My First Two Alternatives With the Full of Charm Paper Pumpkin Kit

Woohoo!!! My kit arrived a day earlier than expected!  Needless to say, I was so excited to open it and begin creating with it.  

There are so many pretty pieces in this kit!  For my first two alternatives, I cut one of the cards in half to create two separate cards.  

For the Miss You card, I stamped "To a Wonderful Friend" and "Miss You" with the Pretty Peacock Ink Spot that came with the kit. I stamped the floral image in Berry Burst, then wiped the pink off the stem of the image and used an Early Espresso Stampin' Write marker to color it in.  I stamped the image on the center of the card.  I inked small portions of the leaf image and stamped the leaves around  the floral image.  I used both saturated and second generation inking.

I mounted the card front on the A2 Pretty Peackok card base, then used dimentionals to raise the "To a Wonderful Friend" sentiment. I added three of the gold sequins that were in the kit and a gold thread bow to the floral bouquet. 

I tried something different with the "Thank You" card.  I used a ruler and two Stampin' Blends markers to highlight the gold lines on the card front.  I used the maker colors Berry Burst and Mossy Meadow.  I colored in one diamond in each section with a Stampin' Write Blackberry Bliss marker. I mounted this card front on a piece of Blackberry Bliss card stock cut at 4.25" x 5.5"

I traced the stitched lines on the pre-cut sentiment piece in Mossy Meadow to create solid lines and stamped the sentiment in Berry Burst ink.

Because the kit has so many beautiful pieces, I want to make the most of each of them.  I took a portion of the large pink floral piece and cut a small section of it, trimming some of the white outline off.  I also cut the Mossy Meadow punch out leafy piece and cut it into two pieces.  I arranged the pieces around the sentiment and adhered it with dimensionals to the card center.  

To finish the card, I added a few gold sequins and a double bow from gold thread.

This is such a beautiful kit and I can't wait to see what everyone creates with it!