Paper Pumpkin

Brand new from Stampin' Up!  ~ Paper Pumpkin!!!

I'm Paper Pumpkin . . .

I come to your door each month (a fully decked-out creativity carriage). I'll help you to escape your life with some paper fun.

I come in a sweet box, but you'll really love what you find on the inside:

All the stamps, ink, paper, and accessories to create pinable projects. Create stuff like cards, journals, décor, and more!

Paper Pumpkin by Stampin' Up! is a new monthly kit program that anyone  can enjoy!

 Get Started

It's so easy to get started. Simply sign up for the program by visiting My Paper Pumpkin  and click Get it.

Then select me (Cathy Daimon) as your demonstrator .

Every month a new, surprise project kit arrives at your doorstep. Just think of the anticipation of creating a fun project to pin, showoff, and share with your friends and family-every month!

Here's the details:

• Each month SU! will send you a unique, surprise kit with a project-cards, journals, décor, and more! (We've even color-coordinated, measured, and cut everything for you!)
• Each kit includes stamps, ink, paper, and accessories-everything but adhesive.
• Each kit gives you a 30-minute creativity escape.
• SU! will ship your Paper Pumpkin on or around the 15th of the month.  
• You need to sign up for a kit by the 10th of the month to get that month's kit. If you sign up on the 11th of the month, your first kit will come the next month. (Let's say you sign up on May 10th, we'll send your kit around May 15th. If you sign up on May 11th, we'll send your first kit around June 15th.)
• A Paper Pumpkin membership is $19.95 per month (and shipping is included!)
• There's no commitment, you can cancel your monthly Paper Pumpkin at anytime. You can also skip a month if you want.

Don't wait! Nothing to loose ... unleash your creativity!

Potholders coming back into stock!!

Hello Friends!
We are ahead of the game this year ... potholders will be back up on Etsy. I've figured out how to keep Etsy stocked even during the craft fair season. And figured out how to NOT drive myself crazy adding and taking them down from the site ...
So go check them out! Click on the Etsy link at the top of the page ... or click on the fabric button for pictures too!

February's card class is right around the corner ... I'll be making the packets up this weekend! If you missed Feb's class don't delay and sign up for March!

Saleabration is in full swing at Stampin' Up! Free product galore!!

Welcome Friends!

Do you like the new look? Thanks to Once Upon a Blog I have a new blog look and new, coordinating Facebook and Etsy pages .... I love it. They are all tied together. Changed up everything ... labels for potholders and such too! Now I just have to figure out how this new blog works ... different tabs for different parts ... click around and enjoy your visit! Please save this address (or sign up for updates ... ) I will no longer be using HugsKissesandStamping as my blog address.

Be sure to click on the paper tab ... no updates yet in fabric.

Have you checked out Stampin' Up's new Paper Pumpkin program? Great idea ... super fun stuff delivered right to your door. You cancel whenever you want and / or even put a hold on the program for a month or two or three ..... link on the left side bar. It's gonna be FUN!!

Saleabration is coming in just 3 more days! If you haven't gotten a catalog shoot me an email ... will get one to you via email.

BEST OF 25 YEAR STAMPS

As part of our 25-year anniversary celebration, we're bringing back some of our favorite stamp images from the last quarter century and combining them into 12 sets, which will release-one set per month-during 2013. Even better, along with some great classic images, each "Best of" set will also include a never-before-seen image!

Some things to remember:

• All Best of stamp sets will include 3-5 images, including a never-before seen image, and will be priced at $14.95.
• While we are releasing just one Best of stamp set per month (with a new theme each month), all of the Best of sets will be available until March 31, 2014.
• A new flyer will be released every month for each new Best of set.
• All Best of stamp sets are available in Clear-Mount only.

s a special incentive to collect the Best of stamps, starting in February we're including a collector's card and 25-year proof of purchase sticker with every Best of set. Collect six stickers, and send it in to redeem a FREE set of your choice valued up to $14.95! Free sets must be redeemed no later than April 30, 2014.

Click on the link on the left sidebar for more details! 

Whhhhoooooeeeeeeeeeeee Finally a TIMELY post!! August's classes have just finished and they Holiday Treats were a BIG HIT ... nice  to have a little something for friends and family at holiday gatherings. Here are ideas for all three soon to be holidays, Halloween, Thanksgiving and of course Christmas.
 

Holiday Treats Class

Skinny Treats:

 Halloween Cupcake Stick (excuse the naked cupcake!)

Rosette Favor Box

Thanksgiving Treat bag (goldfish match so nicely!)

Elegant grunge for Halloween!

Topper treats for Christmas and Thanksgiving!

AUGUST SPECIALS .... don't delay - valid only through Cathy Daimon. Not valid on line. Deadline to order, Aug 29! Specials may not be combined. Don't delay!!

Order $50 worth of Big Shot accessories and get an embossing folder free!

Place a $50 order and get a silicon craft sheet free! ($5.95)

Place a $75 order and get a free embossing folder! ($7.95 or less)

Place a $100 order and get a free pack of designer paper! ($10.95 or less)

Place a $125 order and get any stamp set valued at $14.95 or less for FREE!

Place a $150 order and get ONE of the FREEBIES above FREE PLUS $25 to spend on catalog items!! 

MDS ... a big update is coming ....

Stampin' Up is bringing out a new upgrade August 1st. (YAY) AND there will be a great SALE on MDS products in August too. You don't want to miss out. If you haven't tried MDS yet you are missing out on the best digital scrapbooking program around. Look at a few things I've whipped up lately ....

My friend Patti is gonna be a grandma soon. I told her we should do an activity at the shower and create an album for her daughter. This will be a hybrid album since I did a couple pages in MDS ... I'll be busy helping during the shower - no time for me to make pages .... so here are baby Samuel's first two digital pages. 

While Patti and I were planning the album for her daughter, little did she know that her children were planning a surprise 30th wedding anniversary for their parents! So I took a Stampin' Up! 8x8 photo album and covered it in fabric for her ... and did a front page for her too.

 The party was awesome - they were really surprised. So then I asked for a family picture and created this page for the back of her book ....

 She is an English teacher and wrote a wonderful thank you letter to everyone. I asked for the letter and created pages to feature the letter. She mentions everyone! It was awesome.

See what you are missing if you aren't using MDS????? Sign up today for a free 30 day trial! Check out my website for more details.

www.cathydaimon.stampinup.net

Have fun!!!

Oh my it's JULY!!!

My oh my .. .where has the time gone??? May came and went, June flew by and July is on the way out and I have not posted at all this month????? What is wrong with me??? Busy? Yup ... you got it - like we all are! The girls both came home in May ... and in no time Cait was back in Baltimore - two weeks are toooo short. She had a great time at home though. Hit that beach just about every day.Kerry (and Ryan) are both home from college for the summer. And Kerry is working hard on making hand sanitizers and cutting potholder pieces for me .... (actually, both girls were cutting potholder pieces) Now I have to sew them all!!!

  

Here's some cards from June .... Kerry needed a first birthday card and I had just seen Norine do a cute card with a gift card pocket attached ... changed it up a bit and here's the result ....

This was the original - used this for my June new catalog make n take ... 

 Here are the cards from June's Stamp a Stack class .....

And FINALLY ... a year later I finished the two gigantic quilts that were ordered. They were created from aloha shirts and muumuus ... talk about a memory quilt!!

Her two sons are over 6 feet tall ... and the quilts will cover them and then some.
Enjoy!

May is sure starting out busy ... hope you found all your Mother's Day gifts, if not, check out my Etsy Shop for the cutest potholders and trivets ... great for any Mom (including you!)


Here's a picture of our booth at the Moanalua Craft Fair ... it was a winner ... potholders (as usual) were very popular!! Pillowcases too!

Here's the cards from this month's Stamp a Stack class - new catalog hits the street June 1st ... be sure you get your favorites before they are gone!

Kerry comes home in about 10 days and Cait will be right behind her! FULL HOUSE ... 

YAY

Hope to see you soon ....