I had such fun creating January Paper Pumpkin Alternatives! Yes, the cards designed for the kit as shown above are adorable but did you know that the kit comes with a complete stamp set with images to use with your own designs? The heart filled with little hearts is preprinted on the card base that comes with the kit but the stamp set includes that image as a stamp. Check out this card I created with that heart image.
I stamped cascading hearts and flowers down from the heart with a second stamp from the set. The greeting ‘Love you’ is two separate stamps from the set which I combined together on one block. It fitted nicely into the Stitched So Sweetly die. The kit came with slightly more black ribbon than needed for the predesigned cards but not enough for more than one card so I used baker’s twine from the Playful Pets Trim Combo Pack to make a bow. The Paper Pumpkin kit includes the color Poppy Parade which is also one of the colors in the SAB free paper bundled with the free Berry Blessings stamp set. The Poppy Parade checked dsp made a perfect layer on this card front.
I created a second January Paper Pumpkin Alternative using the adorable snail stamp which makes me smile. If the real ones that love to dine on my flowers looked so cute, I might be more tolerant of having them in my flower beds. 🙂 Again, I used the Poppy Parade checkered dsp from the free Berry Blessings bundle as a layer on this card. I will use the samp with the word ‘Love’ often because of the beautiful font. I had just enough of the included black ribbon to tie it around the card front of this card. If Stampin’ Up! sold it individually, I would buy a roll as the size is just perfect for adding a black accent.
Coming Next Month!
Next month’s beautiful Paper Pumpkin kit’s title is Bouquet of Hope. The theme is one of encouragement and sympathy and we need to send this type of cards more often than we want.
Included in the kit:
- Kit contains enough supplies to create 9 cards—3 each of 3 designs—and coordinating envelopes. Kit includes card bases, decorative die-cut pieces, embellishments, and more.
- Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)
- Envelope size: 4-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ (11.4 x 14.6 cm)
- Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Bumblebee, Just Jade, Merry Merlot, Mossy Meadow, Rococo Rose
- Coordinates with the Flower & Field Designer Series Paper, an exclusive Sale-A-Bration item.
To receive the February Paper Pumpkin kit, you must be a subscriber by February 10. You can learn more about the Paper Pumpkin subscription program and sign up here.