I won’t be holding my monthly Paper Pumpkin Workshop tonight due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Instead, here are samples of the projects we would have worked on tonight. I was really looking forward to this month’s project kit since it included an extra stamp set to commemorate Paper Pumpkin’s sixth anniversary and I wasn’t disappointed. I loved the sets they sent! The stamp set included in the kit is called No Matter the Weather.

These stamps are great, but I was especially excited about the bonus stamp set, Spring Splash!

The rain boots, a.k.a. wellies, remind me of a song my grandma sang to me when I was a little. It mentioned rain boots and bumbershoots. I guess that its kind of fitting that I grew up and moved to the Pacific Northwest, a place of excess rain and occasional sunshine that makes it all worth it.

I’m just going to jump right to one of my favorite alternatives. I sacrificed one of the envelopes with the striped Petal Pink liner to make the bottom portion of the card. Basic Gray ink on Basic Gray resulted in an ominous and looming presence, so I stamped the clouds on the top portion in Versamark to give them a watermark effect. I considered embossing the clouds with clear embossing powder, but I decided against it because it would smooth out the dimensionality of the cloud stamp.

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Spring Splash and No Matter the Weather from March 2020 Paper Pumpkin kit

Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Basic Gray, Balmy Blue, Versamark

Paper: Gray Granite

(5.5″ x 8.5″), Whisper White (3.5″ x 3.5″ plus scraps for bunny and boots), Petal Pink liner from envelope (3″ x 4″)

Accessories: Rain and Dewdrop embellishments (included in kit), Stampin’ Dimensionals, Pear Pizzazz ribbon (retired*), Stitched Shapes Dies (152323)

*Suggested alternatives for ribbon: a 3/8″ x 4.25″ strip of Pear Pizzazz paper brushed with Wink of Stella, Gray Granite Textured Weave Ribbon (147656), Petal Pink Metallic Edge Ribbon (151194), Whisper White Crinkle Seam Binding Ribbon (151326), Burlap Ribbon (141487)

As far as minor alterations, here are a few cards that I created by rearranging elements from the Paper Pumpkin kit. I had a fun time incorporating the bunny into my modifications.

Below is my stamps only card. I decided to take the card to the max and fulfill Stampin’ Up’s #simplestamping challenge: one piece of paper, no layers. I didn’t even use any embellishments. It’s my first completely compliant #simplestamping card. Using only one piece of paper and stamps is a challenge I haven’t risen to until now. The Stamparatus helped me perfectly line up these boots.

Stamps: No Matter the Weather & Spring Splash from March 2020 Paper Pumpkin kit

Paper: Thick Whisper White Cardstock (140272)

Ink: Basic Gray (149165), Gray Granite (147118), Poppy Parade (147050), Memento Tuxedo Black (132708)

Accessories: Stamparatus (146276)

I hope to have the privilege of running a Paper Pumpkin Workshop in person next month. I’m not counting on it though. You, however, can count on me to deliver lovely samples and alternate designs from next month’s Paper Pumpkin kit, My Wonderful Family. Subscribe by the 10th of April here.

Card #1: Stamps Only

This card was made with the stamps from the kit, but not any other supplies. I think it’s my favorite. I’ve always had a thing for blue and yellow together. I used to have a yellow Kitchen Aid mixer in my blue kitchen. I had to upgrade to a larger size mixer though. Now I have a red one with a Wonder Woman decal on it. It’s pretty awesome. Enough about the contents of my kitchen….

I had the dumb luck of placing the small floral background stamp on my Stamparatus in such a way that I was able to take a 4 7/8″ square piece of paper and it lined up so perfectly that I could stamp on the white square, rotate the paper and stamp again until I completely covered the paper without any overlap or gaps. I’m not sure I could do it again, but it’s possible.

Supplies:
Stamps: I’ll Bee Yours Paper Pumpkin January 2020
Paper: Whisper White, Blueberry Bushel, Daffodil Delight, Noble Peacock DSP
Ink: Blueberry Bushel, Daffodil Delight
Other: Painted Labels dies, Stitched Rectangles Dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Heart Punch Pack*
*Side note: The Heart Punch Pack from the Heartfelt bundle in the January-June 2020 Mini Catalog coordinates perfectly with the heart stamp in this Paper Pumpkin.

Card 2: Sacrificial Lamb One

The only extra supply from this card that isn’t included in the kit is the Mint Macaron card base. Sacrificing one treat bag and one note card enabled me to make this full-size card.

Supplies:
I’ll Bee Yours Paper Pumpkin January 2020
Paper: Mint Macaron
Other: Stitched Shapes Framelets Dies, Layering Squares Framelets Dies, Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Card #3: Sacrificial Lamb Two

Once again, the simple addition of a card base and some reworking of the kit’s contents yielded a full-size card. This card is basically the opposite of the one above. Instead of sacrificing one card and one envelope, this card requires two of the 3×3 card bases, but not any of the envelopes.

 

Supplies:
I’ll Bee Yours Paper Pumpkin January 2020
Paper: Heavyweight Whisper White
Other: Stitched Shapes Framelets Dies, Layering Squares Framelets Dies, Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Dimensionals