Paper Pumpkin Alternatives for January 2018 Kit

As promised, I have the Paper Pumpkin Alternatives for both December 2017 (see December's in tomorrow's post) and January 2018.  I decided to post the January alternative first because Valentine's Day is so close.  I really love this kit and think there are many possibilities other than Valentine's for it.  Of course, I didn't stray from Valentine's in my alternatives.  Watch in the future for other ideas.

Here are the two alternatives I did for the January

Paper Pumpkin Kit.  I did one for each card; each

one very different from the other.  

This alternative was inspired by Patty Bennett.

She did a number of alternatives for this kit.  

What Patty inspired for this card was gluing

down the top flap of the card rather than opening 

it up.  See my post from February 8th to see the original

card.  Then you can tuck the note card in the

corner.  Tie the ribbon as an accent.

                                     

I used Rich Razzleberry to stamp the notecard.

The top hearts are from the Retired  Sealed with

Love stamp set from 2017 Occasions Catalog.

The Happy Valentine's Day is from the January

2018 kit.  The sentiment on the lower right is

from All Things Thanks Stamp Set in the

2017-18 Annual Catalog.  The heart on the
sentiment is Rich Razzleberry from the
Brights Enamel Shapes.

This is the second alternative I made.  I essentially

cut the card up and rearranged everything.  The

front heart panel is actually the back of the

original card trimmed down a little.  I love how the

vellum heart pops out on this card.  I used the 

Flirty Flamingo banner in the kit, and cut it in 

half and trimmed the ends to a point.  Then Stamped

Be Mine in Basic Black from the kit.  The accents 

are from the 2016-18 enamel shapes in Flirty 

Flamingo.  The card base is in Flirty Flamingo and 

is a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4.  The accent panel is Copper Foil

to pick up the copper in the hearts on the front panel.

I don't know how well you can see this part; I

stamped words of love in Flirty Flamingo to create

texture and a background.  You could change

this up for a birthday, thank you, friendship, congratulations,

or whatever if you want.  I like angling the paper

sometimes.  It gives a unique look to the card.

This is the inside of the card.  I took the front

bottom of the original card and put it in

the right corner of the inside.  Then instead of 

leaving the notecard loose or tucked in the 

pocket, I adhered it as the inside panel.  I did

use one of the stamps from the kit the stamp

the envelope with hearts coming out.  I like

using the notecard this way. 

I hope these alternative cards inspire you to use

your January Paper Pumpkin kit.  Or if you 

aren't a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I encourage you to do so.

It is a kit that comes once a month with everything

included to make the projects inside.  This kit

had 16 cards to make and as usual, there are 

extra supplies with which to make other projects.

I would love to be your demonstrator and share

creative time together.  Until the end of March

if you sign up for Paper Pumpkin for three months, 

you will qualify for free items found in the 

Sale-A-Bration Catalog.

Enjoy and do something creative every day!