Mar 2 2016

February 2016 Paper Pumpkin – Hello Sunshine!!!

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Laura's Stamp Pad

I love Paper Pumpkin for so many reasons – the excitement and surprise, the put together kit that I don’t have to plan to create, and the simple and fabulous projects!!! You all know I LOVE flowers so I was super pumped when I opened this. (I even have a tag for Flowers here on my blog!) You can see all of my excitement about this kit in this video!

These cards were probably my favorite because I love all of the purple flowers. I did mix up the items a bit and added one of the orange flowers and one of the gold squiggles to this style. Simple and amazing!!!

These were super fun and I mix and matched the items for these cards with the splatter background and the triangle background. You can’t really see the backgrounds very much in these photos though.

All of the flowers has adhesive on the back so it was really simple to create these cards. The kit came with a HUGE sheet of adhesive dots that I used for the sequins. I actually added the greeting banners to the cards with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I couldn’t help myself.

Here is another angle so you can see the gold bling!

Of course the kits always has tons of extra goodies so I created these 3 cards with my own cardstock. You can see there are still tons of greeting banners, adhesive dots and sequins left. Some of the flowers on these cards I punched out from the flower sheets in the leftover corners. Twelve cards from one kit is super fabulous!!!

Paper Pumpkin turns 3 years old in March and Stampin’ Up! is celebrating! Be sure to get signed up before March 10th to get your Birthday Celebration March Paper Pumpkin Kit! Click here to sign up! Don’t forget about the Pre-Paid Subscriptions as well. Starting at the 3 month, you will earn Sale-A-Bration items!!! WOOT WOOT!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Feb 4 2016

Cute Conversations Paper Pumpkin Kit!!!

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Laura's Stamp Pad

The January 2016 Paper Pumpkin Kit arrived and as always I was super excited to rip it open. You can check out my excitement here! It is called Cute Conversations and after playing with it, I totally get it. They are little conversation hearts. I love it! I will admit though when I first opened it and saw the banner and treat bags, I was a little skeptical. I didn’t really want to create a banner that would only be up for a week or two and I only needed a few treats….or so I thought. I started to play with the kit and create the treats like the instructions where you adhere two hearts together.

I didn’t really like the way they turned out. The opening was really small and the treats weren’t staying in. Also, if you put a few kisses in there, they will be spilling all over. So I put the candy in some cellophane bags, used the Mint Macaron Baker’s Twine to tie them up and added them to the hearts.

I needed treats for all of my nieces and nephews so I started with those. I put the candy into a Cellophane Bag. I stamped on the conversation heart with the stamps and Watermelon Wonder ink. I adhered the heart to the front of the bag and clipped a clothespin on with a little piece of sequins. On the little banners, I stamped To/From and wrote their names. I added adhesive to the back of it and adhered it to the left side. I love how they turned out!! I had so much fun making these, I made a few more that say You’re Sweet so I could pass them out to random people at the Post Office, Bank, Store and other places I go to. Why not share a little love?? 🙂

I had lots of the little banners left over and still some candy that I had to get packaged up before I ate it all. I wrapped the little banner on a cellophane bag and tied some ribbon on the top. Super cute and simple!!!

I wanted to create a few cards as well to send out for Valentine’s Day so here are my Conversation Heart Cards. I just added a few hearts and stamped. I added some of the loose sequins to the card with the Fine Tip Glue Pen! They are super cute and I love how they turned out. I still have some banner left and tons of ribbon and sequins. I love how these kits come with so much goodie!

If you would like to sign up for Paper Pumpkin and get the February Kit, be sure to do so before the 10th!!! Click here to sign up now! I can’t wait to see what it is. You can also purchase a Pre-Paid Subscription for 1,3,6, and 12 months. Starting at 3 months, you can earn Sale-A-Bration goodies! Woot Woot!

Can’t wait to see the February Kit!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Dec 31 2015

December 2015 Paper Pumpkin Kit!!!

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

December Paper Pumpkin 2015, www.LaurasStampPad.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR’S EVE!!!!! Here is to a great 2016!!! I thought I would share the December 2015 Paper Pumpkin Kit with you today since it is called One Great Year!!! Now you might be a little surprised as the photo above because this is the December Paper Pumpkin Kit on my Facebook Page…..

December PP for FB, www.LaurasStampPad.com

While I thought this little desk calendar was adorable (check that out here), I just don’t have a need for a desk calendar and so I thought I would create the kit into cards! I was able to get 15 greeting cards out of this kit with all of the supplies. I used my own cardstock for the card bases and an all occasion stamp set but the rest is all from the kit!!!

2016 Desk Calendar Kit, www.LaurasStampPad.com

Here are all of the goodies – Soft Suede Ink Pad, Months Stamp Set which will be great for memory keeping and more, and lots of banners and decorated paper!!!

All Occasion Cards, www.LaurasStampPad.com

Here are a few of the cards I created. As you can see some of the cards look almost just like the calendar just without the month on there. I used the gold banners as banner and as strips of gold. I even used some of the calendar pieces on the inside of the cards to write on. I used Lost Lagoon, Blackberry Bliss, and Hello Honey for the card bases and since Blackberry Bliss is so dark, I wanted to place a piece inside to write the greeting on. It worked out perfectly!!! I greetings came from the Tin of Cards Stamp Set and Crazy About You Stamp Set.

Craft Kit, www.LaurasStampPad.com

As you can see I used the backs of the calendars for greetings and such. I used the banners and flowers as decorations. I was able to create 15 total cards from this kit AND I still had Stampin’ Dimensionals, ribbon, and some gold banners left over. Plus, I have the ink pad and stamp set to use for other projects too! I love Paper Pumpkin!!!

If you would like to try out Paper Pumpkin, you can do so by clicking here. You can subscribe for 1 month or endless months! Just cancel or skip a month any time you would like! It is just $19.95 plus tax each month! The stamps and ink alone are worth that much! Click here to get signed up before January 10th so you can join in the fun! If you would like to see some of the past kits, click here!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Dec 2 2015

November 2015 Paper Pumpkin!!!

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

I know I probably sound like a broken record but I loved the November Paper Pumpkin! The Cherry Cobbler Pearls are AMAZING!!! I love how the kit included images (holly and mistletoe) that weren’t really in any of the stamp sets in the Holiday Mini Catalog! This means that these cards are totally different than all of the others I have created! AND if you don’t need Holiday Cards you could always make some great masculine cards with the Old Olive stripes and Crumb Cake card bases!

This kit came with 10 total cards – 5 Old Olive Stripes which I have pictured above! I decided not to do the cards exactly like the instructions. I mixed it up a little doing some side ways and both styles on the stripes! I preferred my holly berries to be clustered in groups of 3 rather than randomly placed as well! I used my Sponge Daubers on a few to accent the edges with a little bit of color too!

Here are the 5 Crumb Cake Cards! You can see I mixed them up in style as well! I used the backside of some of the squares for a stamped greeting rather than the patterned paper! It was so much fun! Also, aren’t those envelopes to die for??? LOVE THEM!!!

Here are a few up close looks at some of the styles!!!

After making the 10 cards, I had so many extra pieces that I was able to make these 4 cards as well! I cute 2 pieces of Whisper White cardstock in half. I added in a little bit of Merry Moments Designer Series Paper as well!

I can’t wait to see what the December Kit is going to be! I love the surprise of it all and the fact that it is wrapped all in tissue paper like a present. You can see my excitement opening the November Kit here! Be sure to Subscribe to my YouTube so that you don’t miss out on the December Reveal and other fabulous techniques! To sign up for your December Kit, click here!

Paper Pumpkin makes a great gift as well to those who are crafty and those that aren’t! All you need is scissors so no worries on wondering if the person will have the supplies to make the kit! Click here to purchase a Pre-Paid Subscription!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Nov 9 2015

Polka Dots & Penguins!!!

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

I have been having lots of fun with this little penguin! I have really loved him more than the snowmen which I’m kind of surprised! All of them from the Snow Place Stamp Set are all just so cute! You can get the coordinating Snow Friends Framelits as well. Purchase them together and you will save 15%! I did everything on this card on one layer because I was going for a simple look!

I started with a Cherry Cobbler card base and added a piece of Merry Moments Designer Series Paper Stack measuring 4″ x 5-1/4″! There are 24 pieces of this design in the stack so that makes making multiples much easier! I stamped the penguin from the Snow Place Stamp Set in Basic Black and colored in his feet and beak with a Pumpkin Pie marker! I stamped the little bow tie in Real Red. I used the Circle Framelits to cut out the penguin and create the Old Olive layer! I added this piece to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals as well as the greeting! The greeting was from the November 2014 Paper Pumpkin Kit! I am doing a large class with lots of Holiday cards using many different sets so I dipped into a few of my Paper Pumpkin Stamps to make sure I had different greetings on each! The greeting was punched out with the Washi Label Punch! I brushed the edges with a Real Red Sponge Dauber to make it pop out more!

Which image do you prefer – the snowmen or the penguin?? Let me know in the comments below!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Nov 4 2015

October 2015 Paper Pumpkin!!!

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

This month’s Paper Pumpkin was soooo exciting!!! Not only was the box PINK but it was in support of Breast Cancer Awareness! Stampin’ Up donated $36,378 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation! Thank you to everyone who got the October Kit!!! Also, the stamp set is flowers and you know how I love flowers!!!

You can see the reveal of this kit in this video! The colors and flowers are so much fun and I didn’t even get to color them in! I will be playing with this stamp set a lot!!!

Here are all 9 of the cards that the kit creates! I really loved the colors and was super impressed how the dark outline really made the flower and leaves POP! Check this out!

The Designer Paper looks amazing as is but then when you stamp the outline of the leaves and flowers using the Basic Gray Ink, wowza, they look amazing! I love it!!! Of course there is always tons of extras left in the kit so I created these cards!

I used Note Cards & Envelopes to create these cards! Cute and simple and a great way to use up the items! I still have the twine and some gold leaves left! There is also like a half a sheet of Stampin’ Dimensionals left! WOOT WOOT!

You can check out some of the past Paper Pumpkin Kit here! Be sure to sign up before November 10th to get the November Kit! I can’t wait to see what it is….I’m guessing it will be Holiday or Winter themed but we shall see! Click here to get signed up!

Would you like to check a few people off your Christmas List? Paper Pumpkin is a wonderful option for those who are crafty and/or would like to spend some quality time with someone each month whether it be your daughter, mother, grandmother, aunt or friend! You can purchase a 1,3,6 or 12 month Subscription! It fits every budget! Click here to get started!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Oct 9 2015

September 2015 Paper Pumpkin!!!

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Look at all of the fabulous goodies that came in the September Paper Pumpkin Kit! The theme is for sure fall with the kraft colored items and Cajun Craze Ink Spot!!! You can check out my excitement and reveal of this kit here! I couldn’t wait to bust into this kit and play with the stamp set! It is just so cute and perfect for all fall occasions with the leaves, acorn, pumpkin, witch’s hat, candy and greetings! I made a few of the treat bags into Hostess Gifts for my fall parties!

Some of these look a little oddly shaped because of the prize inside! 🙂 It was super simple to assemble these bags. The fringe already has adhesive on it and it was easy to wrap around the bag. I found that the raffia ribbon held better without and third hand when tying the bag. Some of the bags used just the Cajun Craze Thick Baker’s Twine and some used just the Raffia and some used both. I loved making the little tags. I used a few other ink colors – Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip, and Soft Suede (as well as the Cajun Craze). That little filigree image is super fabulous!

I made a few more with just candy in them for Trick or Treaters!!! Don’t worry about the size of these bags and thinking you need to really fill them. I found that these treat bags with less in them than the ones above turned out cuter!

Then since I didn’t really need a ton of treat bags, I would I would create a few cards. These 2 cards used 1 of the fringe piece with some still left over. I ran a piece of Tear & Tape Adhesive into 3 lines on a piece of Crumb Cake Cardstock. Then I took the fringe and laid it down, trimmed it off, laid it down on the one above, trimmed it off and so on. For the last set (top one) I just torn off the adhesive backing that was already on there and stuck it down! I used both the Baker’s Twine and Raffia on these cards and added the tags! Super cute but since I used one of the fringe piece, I had to do this…….

I just folded the bag down and stapled it on either side and then tied some ribbon around it. It’s so cute and little!!! I still had some tags left so I created this little note card!

This was super simple and I used up some small raffia pieces as well as one of the tags. This would be perfect for Thanksgiving! Even after all of these projects, I still had goodies left over! I love these kits!!!!

Don’t forget to sign up for the October PINK Box before the 10th!!!! Stampin’ Up will donate $1 for all current subscribers and $2 for all new subscribers to Breast Cancer Awareness!!!! I love supporting a good cause and enjoying some crafting time!!! Win Win! Click here to subscribe today!!!!

You can see more samples using this kit in alternative ways here!

Of course, it isn’t a Friday without the Weekly Deals as well!

Have a fabulous weekend!!! See you back here on Monday!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Sep 18 2015

Paper Pumpkin is going PINK!!!!

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Can you hear me squealing with delight???? Well I am!!! I want to order like 500 of these because this beautiful pink Paper Pumpkin box is AMAZING and it supports a great cause!!!! In October, Stampin’ Up is going Pink with their Paper Pumpkin box. For every current subscriber, Stampin’ Up is donating $1.00 to Breast Cancer Research. If you aren’t a subscriber and you sign up between NOW and October 10, Stampin’ Up! will donate $2.00!!!! Click here to get signed up now if you aren’t already a subscriber! Try it out for a month and support a great cause!

SPOILER ALERT: I have been told the inside project is not Pink but I’m okay with that! I’m still loving the August Kit which was Pink inside. Now we have Pink on the outside!!!! Eeeeeeee 🙂 Also, my September Paper Pumpkin should be arriving any day now! Stay tuned on my YouTube Channel to see when that happens!

Of course it isn’t a Friday without the Weekly Deals!!!! I’m sure you all know what I LOVE in this set – Butterflies Thinlits!!! Woot Woot! You can check out samples using these Thinlits here, here and here! I also love the Whisper White Satin Ribbon because it is super versatile. You can use it as is or you can die it with your re-inkers!!! Love it!!!

Don’t forget that you can order these Weekly Deals and Holiday Mini Catalog items online by clicking here! You will earn Laura’s Loyal Stampers Points as well!!!! Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Sep 7 2015

August Paper Pumpkin!!!

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Happy Labor Day!!!! No need to labor today because this fabulous kit does all the hard work for you!!!

From the moment I opened the August Paper Pumpkin Kit (video here), I was in love!!! Pink mixed with Black, Vanilla, and Gold is just amazing! The little gold foil ribbons on the card front. The adorable boxes with the flowers on top. The AMAZING stamp set with a beautiful font and perfect greetings. There is just so much fabulous-ness in one box and it’s awesome!!! For the tags, I stamped ALL OF THEM at one time. I just used the different images from the stamp set and did a little bit of everything. I love the With Sympathy greeting because it is a beautiful font and I was in need of a good Sympathy stamp. Thank you, Stampin’ Up!!! Stampin’ Up! must have known it was my Birthday month and hand-picked this amazing one for me! 🙂 After stamping all of the greetings, I went and had lunch to allow them to dry since it is Craft Ink. I came back and assembled the rest of the kit!!!

Here are the 3 boxes that come in the kit. As always the kits come with plenty of supplies….including ribbon….so I only followed the directions for one box and just wrapped it around. For another box, I wrapped it around and tied a knot. For the third box, I had enough leftover to tie a bow!!! Love it! The flowers were very simple to assemble and look stunning. I didn’t really complete these boxes since I am not sure how I will use them so I just placed the flower on top and the ribbon can be slid off.

Be still my heart. These light pink cards with gold foil ribbons on them are just to die for. I mixed up one of the banners and added a Vanilla banner to one of these and a pink banner to one of the other cards. Just wanted to mix it up a bit.

Simple and yet so elegant! I love it!!! Of course, there is still so much leftover from the kit as well…..besides the ink pad and stamp set. There were 3 tags left which I couldn’t seem to find the 3rd at picture time.

AND look at all of this fabulous pink paper!!!! I plan on keeping this to punch out some flower or something for a little extra flare to one of these cards or for another project!!!

So while I was making this kit, I thought this would be perfect for a Baby Girl Baby Shower!!! Use the cards for Invitations and the boxes as centerpieces/party favors or to hold the mints/nuts/silverware. Purchase refill kits (not available just yet but soon) for even more cards for Thank You Notes or any other piece of the event. I love it!!! You could always cut up the cards to use an a banner strip on a card. That would create more cards from just one kit. There are just so many fabulous ways to create amazing cards!!!

If you aren’t a Paper Pumpkin Subscriber, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? You missed out on this one but can purchase the refill kit once you are a subscriber. 🙂 BONUS!!! Also, if you sign up now (before September 10th), you can get your first 2 months at half price with the Promo Code: HALFOFF. That is an amazing steal. All of the items above plus a stamp set and ink pad for $9.98 plus tax. That’s a steal!!! try it out for 2 months and if you love it like me, keep going or you can cancel at any time! Click here to sign up!!

Can’t wait to share the excitement of the September Kit with you!!! Stay tuned and be sure to subscribe to my YouTube Channel where I will unbox and reveal it as soon as it arrives!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Aug 17 2015

July Paper Pumpkin!!!

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Laura's Stamp Pad

The July Paper Pumpkin Kit was super fabulous and so IN right now! Is it just me or are succulents and little potted plants like THEE THING right now? I feel like I see them everywhere in stores and my mom just created this little succulent garden that is just precious. So of course when I saw this kit, I thought it had my mom written all over it with the little plants and she drinks tea a lot!!! The little tea bag stamp is adorable…..although I was unsure how to use it since it goes inside the cup. Unless the cup is clear, where do you stamp it??? Let me know how you would use it in the comments below. I did stamp it once alongside the cup on the card above (top row, second from the left).

I love the bright green and orange with that subtle gray!! Super fabulous! Also, the texture is perfect with the notebook fringe and the Stampin’ Dimensionals on the cup and the ribbon and paper clip! Love it! The stamp set includes the cup, the 2 plants shown above, the tea bag, and a few greetings. It is very versatile and could be used again and again for lots of different card styles.

See this is how I used the little tea bag…..how would you use it??? Can’t wait to hear your ideas!!!

Don’t forget that there is still time for you to join Paper Pumpkin and get your September and October Kits at half off (regular $19.95). Click here to sign up and enter the Promo Code: HALFOFF to enjoy this deal!!!

I can’t wait to get the August Kit in the mail any day now!!! I will be doing the unboxing and reveal of that kit on my YouTube Channel!!! Stay Tuned!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

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