Rick Adkins

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Grown with Kindness 10 Cards with 1 Kit Tutorial

Paper Pumpkin, Stampin' Up!, Alternative Project, Rick Adkins

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you another 10 card 1 kit video tutorial. For this post I am using the February Paper Pumpkin Kit (Grown with Kindness) and a few extra products. I will have a full list of the supplies used in the shopping list below. In this post you will also see 10 alternative projects for this month's kit. Let's get started shall we.

Video Tutorial:

A Closer Look:

Let's have a closer look at the 10 cards that I created shall we.

Well what did you think about the 10 alternative projects for this month's kit? This is one of my favorite paper pumpkin kits that I have gotten in awhile. I am super happy with how the alternatives turned out. I will have a second post that comes out in a couple hours that is part of the A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop where you will see more alternative projects from myself and other demonstrators in the hop. So you will want to check back and check out that post as well.

Thanks for dropping by today, I hope that you have been inspired by my 10 cards and 1 kit post today. Also I need to let you know that Paper Pumpkin will be celebrating it's 6th birthday next month and if you sign up before the 10th of March you will get the March kit which will be coming with a additional stamp set as a gift from Stampin' Up! for us to play with. Join the celebration here!

Happy Stampin'

Rick

Stampin' Up! Shopping List:

z 12-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137861] $209.00	6-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137860] $108.00	3-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137859] $57.00	1-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137858] $19.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.75	Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337] $8.50	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $8.50	Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144245] $8.50
Fresh Fig 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144242] $8.50	Stampin' Trimmer [126889] $30.00	Lemon Lime Twist 1/4" Ombre Ribbon [144234] $7.00	Big Shot [143263] $110.00
Country Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [149698] $0.00	Layering Circle Framelits Dies [141705] $35.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $7.00
Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147283] $9.00	Pineapple Punch Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147280] $9.00	Blackberry Bliss Combo Pack Stampin' Blends [147932] $9.00	Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147273] $9.00

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Artfully Folded for #PCC328

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am sharing my card for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge. This week we are doing projects that feature Simple Stamping. I have designed a card using the Hostess set Artfully Folded. I've have had my hands on this set for awhile but haven't gotten around to using it. So I thought it was the perfect time to pull it off the shelf. Here's a look at my card.

Here's a look at the inspiration for this weeks card. You can click on the image and check out what the other design team members came up with or even take time and create your own card and play along.

Yes we are doing simple stamping this week. I have had a lot of fun coming up with these cards for you. I will also have the next episode of Rick's Saturday Simple Stamping this Saturday as well so you will differently want to come back and check that card out.

I already mentioned that I used the Artfully Folded stamp set for my card today. This set is a host only set and can only be earned with a qualifying order using Stampin' Rewards. But it was totally worth it, this fun origami set is just the cutest thing ever. Here's a look at the stamp set.

images by Stampin' Up!

I stamped all the outline images of the folded birds in tuxedo black ink randomly around the card. Besides the main swan I stamped it closer to the bottom and actually stamped it first. I then filled in around that swan.

After getting all the swans and birds stamped I came back in and filled in as much of the open area as possible with the solid heart as I could. At this point I brought in the second stamp for the swan which is a solid image and filled in the swan with Flirty Flamingo ink. I then stamped the sentiment in Flirty Flamingo ink on a very thin strip of whisper white. I popped the sentiment strip up on a foam adhesive strip.

I then matted the whisper white stamped panel onto a piece of flirty flamingo cardstock cut at 4 1/8 x 5 3/8. This allowed a very thin boarder around the card front. I then added this to my basic black card base that was you guessed it 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2. I added a whisper white inside to the card with one of the swans stamped in flirty flamingo as I did on the outside.

Thanks for dropping by today I hope that you have a wonderful day and that you have enjoyed my card today. I hope that you take a little time and check out what all the other design team members came up with with this weeks theme. Remember that you can click on the challenge image to see what all was created and play along.

Happy Stampin'

Rick