Have you tried Stampin' Up!'s Paper Pumpkin subscription recently?  Ya know….. it just MIGHT be the right time to give it a try; now that it's on special for HALF PRICE for your first 2 months!  Just remember to enter the promo code:  PUMPKINDEAL when you sign up!

OK, so the other day I sat down to play with my July 2013 Paper Pumpkin kit.  I always look forward to these little monthly creativity sessions 'cuz they don't take much time, and they don't take much brain strain.  So on THIS day, feeling a little cocky, I decided to see just how long it DOES take me to assemble one of these kits – from start to finish. (They're designed to be a 30-minute creativity break.) So, I decided to record my progress with notes and pictures.  Keep in mind that I had no prior knowledge of this specific kit – other than having seen a picture of the finished project online somewhere. So I knew I'd be making a banner for use on a cake, or cupcakes or something. But the experience I'll be logging here literally began with cutting open my box.  (And remember it takes extra time to grab the photo shots and record my notes.)

So here goes:

1:25 pm:  Broke open the box and took out the supplies

1:30:  All 3 stamps are now assembled (3 nice, graphic background stamps to add to my stamp collection – COOL!)

1:35:  One of the two sheets of punch-outs is completely punched out, basic supplies have been gathered, and 2 new ink spots (from the kit) are sliced open

1:43:  All 6 banner flags (for the first banner) have been stamped (and because I'm a little too….. um, shall we just say "particular" about such things as alignment, I relied on my grid paper to get those backgrounds stamped straight)

1:45:  Just found the Stampin' Dimensionals package that I KNEW I'd seen when I took out the kit contents.  Spent the last 2 minutes looking for them; they'd slid under a "pile" on my stamp desk.  (Snort. Imagine that!!)

1:49:  Bakers Twine is now tied between the 2 longest skewers/sticks. (It occurs to me it might be wise to anchor that bow with a drop of glue to keep it from untying itself later, but so far I haven't done it.)  And the "H-o-o-r-a-y" letters are now mounted to the flag pieces with the recently-recovered Stampin' Dimensionals. I put two Dimensionals on each letter, which later proved to have been a mistake 'cuz there weren't quite enough Dimensionals to complete the entire project at that rate.  Oops!  Subtract a point for my first boo-boo.  But add 3 extra points for thinking to lay out the stamped flags into an organized pattern before attaching the letters.  I figure I'm ahead of the game now.

1:55:  All flags are mounted (and more or less spaced acceptably) onto the string.  I just used everyday tape for that.  But apparently by tying "bows" on each end, I ended up with a shorter string upon which to attach the flags.  I debate:  Should I deduct points?  Nah…. Bows are ALWAYS better than knots in my book, and the fact that I figured out how to do 'em with only 1 free end of string should rate EXTRA points!

2:01:  The clothes pins have been added, and flag elements adjusted the best I can (given the short span of string I allowed myself). So main banner is complete.

2:03:  Lower banner is assembled. And….. DONE!

Weeeeelllll, not really!  Turns out as I'm cleaning up I discover there's ANOTHER whole set of paper supplies in the kit – with similar festive greetings!  I've still got some extra Stampin' Dimensionals left at this point, but no additional string or sticks.  Hmmmm….. what to do? 

A quick glance at the instructions didn't produce the answer (who knows…. maybe it WAS in there, but I only glanced quickly), so in a flash of TOTAL brilliance I stamp, assemble and adhere the remaining flag pieces to the backside of the banner!  Now my banner is double-sided and fit to be viewed by all members of the celebration – including those on the OTHER side of the room!  Of course, that's probably what the designer had in mind in the first place, but I figure it's definitely worth another 10 points that *I* figured it out! 

You know, I'm really having fun with this little creativity break every month where I can just sit down and make something…. and not have to figure out WHAT to make and HOW – or clean up a bunch of stuff afterwards!  And now that I've got the IDEA for the cake banner (and I snagged the punch-out template from the trash to be used later as a template), just think how fancy I can go with the concept if I were to make it again with my regular stamp supplies!  Hmmm…..

Well, better wrap this up…. 'cuz I've just got one remaining thing left to do:  Go bake a cake to stick this little cutie into!

So! Are you ready to give Paper Pumpkin a try?  Click here to get signed up….. and don't forget to include the promo code PUMPKINDEAL by August 31st to qualify for your first two months at HALF PRICE!  (That's just $10 a month.  Then, beginning with your 3rd month, your subscription price will revert to the normal Paper Pumpkin subscription rate of $19.99 a month. But hey!  Even THAT's pretty sweet considering it includes shipping!)

And PSSSTT!  Not too "into" this kinda stuff for yourself?  Got a creative "someone special" in your life?  It makes an awesome gift!

Oh!  And if you're new to Paper Pumpkin, don't forget that your first month you'll get the Welcome Kit, rather than the regular kit for that month.  In addition to the 4 cards that you'll make with your Welcome Kit, that one will *also* include a clear acrylic block that you'll save and use with the stamps that come in your subsequent kits.  So over time you'll be building a little mini stamping kit, too….. 'cuz remember the stamps and inks in these kits are reuseable!

Sign up here.

Half-price promo code:  PUMPKINDEAL

Half-price-for-your-first-two-months offer expires:  Aug. 31

And no worries about getting trapped for life or something.  You have full control over your Paper Pumpkin account, so you can just sign in to suspend or cancel at any time; even change the numbers of kits you get.  See?  It's magic!

Sad times these days for several of my stamping friends…. so I have had the need to stamp several sympathy cards recently.  I don't suppose I'm unusual, but sympathy cards are not the easiest cards for me to crank out.  In fact they take me a LOT of searching & thinking time before I can get inspired to get started.  And so to get started with these cards I went to my favorite source of inspiration – project ideas shared on a board exclusive to Stampin' Up! demonstrators.

There I pulled out several ideas that spoke to me, and ended up combining several elements of each into one card.  From the start, I knew I wanted to work with a beach scene, but problem is that since I'm not personally much of a "beachy" person I discovered I didn't own a single beach-related rubber stamp!  And not only that, but although I know I USED to own some nice "With Sympathy" stamps, apparently even those had gone away during retirement cycles.

So MDS to the rescue. This was obviously going to end up being a hybrid card.  Within Stampin' Up!'s extensive collection of digital downloadable image sets I found a lovely set of beach images and also the "With Sympathy" sentiment.  I purchased & downloaded 'em in just a couple minutes, and then got to work.

Probably the trickiest part of the entire process was figuring out the spacing on what would ultimately become my layout.  I knew the sentiment would have to be already printed on the card front before I applied the inks, so I worked within MDS to get that positioned and sized just right to create my template.  Once satisfied with sizing and spacing, I printed this page onto Whisper White cardstock (the images are all in Perfect Plum, btw), and then cut out the sea critter with paper snips. The white area within each purple border would eventually become a card front.  (The border was only for my purposes while working…. so I'd know where to position my reverse mask circle and where to trim the white area later.)

Using one of the circles from the Circles Framelits set, I made a reverse mask from light cardboard (the stiffener sheet from Designer Series Paper packs) to place over the card front, then held it in place with a bunch of sticky notes, and masked off the sky/horizon area with yet more stickies. 

Then I gathered all the "sand" colors and blue inks I have in my collection, along with several stamping sponge quarters, took a deep breath and jumped in.  Building up layers of color very gently, I lightly swirled colors inside the circle mask in this order:

Sand:  Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake, Baked Brown Sugar

Water:  Soft Sky, Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay, Tempting Turquoise, Island Indigo, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Night of Navy….. and then Elegant Eggplant.

Once the water area was colored, I removed the sticky note mask from the sky area and then lightly added these colors to the sky:  Soft Sky, Pool Party, Marina Mist, Island Indigo, Pacific Point.

Using the corner of a quartered stamping sponge, I lightly swirled some Whisper White Craft ink (refill) where I wanted waves.  I actually had to do this step several times, because the white seemed to fade out as each application layer dried.  So it took several rounds of white, allowing dry time in between each application.

Finally, I trimmed the white layer of colored card front to size, added a narrow mat of Elegant Eggplant cardstock, and then mounted onto a Pool Party card.  The sea critter was positioned up on Stampin' Dimensionals. 

Now, the truth is I personally do not care for the common sentiment "With Sympathy".  So the card I'm showing here is only a sample, and will not get sent to anyone.  But the beauty of MDS is that it's soooo flexible, so for each card that I'm actually sending out, there is a personalized sentiment in its place.  So although I made several cards with this same general layout, each one has a customized sentiment specifically for the recipient.  Easy-peasy to do by just typing my sentiment in my choice of fonts within the alloted area on my MDS template before printing onto my white cardstock. 

Actually I carved 5 of 'em!  With Stampin' Up!®'s brand-new product called "Undefined".  (So-called, because the chunk of rubber in the kit is "undefined" until you carve it into something of definition, of course. Very clever, those Stampin' Up! people.)

Ok, so here's how it all went down:  (Queue the harp music here while the image of today fades out and slowly morphs into about 17 years ago…..)  I discover the concept of decorative rubber stamps at a Stampin' Up! party I attend.  I'm wow'ed, of course (who wouldn't be?), and especially impressed with two things:  1)  The speed with which the demonstrator cranked out 3 different gorgeous papercrafted projects one after the other in a single sitting, and 2) A method of "creating art" without actually BEING an artist. (I'm not one.  And if you were ever to doubt me about that, my Grandma F. would certainly concur. I can copy, mind you, but I can't draw or paint anything original to save my life.)  So I jump all over this Stampin' Up! thing, and 17-1/2 happy years pass.  (Fast forward to July 18, 2013, Salt Lake City.) Now, here I am sitting at my 18th consecutive Stampin' Up! Convention, celebrating the company's 25th anniversary with some 6000 of my closest stampin' friends, when…. wait…… WHAT IS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT?!?

Carving your own stamps from your OWN artwork?!?!?!?

Oh good grief! The reason I STAMP is because I can't draw, and rubber stamping allows me to make pretty things by borrowing someone ELSE'S artwork, so I can FEEL like an artist! (Picture extreme angst and head-shaking here.)

But I'll try anything once. Well, not ANYTHING actually, but you know what I mean.  But I won't necessarily try this "anything" in public if it means there's a chance of being ridiculed by my peers.  So I skip the opportunity to test it out that very night.  Give me time; give me privacy.  So………

Freshly home from Convention I order up my own "Undefined" kit and UPS drops it off about dinnertime last night.  I hem.  I haw.  I open the box and stare at its contents.  I go get something to eat.  I adjust the room temperature.  (How'd it suddenly get SO HOT in here?!?) And who ate the last of the ice cream?  I go check Facebook – and even offer up my own post admitting to my fear.  But I promise myself I WILL try this new product at least once, even if for no other reason than to share with my customers what it's all about.  'Cuz I know that lots of OTHER people are more artistically gifted then I, and THEY might be interested in this new kit, and I suppose I ought to at least know what's in it.  So finally I sit down to check it out.

The kit includes "almost" everything you need to make your own stamp(s).  I had to add a piece of scratch paper, an ordinary pencil, my Craft & Rubber scissors (did I ever mention how disappointed I was when those got retired? Thankfully, I own 6 or 7 pairs….), my black Stazon ink pad (because I chose to, not because I had to), and before the evening was over, a bandaid. (Who knew that tools sharp enough to carve rubber would also be sharp enough to pierce flesh?!?  Thankfully, nothing more than a nuisance there; whew!)

The instructions were straightforward enough – provided you can read diagrams rather than words. (If you'd rather watch a video, there's one at the bottom of this post.) The patterns included with the kit looked WAY too complex for me, so I tossed them aside and thought and thought (like the girl in the video)….. and then remembered that thank you card I've been meaning to make for a couple of months now, except my design idea has required a really cool set of arrow images, and I haven't HAD a set of arrow stamps.  Hey! Now THERE's an idea!  Maybe I could draw arrows! After all, they're just a bunch of straight lines, aren't they?

So I get down to work. Using some plain ol' yellow lined paper as a guide, I sketch out 5 different arrows with a pencil. Some fat, some skinny. Some solid, some open-centered. Some short; some long.  Well THAT didn't take too long. (I'm impressed with myself so far.)  Next step: I flip a sketched arrow over onto the chunk of rubber and run my fingernail back and forth across the paper.  Hey, look!  A nice, sharp image transferred lickety-split onto my rubber!

I take the smaller of the 2 carving tools and trace around the outside of the image.  Not perfectly straight, but I forgive myself because afterall, this is "hand carved" and I'm not an artist anyway.  Ok, keep going…. all the way around…. all the way around. 

Next, using the larger carving tool I dig away at the remaining rubber from around the image.  Doesn't look particularly clean or pretty.  Actually it's downright messy-looking, but it seems to be working.  I grab my Craft & Rubber scissors and rough-cut the image from the remaining chunk of rubber before I spoil the unused section.  Then I mount it onto the adhesive foam layer (and trim up the edges a bit), then ink up the stamp with Stazon and stamp the arrow onto the included wood block.  (I'm instantly transported back to 1996.  Woo Hoo!  I stamped something!)  Next up – I peel off the remaining paper from the self-stick foam and slap the arrow onto the block.  Ta Da!  A rubber stamp is born!

And then 4 more arrows later I've got a whole SET of rubber stamps that are all mine!  And no one else ANYWHERE has arrow stamps just like mine!  I smile (just like the gal on the video)….. and then I go make that card that's 2 months overdue. I'm still smiling.

So today's the final push to close up the 2012 – 2013 Stampin' Up! year.  I'm away from my computer all weekend 'cuz I'm hangin' out with my grandkids (good thing), but I'm also tired and a little bit cranky 'cuz I've already had it with heat (bad thing).  And so, brain fried, I have ordered up TWO of the brand-new magnetic platforms (those new fantabulous gadgets that keep your Framelits and Edgelits from dancing around in your Big Shot; $39.95 value)….. and will send one FREE to each of the first 2 people to place qualifying online orders with me today! 

Want one?  Here are the specifics:

Order must be shipped to a US address, and product total must be $150 or more.  So that means that if you click here to place your qualifying order AND you're one of the first 2 to do so, you'll not only get your usual $25 (or more) in your choice of FREE Stampin' Rewards, but also one of these two Magnetic Platforms as a special thank you from me!

Oh, and while you're setting up your order don't miss these categories that will be listed on the left of the screen:

• Clearance Rack (new stuff recently added)
• New Arrivals (recently-added product)
• Special Offers
• Kits – Bundles (15% off when you select certain coordinating products)

Begin your online order here

Q & A

Q:  May I gather several smaller orders from friends and total them together to get $150?

A:  Yes, but it will all have to be keyed in as one order.  Just have your friends pay you for their shares of the order.

Q:  When is the deadline to qualify for this?

A:  It's an act-fast type of offer.  Your order must be submitted by 8:30 pm Pacific time (that's 11:30 pm Eastern time) on Sunday, June 30, 2013.

Q: Does EVERY $150 order qualify for a free Magnetic Platform?

A:  Only the first TWO $150 (or greater) orders that also meet the other requirements listed here will qualify.

Begin your online order here

Well, I THINK I'm about moved in!  (No kidding!  You'd think that after 5 months, it'd be about TIME wouldn't you think?!?)

So with the basic stuff of "just living life" almost figured out I'm ready to buckle up, knuckle down, and face the new Stampin' Up! year full-on!  I'm pretty darned excited, actually. And Convention being only a couple of weeks away sure doesn't hurt!  🙂

I've got lots and lots and LOTS of ideas swimming in my head as we go into this upcoming Stampin' Up! year – a lot of 'em wrapped around new technologies that are becoming available.  So I've been taking classes, and studying and thinking….. and tinkering with ideas…… and am anxious for some of those to come together sufficiently to announce some fun, new events in the not-too-distant-future.  But in the meantime I've got something else new (well, to me, anyway) that I'm ready and anxious to unveil.

Drum roll, please!

Introducing my very first Product Split!  I've actually got 3 of these I'm prepared to roll out, but figured I'd start with just a single one to dip my toes into gently.  So here's how my very first "Buttons & Candy Dots" product split will work (Oops, just noticed the picture is labeled "Buttons & Brads"; please ignore the "Brads" part!):

Each share of my Buttons & Candy Dots product split will give you half of a package of each product shown on pages 168 & 169……. PLUS half of each package of Candy Dots (on page 171). 

Each share price will be $58, payable to me through PayPal, and includes not only the products, but all the other incidental costs involved in processing and coordinating this (so there's no additional charge for shipping, for instance). 

Your share is available to order now (USA delivery only), so please help yourself!

If this split is well-received, then I will introduce two additional splits fairly soon:  One that includes a sampling of all the ribbons on page 173, and another for the new Designer Series Papers (DSP's).

OK!  So!  Are ya ready?!?!?  Just click the "Add to Cart" button below to order your colorful collection of Buttons & Candy Dots!  You'll get a half a package of each item included! 

Been feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the action at Stampin' Up!® recently?  Well please don't think you're alone, lol!  I think we're all feeling a little bit that way, but I'm guessin' we might as well make sure our seatbelts are securely fastened, our tray tables locked, and our seats are in the upright position 'cuz I'm pretty sure it's gonna continue for a while!  And besides, ya gotta admit it's all been pretty darned exciting, huh?!?

Ok, so today let's focus on one of our newer special offers: $30 More.  It's actually got 2 parts to it, so you can pick either one….. or better yet double-dip into BOTH!  Here's how it works:

FOR HOSTESSES:  When your party sales hit $350 you'll get to choose $30 more in free product than ordinarily shown on the hostess benefits chart.  Sweet and simple!  But the first step (duh!) is to date your party.  And the good news is that even those of you in the Whidbey area are in luck because I'll be there for my Whidbey Stamp-a-thon the middle of May!  (Whidbey Stamp-a-thon:  a challenge to see how many stampin' events and guests I can present to in a week!)  So get in touch with me quick and let's get your party on the calendar.)

Then…..

FOR NEW MEMBERS JOINING STAMPIN' UP DURING THIS TIME:  Choose $30 more for your starter kit – at no additional cost.  (Translation:  Ordinarily you'd get to choose up to $125 of product for only $99; but in this case you'll get $155 in product for $99…… INCLUDING the option to choose items from the hot-off-the-press, members-only, sneek-peek list from the upcoming 2013- 2014 Catalog!)

Ok, so if you're wondering….. how DOES one go about double-dipping and getting that extra $60 in free product……. ?

Well, you do both parts:  host a party and then join, or join and then host a party!  Curious about learning more?  Let's talk.  And in the meantime, if you're the type who tends to overthink things and gets all tangled up on the "what if's" of making a decision, then take a look at this chart….. or download the PDF here for a clearer view.

Today is the last day to get this Playful Polka Dots Digital Kit – for FREE!  This kit has actually been around for a couple of years, and I remember back when it was first released I totally flipped head over heels!  Unfortunately, it was over a year later before I actually put up the bucks to buy it…… but now YOU've the chance to get it for free!

So why pass THAT up?!?

Today I used this Playful Polka Dots kit to design this quick reminder card.  But pay close attention and you may notice that I've actually re-colored several of the elements (because
I'm naturally a pink kinda gal, and because with the updated version of MDS now I
CAN, I suppose).  The only element I added that's not included in the kit is the satin bow (which used to be blue until
recoloring). 

Anyway, there's little excuse for not picking up something for free, and since today's the final day, why not go ahead and grab it now so you won't have to kick yourself later?

Whew! What a busy month this past one's been! My printer gave out without warning and had to be replaced, and so did the car's transmission.  STAMPER's resulting extended stay in the car hospital delayed my departure to Whidbey, but I did get there in time to present 3 different stamping events in a week (big thank-you's to my fabulous hostesses Kevin and Leslie, btw), tie up the loose ends of several bits of personal business, witness the first snowfall of the season there, and assist my folks with several things.  And I got out of town and headed home just before Whidbey's big landslide hit the national news!

I've been dying to get a chance to stamp just for fun, and finally last night was the night.  So I dug out both of the boxes I'd received from Paper Pumpkin and got to work.  

I'd snapped this photo probably about a week earlier….. back at the time I'd received the very first shipment of my Paper Pumpkin subscription (late, because it had arrived while I was out of town), and I remember being SO excited to dig into it at that time.  But alas, so many other higher-priority "have to be a grown-up and focus on real-life" things buzzed all around me…… and believe it or not, this kit stayed in exactly this same status until just last night.  And THEN it was really tough to bring myself to tear open that tissue paper!  (You see, I grew up in a household where we never "tore" wrapping paper, but this package had the Paper Pumpkin logo sticker holding it closed, so I couldn't help it; the tissue paper tore!  Yikes!)

Ok, so I carefully removed, opened and inspected each little treasure inside, and read everything included (not that I really needed to, but I'm my father's daughter, lol)….. and then I started putting the project together.  It occurred to me at about that moment that this package had been billed as about a 30-minute creativity break, so I glanced at the clock and made a note of my start time.

And just about 30 minutes later I had completed this card & envelope……  
even after considering a few minor alterations myself – and spending time digging for a piece of thread.  (If you know me very well you know I can't STAND "naked buttons", so I HAD to put some "clothes" on that puppy! Would have preferred to have used SU's baker's twine, but alas I think it's still in a box in a storeroom somewhere, so I had to resort to some generic stuff I had lying around.)

Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised with the results.  (True confessions: I have to admit I had not been all that thrilled with the pictures I'd seen of this initial "Welcome Kit" project – 4 full-size cards and envelopes.  Probably because green, yellow, gray & turquoise would not rank at the top of my favorite color-combos list.) 

But I've learned that the "real thing" is usually much nicer than the pictures, and I'm open to trying new things (I think they call it "stretching"), and as it turned out, I really WAS pleasantly surprised with this result after some minor tweaks. 

The gray base cardstock is AWESOME! Very smooth, heavier than our ordinary cardstock, and white on the inside to make it easy to stamp on or write a note on. Wish we sold it separately, actually. The weight of the envelope is substantial, too, and the button is quite darling with its wonderful texture (which I realize hardly shows in the picture). 

I needed to add my own SNAIL adhesive to adhere the yellow dotted layer to the gray base, and I chose the Tombow multi-purpose glue to attach the button.  And beyond adding that scrap of white thread, everything else I needed was included in the box:  all the various paper layers (most were peel & stick), the stamps, (and even the special "Welcome Kit" gift of the Size D clear block), the gray ink, and the button and envelope.  Oh, and simple instructions (as if they were actually needed, lol).

So hey! All in all I'm pretty impressed….. and anxious to see what April's kit will have in store! (From here on out all the subscription projects will be a surprise.)

If you haven't yet subscribed to Paper Pumpkin (for either yourself or as a gift), you can initiate the signup process here:  www.tinyurl.com/PaperPumpkinSignUp.  But be sure to do it before Monday, April 8th so we can beat the sign-up deadline to catch THIS month's shipments when they go out mid-month. (Remember your first month will always be the "Welcome Kit", which is the kit highlighted here….. and then subsequent months will catch that specific month's kit.)

So what's totally clear, flexible, fun to create with, nice & sticky (or "nicely sticky"), super-economical, and you've been waiting for it for YEARS?!?

Stampin' Up!'s brand-new "photopolymer" stamps!  And the very FIRST set is available right now! Woo Hoo!!!

Now, stamps made of this material are being offered on a trial basis, and the future of this type of stamp set will depend on its reception.  (That is, good reception + high sales = probably more sets made this way.)  At this time there is not a plan to make our current stamps sets in this style, but as you know, Stampin' Up! is always focused on providing what crafters want, so *I* say, anything's possible – eventually.  Of course, depending on overall positive reception to the initial offers.

So if you're ready to broaden your creative options, give this one a try!  But don't wait too long; this initial set is being offered on a trial basis and we have no idea how long it'll be around.  AND remember this is our 25th Anniversary year and Stampin' Up! has promised one surprise after another, so we've gotta stay on our creative toes!  [Wink!]

"Designer Type", Stampin' Up!'s very first photopolymer stamp set (57 images for only $13.95!), is ready to order NOW…… so check it out in my online store!  (Oh, and watch the cute video posted there, too!)

Know anyone who's just getting started stamping?  And/or can't make it to a real in-person stamp class? 

Or could *you* maybe use a refresher yourself?

Well, Stampin' Up!®'s gotcha covered either way with this fun, brand-new, downloadable stamp class!  Consisting of 6 modules, you'll get videos and PDF instructions to guide you through several basic stamping techniques and success tips…. and a whole BUNCH of projects. (Supply lists included.)

And because this class is downloadable right to your computer hard drive (including the videos) – and not the typical "online" class that may be subject to expiration, your availability schedule or the whims of your internet connection – this will be yours to watch and review pretty much forever*! (*Well, I have to say "forever" with the caveat that we all know that EVENTUALLY technology will change to the point that PDF's and Mp4 videos will be "old school", and our computers a few generations from now will just laugh at 2013 technology, lol…..), BUT the class is only $14.95 (plus tax, and NO shipping), so we can probably cross that bridge when we get there.  😉

Anyway, the tidbits of samples in the collage up above are but a sampling of the projects included in this class; just follow along and learn how to make 'em yourself!

And coming soon:  For those of you already broken out in hives just because you read the word "download", lol, hang in there and watch for my upcoming step-by-step "how to" video to guide you through THAT process!

In the meantime you can snag your own copy of "Stampin Class – The Basics" at my online store!

And don't forget to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin, too!  Sign-up deadline to be included in the first round of kit shipments is March 10th!