I was quite excited when I got the January 2016 Paper Pumpkin kit. It is called Cute Conversations and has an adorable stamp set with sayings and a font like on the little sweetheart candies! And a bunch of heart, some sequins, and some Minta Macaron twine, I had visions on Valentine treat holders dancing in my head :)
You can watch this video to see all of the goodies that came in this kit. Check out more information on Paper Pumpkin at the end of this post.
Here are just a few of the ones I created. Don't worry, this post is quite photo heavy, and you will get to see them all :)
I did discover that the retired Hearts framelits coordinate perfectly with these hearts, and I was able to cut out a bunch of the scalloped heart to use as the back of these heart pockets.
I heat embossed words and hearts in Gold and Silver embossing powders, cut out the scalloped hearts in Thick Whisper White, Kraft, Vellum, and some gold vellum I had in my stash.
Then I used a ruler and my bone folder to crease the tops of the hearts and folded them down.
I used my sewing machine to first stitch the flaps down and attach the banners.
Next I stitched the patterned paper hearts to the scalloped hearts to form a pocket.
Then I stamped the rest of the sentiments in Versafine Onyx Black.
I also stapled the sequin trim (don't you love that Watermelon sequin trim?!) and the Mint Macaron twine using a mini-stapler.
I did glue a few lose sequins to one of the pockets, but decided that I had put enough work into this set of 30 treat pockets :)
Here is a close up of one of the vellum pockets. Isn't is sweet and delicate looking? But we all know that vellum is tougher than it looks, so this pocket will hold up to stuffing just fine :)
These are the Watermelon Wonder hearts. As you can see, I did some with mostly the stripes showing, and some with mostly the solid showing. I think the stripes are just a titch more fun looking :) Here are a few of the gold vellum scallop hearts, so very pretty in real life.
Blushing Bride is my closest guess for the color of these hearts. So stinkin' cute!! I like the stripes and the solids equally with these.
Dark Mint Macaron? That's what I am calling this color. I think the Kraft was a little dark for this group, but maybe only when you see it next to the white ones. Maybe?
Light Mint Macaron we'll call this one. I am really partial to the more pastel of these hearts. Not that I don't like the other ones, mind you.
Smoky Slate, I think. And who would have thought that gray could be a Valentine's color? Not me, until I saw this!
And the light Smoky Slate. It is such a light grey that the solid side was nearly the same color as the white cardstock, so I stuck with the striped side showing.
One more, with just a few hanging. These will probably go to my work to be hung up, then given to my co-workers. I will save a few to give to my family though :)
So what do you think? Are you ready to make your own?
If you don't already have a subscription to Paper Pumpkin, now is a great time to try it out, and there is a special going on during Sale-A-Bration. Check out this video telling you all about it!
If you would like to purchase a Cute Conversations kit of your own, become an active member of Paper Pumpkin and you will be able to purchase this kit, while supplies last. There are several of the past kits currently available. Just click on the image below, and it will take you right to me store.
Contact me with any questions regarding Paper Pumpkin, I will be happy to help :) boser@paulbunyan.net
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Happy New Year Everyone!! We thought we would start the year out with a bang, you know-show you lots of fun stuff you can earn for free :) That other most wonderful time of the year is about to begin. Sale-A-Bration!!!The stampinaddicts.com ladies and I are ready to enable your shopping spree help you figure out which SAB items you just have to have!
If you are following along in order, you have just arrived from Heidi Baks' blog where she featured Sky is the Limit, and did so quite well!
I am featuring on of the Limited Time Sale-A-Bration sets, Hello. That means that this set is only available January 5th-Feb 15th, 2016.
For my first creation, I did some heat embossing with clear and Crushed Curry embossing powder. The Crushed Curry is retired, but last I looked, it was still on the clearance rack ;) Then I washed on 3 colors of Yellow, with the darkest int he center, using my Aqua-painter. Dried it with my heat tool, sprinkled some water on it and dabbed it off to create lighter droplets. Then I stitched it to a mat of Gold Foil cardstock and adhered it to the Thick Whisper White card base. I stamped the inside real cute but forgot to take a picture. I will try to do that in the morning when there is better light :)
Next we have a card and Baker's Box combo with Cherry On Top DSP and the Botanical Gardens designer vellum stack! More embossing, this time on vellum with gold, silver, and clear embossing powders. I stamped the "birthday girl" sentiment with Early Espresso ink, then sprinkled it with clear embossing powder. Instant Early Espresso embossing! I actually have Early Espresso embossing powder that is retired, but I thought I would try to stick to current product. I tried to do the same thing with the smiley face, but I got an incomplete image. So I stamped it on some white cardstock along with the hat in Versamark and gold embossing powder, then cut the smiley out with the Circles dies and fussy cut the hat. The vellum is actually adhered under the DSP. AND this is a 5x7" card to use at work when everybody needs room to sign it :)
For the box, I adhered the strip of DSP to the Kraft paper before i die cut it so all the scoring would be on all the layers. I also stamped the birthday girl sentiment in Crumb cake all over the cardstock above the DSP. Hello is gold heat embossed again and birthday girl is stamped below it in Early Espresso.
And last but not least, here is the third set of creations I made for this hop. I made all of this between 11pm and 1:30am before the hop, lol! Nothing like procrastination to get me moving! I was thumbing through the new Going Places DSP in the Occasions Mini, and thought this would make the perfect card for a big "boy". I love using vellum to add a sentiment, and I had a little ah-ha! moment when I thought to stitch the DSP and vellum around the Square Pillow Box! I also used the new World Traveler embossing folder on the pillow box. Love that too! All of the stamping is heat embossed, hello in silver, birthday boy in gold, and the hat is stamped with Tip Top Taupe then clear embossed. I had to resist the urge to pull out my retired To & From stamp for the tag, and I just was not up to searching out a current one- that will have to wait for later.
That's all for me! If you started this hop somewhere in the middle, then you will want to hop to the first stop in the hop, the lovely Mickey Roberts where she is featuring Botanicals for You!
