Artisan Sketched Garden

In October, 5 of us from the Creative Crew team went to a retreat led by Dawn Griffiths. Janell & I went last year ad had so much fun that this gals wanted to join in on the fun this year.

She always does a bang up job in preparing all of our projects for us.

This is a much larger scale than when we have our Mid-Winter Retreat in January (a much higher price too!)

We had a total of 5 project using 5 different bundles/Designer Paper

This first bunch of cards uses the ARTISAN SKETCHED GARDEN DSP.

This first card is called a Slider Pop-Up Fun Fold

You can see the little mechanism in the back.

Card #2 - the flowers were cut from the DSP and colored in with Peaceful Pine, Hydrangea Hue, Barely Blush. I plan to duplicate this card for my Tuesday stampers, but of course that means I will be doing a bunch of fussy cutting for them.

Dawn gave each of us 1/4 of a pack of the DSP to cut up for our cards.

This is the box we made that will hold the four cards we made.

This Book Binding card is one of the favorites of my Tuesday stampers so I am duplicating this for them to make.

And last , but not least (actually it is my favorite of the group) 

It features the SHIMMERING STRIPES specialty paper which had a little Hydrangea Hue added with a Blending Brush.

The "celebrate" comes from BANNER SAYINGS

I think that the color Hydrangea Hue is my favorite of the new 2026-2028 In Colors. I am duplicating this card for my Tuesday stampers as well.

CURRENT CATALOGS

For every order placed in November your 

name will go into a drawing for a 

$50 shopping spree with me.

November's Product of the Month

Branched Out Messages Stamp Set Item #168601

Only $5.00 with a minimum purchase of $75.00

As always, Product of the Month is available while supplies last, so I recommend grabbing it early if it’s on your wish list!

You can also shop online for MANY other products that are not found in the printed copy.

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Have an amazing day!

Christi

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Sweet Old Friends

The second set of cards that we made at the Glitter Retreat with Dawn Griffiths was made using the SILLY OLD BEAR 12x12 DSP. We were each given 1/2 pack of the DSP and then we cut out the pieces that we needed for each project. Dawn had all the bases, etc cut and scored for us and gave us a full set of printed instructions for each project.

I have never seen this style before

The 4-1/4" x 11" Early Espresso base was scored at 2-3/4", 5-1/2" 8-1/4"

The pop-out arm is 3/4" x 7-1/2" scored at 1", 3" & 4-1/2"

This second card is an easel card. I think that I placed the oval piece on the wrong triangle, but it still works, just doesn't look as good

Card #3 is called a Flip Flap Card - you may have seen me use this style several times in the past.

Card #4 was a bit more challenging, but completely doable when you follow the instructions. It's just a super fun pop up called a Floating Pop-Up Arch Card.

Card #5 I changed up and brought it home w/o a sentiment so that I could make it a cute baby girl card. I used the sentiment from the brand new EVERY PHASE stamp set.

If you ever have a chance to go to a stamping retreat, I would highly recommend it. They are so much fun.

IN FACT: My friend and fellow stamper, Inez, and I are holding our annual Mid-Winter Retreat on Saturday, January 16, 2027.

You can sign up for this retreat HERE. 

Cost is only $60 - you will make 9 cards and 1-3D project. There will be a soup and salad bar with my hubbies homemade bread, and we play a game of BINGO with prizes.

CURRENT CATALOGS

For every order placed in November your 

name will go into a drawing for a 

$50 shopping spree with me.

November's Product of the Month

Branched Out Messages Stamp Set Item #168601

Only $5.00 with a minimum purchase of $75.00

As always, Product of the Month is available while supplies last, so I recommend grabbing it early if it’s on your wish list!

You can also shop online for MANY other products that are not found in the printed copy.

EXAMPLES to check out...

*the scrapbooking options

*the online exclusives (Sometimes I find myself liking these better that what I see in the printed catalog so don't miss out because you don't like to shop on line)

*the LAST CHANCE List

Please click on the links below to shop with me...

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Thanks so very much for letting me be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

 

Have an amazing day!

Christi

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Happy Birthday Cards for our Grandkids

NOVEMBER! I can hardly believe it!! I guess it's true what they say that the older you get the faster time flies.

In fact today is out grandson, Liam's, 6th birthday and we look forward to going to his birthday party on Saturday. Earlier we took him and his cousin, Lily, out for their birthday dinners together. They like doing it at the same time and it really does save us a ton of money because they ask to go to more expensive restaurants the older they get. Lily (who's birthday was October 24th) chose Applebees for her 10th birthday dinner, and then we took them to Target to choose their gift.

This is the card that I made for Lily - I used some "other" Winnie the Pooh DSP that was given to me from a friend. One of the prints had all numbers on it so I thought she would like that it said "10"

I love this layout called a SLIDER CARD. I tucked her birthday money into the little pocket.

I shared Liam's birthday card back in May the we made the CAPTURING SMILES cards at our Tuesday class.

Such a little cutie!!

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There will be a new PRODUCT OF THE MONTH revealed soon!

For every order placed in November your 

name will go into a drawing for a 

$50 shopping spree with me.

The winner of the October drawing was...

You can also shop online for MANY other products that are not found in the printed copy.

EXAMPLES to check out...

*the scrapbooking options

*the online exclusives (Sometimes I find myself liking these better that what I see in the printed catalog so don't miss out because you don't like to shop on line)

*the LAST CHANCE List

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Thanks so very much for letting me be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

 

Have an amazing day!

Christi

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Happy Halloween!

 Happy Halloween from our family to yours!!

Which costumes do you like best??

WOOF!!

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Delicate Dreams

Tomorrow, October 31st is the LAST DAY to get in on the sign on deal. Please scroll down for all of the details.

Today's card is another beautiful card using the Delicate Dreams DSP.

The Delicate Whispers Stamp Set that I am also using is now retired, but you can use whatever you have in your stash to duplicate this. Or perhaps you just want to duplicate the layout.

Actually the Delicate Whispers Dies are still available and you can get the stamp set in a different language (other than English), if you just want the flowers and the spray of leaves. (Your words however would be in the different language.) And of course the Delicate Dreams DSP is still available and at a discount no less (on the Last Chance List)

 

I used the STONE & VINE embossing folder, and the PRAYERS & PROMISES Stamp Set. The colors are Hydrangea Hue, Crumb Cake and Basic White.

CURRENT CATALOGS

For every order placed in October your 

name will go into a drawing for a 

$50 shopping spree with me.

It's time for another Join Opportunity 

from October 6-31.

Other opportunities that start on October 6th that you're not going to want to miss! October Product of the Month TWO New Kits Last Chance Products Refresh

October Product of the Month Shining Stars Dies Item# 168600 $5 with $75+ order Available beginning October 6, 2026

You can also shop online for MANY other products that are not found in the printed copy.

EXAMPLES to check out...

*the scrapbooking options

*the online exclusives (Sometimes I find myself liking these better that what I see in the printed catalog so don't miss out because you don't like to shop on line)

*the LAST CHANCE List

Please click on the links below to shop with me...

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Thanks so very much for letting me be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

 

Have an amazing day!

Christi

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Framed Violets

This card was another big hit at my Tuesday class and you sure can't go wrong with the VIOLET DREAMS SUITE

Sometimes I get my inspiration from other demonstrators on FB and therefore don't always have a link to who made it, but this card may be called a flip flap card

CURRENT CATALOGS

For every order placed in October your 

name will go into a drawing for a 

$50 shopping spree with me.

It's time for another Join Opportunity 

from October 6-31.

Other opportunities that start on October 6th that you're not going to want to miss! October Product of the Month TWO New Kits Last Chance Products Refresh

October Product of the Month Shining Stars Dies Item# 168600 $5 with $75+ order Available beginning October 6, 2026

You can also shop online for MANY other products that are not found in the printed copy.

EXAMPLES to check out...

*the scrapbooking options

*the online exclusives (Sometimes I find myself liking these better that what I see in the printed catalog so don't miss out because you don't like to shop on line)

*the LAST CHANCE List

Please click on the links below to shop with me...

Shop the Last Chance List - Save up to 60%

Subscribe to Paper Pumpkin HERE

Join Christi's Creative Crew

Click HERE to shop with me

Christi Waite, Christi's Creative Crew

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Thanks so very much for letting me be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

 

Have an amazing day!

Christi

 

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