A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop — With Love & Gratitude Alternate Card Idea
October 06, 2023
Hello stamping friends! Welcome to my creative share with the A Paper Pumpkin Thing (APPT) blog hop group! Our creative crew is a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who are collaborating to create alternate projects using the supplies (plus, additional supplies) that come with our monthly Paper Pumpkin kits. Each month, my Paper Pumpkin subscribers and members of my Stampin' Up! family (Lori's Dream Team) receive exclusive tutorials to beautiful alternate projects. The creative fun should never stop with just the designs that come in each box! *wink-wink*
WITH LOVE & GRATITUDE
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This month's blog hop is working with the With Love & Gratitude (September 2023) Paper Pumpkin kit. It contains the supplies to make eight mini cards and eight little gift bags. The cards come with adorable little coordinating envelopes, too! Once the supplies are used up to create those projects, I like to focus on creating a fun alternative card using the kits stamp set, plus, additional supplies and tools from my own stash.
The color combination is magnificent this month! I incorporated every single color into my card—Copper Clay, Crumb Cake, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Pebbled Path, and anything Gold. I started with a Crumb Cake card base (5-1/2 x 8-1/2)—perfect color to show off the rest of the colors featured in the kit.
I took another piece of Crumb Cake cardstock measuring 5-1/8 x 3-7/8 and embossed it with the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder. This one is a new one found in the September-December 2023 Mini catalog. So pretty! I matted that layer with Pebbled Path cardstock that measures 1/8" larger than the embossed layer (5-1/4 x 4). That was added to the card front with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
Here's where the Gold comes in. I heat embossed the large floral image with Gold embossing powder onto Lost Lagoon, Copper Clay and Mossy Meadow. Each one was die cut with the Tailor Made Tags Die and accented with some Gold 3/8" Satin Edged Ribbon tied at the top of the die. I planted each one onto the card using Stampin' Dimensionals in a kitty-wompass arrangement. The sentiment was inked with Pebbled Path onto Very Vanilla cardstock and added to the card with dimensionals. So quick, easy, and elegant!
At this time, you are now ready to hop on over to the next A Paper Pumpkin Thing designers blog. You won't want to miss traveling on as I know they will have something fun, beautiful and exciting to share with you. If you prefer to work your way backwards, you can click your way through the blog list found below. Either way, be sure to work your way through all of the blogs so you don’t miss any of the wonderful inspiration!
Blog Hop Participants
Coming Next Month
Next month, we have a special holiday kit: Home for the Holidays! This card kit is the perfect way to welcome visitors home this holiday season. With this kit, you get traditional Christmas colors, lights, glitter, and the cozy feeling of being home. And don’t miss this kit, because it coordinates with some upcoming products!
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