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February Paper Pumpkin

Michelle Gleeson February 21, 2015 January 10, 20160

Last weekend was this crafter's guilty pleasure. I had received an order I had made earlier in the week AND my February Paper Pumpkin. So I had lots of new toys to play with.

The February Paper Pumpkin provides all the goodies for 8 cards. Here is what the project looks like completed.

Isn't that fun? The letters are felt with adhesive backing to easily stick to the heavy weight card stock. There are great geometric shape photopolymer stamps and a terrific sentiment as shown.

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As you saw the kit also comes with a envelope box and baker's twine to tie the box closed. Super cute.

This would be an adorable thank you for kids to give to a teacher/coach or give to other kids after a birthday party.

I often need quick thank you notes to give to colleagues in my office. So I decided to create alternative cards from my Paper Pumpkin kit. Let's check it out…

I cut the accordion fold card into four separate cards. I think these are adorable. Clean, crisp and simple. That means I can have 21 small thank you's with the remaining paper pumpkin kit. Perfect!

Fun right?

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What’s Up at the Pals Paper Arts

Michelle Gleeson February 19, 2015 January 10, 20167

As you know I have two sons off at college. I am always working to create a masculine card to send them. This weeks Pals Paper Arts Challenge was my inspiration.

When I saw this sketch I immediately thought flowers. However that won't really work for a masculine card. The arrow heads on the Best Year Ever DSP inspired the collection of arrows. I think this turned out really fun.

I used all the colors in the DSP Sahara Sand, Crushed Curry, Coastal Cabana, and Soft Suede to add more pops of color and texture to the card.

The arrows on the Soft Suede are from a Photopolymer stamp in the April 2014 Paper Pumpkin kit. The large arrow is really the tall house framelit and I simply cut off the chimney. The other two arrows and the sentiment are from the What's Up stamp set and I used the coordinating punch.

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I hope I inspired you to play along with the Pals Paper Arts Challenge this week. The list of everything I used to create my card is below.

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Michelle

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Something Lacy for You

Michelle Gleeson February 16, 2015 January 10, 20160

A sweet card to start the week. The base of the card is So Saffron (a much forgotten color these days). The next layer is Calypso Coral followed by a piece of Very Vanilla stamped with the Something Lacy background stamp in Calypso Coral ink.

I tied a piece of Calypso Coral 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon around the Calypso Coral and Very Vanilla layers.

Then I stamped the decorative element and sentiment from the Hello There hostess set in the annual catalog. I love the font used in this set. They were stamped in Soft Suede.

And the inside of the card was was stamped with flowers from So Very Grateful (retired) stamp set.

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Butterfly Basics for PPA #239

Michelle Gleeson February 13, 2015 January 10, 20165

A clean and simple design that packs some punch. The Real Red Butterfly takes center stage against the warm early tones of Crumb Cake and Soft Suede.

The card base is 4 1/2" square. The sentiment panel base which is popped up on Stampin' Dimensionals is 2 x 3 3/4" and the next layer is 1/8" smaller all around. The honeycomb design (from the Butterfly Basics Stamp Set) was created by stamping the image in Crumb Cake ink onto the Crumb Cake card stock. The Butterfly was glued onto the sentiment panel so it floats on the card.

My card was inspired by the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge this week.

And the three accents at the top of the card are Pearl Basic Jewels that were colored with the medium Cherry Cobbler Blendability.

The Butterfly Basics Bundle is a must have. The images in the stamp set are fabulous and very versatile and the Butterflies Thinlits Dies are over the top. Stampers Note: I use wax paper between the die and my card stock when I run it through my Big Shot. The butterfly comes out very cleanly.

I hope you are having a great week. I would love to see what you would do with this colors. Join me and link up your creation at the Pals Paper Arts site. Thanks for stopping by.

Michelle

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