All Shook Up Paper Pumpkin

December's Paper Pumpkin is such a great kit! It includes supplies to make 9 cute shaker cards with envelopes. (I couldn't resist adding a little more embellishment.)

I added the Black and White Baker's twine (134576).

 I added the Silver mini brads (122941).

I added the Hardware clip (129964) and Bermuda Bay ribbon (131206).


















After removing the die-cut sentiments, cut the sticker sheets at 2-1/2 in. to make more cards.


Stamps
Something To Say 134177
Ink
Bermuda Bay 131171
Strawberry Slush 131178
Paper
Bermuda Bay 131197
Strawberry Slush 131295
Basic Black 121045
Silver Foil 132178
Silver Glimmer 135314
Spoiler Alert! That striped paper Stacked with Love) is from the new Occasions Catalogue.
Tools
Itty Bitty Accents Punches 133787

Or, trim the sticker sheet to 4 in. X 5-1/4 in. and use on a card front. I used Soft Sky card stock and left-over Frosted Sequins embellishments (135835) from the Holiday Catalogue.















Once all of the stars have been removed, cut the strips apart and trim them to 1 in. X 5-1/2 in. strips. Mount them on  1-3/8 in. X 5-1/2 in. Metallic Foil mats, add some Metallic Baker's twine or ribbon and make a bunch more cards.

Ink
-Bermuda Bay 131171
-Basic Gray 126981
-Strawberry Slush 131178
-Coastal Cabana 131175
Paper
-Coastal Cabana 131297
-Smoky Slate 131202
-Blushing Bride 131198
-Soft Sky 131203
-Gold Foil 132622
-Silver Foil 132178
Accessories
Gold Baker's twine 132975
-Silver Baker's twine 132976
-Gold ribbon 134583
-Silver ribbon 132137

Simply Snowflakes Paper Pumpkin

The November Paper Pumpkin kit makes 8 fabulous Christmas Cards and 12 Gift Tags. I love the projects just as they are, but decided to stretch the number of cards you can make. If you don't need cards then check out the Decorative Banner I made from the supplies.

Make twice as many cards!

Cut the die-cut flaps from the cards in the kit. Stamp and mount each flap on a Lost Lagoon card base.

The sentiment is from one of the gift tags!

Use the next 2 designs to make 4 times the number of cards in the kit!

I added Frosted Sequins embellishments. (135835)

This card uses just the white die-cut snow flake on a Soft Sky card base with a Lost Lagoon mat.

I added the Silver ribbon. (132137)

If you use the flaps from the cards in the kit, you will have 8 plain mats left over.

Emboss them with the Northern Flurry folder (120902) in your Big Shot (113439) and sand the blue layer to reveal the white core.

Eight more cards!

I added extra rhinestones. (119246)

If you don't need lots of cards, make a banner from Lost Lagoon pennants with the die-cut card flaps.

For the white snowflakes flip the Lost Lagoon die-cut snowflakes over.

I used my 2 in. Circle punch (133782) and discontinued Alphabet dies for the letters.

Sweet As Pie Paper Pumpkin

The October Paper Pumpkin kit contained 8 triangle gift boxes meant to hold slices of Pumpkin Pie, but it arrived too late to use for the Canadian Thanksgiving.

I used 5 boxes to make a lovely 3-D Star. I traded one of my boxes with a friend to have 5 of the same design. Hang it like a wreath or stand it on a shelf.

-cut 5 1-1/2 X 4 in. strips from the chipboard packing material
-score each strip in the middle and fold

-assemble 5 of the pie boxes
-use strong adhesive like Sticky Strip (104294), Fast Fuse (129026) or Tombow glue (110755) to adhere the corners of the boxes together by the folded strips
-apply sticky strip to the edges

-cut a 7 in. circle of Kraft card stock (133674)
-carefully position the arcs of the circle evenly on the adhesive on the boxes

-cut 3 Paper Doilies (129399) in half and fold under a 3/8 in. section
-adhere the half doilies over the edge of the boxes

-cut 1-1/2 in. wide strips of Kraft card stock
-adhere the strips inside the pentagon formed by the boxes
-wrap Gold twine (132975) around the star
-use a glue gun to adhere buttons around the opening

Typeset Eleanor

The floral images from Everything Eleanor remind me of toile. I stamped one of them on Typeset paper to create this background.

Supplies

Stamps

-Everything Eleanor 131987

-Petite Pairs 128706

Ink

-Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad 132708

Paper

-Soft Sky card stock 131203

-Naturals Ivory card stock 101849

-Typeset Design Series Paper 133704

Tools

-Big Shot 113439

-Apothecary Accents framelits 127003

-Itty Bitty Accents punch pack 133787

-Occasions Piercing Templates 129387

-Piercing Tool 126189

Accessories

-Pearl Basic Jewels 119247

-Venetian Crochet trim 134581

Eleanor's Butterfly

The swirly image from Everything Eleanor makes wonderful backgrounds. I CASEd a lovely card by Aimee Cretsinger.

Ink the image with Pink Pirouette ink and sponged Perfect Plum ink on the middle and Island Indigo on the end and stamp on Whisper White card stock.

The butterfly image from Papillon Potpourri was heat embossed, then sponged with colour before I cut it out with a punch.




-ink the image with a VersaMark pad then lightly ink it with an Island Indigo pad
-stamp on Whisper White card stock
-cover with Iridescent Ice embossing powder and shake off the excess
-melt the powder with a heat tool and let cool
-use sponge daubers to layer Pink Pirouette ink and Perfect Plum ink on the image
-cut out the image with the Elegant Butterfly punch

Supplies
Stamps
-Everything Eleanor 131987
-Papillon Potpourri 132058
-Good Greetings 135014
Ink
-Pink Pirouette ink pad 126956
-Perfect Plum ink pad 126963
-Island Indigo ink pad 126986
-VersaMark pad 102283
Paper
-Pink Pirouette card stock 113351
-Perfect Plum card stock 101889
-Whisper White card stock 100730
Tools
-Heat Tool 129053
-Elegant Butterfly punch 127526
-Modern Label punch 119849
-Sponge Daubers 133773
Accessories
-Iridescent Ice embossing powder 101930
-Silver Metallic Baker's Twine 132976
-Basic Rhinestones 119246