Have Crafts, Will Travel

As a creative person that loves to travel, I'm always planning which crafts to pack, right along with which outfits or shoes. If you've read previous posts, you know that knitting is always in my travel tote. It's my go to for passing time on planes, trains and in automobiles. 

But it's also handy to have some paper crafts that can be easy to travel with. Paper Pumpkin sure fits the bill. Considering it travels to my mail box every month in a pretty and compact box, it's pretty easy to drop it in the tote with an acrylic block and some snips and snail. Voila! Crafting on the go. 

I dropped a few unfinished kits -- ok I will admit, unopened...I've been neglecting my kits -- in my suitcase this summer when I headed home to spend two weeks with my Mom as she had her knee replaced (that's a story for another post coming soon, check back). I planned to take them to the hospital for the hours of waiting. 

It turns out the What a Gem kit was perfectly suited for making little thank you gifts for the nurses. 

I stamped up the tags and assembled the boxes while my Mom slept off the anesthesia. The hospital bed tray was just the right size crafting space and it pulled up nicely to the chair. 

I added some chocolate kisses and set them by her bedside window. 

She loved sharing them with the nurses, physical therapist, food service and housekeeping staff. 

When the boxes were all given away, I took the extra tags (I love that there are always extras) and added them to the banner bags from the Banner Surprise kit, with some more kisses. There were plenty to go around, and hopefully brightened the day of those who helped her to recovery. 

If you want your own creative escape delivered right to your mailbox each month, sign up for Paper Pumpkin here https://www.paperpumpkin.com/en-us/sign-up/?demoid=2128639

2016 Holiday Catalog Paper Share

As summer wraps up and we prepare for back to school, Stampin' Up! fans are also preparing for the launch of the holiday catalog. I've scoured it from front to back and it's full of gorgeous new holiday products that will inspire all kinds of creativity! That little saying about making your heart go pitter patter is a real thing. I know because I had that moment as I was trying to make my must have list on my first pass through the catalog. Seriously, I was stressing out about how I was going to manage getting one of everything. Not kidding, I need it all. And once you get to see it (it will be live on September 1), you will feel the same way.

Well, I have a solution to help you out. A paper share!

What is a paper share? It's an amazing bundle of awesomeness! It means you can have a share of each paper pack offered in the holiday catalog. You can reserve your share today and I will send a PayPal invoice beginning on September 1, 2016.

Your 2016 Holiday Catalog Paper Share will include 56 pieces of 6x6 Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper. One (and in some cases two) sheets of each design offered in the 2016 Holiday Catalog -- including a 6x6 piece of each foil design, glitter paper, and textured paper. Let me tease you with some sneak peeks of the designs!

The cost is $18 per share plus $5 postage (USPS first class). To sign up, email me at clothpaperstringcrafts@gmail.com with the subject line Holiday Paper Share and provide the following information:

• Your name
• Your mailing address and phone number
• The email address you use for Paypal

Beginning on September 1, I will send an email invoice to everyone who has reserved a share. The last day to reserve and pay for your share is September 4. I will only order shares for those who have paid by midnight (PDT) September 4. I will then cut, sort, and package the shares here at the Cloth, Paper, String Studio. I plan to ship the shares out by September 17, barring any backorders or en route delays in product delivery.




The 2016 Holiday Paper Share will include 22 double sided prints from the three winter holiday suites, 6 single sided embossed sheets, 6 single sided foil designs, one metallic foil, one glitter, 10 Halloween designs, and 10 fall designs.



The 6x6 size means you will get perfect samples of each of these luscious papers, perfectly ready for card making and or a scrapbook, or a 3D project. Why suffer the pain of choosing, when you really can have it all?

But really, if you must have it all, please check out my Stampin' Up! site beginning on September 1. Just click the shop button ===>