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Paper Pumpkin August 2016 Alternate 3

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Happy Monday! I hope that your week is starting off well – I assume it is if you’re in the UK since it’s a Bank Holiday. For me, a transplant to NJ, I’m off to work, looking forward to next weekend which will be a long one. But first, here’s my Paper Pumpkin August 2016 Alternate 3 which was inspired by CAS on Sunday’s theme this week of balloons.

Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin August 2016 alternate

I took one of the card bases and one of the pockets from the kit and used the Balloon Bouquet punch on them in different directions to get these fun coloured balloons. The balloon strings are from Balloon Celebration and are stamped in island indigo to match the DSP as is the sentiment from Cottage Greetings. I offset the balloons a little so that I could keep lots of lovely clean white space.

Next it was simply a matter of arranging the balloons and then gluing them in place, one at a time, to try to keep the bunch as I’d planned. Three of them are glued and the last two are popped up with dimensionals. A pretty simple alternate although it does use quite a few other products – hopefully you have them or some that will work if you want to try this out.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Paper Pumpkin August 2016

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Well I’m taking a break from cleaning which is all I’ve done today (apart from a 30 minute run/walk and a chat with my sister) and I’m happy to say that things are improving massively. I’m getting a lot of satisfaction out of knowing that things are getting very clean although I’d love some time to craft. That will be tomorrow which is also the second anniversary of the start of my blog. So there will be blog candy – make sure you come back to check it out!

I haven’t shared the video of this month’s Paper Pumpkin, Bold Botanicals yet, so I’m going to remedy that today.

As I mentioned, I’m not thrilled with this kit and have been making a couple of alternatives – so far. I have more to come so stay tuned.

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See you tomorrow,

Liz

Paper Pumpkin August Alternate 2

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So I took a break from cleaning – actually it’s improving pretty quickly now that we have most of the fabrics washed – and made a card. I decided to work on my Paper Pumpkin August Alternate 2 because it’s fun to make completely different cards from the kit.

Stampin' Up! Bold Botanicals - Paper Pumpkin August 2016 Alternate

I took a circular piece from the kit and stamped thanks in it (from this month’s kit) in cajun craze and then added a circle of mint macaron. This was cut using the old circles collections – I assume that a new layering circles would work but I don’t have that one yet. I also added a strip of cajun craze from the kit to my very vanilla mat before putting that on a cajun craze card base and then  using dimensionals for my sentiment. It’s a different look from the kit, more CAS definitely – let me know what you think…

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Paper Pumpkin August 2016 Alternate

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It’s time for the first Paper Pumpkin August 2016 Alternate idea. My kit arrived a couple of days ago and I decided to use the stamp set to create a card to enter Pootles’ colour challenge this week. Ever since Sam has extended the length of the challenge, I’ve missed the deadline and this week is no different. Since I share a card for the CAS Colours & Sketches on Thursday and Sam’s challenge finishes early in the morning (in the US) on Friday, the last day that I can enter is actually Wednesday. Still, even though I can’t enter (unless I’m awake at 1am), the card was inspired by Sam’s colours of mint macaron, blushing bride, sweet sugarplum and pool party.

Stampin' Up! Bold Botanicals - Paper Pumpkin August 2016 Alternate

I started by using the Bold Botanicals largest flower and leaves stamp. I first inked it up with versamark and then mint macaron and stamped the image in the corner of a piece of whisper white. After adding the clear embossing powder and heating it for a glossy finish, I repeated that three more times. I next used my aquapainter and mint macaron, blushing bride and sweet sugarplum to colour in the images – it’s so much easier when you’ve heat embossed the image.

I cut down a piece of sweet sugarplum to make a square 4 1/4″ cardbase and glued on my painted panel. To finish off the card, I used one of the sentiments from the set and stamped it in sweet sugarplum. I punched it out using a 1 3/4 inch punch and then cut out a circle using framelits to give a small border. I popped this up with dimensionals.

So that’s the first first Paper Pumpkin August 2016 Alternate – I have a few more ideas to share soon.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Paper Pumpkin July 2016 Alternate

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I’ve had my Paper Pumpkin for a little while but I’ve been having so much fun with the order that came whilst I was on my business trip, that I’ve only just got around to playing with it and coming up with alternates. It was also an opportunity to use my new Holly TIEF.

Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin July 2016 alternate - Holly TIEF

I started off my dry embossing a piece of real red with the Holly TIEF and then glued it to a real red card base. I cut the triangles from one of the little boxes, cutting just  inside the score lines. I glued the three triangles onto the card with multipurpose glue and then added an old olive trunk. This gave me the perfect opportunity to pull out the new Enamel Shapes (page 177 in case you haven’t seen them) and add some of the smallest circles in real red and old olive. I had intended to add a sentiment, but it was going to fight with the dry embossed background. And I didn’t feel like having a fight on my hands this morning!

It feels as if lately, I’ve given myself permission to start making Christmas cards – I’ve made a few this month. I’m planning a monthly Christmas card class stamp a stack  (4 copies of 2 designs) starting next month. Let me know if you’re local and interested. I’ll create a kit by post if there’s interest – let me know.

Hope that your weekend is going well.

See you tomorrow,

Liz