The March Paper Pumpkin kit is so much fun. It is eight three dimensional cards that can be dressed up or down. The kit came with lots of punched numbers. I don’t know about you, but I’m at the age when we don’t discuss actual numbers. Which is pretty much anyone over the age of 29. So the first thing I did was figure out how to make the basic cards with some small changes – no numbers!
Basic Alternates
The first card uses the gray striped base with the Daffodil Delight banner. A balloon stamp came with the bonus set and I punched it out using the smaller side of the Balloon Bouquet punch. I used Poppy Parade from the kit and Bermuda Bay and Daffodil Delight, two of the coordinating colors. A few Glitter Enamel Dots from the Annual catalog finished the card.
The second basic card also substitutes balloons in the same colors instead of numbers. On the white banner, I stamped the confetti stamp from the kit in Bermuda Bay after stamping off so the color was lighter. I finished this card with a few Basic Rhinestones.
The last card I did that was almost entirely from the kit used the numbers in the sprinkles pattern to add interest to the background. I glued a set of them on in random patterns and directions. Then I turned the white banner sideways and stamped the candle image in Daffodil Delight. I added one of the punched hats from the kit and a few yellow embellishments.
Alternates Using My Stash
The next few cards, I took advantage of the stuff in my stash. It is so rewarding to dig out a little bit of saved paper or a stamp set I like and truly play with my Paper Pumpkin. Feel free to copy these cards or be inspired to use what you have to get creative.
For this first card, I cut up the strings of candles in the kit and glued them on to the card base, much like I did with the numbers up above. On the banner, I used the confetti stamp and heat embossed the images in white. The balloons are punched from some long retired scrap that happened to be in the Bermuda Bay family and so was perfect for my purposes. The 3″ white twine pieces are attached to the balloons with glue dots.
The next card uses leftovers from January’s kit. The kangaroo and chameleons are wearing party hats that came in the March kit. The banner is turned over and stamped in Daffodil Delight. I really like the contrast of the gray stripes with the yellow confetti. Even the embellishments are from an old Paper Pumpkin kit. Save those scraps where you can find them.
The next card I used my new Sale-A-Bration stamp set, So Hoppy Together. I hope you got your orders in because the sale ends tonight. The frog is stamped in Memento Ink so that I could color in the image with my Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends. The tire and pedals are in Dark Smoky Slate and the seat and wheel hub in Light Bermuda Bay. I gave him a party hat too. The confetti is stamped all around in Flirty Flamingo. I used a masking technique to get just the “Hoppy” and that is in Bermuda Bay along with Birthday from the kit.
Since I was having so much fun doing animals, I thought I should do one more. I remembered that I had a small stash of scraps from the Birthday Delivery DSP. Yes this is old, but still super cute. I fussy cut some presents and one of the animals. Then I punched the larger balloon using the Balloon Bouquet punch. I still have a little bit more of this paper left, so, I’m sure you will see it again at some point. I also considered using the cat punch or the puppy punch – both would have been super cute.
Holiday Alternate
Last, because it is never too early to start creating your holiday supplies, I have two tags for you. One is very much a Christmas tag, the other could be used for any occasion even a wedding gift. I used the Oh What Fun stamp set. But remember, we have the Labeler stamp set that will let you add any wording you want to your projects.
That’s it. Lots of fun as always. If you don’t have your Paper Pumpkin kit coming every month, you’re missing out. Subscribe now.