stamp set for a couple of the cards.

Inside.

I keep my "My Paper Pumpkin" stamps in one of the Stamp cases, sold in sets of three by Stampin' Up!

Stampin' Up! has designed an insert for the cases. http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/Paper_Pumpkin_Insert_Wood_Case.pdf

I keep my Stampin' Spots in a case too.













Paper Pumpkin subscribers have access to past kit refills and full past kits while they are available. 

Feel free to contact me with any questions about My Paper Pumpkin. 

My Paper Pumpkin 2 month 50% off Special

Stampin' Up! is having a special 50 % off your first two months with a new subscription to My Paper Pumpkin.  Click on the link at the left to go to my My Paper Pumpkin site to sign up.  You will need to use the promo code SAVE50 to get the savings. You need to join by June 10th to get the deal.   After the first two months you subscription will go back up to the regular $19.95 price.  You can cancel at any time by the 10th of the month.
Here is what we got last month, to give you an idea of the kits...

The kit made 4 of the gift bags and 6 cards with envelopes.

 There was also a fun Birthday stamp set, always useful.


With My Paper Pumpkin you will add to your stamp library and get some new ink spot colors too.  And as a My Paper Pumpkin subscriber you can also buy past kits or past kit refills, another perk just for subscribers.  There was a really fun Valentine kit and fun snowflake kit that I bought refills for.  There is also a Pinterest page to show you other ways to use the pieces of the kits to make alternate projects.  Check it our here.




Here is a picture of some of the past stamp sets.  You will be adding to your collection of stamps for all occasions.  We have gotten Halloween and valentines day, father and mother's day, Christmas and birthday's, and some great backgrounds and images.  It's really worth checking out the Pinterest page to see what other uses you can use the sets for, and to get ideas.  There may be some sets you really love and if so, check out the "Past Kits" that are available only to My Paper Pumpkin subscribers, you may want to grab some past kits before they are gone.  There is a great kit called "Wishing you" that comes with a ton of cards and little boxes.  The snowflake shaped card is really a fun kit too.





Please let me know if you have any questions!  I am happy to help!
Here is the video of this months kit, each month has a video.