Monday, April 24, 2017

A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop - A Sara Thing Kit

Welcome to our fabulous A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop!  Every month I receive a surprise card/project kit from Stampin' Up!, and I think this April kit has got to be my favorite!  This kit was designed by our wonderful Stampin' Up! CEO, Sara Douglass.  



I love the predefined cards that are in this kit, and they were the inspiration for my card.  I decided to add a little bit more of our new 2017-2019 in color - Lemon Lime Twist and some butterflies.

The butterfly is cut out of one of the Basic Black card bases and the butterfly layer is cut out of the patterned paper inside of the kit's envelope.  I used Lemon Lime Twist with an aquapainter to color in the background paper.  The Basic Black layer is 5" x 3 3/4" with a Thick Whisper White card base.  The sentiment is stamped using Archival Basic Black.  There's a little bit of blink added with rhinestones.  


My project is using a 3" grapevine wreath.  I absolutely love embellishing these little wreaths!  The sentiments is stamped on the patterned paper inside of the kit's envelope and cutout with a 2" circle framelit.  To sturdy it up I attached it to the Whisper White cardstock found in the kit.  The sparkly flowers and the leaves are part of the standard kit.  I placed the leaves (which are stickers) on a layer of Whisper White cardstock found in this kit and then cut them out.  The leaves and the sentiment are attached to the flowers with glue dots.  Hot glue was then used to attach the flowers to the grapevine wreath.  The project is finished off with Whisper White baker's twine.

BLOG HOP GIVEAWAY:  To be entered into a drawing for a FREE "A Sara Thing" Paper Pumpkin Kit, you must leave a comment on EVERY blog.  Drawing closes on Saturday, April 29th at 9 PM EST. The winner will be announced on Monday, May 1, 2017.

I hope you enjoyed my card and project.  Thanks for visiting!  Your next hop in the blog is my friend, Tina!

http://www.tinascropshop.com/2017/04/a-paper-pumpkin-thing-blog-hop-sara.html


Andrea Tracy-Tucker
Pam Staples
Dena Rekow 
Melissa Davies
Kim Smith
Kimberley Morris  

Sara Levin   
Cindy Schuster
Maria Willis
Jennifer Hill
Rick Adkins 
Lori Mueller  
Carolynn Sander  
Cathy Caines 
Monika Davis  

Sue Plote 
Megan Thompson <----- You Are Here
Tina Riddle
Cindee Wilkinson
Rachel Tessman
Lydia Fiedler



Stampin' Up! Supplies Used for Card:  

  • Paper Pumpkin - A Sara Thing kit
  • Cardstock: Thick Whisper White
  • Inks: Archival Basic Black, Lemon Lime Twist
  • Embellishments: Butterflies Thinlets, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Cutting Pads, Rhinestones, Aquapainter
  • Adhesives: Snail, Stampin' Dimensionals, Glue Dots 

 Stampin' Up! Supplies Used for Project:  

  • Paper Pumpkin - A Sara Thing kit
  • Inks: Archival Basic Black
  • Embellishments: Whisper White Baker's Twine
  • Adhesives: Snail, Glue Dots 
  • Other Supplies: Hot Glue, 3" Grapevine Wreath

43 comments:

  1. I really, really love your alternative ideas - going to give them a try! Thank you!

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  2. That black butterfly looks amazing with the patterned paper and Lime Twist! I like your wreath too!

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  3. Love these ideas. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  4. Wow! Your projects are beautiful! The blackbutterfly with the lemon-lime twist watercolor layer is so striking!

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  5. The butterfly die-you just can't go wrong when you use that! Stunning card!

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  6. Just love that bold beautiful butterfly! TFS

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  7. Now I must get out my butterfly die and start on this project! TFS.

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  8. always love butterflies and the wreath is so cute

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  9. Love the butterfly!

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  10. Great butterfly card! nataliewoll2902@gmail.com

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  11. Wow, that butterfly card is stunning...I might need to CASE--and I don't even really care for butterflies! Thanks for sharing :-D

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  12. I think the butterfly idea is wonderful!

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  13. Love the wreath and the butterfly card! Thanks for sharing your talent!

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  14. OMG! I love your projects! They are so cute! Is that the new Boxwood Wreath? I love it!

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  15. Wow! That black butterfly die just pops on that card!

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  16. I absolutely LOVE what you did with this project.

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  17. Just the right amount of green for great accent.

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  18. Your butterfly is great! The colors were perfect! Also, your little wreath is perfect to add a little bit of spring color to the place it ends up hanging. I really enjoyed your ideas!

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  19. Love the new Lemon Lime Twist, especially with the black. Can hardly wait to get my hands on some!!!

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  20. That wreath is adorable and I love how you did the butterfly! Thanks for sharing these. 😊

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  21. Very Cute!! I love how you did the butterfly!

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  22. Love how you did the Butterfly so that it sintricate pattern still turned to stripes to go with the card Great

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  23. Love the black butterfly on the green wash! & That little wreath is adorable! The wreaths would be great for tree ornaments at Christmas! Thanks for inspiring! So happy to be hopping with you! Can't wait for next months hop! Cheers! 💖

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  24. Very cool idea for the butterfly...love it!

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  25. I really like the flowers on the mini wreath. Thank you for sharing

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  26. Wow, this is amazing! Great idea!

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  27. cute wreath and love the butterfly great ideas
    thanks Alyse

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  28. Oh my! Such awesome creations!!! Absolutely stunning!!!

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  29. Your card is so pretty! And the wreath is adorable. Thanks for sharing.

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  30. I love your idea with the black butterfly. I have never purchased any butterfly thinlits. With the lovely look of your card, now I shall have to buy them. Thank you for sharing. I really like that. And... I especially like that you named everything that you used in a list. Very nice.

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