Hello everyone! Today’s card was created with a past Paper Pumpkin stamp. If you don’t already subscribe to these monthly project kits, I strongly encourage you to do so now, especially after all the fun I’ve had researching alternate projects recently. As a Paper Pumpkin kit subscriber you are able to purchase a variety of past kits or refills for past kits. The refills do not include the stamp set or ink spot, but they do include the other supplies.
This card makes me think of the birthday guy or gal receiving a special birthday breakfast. That’s what I told my husband when he said, “What do eggs have to do with your special day?” He has no imagination, no imagination. lol
The stamp set I used on this card is from the June 2015 Paper Pumpkin kit, “Happy Thoughts”. I have seen a lot of cool alternate projects with this stamp set and definitely plan to do some more creating with it. 🙂 This “Happy Thoughts” kit is not currently one of the past kits for sale, but it could be in the future!
Here are the two projects from the kit instructions.
I CASEd (Copy and Share Everything) my card from a fellow Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, Hollyann Obier. Thanks for the inspiration Hollyann! I encourage you to check out Hollyann’s version to see how my card differs from hers.
Here is a close up of the “eggs”, which were fussy cut. I picture the Designer Series Paper (4 1/4 x 2 1/2″) as the kitchen wallpaper where this birthday breakfast was served. 🙂 Hollyann had the fabulous idea of coating the egg yolk with Crystal Effects to give it the glossy look of runny eggs. What a perfect touch! If you look closely, you might be able to see that the cute little “plate” (3rd smallest Ovals Collection Framelits) is also stamped (Blackberry Bliss ink) with the flower stamp used for the “eggs”. A subtle touch, but a nice one. 🙂
Creating the spatula: I sketched the spatula using one from my kitchen as inspiration, cut it out, and used the Word Window Punch to punch out the three slits. How cool, right? It did take me a few tries to get the parts of the spatula that connects to the handle to match closely enough. I think the time was well spent though. 🙂 I am going to trace it so that it goes quicker when I make other versions of this card.
During Sale-A-Bration, Stampin’ Up!’s biggest sale of the year, you can purchase a 3 month Paper Pumpkin subscription for only $55, shipping included. That’s a five dollar discount. Plus you get to choose a FREE item from the Sale-A-Bration Brochure. You could also choose one of the three new items that were added to the list of Sale-A-Bration items just yesterday. This sale ends March 31st, 2015.
You can purchase the subscription from my online store and redeem the subscription code that will be emailed to you here, at my Paper Pumpkin site. You will need to create an account when you redeem your code.To receive the kit of the month, you have to purchase and redeem the subscription by the 10th. The kits ship out by the 15th. They usually arrive at your door by the 20th.
I hope you are inspired to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin and to try some alternate projects to keep the fun rolling!
Joyful stamping!
~Stephanie
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