July Paper Pumpkin Deadline Is Today!

 Summertime bliss should include crafting time!  Paper Pumpkin lets you have that time while still enjoying all that is beautiful about summer.  Each kit is designed to be completed in 30-45 minutes and is fully transportable (perfect for taking along on that weekend trip or extended vacation).

But what is so great about July's kit in particular is that it coordinates with three Stampin' Up! suites: Woven Threads (pg 12-13), Garden Lane (pg 40-41), and Come Sail Away (pg 144-145).  Imagine what you can do with all that coordination!  

Besides product suite coordination, here are a few more details to help you get excited about the On My Mind July Paper Pumpkin kit:

• Makes 9 mailable cards with envelopes (3 each of 3 designs)
• Coordinating colors: Gold, Kraft, Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Pretty Peacock, Sahara Sand, Seaside Spray, and Terracotta Tile
• With the Bonus Days promotion (every $50 ordered before shipping and tax earns you a $5 coupon to use in August), you can earn oodles of $5 coupons with a prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscription and add-ons from the coordinating suites!

Sign up here by July 10 to receive this month's Paper Pumpkin kit!

I would so appreciate the opportunity to earn your business and thank you for choosing me as your demonstrator!  

Daisy Lane Class To Go

You are going to love this class to go!  I was so excited while designing these samples!  I was even able to add a bonus project for you and it is an adorable way to give a small gift to someone.  

What You Get with a Joyful Stamper Class To Go:

• Daisy Lane Bundle (includes Daisy Lane stamp set and Medium Daisy Punch)
• 2018-2020 In Color Stampin' Write Markers (set of 5)
• FREE kit with all the cardstock, embellishments, and ribbon to create the projects
• FREE envelopes
• Step-by-step instructions with full color photos of finished samples emailed to you as a pdf file
• $5 Bonus Days Coupon to use in August
• A completely fun crafting experience designed with your enjoyment in mind

I Want a Joyful Stamper Class To Go!  How Can I Get One?

Go to my online store here and order:

• Daisy Lane bundle (item #151118)
• 2018-2020 In Color Stampin' Write Markers (item # 147159)
• You will need to order these basic stamping items if you don't already have them: clear block D, clear block H, Paper Snips, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
• If you have the bundle or markers, simply substitute items of equal or greater value.  You'll still get the free kit and pdf instructions!
• It's also a great time to add on to your order whatever else you like since you'll get a $5 coupon for every $50 you order (before shipping and tax)!  Consider the larger Daisy Punch as it has a coordinating image in both the Daisy Lane and Daisy Delight stamp sets. 

• Make sure to use the Host Code KVQ6SS4R if your order is under $150 (very important as this lets me know you want the Class To Go).  If your order is over $150, do not use the host code because you get free Stampin' Rewards!  You'll still get the free kit and pdf instructions.

Deadline to register by ordering is July 15.  I have limited spots for this Class To Go so get in early to get your kit!

Please email me with any questions.  My desire is to make this a fun, immersive crafting experience for you!  Remember that there are limited spots so it's best to order early.  

Happy Fourth of July!

In America, we are celebrating our independence today.  It's traditional for fireworks to be involved.  We are at the beach and we discovered last year that vacationers here LOVE to put on firework shows right on the beach.  And it's wild!  Up and down the shoreline, it's one colorful explosion after another for about an hour.  It is SO fun to be amongst it!  We'll be swimming and grilling burgers poolside, then watching the fireworks on the beach.  

I love the period of history of America's birth.  I have read biographies of almost every major figure from that era.  My most recent one was Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson.  I knew Franklin was highly inventive, witty, and charming but this book revealed those qualities in such depth that I felt really sad that I would never know the man.  I laughed out loud many times as I read this - how often can you say that about a biography?  Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin are my two favorites of that era.  I call them my "dead man crushes".  Franklin's biography was entertaining and I recommend it!

Have a Happy Fourth of July, everyone, and thank you for reading my blog.  I so appreciate the time you take to come here.  I love creating and writing and I am grateful to have the freedom to do so. 

Beautiful You Watercolored Card - Three Techniques

Have you really looked at the samples in Stampin' Up!'s catalogs?  They're gorgeous!  And you can make any of them!  Play with new color combinations, create something different from your usual style, or try a new project.  The Stampin' Up! catalog is a very useful tool to keep at your crafting desk.

I loved this card on page 114 and knew I had to make it.  All the watercolored details caught my eye.  It features the Beautiful You set.  I'll show you the three ways I watercolored this card.  

To create the background, I used an Aquapainter to brush clean water over a piece of watercolor paper.  Then I loaded my Aquapainter with Daffodil Delight ink refill and brushed it on the wet parts of my paper.  Immediately it spread into interesting patterns and shapes because of the clean water I had already laid down.  Once it dries, you can add more ink to achieve layers of colors, if you like.  The blue splatters were created by flicking the brush end of a Bermuda Bay Stampin' Write Marker in its cap.

To get the watercolor look of the flowers and leaves, I inked up the images (found in the Free As A Bird set), then stamped them onto wet watercolor paper.  I added touches of Daffodil Delight ink to the flowers, but they mixed with the Melon Mambo ink and turned a little orange!  I was ok with that, though. 

I also watercolored the girl's dress and hat.  First, I stamped and heat embossed the image.  Heat embossing contains the colors, which I like for this image.  I squeezed a couple drops of reinker into the lids of a Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight ink pad and used my Aquapainter to add the color to my image.  The vibrancy and intensity is amazing!

Give watercoloring a try!  Grab a couple reinkers in your favorite colors, an Aquapainter, watercolor paper, and jar of clean water.  Stamp several images onto the watercolor paper and spend some relaxing time experimenting.  Make sure to use Staz-On ink for watercoloring to ensure the image doesn't bleed when you add water.

Don't forget to shop to earn Bonus Days coupons July 1-31! 

Shop my online store here.

Join my team in July or August to earn an extra $30 of product in your Starter Kit PLUS free shipping PLUS a $10 coupon to use the month after you join!  Contact me with any questions.  

Bonus Days are back with a little Extra! Extra!

Get rewarded for shopping July 1 - 31 with Bonus Days coupons!

Here are the details on this popular, fun promotion!

• For every $50 you order (before shipping and tax), you'll get a coupon code for $5.
• Your coupon code(s) will be sent through email, so be sure you have a valid email address.
• Hang on to that email with the coupon codes!  I do not get a copy of your codes and will not be able to tell you them if you lose the email.
• The coupon codes are redeemable on any orders placed August 1 - 31.
• There is NO LIMIT to the number of coupon codes you can earn, so now is the time to get those items from your new catalog wish list!

Have you been thinking about trying a Paper Pumpkin monthly kit subscription?  Buy a 3 (item#137859), 6 (item#137860), or 12 (item#137861) month prepaid subscription code and get up to FOUR coupons!

May 2019 Paper Pumpkin Kit

I love this For The Love Of Felt Project Kit (page 201 in the annual catalog or item #149650) and For The Love Of Felt stamp set (page 201 item #149507) Those are real felt flowers in the kit!  Look at the gorgeous cards these two items make.  Don't forget to add on any ink pads you need!

The news gets even better!  

                         Join July 1 - August 31 to get MORE for FREE!

Join Stampin' Up! and my team of Joyful Stampers for just $99 and you can pick $155 of product PLUS get FREE shipping!  THEN a month later you'll get a coupon code worth $10!  That is the best deal of all.  There are no strings attached, no requirements to sell anything.  Email me to ask me whatever you'd like to know.  I love what I do and want you to love it, too, for whatever reason you join.

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