Celebrate Spring

Hi crafty friends!

I’m so excited to be playing along with this week’s TGIF Challenges Product Challenge! For this challenge, I featured elements from this month’s Celebrate Spring Paper Pumpkin kit to create a sweet and simple Easter card.

When I opened this kit, I immediately fell in love with the soft spring colors and the adorable bunny image. The clean lines and pastel colors just scream springtime happiness!

For my card base, I layered a bright, springy Shy Shamrock mat with the soft Balmy Blue panel to really let the focal elements shine. I wanted the card to feel fresh and light—just like the beginning of spring.

The star of the card is that darling bunny framed inside the basket. I popped the bunny layer up with dimensionals to give it a little extra depth. The soft brown basket adds warmth while still keeping everything light and airy.

I added two of the pretty die-cut flowers from the kit to the left side for balance, then tucked in the banner sentiment across the middle. “Happy Easter” fits perfectly across the wreath and creates a natural focal point.

To finish it off, I clustered the pastel eggs at the bottom right and added the sweet pink bow embellishment for a soft, feminine touch. A few enamel dots complete the design and add just the right amount of texture and shine.

Happy Stamping!

Note of Thanks from the Heart

Welcome to an all new TGIF Challenges Theme Challenge! We are helping you get a start on your after Christmas Thank You notes.

A Paper Pumpkin alternative from the December 2024 Notes from the Heart Paper Pumpkin kit was perfect for this theme challenge.

I love Blackberry Bliss and Mossy Meadow together...they are just so pretty!  I cut apart one of the envelopes from the kit to die cut a couple of ferns from the add on dies. The envelope was also used from the card front, with a little extra Mossy Meadow blended around the edges.

Thank You was stamped in Blackberry Bliss on one of the sentiment labels provided in the kit.  A few gold Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins helped bring out the gold around the label.

Now my goal is to actually get this Thank You card in the mail!

Happy Stamping!

Sweet Springtime Wishes

Thank goodness for the one extra day Leap Year gives us every four years...it gave me time to play with February's Sweet Springtime Paper Pumpkin.  Friends, this is the cutest kit!!!  The projects in the kit are so sweet and have so many possibilities for alternatives!

Inspired by this weeks Freshly Made Sketches Sketch Challenges, I had the best time creating this Paper Pumpkin alternative! I cut down both of the envelopes for the sweet gingham paper on the inside and used the outside of the envelope to layer them.  The sweet little frame was the perfect layer to add on top.  This was all added to a Petal Pink card base.

I cut apart one of the boxes to create a fun flap, adding the sweet floral wreath and fluffy bunny and chick to the center.  The center of the wreath was also cut from one of the envelopes with the Stylish Shapes Dies.

Since the only stamping required was for the Happy Easter sentiment, I included a stamped daffodil on the inside colored with the Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends.  

Spring is trying to find it's way to where I live and I am oh-so-ready!  Hopefully by creating all of the spring-inspired projects, it will help give Mother Nature the inspiration she needs to bring us some warm sunshine!

Happy Stamping!

 

With Love & Gratitude

 

Welcome to another amazing Monday Montage blog hop!

Fall officially rolled in this weekend...perfect timing to play with this months With Love & Gratitude Paper Pumpkin kit.  The little bags and 3x3 cards are so cute and all of the fall images are beauti-FALL!  

One of my favorite things about the Paper Pumpkin kits are the alternative projects that can be created.  We celebrated my momma's birthday on Sunday evening and I created this adorable little gift bag using a few extra supplies. 

I cut the flap off of the bag to turn into a tag.  A Happy Birthday sentiment from Sentimental Park fit perfectly in the little banner.  A bit of Copper Clay Textured Ribbon made the perfect handles for bag. Doesn't it tie all of the fall colors in so well?  Anyone else keep the tissue from the Paper Pumpkin boxes?!?  I always have a use for it!

I couldn't stop with one alternative project though...

I cut apart a couple of the gift bags, 3x3 cards and envelopes to create some beautiful fall cards that will be perfect for sharing thanks and gratitude!

The delicate gold lining on the banner tags are the perfect compliment to the all of the greens and golds of the fall foliage.

With fall comes all things pumpkins, right?  I love how soft and subtle these pumpkin images are.  And it's even better that these colors all happen to match my fall decor! I still have some bits and pieces left that just might be used for a home decor piece...stay tuned!

Be sure to hop along all the way through.  I guarantee you won't be disappointed with a single project these amazing stampers have to share with you!

Happy Stamping!

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Golden Birthday Growth

Woo-hoo! We made it to Friday AND an all new TGIF Challenges Product Challenge!

I'll be honest...Vellum is one of the papers that I use least, but I have no idea why.  I am always reminded how awesome it is whenever I do use it.

Today I used it as a fun accent overlay for a Paper Pumpkin alternative project. 

I cut down one of the card fronts from this months Ten Years of Growth Paper Pumpkin kit and adhered it to a Polished Pink card base.  I tucked one of the laser cut plant leaves behind the vellum circle, which I embossed with one of the Online Exclusive Basics 3D embossing folder.

I cut down the fun patterned strip from the kit, laying that on top of the vellum before arranging the rest of the plants in the adorable little pot.  I was going to stamp the Happy sentiment with the included stamp set, but the gold laser cut Happy was too good to pass up.  A cute little strip for a Polished Pink Birthday was stamped and a few Gold Pastel Sequins finished the card off.

Thank you Paper Pumpkin for coming to my rescue for a last minute addition to this weeks TGIF Challenges Product Challenge!

Happy Stamping!