Hello my Crafty Friends!   Today I am excited to share my alternative creations with the Hooray for Birthdays-July Paper Pumpkin Kit!  I chose to cut my card base in half and create 2 cards from each base! I added the coordinating dies and a few current products to extend my kit! Can you say Foil?   Which is your favorite??  Hop Along with us! Blog Hop Index

  Greetings my crafty friends!   Today I am Joining the ICS team to highlight the brand new Online Exclusives available this month from Stampin' Up! This month I am sharing a few projects I have been working on for upcoming events! First up is the Pretty Poinsettia Bundle partnered up with the New Gingham Gallery papers and the the Sunset Shimmer Vellum.  Next up is the Fun for Fall Bundle featuring this adorable Scarecrow! Next up is a Bendy Card featuring the Spooktacular Designer Series papers.    Hop along with the rest of the crew for lots of inspiration! Blog Hop Index

  Welcome to this month's Paper Pumpkin Possibilities Blog Hop! Together we are bringing you inspiration on using your Paper Pumpkin Kits In new creative ways!    I just loved the colors in the June Kit!   and the flowers and BUTERFLIES!!! and Bikes! SO fun and summery I couldn't wait to get creative!  With just a few extra supplies I created 4 cards from 2! First up is this side easel card.  The bike portion folds down and the card lays flat! I added some die cut flowers from the coordinating die set and some Calypso Coral cardstock, as well as some gems. The card is covered with the cut apart envelope!  the next alternative uses the kit stamp set and left over pieces from the original card. I love that there were a few extra flower "bushes" that I could play with. I also added a few rhinestones to my die cut flowers.  For my third alternative I used a Flirty Flamingo Card Base and made a landscape easel card. I did use a little piece of the...

 I am trying something new.  Each month customers that place a qualifying order in my Stampin' Up! store of $60 or more (before tax and rewards) will receive a mini card kit in the mail as a thank you!    My thank you kits have all been mailed out!  THANK YOU for your Support!   Here is the video incase you want a peek! 

 Today I am sharing this video I created featuring the Velvet Meadow designer papers. 

Today I am excited to play along with the ICS team and share our love of Embossing Folders!  Who doesn't love embossing folders.    Today I have a fub technique to share using the embossing folders!  THE BLACKOUT technique.  As you can see the results are stunning!  Start by embossing your cardstock using your favorite embossing folder!  On the debossing side color your images with Blends. You can see you don't have to be overly neat.  Choose your "Blackout Color" on swipe your ink pad over your embossed image.  The ink mainly highlights the un-embossed areas of the image creating the "blackout" effect.  You can even use this technique without coloring..  Below you can see one image colored and the other I just left the cardstock plain.  Have you tried this technique?   Do you Love it?  Hop along with us for more Inspiration!  Blog Hop Index