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June 2022 Paper Pumpkin Alternative

July 6, 2022 2 Comments

I started my Paper Pumpkin subscription back up again. I had collected quite a few of those red boxes and hadn’t opened them. I found myself in need of some room and in a creative funk, so I opened one up and got to work. I was surprised to find myself enjoying them again. This is the first one I have done since I started again.

I thought the bees would be cute on the fruit. Although I really don’t like bees, I do like stamps of them! There are some cute ones in the Honeybee Home bundle. I’m excited to work on some of the other cards in this kit. One background is so pretty I don’t think I will even make the recommended card. Or maybe just one.

Paper Pumpkin is a great way to get you mojo flowing again. If you are interested, you can go here and sign up. It has a lot of bang for your buck and I don’t think you’ll regret it.

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Alternatives for the March 2020 Paper Pumpkins

March 26, 2020 Leave a comment

I am still having fun playing with the March 2020 Paper Pumpkin. You can get so many different cards from this months kit. I love the extra stamp set that came with it. If you go join my PaperTree Creations Community page on Facebook, you can see a card I made to send to my church family to let them know I missed being with them on Sunday.

Here are two more cards I made.

When I first saw this card base, it reminded me of the sea. Out came the Sailing Home bundle. I wanted to make it a A2 card, so I cut the front off and matted it in Night of Navy before putting it on a Whisper White base. I colored the sailboat with Stampin Blends, fussy cut a cloud by stamping off first with Balmy Blue, and stamped my sentiment. I really like how it turned out.

Product List

Sailing Home Bundle [151066]	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730]	Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144040]
Real Red Combo Pack Stampin' Blends [147935]	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144601]	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]

The next one changes the sentiment and layout a little (had to use that bunny again!), but is mostly supplies from the kit. This was such a great kit! I made this one an A2 card too.

I know I will still be making other cards from this kit. I haven’t used half the supplies yet! Just love when you can get so much out of it.

Next month’s Paper Pumpkin looks awesome. Here is a teaser video. Don’t forget to sign up before April 10th to get the next Paper Pumpkin.

March 2020 Paper Pumpkin Alternatives

March 19, 2020 Leave a comment

Have you seen the March Paper Pumpkin? So cute! I love the bright colors they used in this one. Around here, at this time of year, it’s usually gloomy as we wait for the first flowers to pop up. So the spring look is much appreciated!

For the first card, I went digging in my past Paper Pumpkin stamps till I found a couple stamps that I wanted to use. I can’t remember which months they’re from but I though they worked.

I love the “Hello Sunshine” sentiment for this card. It’s always nice when you can put your umbrella down. It fit perfectly on one of the tags that came with the kit too. I used the flower embellishments and some of the twine that came with the kit to finish it off.

The other thing I did was to cut the card in half and mount it a piece of Night of Navy and then on an A2 card base. A very cheerful card!

Product List

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100867]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

I had to use that darling bunny in a card. Since bunnies like to go into the gardens, I decided to use the garden gate to put behind him with the basket of flowers..

I used another old Paper Pumpkin stamp for this one too. Since today is the first day of Spring, I thought it was appropriate.

Product List

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095]	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115318]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730]
Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144045]	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147274]	Mango Melody Combo Pack Stampin' Blends [147945]	Garden Gateway Dies [151512]

My last card for now uses the umbrella punch and that wonderful coordination product paper that is available till the end of the month.

I used the umbrella punch to cut out the colorful umbrella from the Pleased as Punch paper. Only a few more days to get this paper so don’t wait too much longer.

Product List

Under My Umbrella Bundle (English)

[153786]

Pleased As Punch Designer Series Paper

[153558]

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147276]

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147274]

I hope you enjoyed these alternatives! If you don’t subscribe to Paper Pumpkin, sign up here to start getting your creativity in a box. You won’t regret it!

3 Paper Pumpkin alternative cards from March 2020 kit

How to Get More from Your Paper Pumpkin (February 2020 Alternatives)

February 27, 2020 Leave a comment

One of the things that I love about Paper Pumpkin is that you can make so much more then what the kit suggests! One of my favorite ways to do it is to cut up the card bases so you can make more that one card. I did three cards out of one base here. What a great value!

I took the card base and cut two 4 x 5 1/2 pieces. Then I took one of them and cut it in half again to make two 4 x 2 3/4 inch pieces. I wanted to use some of my other stamps too, so I found a couple that I thought would work well.

Cake Card

Staying with the birthday theme of the kit, I used the Piece of Cake stamp set and the Cake Builder punch.

For the first two cards, I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder. I think the darker color makes the white really stand out. I dug around in my scraps and found this fun paper that went well with the card base. After coloring in the cake and suckers, I put them on the leftover punched out piece. There’s almost always a way to use the discarded pieces!

Product List

Piece Of Cake Photopolymer Stamp Set

[148610]

Cake Builder Punch

[148525]

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)

[129053]

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

Come Sail Away

nautical themed paper pumpkin alternate card

In this next card, I used the Sailing Home set for a masculine birthday card. The retired cording made a great rope accent, although I had to look at the picture of the sailors knot on the Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper to make it!

Product List

Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Sailing Home Cling Stamp Set [149457]	Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper [149481]
Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121043]	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115318]	Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150880]

For the last card, I used the Lovely Lilypad stamp set. This is a free-with-purchase set from Sale-A-Bration.

Product List

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730]	Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150880]	Lovely Lily Pad Photopolymer Stamp Set [152288]	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083]
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144045]	Mango Melody Combo Pack Stampin' Blends [147945]

Paper Pumpkin is a great value. And next month, the value will be even more! For their 7th anniversary, they are including a second free stamp set! So don’t wait! Sign up now to get this great subscription box delivered to you every month.