Paper Pumpkin Bonus Project



I am super proud to be a member of Angie Kennedy Juda's Stampin' Up! team!  She is an amazing stamping artist.  Several of our team have recently joined up to create alternate projects for our My Paper Pumpkin subscribers.  My project for January's kit is below.  My 15-year-old son needed a little gift set for his girlfriend so I came up with an earring box and coordinating 3x3 card (inspired by Mary Fish).  I just love how it turned out!  If you would like to receive PDFs for a minimum of 8 alternate Paper Pumpkin projects each month please head on over to My Paper Pumpkin and sign up!  Right now during Sale-a-Bration, you can purchase a prepaid 3-month subscription for $55.00 (a savings of $4.85) and receive one FREE Sale-a-Bration item!  What are you waiting for?   

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Weekly Deals

These Weekly Deals are good through Monday, February 1.  Grab 'em while you can!

 



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New Year, New Schedule

I want to thank you all for waiting patiently while I took my little break.  I got my hubby off to return overseas on Friday afternoon and took the weekend to recuperate from all the whirlwind fun we had during his 2-1/2 week stay.  It's always too short and goes by way too fast! 

 

With the new year, I am going to try something a little different with my blog to see if I can be more consistent.  Being a full-time mom holding down a part-time job and trying to fit everything else in has been challenging.  Therefore, I am going to attempt to post projects on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  On Tuesdays I will post Stampin' Up!'s Weekly Deals.  I am trying my best to use up all of my retired product, so on Thursday's, I will be posting projects made with retired product that can easily be replaced with current product.  I will be calling this Throwback Thursday.  I will also post any promotions as they arise. 

 

That being said, today is Monday, so here is a new project for you!  This is my Customer Appreciation Card for last month's purchases.  I try to get my cards out by the 5th of every month for customers who made purchases the prior month (this includes any My Paper Pumpkin subscribers)!  I was a bit late this month, but they did go out! 

 

I saw this video by Dawn Griffith and decided this was what I wanted to use for my cards.  I am so thrilled with how it turned out!  And it uses items from the new Occasions Catalog as well as the Sale-a-Bration Catalog!  Please note that the FREE Designer Series Paper - Perfectly Artistic - is only available until February 15, 2016!!!  Get yours while you can! 

 

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Weekly Deals!

Two posts in one day!  I'm on a roll!  Not really, I just forgot to share this week's Weekly Deals with you in my first post.  I still have holiday brain going on.  That and my hubby will finally be home 1 week from today!  I can barely stand it, I'm so excited.

Here are this week's weekly deals.  Be sure to stop by my store to get yours while they last!

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Mini Treat Bags Make Great Gift Card Holders

This year I got all my nephews gift cards for Christmas.  They are at that age where all they want is video games so this was the best option for me.  I decided to pull out my trustee Mini Treat Bag thinlet and get to work!  I used the Merry Moments Designer Series Paper Stack for all the bags.  One piece of paper was the perfect size for one bag!  I then created an insert for the mini treat bag and punched a slot for the ribbon in the top with the Curvy Corner Trio Punch.  I did have to pull out retired ribbon as all of my current ribbon is gone and I am forcing myself to use up all of my retired product before I buy any new ribbon (okay, okay, maybe I won't wait that long)!  I used Mini Glue Dots to adhere the gift card to the insert.  The Among the Branches stamp set was perfect for these gift card holders.

 

 

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Weekly Deals and Holiday Schedule



Below are this week's Weekly Deals!  Be sure to get in on these steals before they're gone! 

 

My Holiday Schedule is has been very hectic and will continue to be until the end of January.  I typically host Christmas at my home since mine is the largest in the family and also centrally located.  This year is no exception.  However, my house is a complete wreck!  My daughter moved home from college, as she will be taking the spring semester off to have her first baby and my first grandbaby!  Yay!  After that, she will be transferring to a school that is only 20 minutes from home rather than 3-1/2 hours so that this Nana can help out with childcare while she finishes her degree!  That being said, I have boxes EVERYWHERE!  I will be spending the next 2 days cleaning and sorting so as to be ready for all of my family on Christmas morning.

 

Then in the first week of January, my honey will be returning home for a nearly 3 week vacation ... he is currently overseas with his job and has been gone since the end of June.  I cannot wait to see his gorgeous face coming off the airplane!  We will be taking a cruise with our children, my parents and some close friends of ours.  Super excited about that as well. 

 

I will continue to post Weekly Deals (with the exception of January 12 as I will be on the ocean) and will sporadically post projects during the next 4-5 weeks while I spend time with my family.  I have been working on some projects, just haven't made the time to photograph and post them, but I promise I will do my best to get a few up, especially those last few projects from the Holiday catalog before it ends on January 4. 

 

In closing, I would like to wish you all a very Happy Holiday Season!  Enjoy your time with your families! 

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November Customer Appreciation Card

If you've followed my blog, you know that I like to send my customers an appreciation card each month.  Last month I began including a PDF with instructions to recreate the card.  My customers (who I really consider friends) love it and I'm so glad! 

 

I'm not always the most creative on my own, but I get inspiration from other crafters' blogs, YouTube, Pinterest and all sorts of other places.  This month's card is a CASE (Copy and Share Everything) from Dawn Griffith's video.  She's an absolutely amazing paper crafter!  I just love everything she does!  

 

I'm SUPER late getting my November Customer Appreciation Card out this month.  I always shoot for the 5th of the month, but this month has been extremely crazy and I just haven't been on the ball.  But, here it is!  Enjoy!

 

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