It’s time for another Paper Pumpkin May 2016 alternate! This time I decided to make my own “DSP” using many of the words in the Many Manly Occasions kit and since I happened to have three of my Stampin’ Write markers sitting together (dapper denim, emerald envy and real red) I had my colour scheme already decided!

I originally intended to have HAPPY and BIRTHDAY popping out of the background by stamping them in real red, but it seemed too one dimensional, so after stamping random words from the stamp set on the background in my three serendipitous colours, I decided that I needed some extra punch. I turned to my much used Hello You thinlits and cut out the happy in real red. I cut a whisper white banner just the size to cover three rows of words and stamped the BIRTHDAY in real red. Next I added the die cut word using my favourite 2 way glue pen. Since I was looking for extra dimension, I popped the white banner up using stampin’ dimensionals which give a peek at the stamped words underneath from the side.

I had a quick look through my filed DSP and found a piece of Merry Moments DSP which is retiring in a couple of days. I coloured in a few extra circles in real red, dapper denim and emerald envy to make it match the card better.  So that’s my fifth Paper Pumpkin May 2016 alternate – I still have to come up with an alternate for the triangle die cut card. I think I’ll play with that this afternoon.

See you tomorrow,

Liz