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I wanted to share with you the cards I made using the April Paper Pumpkin kit. This was a special kit because the CEO of Stampin' Up!, Sara Douglass, had a hand in designing it. The kit featured white embossed watercolour paper, a small set of watercolour pencils and a paint brush.  And the glimmer  flowers are gorgeous. It's bright and edgy with a different box from the regular orange Paper Pumpkin box. The box included instructions for making multiples of 3 designs. Here are those three designs: The next three are other designs I created using the watercoloured heart: From the watercoloured grid design, I created these three cards:    And lastly, I made these cards to use up all the contents of the kit: This kit was so much fun. If you are new to stamping and want to give it a try, a subscription to Paper Pumpkin will get you off to an easy start. To subscribe through my store, visit this link . To see samples of past Paper Pumkin kits, visit the Paper Pumpkin YouT...

I miss commemorating Mother's Day. I always did something special for my mom and even during the years since I moved away I made sure to send a card and a gift and a call to tell her how much I appreciated her and all she had done for me. I miss doing that. All I can do now is to remember those times and remember some of her favourite things - blue was her favourite colour. When my mom and dad renovated their bathroom, Mom wanted everything blue: tub, sink and toilet. And when the princess style telephone came out - it was the blue one that she picked. Her favourite flower - Forget Me Not. And her favourite fine bone china teacup ... the Forget Me Not pattern by Royal Albert. And I remember the stories she told of walking in the English woods enjoying the thousands of bluebells at her feet. And my mom loved jewellery. Never a day went by without a pair of earrings and a gold chain around her neck. I guess that's where I get my love of jewellery (and my Dad's mom also loved ...

Hello and welcome once again to my blog. I got the inspiration to make this card from France Martin. She did a balloon background with a simple embossed greeting over top. You can see her video here . I started with one card and loved it so much I just had to keep going with other colours. So these are the three cards I made complete with ribbon, dimensional balloons, Wink of Stella and I used the enamel embellishments as well. The stamp set is Balloon Celebration and the greeting banners are from the Cards & Labels framelits. Card One           Card Two Card Three Card Four I video taped the making of Card Four to share the technique with you. As I was filming, I started to recognize the number of tips I was passing on so be sure to grab a pen and paper so you can take some notes. Enjoy the video and scroll down to get the card measurements and ink pad colours used. Cutting Measurements and Colours Card One Card Base: Crushed Curry 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" scored ...