Saturday, June 15, 2019

July 2019 Paper Pumpkin Sneak Peak Info

https://www.paperpumpkin.com/en-ca/sign-up/?demoid=2069648

Have you been wondering about Paper Pumpkin and whether it is for you?!  I have been a subscriber since they started Paper Pumpkin and I look forward to it every month.

Here is a little info on what they have prepared to help you decide if you would like to join in on the fun for next month!  It is always a surprise what will be in the kit but they like to give you a head's up on a little bit of what to expect.

July's kit will:

Make 9 mailable cards with envelopes (3 each of 3 designs)
Co-ordinating colours will be:  Gold, Kraft, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pear Pizzaz, Pretty Peacock, Sahara Sand, Seaside Spray ad Terracotta Tile.

It will also co-ordinate with 3 suites from the Annual Catalogue.      The three suites are:

Woven Threads - page 13-14
Garden Lane - Page 40-41
Come Said Away - 144-145.

The photo above shows you bits of those suites.

These co-ordinating products are not necessary to complete the kit.  Your kit will have everything necessary to complete the pre-designed cards.



If you would like more info about Paper Pumpkin please contact me at
cindyjmcgurk@gmail.com

Now, I'm off to continue working on June's Paper Pumpkin. ;)

Stay creative!

Cindy

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Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Daisy Delight - Garden Lane - Stampin' Up! 2019

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Daisy Delight gets to sport one of the new embellishments called Perennial Essence Floral Centers.  They have great dimension but I wanted it to lie a little flatter, so I pulled off the bottom part of the embellishment and glued it on with Tombow.
The Subtle Embossing Folder adds texture to the band across the middle and the Garden Lane Designer Series Paper adds a lot of brightness with the white amongst all the green.  
The sentiment is from Itty Bitty Greetings which was stamped onto a punch out from the Classic Label Punch.  I tucked it to the edge and added another punched piece to the other side to continue the white line.

Here is a group picture of all the cards made with the Garden Lane paper.
And below is a pic and deets on the Perennial Essence Floral Centers


Perennial Essence Floral Centers149442
Price$8.25
Perennial Essence Floral Centers are adhesive-backed fuzzy yellow centres for completing your stamped or punched flowers. 

* 18 pieces 
* 3/8" (1 cm)
All the lovely patterns in the Garden Lane Designer Series Paper.


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Cindy
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Monday, June 10, 2019

Daisy Delight - Garden Lane - Stampin' Up! 2019

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Daisy Delight is paired with the Garden Lane Designer Series Paper; along with this birthday stamp from the Painted Glass stamp set.

I stamped Mint Macaron onto Mint Macaron card stock and punched  it out with the daisy punch.  The bling is from the Clear Faceted Gems.  The sentiment was stamped in Shaded Spruce onto a die cut from the Stitched Nested Labels.  

Just a little two step stamping with the leaves on the inside of the card for some visual interest.

Have you been creating with designer series papers lately?  Many of us love to buy beautiful papers and then have the tendency to "hoard" it, afraid to cut into it.  Take the plunge and chop it!
Good luck!

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Cindy

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Sunday, June 9, 2019

Good Morning Magnolia - Garden Lane - Stampin' Up! 2019

One of the most popular sets in this year's catalogue is Good Morning Magnolia.  It has a couple of beautiful flower images that work beautiful with many of Stampin' Up!'s papers.
 I decided to add the small flower from this set with the Garden Lane paper as a backdrop.  The paper is all in greens so I stuck with the colours in the paper.  
I coloured the image with Mint Macaron Blends and punched it out with the 1 3/4" circle punch.  The white Flax Ribbon is used as an accent and to finish off the card the sentiment was stamped with Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder.

I've given myself a goal of getting five cards made with this paper before I move on to another pack!  

Stop by my on-line store for these and everything wonderful from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

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Saturday, June 8, 2019

Love What You Do - Garden Lane - Stampin' Up! 2019



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Garden Lane is one of the new Designer Series Papers in the just released 2019/2020 Annual Catalogue.
This card features the Love What You Do stamp set on page 143.
I made a card like this one with a different paper (that I cased from a talented demo)...you can see that card with credits here:


The "splotch" was stamped in Soft Sea Foam; the flower and sentiment in Garden Green.
There is an edgelit die in the Stitched Labels Framelits that I used to put the little edging on the left side of the focal piece.

I almost always do "something" to the inside.  Today I stamped part of the flower off the edge of the paper.

Here are the pattern from this lovely paper...can be found on page 165 and there is also the suite on pages 40-41.  

I hope you are enjoying the new catalogue!

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Cindy
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Friday, June 7, 2019

Garden Lane - Butterfly Gala - Stampin' Up!

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Here is my first card with the Garden Lane Designer Series Paper that debuted in the new 2019-2020 annual catalogue.
As part of the #loveitchopit method of using designer series paper, I chopped up (only 1/2 of the pack for starters) this paper into 5.25" X 4" pieces.  From there I decide what I want to do with the paper.

To help me get started I pulled out a few of my samples from the past that used patterned paper as the focal point. Then,  I just changed things up to suit the paper and colours.

Here is a link to the 2015 card I made with this layout.

Today's card uses Shaded Spruce as the card base.  After cutting the patterned paper to size, I scored at 1/2" and folded so the reverse side showed on the front.
I used the Shaded Spruce Blends marker to colour three rhinestones and placed them in front of the sentiment from Butterfly Gala
There is also some Wink of Stella on all of the darkest leaves on the paper.  Can't seem to leave the Wink of Stella off of anything! 

All in all a simple card. 

Garden Lane Designer Series Paper
$15.95
See pages 165 and also 40-41 for suite options.

I will have several more from this paper in the coming days, before I cut into a different pack of yummy paper!

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Cindy
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Thursday, June 6, 2019

Butterfly Gala - Attic Boutique -

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I really like how this card turned out!  It is soft and pretty and calming.

The butterfly and the sentiment are from Butterfly Gala

Other products are:
Stitched Labels Framelit - current
Rhinestones coloured with Pool Party Blends - current
Attic Boutique DSP - retired (2012)
Delicate Details Lace Tape - retired

The Lace Tape was coloured with Pool Party Blends

Tomorrow's card will feature the new Garden Lane Designer Series Paper





Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

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Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Waterfront- Stained Glass - Attic Boutique

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I bought the Stained Glass Thinlits and co-ordinating stamp set Painted Glass at the beginning of the last catalogue and have only used the thinlits now.  So happy it has carried over.  I think it is striking on this delicate background paper from Attic Boutique (2012). 

My sentiment is from Waterfront; another set that has carried over in the new catalogue that just launched.  The three little flowers were fussy cut (from the same paper and painted with Wink of Stella).  This was one of those "happy mistakes" as I hadn't glued the die cut down properly and there was a gap between the paper and the die cut.  So I covered the gap up with these three flowers.

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Cindy

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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Butterfly Gala - Waterfront - Attic Boutique - Stampin' Up! 2019

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I love using the blends to colour the butterflies.  Just choose colours from the paper and colour!
It was hard to decide whether to use very vanilla or whisper white for the die cut from Stitched Label Framelit.  White seemed too bright so I went with very vanilla;  I'm not crazy about it; oh well ;)

The sentiment is from Waterfront and that's some old Pool Party seam binding ribbon.

Get out your paper and chop it!

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The new catalogue starts today!  I have already "chopped" the Garden Lane DSP so that will be the next batch I work on in the coming days. (I still have a couple more of the Attic Boutique to post though!)

This is the lovely Garden Lane Designer Series Paper...
and some details about this paper:

Garden Lane Designer Series Paper149488
Price$15.75
Garden Lane Designer Series Paper features verdant greenery and designs in lush shades. 

* 12 sheets of patterned paper: 2 each of 6 double-sided designs
* 12" x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm)
* Acid free
* Lignin free

Product colours: Garden Green, Mint Macaron, Mossy Meadow, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Sea Foam, Whisper White


Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

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Monday, June 3, 2019

Butterfly Gala - Attic Boutique - Stampin' Up!

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Two little butterflies from Butterfly Gala were added to this Attic  Boutique Designer Series Paper (2012).  I had stamped a few sentiments a long time ago for another project and didn't end up using, so I just grabbed one and then added a few tiny pearls....and called it done!
The butterflies were coloured with Blends alcohol markers and covered with Wink of Stella for a bit of shimmer.

Working on another a quick and easy card with this stamp set and paper...so check back!

In the meantime visit my on-line store
New catalogue launches tomorrow, June 4th.


Thanks for stopping by!

Cindy

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Sunday, June 2, 2019

#loveitchopit

Getting some use out the Butterfly Gala stamp set and punch that I just purchased recently.  I love this set.  I am adding the butterflies to several of the cards from this 2012 paper Attic Boutique.  Blends markers make colouring them so enjoyable...for an non artsy person ;)

I used Flirty Flamingo card stock and retired Watermelon Wonder Dotted Lace Trim.  The butterfly is mounted on a die cut from the Stitched Shapes Framelits.  On the butterfly there is a diamond shape rhinestone from the Petal Pink Rhinestone Gems.

Having fun using old and new.  I think my next pack of paper I shop will be current, but first I want to finish up with Attic Boutique!

See you soon

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www.cindymcgurk.stampinup.net

Cindy

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Saturday, June 1, 2019

Itty Bitty Greetings - Petals & More Thinlits - Attic Boutique - Stampin Up!

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It's also fun when you don't have to do much stamping!  I tried something a little different here.  The Attic Boutique Designer Series Paper is covered in Mod Podge and sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds.  It is very sparkly!

Texture was added to the card base with the Subtle Embossing Folder and the white side accent is from the Petals & More Thinlits.  
My sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Greetings stamp set and punched out with the Classic Label Punch.  I use this punch a lot!!

I hope you are inspired to use up old paper/products while incorporating our awesome current products.  Give it a try!

The count down is on!  New catalogue goes live June 4.
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Cindy
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