It’s time for the APPT (A Paper Pumpkin Thing) Blog Hop for June. This month’s PP kit, called Broadway Star, coordinates with the new Broadway Bound suite in the annual catalog, and it is a winner winner chicken dinner! It’s all so fun and bright and cheery. You can’t help but smile. For today’s hop I made some small note cards and a holder to store them in.
There are so many different things you can make using this kit, especially when you combine it with the products in the suite. I decided to keep it rather simple. The Candle Embellishments are the only thing from the suite I used on my projects. I didn’t even use a stamp, even though the ones in the PP kit and the ones in the suite are terrific.
This is the Paper Pumpkin kit…
…and this is the suite from the catalog.
Here’s what I made:
Here’s what I did:
Cut and scored with my Stampin’ Trimmer:
- cut 3 black striped and 3 green cards down to 4-1/2″ x 6-3/4″, making sure to keep the score line centered, so once the cards are folded they measure 4-1/2″ x 3-3/8″ – in other words, cut 1″ x 8-1/2″ strip off the long side, and cut 7/8″ off each end
- scored one of the envelopes 1/2″ in from either side and 1/2″ in from the bottom, then burnished the folds with a bone folder
Cut using Paper Snips:
- cut away the outer edges of the envelope flap, that fall outside the score lines
Assembled the cards:
- burnished the fold in the card bases with a Bone Folder
- banners applied onto the front of the card bases (green onto the black card, and white onto the green card)
- balloon applied to the left side of the card front
- gold Hooray applied to the banner
- tied bows with the black & gold twine from the kit and adhered them to the balloons on the green cards using a rolled up glue dot
- applied self stick sequins to the front of the black & white cards
Assembled the holder:
- applied a self stick red layer onto the front of the envelope
- glued two cakes together to make a taller cake, then glued them onto the red layer
- applied 5 gold candles onto the red layer
- applied a self stick gold Hooray onto the front of the flap
- used an Embossing Buddy to powder the bits of the Hooray that stick out from the flap, so they wouldn’t be sticky
- with one hand inside the envelope and one hand outside, flattened the sides and bottom until they were square
- tucked under the points at the bottom corners and glued them to the bottom of the holder
- put the cards in the holder and tied it closed with a piece of the black & gold twine
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Here are today’s colors:
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Here’s what I used:
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Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!
I love your card holder and cards. Thanks
Thanks, Anita!
I love your adorable note cards and note card holder, Candy! I’m glad you shared the tip for using the embossing buddy to get the stickiness off the back sides of the Hooray sticker, too. 😉
Thanks so much, Rachel!
It never occurred to me to make a taller cake – that was clever. Thanks for sharing your note cards and box idea and all the details.
Thanks so much, Monika!