Hi Stampers. Welcome to the Paper Pumpkin Possibilities Blog Hop for March. Today we are all creating alternatives for the No Mater The Weather Paper Pumpkin kit. This month kit was faboulous! We got an additional stamp set because it’s Paper Pumpkin’s 7th birthday!
I chose to make a card and a tootsie pop holder. This was a very cheery kit, but my alternatives are a little less than cheery. LOL We’ve all been quarantined and I worked on taxes today… Hence the Basic Gray base. LOL
My card:
I chose to use the door as the focal point of my card. It’s stamped in Memento Black ink, colored with the Watercolor Pencils and blended using the Blender Pen. The door started out being not nearly dark enough, so I dipped the tip of the Real Red watercolor pencil into a drop of water a few times and went over it again. Much better!
The background the large cloud and rain stamped in Smokey Slate ink. Don’t you love those scalloped and stitched rectangles? Those are from the Stitched So Sweetly dies. I used the blue flag and the circle (sponged with some Balmy Blue ink) from the kit and stamped the sentiment in Balmy Blue ink. A few Pretty Peacock Rhinestones finished it off.
Inside the card, I continued the rain theme by stamping the clouds and rain across the top and the boots at the bottom right. The sentiment and the pattern on the boots were stamped in Balmy Blue ink. The adorable bunny and the tiny heart (covering a boo boo) are from the paper pumpkin kit.
My Tootsie Pop Holder:
The tootsie pop holder is made using a 2″ strip of Basic Gray CS and the Delightful Day Tag Topper Punch. The flowers and boots are from the paper pumpkin kit. They were already colored, so it made it quick and easy.
Inside there is a Tootsie Pop and I held it closed with a few glue dots and then made a pretty little bow with some of the twine from the kit. I plan to give them to a neighbor as encouragement that there are indeed “brighter days ahead”.
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Hi Stampers. Today we are sharing with you, alternative ideas for the February 2020 Paper Pumpkin kit – Lovely Day. It’s a beautiful kit and it coordinates with the “Happy Birthday To You” Sale-A-Bration item – FREE with a $50 order!
For my projects, I created a card and a Hershey Kisses tent using supplies from the Lovely Day Paper Pumpkin Kit and a few supplies from my stash..
Birthday Card:
The card is made using a thick Whisper White card base. I then cut one of the card bases down to 4″ x 5-1/2″ to make a layer for the card and then adding a layer of Petal Pink. The Petal Pink scalloped square was die cut using the So Sentimental Dies.
The flowers in this kit a beautiful! I used one of them on this card and added the sentiment by using more parts from the kit.
Inside the card I have a mix of stamps from the kit and the Happy Birthday to You stamp set – stamped in Rococo Rose ink.
Hershey Kisses Tent:
I cut one of the card bases to 4″ x 5-1/2″ and scored it at 1-1/2″, 2-1/2″ and 4″ for the Hershey Kisses tent. The Hershey Kisses are placed on the 1″ section and adhered with glue dots.
The middle here is another section I cut from a card base – it already had the pennants on it. The birthday cake slice was stamped onto Whisper White card stock using Pool Party ink and fussy cut.
I colored the cake using Stampin’ Blends. I was happy with how it all came together so quickly.
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Hi Stampers. Today we are sharing with you, alternative ideas for the October 2019 Paper Pumpkin kit – Winter Woods. It’s a beautiful kit and next month coordinates with it!
The original design was almost too pretty to make alternatives, so I made it very similar, but a fancy fold easel card.
My card props up for display – since it is so pretty, it can be a Christmas decoration as well as a card!
The label with the sentiment on it, is popped up on dimensionals to hold the card open.
I love how the front has the 3D effect with those trees. I saved the negative of the trees, there is plenty of room in the middle to die cut more things out of that gorgeous shimmer white!
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Hi Stampers. Welcome to the Paper Pumpkin Possibilities August 2019 Blog Hop. We are here to give you alternate ideas for your Gift of Fall paper pumpkin kit. I made my alternatives by also using the super cool “add-on” pack that you could get this month.
I used the gift bag that came in the kit and added a strip of Crushed Curry CS down the middle of the bag and then layered the paper pumpkin parts over the top. I stamped the tag with a sentiment from the Paper Pumpkin set in Early Espresso ink.
I then added a bow using the 5/8″ burlap ribbon and used the tissue from the paper pumpkin kit on the inside of the bag.
For the card, I used a Merry Merlot card base – 11″ x 4-1/4″, scored at 5-1/2″. Next, I cut off 2-3/4″ of the card front and decorated it using the back of one of the cards (the Crumb Cake and one of the tags cut to a rectangle).
The top of the card from the kit was cut down to 2-1/2″ x 4″ and adhered to the left side of the card front. A leftover strop 3/4″ x 4″ from that card was adhered to a 5-1/4″ x 4″ layer of Whisper White for the interior of the card.
For the focal point on the front, I used a Merry Merlot stitched circle from the kit and cut a slightly smaller Whisper White circle on top of that. One of the velum leaves was added to the center of the white circle and they were all put on the card front using stampin’ dimensionals.
I used Crushed Curry ink and the “happy thanksgiving” stamp from the kit to finish the interior of the card.
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Welcome to the Paper Pumpkin Pop Up Blog Hop! We are all fans of this monthly crafting kit and want to share with you our enthusiasm for this box of fun and creativity. The beauty of the Paper Pumpkin kit is that you can follow the directions provided in the kit to make the projects as they were designed, or use the supplies as a starting point and let your creativity run wild. On this hop we will be sharing lots of ideas with you on how to use this March Paper Pumpkin kit: May Good Things Grow.
For July, we were given a beautiful kit to work with that coordinates with existing product from our Annual Catalog. I chose to work with the nautical portion of this kit and add a pizza box and the stamp set, High Tide to make it a little something different.
I used the card base that came in the kit and added a 3-3/4″ x 5″ piece of Mossy Meadow CS and a 3-1/2″ x 4-3/4″ piece of Whisper White CS. I started by cutting a large circle out of a scrap piece of CS using the Layering Circles dies and sponged Calypso Coral ink and Pumpkin Pie ink to create a large sun.
Next, I used the High Tide stamp set to stamp the water waves using Seaside Spray ink. Over the stamped waves, I sponged some Pumpkin Pie ink and Calypso Coral ink to create the sun reflection down the middle at an angle. Seaside Spray ink was then sponged on either side of the reflection.
The sailboat is from the kit and is attached to the card front using mini stampin’ dimensionals. The birds from the High Tide stamp set were stamped in the upper right corner in Basic Gray ink.
On the inside of the card, I stamped the sentiment from the kit in Basic Gray ink and the seashell (also from the kit) in Sahara Sand ink. I love how this card came out!
To coordinate with the card, I decorated on of the Stampin’ Up! Pizza boxes. All the pieces used in the decorating of the box were from the kit. I cut up one of the card bases, the solid mossy meadow color was on the back side of the card base and the stripes were on the front. The sentiment was stamped onto the strip (from the kit) in Night of Navy ink and attached with stampin’ dimensionals. The linen thread and the wheel were tucked behind the sentiment.
As you see here – and will see throughout the rest of the hop, there are many possibilities with this adorable kit!
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Hi Stampers. I have to confess. I have not been a fan of Paper Pumpkin in the past, but they have been making great strides in improvement to these kits. There is also a lot more “alternative” ideas for using these kits out there in case you don’t like it exactly as designed. This is one of those alternative ideas. The Sentimental Rose kit that was released in April 2019 had a great distINKtive rose stamp in it. I used that rose and it’s leaves to create these cards.
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What is a distINKtive stamp? It is a new style of stamp that Stampin’ Up! have developed called a Distinktive stamp. This type of stamp lays down the ink at different opacities giving the finished image more depth – just ink the surface lightly for a perfect photographic finish.
Step-by-Step Tutorial:
1. Start with a card base 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″, scored at 4-1/4″. (I used Lovely Lipstick, Petal Pink and Gorgeous Grape cardstock.
2. Folded and burnished at the score line.
3. Dry emboss a 4″ x 5-1/4″ layer of Very Vanilla CS using the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder.
4. Adhere this to the card front using snail adhesive.
5. Cut a piece of Mossy Meadow CS – 1-1/2″ x 5-1/4″.
6. Cut a piece of Very Vanilla CS – 1-1/4″ x 5-1/4″.
7. Use Mossy Meadow ink and a sentiment to stamp onto the right side of the Very Vanilla CS strip. (I used the “thanks” sentiment from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set).
8. Adhere the Very Vanilla strip to the Mossy Meadow strip and then the two to the card front using snail adhesive.
9. Stamp the flower (in the color of your choice) onto a scrap of Very Vanilla CS (approx. 3″ x 3″).
10. Stamp the leaves in Mossy Meadow ink onto scraps of Very Vanilla CS.
11. Cut out the rose and leaves, either with paper snips or a Brother Scan-n-cut machine. See more info about the Brother Scan-n-cut at my affiliate link HERE. (An affiliate link means – while keeping the cost the same for you – I earn a small referral fee that helps to support this blog).
12. Adhere these to the left side of the card front using stampin’ dimensionals.
Stampin’ Tip: The key to getting a good image with the distINKtive stamps is to have an ink pad that is not too dry, but also not too juicy. Before I inked the stamp, I rubbed the ink pad with the back of a spoon – pushing the ink down into the pad.
13. Cut a 4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Very Vanilla CS for the interior of the card.
14. Use the flower stamp to stamp the flower in the lower right corner.
15. Adhere this layer to the interior of the card using snail adhesive.
Here is a close up of the flower from the April 2019 Sentimental Rose Paper Pumpkin kit.
Product Spotlight – Stamp Cleaning Pad
After I was done stamping, I cleaned my photopolymer stamps using the Simply Shammy and then the Stamp Cleaning Pad. The new Stamp Cleaning Pad is great for removing any leftover inks from the stamp – preventing staining.
This is the stamp after using it with the Petal Pink, Gorgeous Grape and Lovely Lipstick inks. As you can see, it does a great job of cleaning the photopolymer stamps!
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