I love the Paper Pumpkin subscription. The box comes with everything you will need to make cards. Also the little extra things that come with the box can be added to your inventory of your other craft supplies. You will get a little square of ink, dimensionals, other fun embellishments. You can make the cards with the instructions that come with the box or you can use the ingredients to make your own cards. The April Paper Pumpkin comes with an ink pad sample, polymer stamps, twine, a packet of dimensionals, glue dots, glitter embellishments, stickers and fun shaped cards and envelopes to go with them. I used the new Polished Pink card stock, white cardstock and Oh So Ombre Designer Series Paper. Paper Pumpkin is great, you can do so much with the sets.
Christmas this year was very different. With all the pandemic problems there were no family gatherings. I was ok with that because Christmas for me is usually a bit stressful with traveling all over the place. But it has been a year since I started with my Stampin' Up "hobby". This year I was able to make my family fun Christmas cards. I used the Don't Stop Believin', Gnome for the Holiday, Coming Home, Snowflake Splendor DSP, Heartwarming Hugs DSP and the December Paper Pumpkin Set. I always like to keep my cards as simple as possible. I used the Stampin' Up blends to color in everything. I made cards for all my family members, the doormen of my building, my coworkers and my favorite little customer who is 4 years old and makes my day just that much better. I had a lot of fun making these cards this year.
This is my alternate card for the Paper Pumpkin of September. I also used the clear embossing technique for the leaves on the front. The card is 4.25 in by 4,25 in. The front layer is 4 in by 4 in. The green square under the pumpkin is 2 in by 2 in. I've used the colors from the neutrals card stock and very vanilla.
