This month’s Paper Pumpkin kit is absoutely adorable! It has an add-on die set, the Love of Spring Dies that will coordinate not only with the January kit, but the February and March kits too. It also coordinate with the Perennial Lavender Suite in the new mini-catalog. Woohoo!
I demo’d two alternative cards on my Facebook page – Donna’s Love at First Stamp. Thought I would post them here as well with the cutting measurements and dimensions for each card. Here’s the information for card one:
Card #1 – With Love Pretty Peacock
Cutting Measurements & Dimensions:
Note: January Paper Pumpkin Kit (you may substitute other stamps, dies & DSP if you do not have the kit)
Thick Basic White: 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″; Score at 4-1/4″
Pretty Peacock: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ and 3-1/4″ x 1-3/4″ (for Love sentiment)
Designer Series Paper (DSP): If using kit – Cut multi-flowered DSP to 3-3/4″ wide x 3-7/8″ high; If not using kit, substitute any flowered DSP – Cut to 3-1/4″ x 3-1/4
Note: If not using the kit, you will also need Basic White CS to stamp flowers and leave sprigs (may use the Bough Punch as an alternative); Also cut 1 square of Basic White CS – 3″ x 3″
Other Kit Items Needed: 2 – Lavender sprigs, 1- Lost Lagoon sprig; 1 – Lavender pre-punched strip;White with purple foil square
Inks: Pretty Peacock and Gorgeous Grape
Embellishments: Purple Fine Shimmer Gems
Project Tutorial:
Fold the card base and burnish the fold with a bone folder
Use Stampin’ Cut Emboss Machine (Standard for embossing folder) to Emboss the larger piece of Pretty Peacock. Note: I used the sale-a-bration Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder)
Using the small piece of Pretty Peacock – crop using the love die from the Paper Pumpkin Add-on The Love of Spring Dies
Adhere the embossed Pretty Peacock CS to the card base. Using tape or glue adhere the multi-flowered DSP and white square together, then center on the card and adhere.
Stamp the leave onto the square in Gorgeous Grape and the “with” sentiment in Pretty Peacock to the lower right of the stamped leave. (Leave room to adhere the lavender strip)
Attach the Lost Lagoon Leave sprig and the lavender sprigs with glue dots.
Attach the cut out “love” sentiment to the lavender strip. I cut the end of the lavender strip to give it a little more interest.
Add three purple fine shimmer gems in a triangular pattern. Then stamp the interior of card with sentiment of your choice. I used the “Just for you” from the So Sincere Cling Stamp Set, #162283, and the Happy Valentine’s Day stamp from the kit.
Shop for your supplies by clicking the catalogs on the right or go to donnacrain.stampinup.net to shop from my Stampin’ Up! website. Card #2 to follow. Happy Stamping! Donna
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