Become a  Paper Pumpkin subscriber and have a beautiful card kit delivered to your door.  Shelley Gardner, Stampin’ Up’s much loved President, designed  the beautiful May 2019 kit.  The kit compliments  the Bird Ballad Suite on page 91 of the 2019 Annual Catalogue.

Each month, SU releases a new kit filled with card fronts, envelopes, (sometimes decorated) and instructions.  In addition, the kits include ink, stamps, embellishments, glue dots, and dimensionals  if required.  Follow the instructions and create the cards as they are intended,  or stretch your creativity and create alternative cards. Use the supplies in the kit or additional Stampin Up products..

Normally, kits, are based on cards.  However, from time to time, the kits will have 3-D items. But, you can still use many kits to create cards.  For the August kit, Stampin Up has created an add-on to the kit.

Alternative Card Recipe

I found this alternative card below and cased it, However, I can’t remember where I saw it or who designed it, however, I fell in love with it instantly.  This card is an alternative to one of the cards in the kit.

While the alternative card is no a replicate of the kit card, the same elements are there:  background, colors, labels, and trim.

Stamp Set: Free As A Bird, Artisan Textures.

Ink: Early Espresso, Sahara Sand, Petal Pink, Old Olive.

Paper: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Whisper White.

Accessories: Sponge Daubers, Petal Pink Light Blends, 3/8″Very Vanilla Scalloped Trim .

Measurements and How To’s

• Crumb Cake cardstock 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, score at 4-1/4″, and 3-3/4″ x 5″
• Whisper White cardstock 5-1/4″ x 4″, scraps for flowers, leaves and sentiment.
• Very Vanilla Scalloped Trim 7-1/2″
• Use Sahara Sand ink on the leaves and randomly stamp on the Crumb Cake panel.
• Ink the birds on the branch stamp with Early Esoress and stamp over to the left and in the middle of the panel.
• Use the Dots from the Artisan Textures stamp set, ink with Early Espresso, stamp off once and stamp the Crumb Cake panel bottom.
• Apply the Petal Pink ink along the bottom of the panel.  Use the ink to paper technique.
• Sponge Early Espresso ink along the Crumb Cake cardstock edges.  Attach the panel to the Whisper White panel and attach all to the card base.
• Stamp the flower, leaves and bud on Whisper White with Early Espresso ink.  Sponge Petal Pink ink on the flowers, Old Olive on the leaves.  Fussy cut.
• Stamp the sentiment on the Whisper White scrap with Early Espresso Ink. Sponge edges with Early Espresso ink.
• Color the Very Vanilla Trim with the Petal Pink Light Blends.  Attach the trim to the back of the sentiment panel, forming a loop on the left side.  Attach to card front.

See it is possible to create alternative cards from the Paper Pumpkin kits.  Why don’t you subscribe to Paper Pumpkin Here.

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