SSINKspiration: Paper Pumpkin 5th Year Birthday!

Good morning and Happy Friday!  Sometimes as much as we want to use all our products and fancy tools to make beautiful cards sometimes we don't have the time, space, or even resources.  One of the great things Stampin' Up! has is the Paper Pumpkin Program.  This is a subscription kit where each month you get delivered to your door beautiful, surprise projects fully prepped with all the supplies and instructions, ready to go.  I love these kits as I can use them as designed or modify them for what I need and they are perfect for on the go, traveling, or anything.  This month Paper Pumpkin celebrates it's 5th birthday so today the  SSINKspiration team is sharing some projects using the great Paper Pumpkin kits.

My card uses the February 2018 kit and it's pretty much exactly as designed I just trimmed down the cardfront and added a piece of Melon Mambo cardstock as a mat for a little extra punch of color.  I love how beautiful and detailed this card looks and only you and I know that all the hard work was done for me, whoo hoo!

To help celebrate Paper Pumpkin's 5th Birthday, Stampin' Up! is offering a special designed box and free gift in each March kit.  Make sure you're signed by March 10 to received your birthday treat as well.  Also, remember during celebration if you purchase one of the Paper Pumpkin Prepaid subscriptions it will count towards you earning Sale-a-bration freebies, awesome!

You can sign up for your Paper Pumpkin subscription HERE!

Have a great weekend!

Diana

Sketch Frenzy Friday Sketch Challenge: Hello Life Tidbits

Good morning!  We made it through another week and looking forward to the weekend.  Aidan has a birthday sleepover so we have almost 24 hours of kid free time, what are we to do????  Haha!  I was a little behind this week and forgot about my card for this weeks Sketch Frenzy Friday sketch challenge that Patrice designed for us (I know you’re shocked!) So I had to come up with something quick that you would still enjoy, enter the Hello Life Simply Created kit.  I had a pile of miscellaneous pieces left over from the project kit (you get lots of extra pieces which is fabulous) so I pulled out the four punched out hearts and started with that as the inspiration for this card.   

I started with Smoky Slate cardstock for the base and then added a piece of Marina Mist cardstock that was embossed with the Big Shot and Tiny Triangles Embossing Folder before matting with Basic Black.

I attached the four hearts and used the heart stamp from the Hello Life stamp set to stamp the white heart on the Black Chalkboard heart.  I also added a Vintage Faceted Button tied with some Basic Black Baker’s Twine for some added bling.  The greeting is from the And Many More stamp set and was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Smoky Slate cardstock and punched out with the Word Window Punch and attached with dimensionals.

I love how we can make a really pretty card in no time and not using a ton of products and still come up with something that will impress!  Also took some liberties with this layout and flipped and turned it to suit what I needed, but it all works in the end.  Make sure to check out the other design team creations for further inspiration and then play along.

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Have a great Friday and enjoy your weekend!

Diana