Good Morning! The Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Wishes bundle is a really sweet wildflower themed bundle with wonderful sentiments and great dies. I used it with the Beautiful Thoughtful Journey 6″ x 6″ designer series paper to make a thinking of you card with watercolor techniques. You can find the products I used at the bottom of my post along with the card stock sizes.

I adhered pretty panel of Thoughtful Journey 6″ x 6″ designer series paper to a Mossy Meadow mat with liquid glue. I cut a panel of Lost Lagoon with the leaf dies from the Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Journey dies and adhered two of them to the DSP panel with glue dots.

I cut a Basic White panel with the thistle dies from the Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Journey dies twice. I used a water painter and Heather Highland ink to color the flowers and Lost Lagoon and Mossy Meadow inks to color the stems. I did this quickly so that it has a splotchy look with different shades of color. After they dried, I adhered them to the DSP panel with dots of liquid glue. I adhered the last two Lost Lagoon die cut leaves on top with glue dots.

I used my light Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blend to color a length of Linen Thread and wrapped it around the panel twice and made a bow and adhered the panel to the front of a Boho Blue card base. I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Wishes stamp set in Mossy Meadow ink on Wild Wheat and cut it out with the label die from the Perennial Postage dies. I adhered the label to the card with dimensionals and finished with several brass dragonfly embellishments.

For the inside of the card I used Highland Heather and Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Write markers to ink up the thistle stamp from the Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Wishes stamp set. I used a sponge dauber to add touches of Mossy Meadow to the stamp. I lightly spritzed the stamp with water and stamped the side of a Basic White panel. I used the spatter stamp to apply some twice stamped off Wild Wheat ink to the corner before adhering it to the inside of the card.

I was inspired by the beautiful watercolor look of the Thoughtful Journey 6″ x 6″ DSP to use water techniques to make todays card. It’s a lot of fun to use different coloring techniques and get nice results. And water coloring with ink is pretty easy on small cuts like these thistle from the Stampin’ Up! Thoughtful Wishes bundle. Give it a try!

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The June Paper Pumpkin Kit – Life Is Sweet!

Celebrate the sweet things in life with textured, artistic cards.

• Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs with 9 coordinating envelopes
• Iridescent glimmer sentiments and precut paper pieces
• Vellum accents, iridescent pearls, and linen thread
• Shy Shamrock Classic Stampin’ Spot

Coordinating Colors: Poppy Parade, Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Shy Shamrock, Pool Party, Pretty In Pink

And the coordinating add-on is the Thanks and Beyond dies. These dies coordinate with the Best There Is kit and will also coordinate with the June kit.

If you’re interested in subscribing to Paper Pumpkin, you can either sign up for a subscription where you are billed monthly for your kit or you can purchase a prepaid subscription in my Online Store. To see more information and to sign up for the monthly subscription click here. To see the options for prepaid subscriptions in my Online Store, click here.

Sign up deadline for the June 2024 kit is June 10, 2024. Note: Supplies may be limited toward the end of the subscription period.

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Stampin’ Up! May Joining Special!

Exciting News! Between May 1 and May 31, anyone who becomes a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator will receive four 2024–2026 In Color products in their Starter Kit for FREE! This is one of our richest offerings yet!

Promotion Details:

• Dates: May 1, 2024 – May 31, 2024
• New Demonstrators will receive the following products in their Starter Kit at no additional cost:
  • 2024–2026 In Color Classic Stampin’ Pad Bundle
  • 2024–2026 In Color 8-1/2″ x 11″ Cardstock
  • 2024–2026 In Color 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper
  • 2024–2026 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers
• New team members may not use their team leader’s shipping address to ship their kit. 
• New team members may only pay for their kit using a credit card on which they are listed as an authorized user. 
• All orders should be closed by 31 May. 
• New demonstrators who submit their Independent Demonstrator Agreement (IDA) before 1 May or after 31 May will not be eligible for this Starter Kit offer.

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In addition to the In Color products, new Demonstrators will pick $125 USD worth of products of their choice for $99! When you join, the In Color products will be automatically added to your Starter Kit. You will also receive free business supplies with your order and free shipping. Not to mention all the fun that comes with being a part of our wonderful crafting community. Click the button below to Join Now, or get additional details on my Join My Team page

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Current Host Code: SSMUTY4A

Use this host code when you order $50 or more and receive a Thank You gift from me!  The free gift is your choice of any item currently available valued up to $10.00.

If your order is over $150, please do not use the host code since you’ll receive your own Host Dollars plus I’ll still send you the Thank You gift!  This host code can be used by anyone, no club or commitment required. Let me know if you have any questions.

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If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator.  Just click on the Shop Now Button on the right side of the screen to go directly to my Online store or contact me if you have any questions.  Happy Stamping!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Akiko

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Cardstock Cuts for this project:

• Boho Blue – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ card base, scored at4-1/4″, 1-1/4″ x 2-1/2″ (label)
• Mossy Meadow – 4″ x 5-1/4″ (front Mat)
• Lost Lagoon – 1″ x 5″ (die cut leaves)
• Wild Wheat – 1-1/4″ x 2-1/2″
• Basic White – 4″ x 5-1/4″ (inside panel), 2″ x 6″ (die cut flowers)
• Thoughtful Journey 6″ x 6″ DSP – 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″ (front background)

Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

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