Rick Adkins : Paper Pumpkin Alternative Projects

Thursday, May 30, 2019

A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop: Hugs From Shelli Kit

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share a few alternative projects using the May 2019 Paper Pumpkin kit Hugs from Shelli. I am super excited to play with this kit which was designed with Shelli Gardner Stampin' Up!'s Co-Fonder. This was a super fun kit to play with and I may have been a little over zealous with my alternatives this month. So let's jump into them right now.

So for my projects this month I created not one card but five different designs and did two of each design plus created a large gift box that would hold all ten card, envelopes and with a little room for more. This was super fun today. I kept my cards on the simple side. I used five pieces of cardstock to create each card plus the note cards that came in this month's kit. I did throw in a couple scraps of whisper white cardstock to finish off my sentiments. Here's a look at my cards.

,For two of the card designs I had to cut the note cards in half to have enough to make all 10 cards. So once I had these all made I needed someplace to put them so I created a large gift box that will hold all 10 cards plus envelopes for each. This makes for a super quick and easy gift. Here's my gift box.

I used a couple pieces of cardstock to make the box and a little designer series paper. The designer Series paper you see comes from the Bird Ballard Designer Series Paper Stack (new in the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog). From this month's kit I used some of the die cut elements and the Pretty Peacock Velvet ribbon. This box is super easy to make as you will see in my video tutorial.

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Thanks for dropping bye today; I hope that you have enjoyed my alternative projects this month and that you will take the time to hop all the way along the blog hop. We have some special guests with us this month so I know you will want to check them out. If you are viewing this post on my wordpress site you will need to click here to view the blog roll.

Happy Stampin'

Rick Adkins

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z 12-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137861] $209.00	6-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137860] $108.00	3-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137859] $57.00	1-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137858] $19.00
Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150880] $8.75	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.75	Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146985] $8.50	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100702] $8.50
Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146982] $8.50	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115318] $8.50	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper [149592] $11.50	Stitched Nested Labels Dies [149638] $35.00	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] $7.50

Thursday, April 25, 2019

A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop: Sentimental Rose

Hello and welcome to this month's Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog hop. This month's kit is super cute and beautiful and features a wonderful set of cards and gift box. Plus the bonus perk of this month's kit was that it featured our very first distinktive stamp set. For my Alternative projects I created a fun card and gift packaging. Here's a look at my projects.

Here's a look at this month's intended projects from the kit.

All Wrapped Up!:

For my gift packaging I used one of the striped gold and filled it with Hershey's kisses. Folded over the top and added one of the background panels from the kit. I stamped Fore you of this panel using poppy parade ink. I then stamped three of the roses from the kit in Flirty Flamingo and one each in So Saffron and Poppy Parade. I then fussy cut them each out. With the three Flirty Flamingo roses I took different sections from two of them and layered them on the third. I stamped a few of the leaves from the stamp set in mint macaron and cut them out also. I then added ribbons in Calypso Coral, Mini striped Poppy Parade Ribbons and a little bakers twine I took from my kit. I placed the ribbon and twin on the tag that I used the panel for and stapled the ribbon on. Then I made a double bow with bakers twine and attached over the staple.

Next i added the flowers onto the tag. I then added some of the leaves around. To finish off the tag I added faceted clear gems to the center of each rose.

My Card:

For my card I started out with a piece of whisper white cardstock and stamped two of the roses and leaves in on opposite sides leaving enough room between each so that I would have a nice window. Next I took a circle and traced around that connecting the roses. With a craft knife I cut out the center of the circle making sure to cut around each rose and leaf that was in the circle. I took one of the note cards from the kit and trimmed it down to fit behind the opening. I then layered this panel onto a Flirty Flamingo card base. I used the same faceted clear gems on the inside of the roses on the card as I did the gift packaging.

I added a whisper white panel to the inside with one of the roses stamped on the it. And, then added my sentiment stamped on one of the banners from the kit and added some baker's twine at the top of the card to finish everything off.

I hope that you have enjoyed my projects for this month. If you are viewing this post on my wordpress site you will need to click here to view the blog roll. If you are viewing on my new blogger website you will find the blog roll below. Below the blog roll you will find a list of the supplies I used to do both projects. Thanks for dropping by I hope that you will hop along to the end. I know everyone have came up with some great projects for you.

Happy Stampin'

Rick Adkins