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Santa Claus is comin’ to town a bit early this year—and he’s brought a holiday Paper Pumpkin sale! Starting September 11, 2024, at 12:01 a.m. (MT) until October 10, 2024, at 11:50 p.m. (MT), anyone who signs up for our monthly Paper Pumpkin subscription as a new subscriber will receive 40% off their first kit. That’s right, 40% OFF!

Where This Discount Is Applied
This discount will be applied to one kit in the first kit shipment of the Paper Pumpkin subscription, which means new subscribers will get 40% off the October Nests of Christmas Paper Pumpkin Kit. After that, each month’s kit will return to the regular price of $25.00. The price of shipping is included in your subscription.

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Now that you’ve read through all the details, it’s time to head to paperpumpkin.com to subscribe and use code HOLIDAY40 to get 40% off your first month!

Let me know if you have questions or need help. The October kit makes 10 Christmas cards.

Until next time,

Mary Lou

Your Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator

Shop with me HERE

Who are my scrapbookers?

 I am so excited that Stampin' Up! is going to release scrapbooking options beginning next Wednesday, Sept. 4!!! Here is an awesome brochure showing all the pretty options, including class kits!!

Who wants to come to a scrapbooking class? I will be hosting a class using Autumn to Remember on pages 17-19. RSVP NOW! I will need your payment by Monday, Sept. 2 so I can order the kits on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Cost will be $47.00 (your kit plus shipping and tax). We'll make the pages according to directions included in the kit. Class will be Tuesday, October 1 at 1:00 pm at my house. Email me now to save your kit. I will need your payment in advance since this involves ordering product. You can Venmo, Zelle, CashApp or go old cash, let me know if I need to meet you. 

Need to call or text me? 903-348-7073

Email me at maryloufoster74@yahoo.com

Can't wait to show you these kits!

Until next time,

Mary Lou Foster

Your Independent Stampin' Up! Demo

Shop with me HERE

A Beautiful Sketched Butterflies card

 Have you wondered if there are other ways to color cards besides Stampin' Blends or watercolor pencils? The answer is "Yes, there is." I love the blends. I struggle with watercolor pencils because I am not familiar with how to layer colors. Today's card features a really cool way to 'color' that uses Wink of Stella. What? Yes! Our inks are water-based and Wink of Stella works perfectly to pull color from the stamped images to give a watercolor look. Check it out:

Sketched Butterflies Bundle and Cute Crochet 3D Embossing Folder

This butterfly is stamped in Pretty Peacock and colored with Wink of Stella! The stamp is called a line art stamp and has a lot of ink around the edges. Wink of Stella 'pulls' that color in as you stroke the lines. It gives a nice layered look to the color with light and dark places dependent on how much ink is in the line. The added bonus: the lovely shimmer that Wink of Stella gives your project. It's hard to capture that in a picture but maybe you can see it.

Want to see how I made this card? Here is the Video I made over on my You Tube Channel. While you are there, please follow my channel.

Cutting Instructions:

Card Base: 4 1/4" x 11", score at 5 1/2" (top fold card)

Pretty Peacock Layer: 4" x 5 1/4"

Basic White Layer: 3 3/4" x 5"

Scraps for label and to stamp butterfly

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you learned a new way to color your cards that really adds a bit of sparkle. Plus that embossed layer adds so much detail. Your recipient will ooh and aah when they open this card. Let me know if you have questions or need help with anything.

See you soon,

Mary Lou

Your Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

SHOP WITH ME: My Online Store

Here are the supplies I used to create this card:

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163492

$49.50

163490

$26.00

163491

$29.00

122924

$11.50

150880

$11.50

159276

$13.00

159183

$30.00

163792

$10.00

162587

$8.00

149653

$130.00

152392

$28.00

104430

$4.25

152813

$8.00

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Feel Better Soon Unbounded Love Card

 The Unbounded Beauty Suite Collection on pages 52-55 of the Annual catalog caught my eye the first time through the catalog. The colors are my favorites, there is some shiny paper that coordinates, unique embellishments, and flowers! 

If you haven't noticed the Unbounded Love stamp set, take a minute to check it out. So many sentiments! Plus the dies are sized to fit a lot of the sentiments which is a huge bonus.

For this card I used what we refer to as the B side of the designer series paper. Pretty in Pink is one of my favorite new In Colors. The Peach Pie glimmer paper adds subtle sparkle and is die cut with one of the dies from the Unbonded Love dies.

Here is my inspiration card from the catalog:

It is a smaller card and is on a white card base. I just sized it up to a regular card and used the same layout for the sentiment. It leaves a lot more free space on my card but the paper takes center stage on this one. 

Close up of the sentiment

Here is another version with a different sentiment and different color of the Resin Dots.

The inside is an opportunity for more creativity. Here are the two ways I stamped the inside:

Here is the video showing how to make this card: Feel Better Soon card

Cutting Instructions:

Card Base is cut 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4"

Designer Series Paper it cut 4" x 5 1/4"

The rest of the pieces are scraps big enough to die cut

Thanks for checking out my card. Please let me know if you have any questions or need any help figuring out how to make this card. It is a very easy card to copy.

Until next time,

Mary Lou

Your Independent Demonstrator

Here are the supplies used to make this card:

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Unbounded Beauty Suite Collection (English)

[163390]

$141.00

Unbounded Love Bundle (English)

[163384]

$54.75

Unbounded Love Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[163378]

$25.00

Pretty In Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[163793]

$11.50

Peach Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[163799]

$11.50

Shy Shamrock 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[163795]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Unbounded Beauty 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[163372]

$12.50

2024–2026 In Color™ Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[163771]

$11.00

Peach Pie Classic Stampin Pad

[163810]

$9.00

Pretty In Pink Classic Stampin Pad

[163807]

$9.00

2024 2026 In Color™ Resin Dots

[163389]

$8.00

Flowers Of Beauty Dies

[163375]

$37.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

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How to Make a Fractured Card

Hello! Today I have a fractured card for you. This is my first one because I thought they would be too hard. Well, I was so wrong. These cards turn out so pretty and show off your chosen papers so nicely. 

Those butterflies are part of the Sketched Butterflies bundle. Mine are die cut using one of the dies from the bundle. I love the fluttering movement because I didn't stick down the wings. I used a mini glue dot in the center of each butterfly. 

The Unbounded Beauty designer series paper has colors I really like. The secret to a fractured card is the 2" square center! It is mounted at an angle like a diamond. The 1/2" strips are added next and trimmed off at the edge of the piece of Basic White cardstock. I used 4 1/4" pieces of the DSP to adhere next. The corner will line up perfectly is you have been careful to line up the strips accurately. That's the only thing hard about this card-accuracy. The label is punched with the new 

Here is the video I did showing have to make this card: HERE

Cutting Instructions:

Card Base: 4 1/4" x 11", scored at 5 1/2"

Basic White cardstock to build card front: 4" x 5 1/4"

Center square: 2"

Shimmer Strips: 1/2" x 4 1/4"

DSP for corners: 4 1/4" squares

Inside liner: 4" x 5 1/4"

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have fun making a fractured card.

See you soon,

Mary Lou Foster

Your Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator

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Sketched Butterflies Bundle (English)

[163492]

$49.50

Pretty In Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[163793]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$13.00

Unbounded Beauty 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[163372]

$12.50

2024–2026 In Color™ Glimmer 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[163771]

$11.00

2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems

[163781]

$8.50

Labeled With Love Punch

[163569]

$23.00

Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad

[147097]

$9.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

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