Gift Bags

This is great idea to do after after all the shopping everyone did this past weekend.  I have taken a bag from Sephora and decorated it to use a gift bag. Sephora is one of my favorite stores and I liked the black bag.  I did this more for a birthday because of the designer paper I chose.  To make it a Christmas bag, all you'd have to do is use Christmas designer paper.  I cut the designer paper in 3" squares.  I used the flower from the Sunshine Wishes Thinlit as the bow.  I cut a strip 1/4" x 3" for the ribbon.  Thank you Patty Bennett for the idea.

Here is the recipe:
Pop of Pink Specialty Designer Paper (#141648)
Gold Foil Sheets (#132622)
Sunshine Wishes Thinlits (#141489)

Thank you for visiting today.  Have a blessed day.  Please leave a comment on your bag you can make as a gift bag, what designer paper you would us.  This would help give ideas to everyone.

Cookie Cutter Christmas Card

I have a fun Christmas card to share with you today.  Great to give to all the bakers you know with your friends and family.  It is a fun and easy card to create.  
To create the handles for the baking pan, I punched out two circles (34" punch) on the smoky slate card stock.  Then I put the silver foil paper over it and you don't see the holes.



The recipe:
Cookie Cutter Christmas Bundle (#143493)
Real Red (#102482), Chocolate Chip (#102218), Smoky Slate (#131202) and Whisper White (#100730) card stock
Silver Foil Card stock (#132178)
Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper (#141981)
Chocolate Chip stamp pad (#126979)
Holly Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (#141634)
3/4" Circle Punch (#119873)

Thank you for visiting today.

Swirly Scribbles Happy Birthday

This is a fun birthday card to create.  I like the colors for this card.  We are using the Swirly Scribbles thinlits.  I do have to confess that when the new catalog came out in June, this stamp set or thinlits were not on high on my wish list.  Then I saw all the samples that other demonstrators were doing with the set and it changed my mind.  I can't believe how many cards I have created using this set.  I am glad I changed my mind about this set.  I do use wax paper with this thinlit because the card stock does come out so much easier.  Put the wax between the card stock and thinlit.  Makes is so my easier to pop the card stock from the thinlit.

Here is the recipe:
Swirly Bird stamp set (#141749 photopolymer)
Whisper White (#100730), Smoky Slate (#131202) and Dapper Denim (#141414) card stock
Dapper Denim (#141394) and Basic Black Archival (#140931) stamp pads
Banner Triple Punch (#138292)
Woodgrain Textured Impression Embossing Folder (#127821)
Swirly Scribbles Thinlits (#141497)

Thank you for visiting today.  Please leave a comment about a stamping item you have changed your mind about.

World Card Making Day Specials

Today is World Card Making Day.  Stampin' UP is having a special of 25% OFF these selected items:.

#138339   2015-2017 In Color Cardstock 8.5" x 11"

               Price $8.00      Sale $6.80 

#141697   2015-2017 In Color Envelope Paper 12" x 12"

               Price $11.00     Sale $8.25

#141413   2016-2018 In Color Cardstock 8.5" x 11"

               Price $8.00     Sale $6.80

#141698   2016-2018 In Color Envelope Paper 12" x 12"

               Price $11.00     Sale $8.25

#141651  Designer Tin of Cards Project Kit

              Price $27.00      Sale $20.25

#133774   Envelope Punch Board

               Price $20.00     Sale $15.00

#129026   Fuse Fast Adhesive 

               Price $10.00      Includes FREE Refill ($7.50 value)

	These special prices are only available October 1-5, 2016.  Please click here to go to my website to place your order.  Please use the hostess code VJXHVQBRW when placing your order.  Then at the end of the month (October) I will draw a name to be the hostess for the month (as long as we have enough to earn hostess credits) and that person will get to chose the FREE hostess items of their choice. Thank you for visting today.  Hope you take some time and create some fun cards today.

Something Good to Eat

Our Paper Pumpkin kit this month is "Something Good to Eat".  Our kits had these tubes to hold candy in for Halloween with all the fun stuff to decorate them for Halloween.  Stampin' UP posted they have refill kits available for purchase.  The refill kit has all the supplies to make another 16 tubes.  The refill kit does not include the stamp set or ink pad that we received in our kit.  Here is all the information about the refill kit.

Something Good To Eat Refill Kit

	143411
Price: $8.00
(September 2016) Kit contains supplies for 16 treat tubes • 3 sheets of adhesive banners • 3 sheets of printed die-cut labels • 16 plastic food-safe tubes • 5 yds of linen thread • 35 adhesive dots * Must be a current Paper Pumpkin subscriber to order this item. If you like to order the refill kit, please click here and it will take you to my website. Thank you for visiting today.

Fourishing Phrases Birthday Card

 This is a beautiful card with some sparkle, sorry the camera did not pick that up.  I really like this thinlit set.  I have made quite a few cards with it.  Also using one of my favorite new In Color, dapper denim.  The only stamping on this card is the greeting.  

Here is the recipe:
Sunburst Sayings (#140722 W or #140725 C) stamp set "Happy Birthday to you"
Flourish Thinlits (#141478) and May Flowers Framelits (#140276)
Tip Top Taupe (#138336), Dapper Denim (#141414), Flirty Flamingo (#141416) and Whisper White (#100730) cardstock
Gold Foil Paper (#132622)
5/8" Burlap Ribbon (#141487)
Rhinestones Basic Jewels (#119246)

Thank you for visiting today.  Please leave a comment on your favorite color in the catalog.

Vintage Leafs Birthday Card

I wanted to created a card with fall colors.  I am trying to get into the fall spirit, it is hard when the weather is still so hot here in Southern California.  I made my own back ground paper by stamping the leaves all over the vanilla card stock.  My goal was to make a masculine birthday card with fall colors. 

Here is the recipe:
Vintage Leaves (#138802 photopolymer), Perpetual Birthday Calendar (#137167 photopolymer) "small leaves in Crushed Curry and Celebrate Today "Happy Birthday" (#137138 photopolymer) stamp sets
Garden Green (#102584), Cajun Craze (#119684) and Very Vanilla (#101650) card stock
Garden Green (#126973), Cajun Craze (#126965) and Crushed Curry (#131173) stamp pads
Leaflets Framelits (#138283)
Baked Brown Sugar Thick Bakers Twin (discontinued)

Thank you for visiting today.  Please leave a comment about your favorite colors for fall.