Here’s another alternative use of this month’s Paper Pumpkin kit and, as mentioned yesterday, more of the older in colours. I’m hoping that I’m going to need a congratulations card soon for someone on my team at work – it’s always good to be prepared, right? This card has a similar feel to yesterday’s layout, but side by side, they are quite different. They would be good together as part of a set to give as a gift.

All three of the stamps are from the Paper Pumpkin set, Hello Sunshine. I stamped the congratulations in full strength blackberry bliss on very vanilla. The To You! is also in blackberry bliss, but stamped off once. I find that with such skinny letters they look black rather than the deep lush purple. The other sentiment is of course in lost lagoon which I adore with blackberry bliss. The mat is just 1/8 inch larger than the stamped piece giving a very skinny border. This is then mounted on a blackberry bliss card base.

It’s hard to see in the picture, but I again dry embossed the envelope flap – this time with lucky stars which I think fits the congratulatory nature of the card.

And that’s it for today! A very simple card and post. I hope you’re enjoying seeing the possibilities afforded us with a Paper Pumpkin kit. I have another card made (just waiting for some embellishments which are arriving this week) and another one halfway there. I’m enjoying the challenge that I like to set myself with these kits and think that it might be fun to do a similar idea with other sets – take one stamp set and make four different cards with it. I think we’re all guilty (I hope we all are – I know I am) of excitedly getting a new set, making one card and moving onto another set.

See you tomorrow,

Liz