Happy First Sunday of Advent 2025

 

"Emmanuel"

God with Us

How to Change Your Paper Pumpkin Treat Boxes into Festive Cards!

I have created three cards using the Wrapped in Cheer Paper Pumpkin cards. I love pairing Cherry Cobbler with the Subtles colors so I decided to create a card with the three Subtle colors I like most: Petal Pink, Pool Party and Soft Sea Foam.

I used retired DSP for the Petal Pink card and tone-on-ton stamping for the other two.  I also used some stamps from the October kit because I felt they worked well with the stamps from this month's kit. I also added some elements using the Abundant Joy add on dies.

I'd love to know what you think of my cards!  Have you tried adding a bold color the the Subtles family? If not, give it a try...you might just find you like the combination!

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Wrapped in Cheer Paper Pumpkin Alternatives Using the Abundant Joy Add On Dies

Do you have the coordinating Abundant Joy Add on Dies?  They are great for creating alternative cards, tags and scrapbook pages using the October - December Paper Pumpkin kits.

For the first tag, I ran the red tag through the Beautiful Patterns embossing folder, then sanded the top of it to reveal the white core.  I cut the word "JOY" from the top of one of the boxes and made a flagged banner for my sentiment.  I also ran the greenery through the leaf dies using the inside of the box, it gives the effect of embossed leaves. I cut two flowers from Petal Pink card stock and used Cherry Cobbler ink to stamp the sentiments on the tag and banner.  I also used some Basic Beige ribbon and tied it with olive twine.

For the second tag, I used one of the tags trimmed in green.  I used the add on dies to cut the word "JOY", greenery and flowers.  The gingham flagged banners are cut from the thin strips on the page the tags were on.  I also stamped the gift image in Cherry Cobbler ink and fussy cut it out.  I used olive twine finish off the tag.

The third tag is two layers.  The first layer has the two two wreaths from the kit and the Joy image from the add on dies.  I stamped the star images from the October kit in Cherry Cobbler  ink on the stripped background and the "to the world" on a strip of white card stock in the same color. The second layer is stamped with images from the November kit in Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler inks.

Redesign Your Wrapped in Cheer Paper Pumpkin Kit to Create Autumn Cards!

I needed a few more Fall cards so I decided to use my Stampin' Blends and some Autumn DSP to redesign some of the elements to create fall cards.

Some of the things I did were:

-color the holly leaves on the wreath in fall colors.

-stamped and die cut on one of the boxes

-colored one of the large bows Mossy Meadow

-trimmed one of the mistletoe sprigs into several pieces

What do you think? Any ideas for redesigning your kit?

New Alternatives for the November Paper Pumpkin Kit

Need a few alternative ideas to create cards from the November Wrapped in Cheer kit?  Check out these two below and the recipes for creating them!

Thanks for stopping by.  I'll have more samples for you tomorrow!

 

How to Create Alternative Tags for Your November Paper Pumpkin Kit Part 1

 I have created three alternative tags from the November Paper Pumpkin kit, Wrapped in Cheer.  I used only supplies from the kit, so you can easily recreate them if you would like to!

For the first tag, I stamped "Merry Christmas" over one of the green tags, randomly on and off the tag.  I also stamped "with love" at the bottom of the tag and "to/from" on the bow ribbons.  I trimmed a few of the greenery pieces and placed them on the with the kraft side up.   I finished the first tag by placing it on one of the flagged red banners from the kit.

The second tag is two parts.  The top layer has some greenery pieces layered behind the image and sentiment "a gift for you" which was stamped on the plaid box and fussy cut out. The "Happy Holidays" is also stamped on a plaid piece.  I cut the small strips from the paper the tags were on to get the gingham strip under this sentiment and on the one under the sentiment on the second layer.  I finished it off by adding a few adhesive dots around the sentiment. 

The third tag is simply a matter of stamping and layering the pieces from the kit to achieve this look.  I did place the wreath on the tag, stamped, then glued it down.  That allows some wiggle room to assure the sentiment is completely visible.  

Thanks for stopping by!  I will post a few more alternative tags tomorrow that incorporate the Abundant Joy coordinating dies.