My July Paper Pumpkin Kit Has Arrived!

Hooray! My Sweeter With You Paper Pumpkin kit arrived and I decided to work with it this afternoon since it is so hot outside!  The strawberry theme is so very cute!  

I decided to create two cards using only supplies from the kit so that if you get the kits and don't have a lot of other supplies, you can still recreate these cards!

For the first card, I used the Garden Green card base to create a horizontal card.  I tore a strip from the bottom edge about 3/4" from the bottom.  I made sure to tear it toward me to create the distressed, white edge on the card.

Then I cut a strip of the pink polka dot paper to adhere behind the strip on the green card base I just removed.  This creates a little piece of DSP peeking out from the bottom of the card.

I used one of the stamps from the kit to stamp the sentiment on one of the scalloped rectangular pieces in Garden Green ink. I also used the Garden Green ink to stamp some of the small flowers from the kit on the background of the card base. Then I arranged the strawberries in the basket, glued them in place and adhered this focal image to the lower right side of the card using dimensionals.

I stamped "You're the Best" in Garden Green ink on one of the pink rectangles from the kit and adhered it to the berry basket.  I used a half of a dimensional to the left side of the sentiment and glued the right side to the basket.  I did this because the berry basket already had dimensionals on it and I wanted the sentiment to be level across the front.

To finish off the first card, I used a stylus and my pierce mat to add some dimension to my flowers by pressing it to the center of each flower and gently twisting it. Each flower was adhered with a small glue dot from the kit.

For the second card, I used the pink and orange gingham card base.  I folded the left and right edges of the card base to the center score line to create a gate fold card.

To create the focal point, I adhered three of the kit's strawberries to the back of the berry basket and glued it to the pool party striped rectangle in the kit.  I placed glue only on the back left side of the piece so that the "gate" would still open to reveal the message inside. 

I once again used the foam mat and stylus again to create some depth to my flowers before placing them on my card. I also stamped another sentiment from the kit to one of the pink rectangles and adhered it to the striped, rectangular piece.  

I added some dimensionals to one of the punch out strawberries and placed it just above the sentiment on the lower right side.

I will be sharing more of my creations with the kit this week. I hope you will stop by to see other projects that can be created with this great kit!

Do you subscribe to Paper Pumpkin kits?  They are lots of fun and you can create the cards as designed or think outside of the box and create your own designs.  

To subscribe, visit the Stampin' Up! website, click on the menu, and then the Paper Pumpkin tab.