Paper Pumpkin Inked Occasions April 2025 Kit Alternate Designs

I love Paper Pumpkin kits, though I’m  not quick to starting them. But there’s nothing wrong in admiring the kits and saving them for another day when the mood (or need?) strikes, right? And it was done the same year so, really, not so bad! Lol Yes it was a combination of “need” and being in the mood to use this cheerful kit💕 

As I often do, I cut apart the provided card bases and used them as mats on my own (plain) card bases. This act alone can significantly increase the number of cards I can make from a kit. 

I needed a bunch of Thank You cards and thought the bright and cheery colors would work well. 

The card at the top left, is a gold panel with a 4x5.25” panel of the card front. The label and words are cut from the Paper Pumpkin add-on and the “sending” is from an old Paper Pumpkin kit as well (WHICH ONE?)

The top right card base is a 8.5x11 cut in half on the diagonal and scored to form a 4.25x5.5” card! The focal panel is 4x5.25” and cut on the diagonal to coordinate.

The bottom card has a focal panel of 4x5.25”.

The leafy panels are using the bough punch.

The following card uses a gold panel near the fold line and the focal again measures 4x5.25”. This is on a Gorgeous Grape card base to emphasize the purple ink swirls in the center of the focal panel. Added to the sentiment is the gold leaf die cuts included in the kit.

And the last three in the photo below used a gold strip, Blackberry Bliss strip and a smaller panel from one of the card bases in the kit. The orange and pink floral die cuts are from the kit and I stamped “feel better soon” and Lthabks” in the corners as shown.

And last but not least, a few more thank you cards using die cuts from the kit:

There were additional quantities of each of these cards and in the end, I made about 20 cards with 3 more panels waiting to be used! Definitely a good kit! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Perennial Lavender meets Along These Lines Fun Fold

I had fun creating this card with the Perennial Lavender DSP. This particular print is perhaps my favorite print in the paper pack because of the touch of Proud Peacock in the foliage of the leaves. I knew I wanted to use the stamp set called Along These Lines as well as the Blooming Phrases stamp set. And because I love fun folds, I came up with this design which is a play of an often used partial Z-fold design:

This is the card opened and as you can see, I used another of the prints in the DSP pack on the inside as well. The split sentiment is from the Blooming Phrases stamp set and I decided to split it between the front and insides of the card. The front sentiment is stamped  and matted with the banner dies from the Stylish Shapes Dies:

And the “aerial” photo below shows the partial Z-fold design of the card better:

Here’s a close up of the coloring of the stamped rose. I also added splatters of ink (Fresh Freesia and Just Jade) on the background. The plain oval panel looked too stark otherwise and it needed something to add interest. 

And of course the finishing touch of the Fresh Freesia bow! 

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed a closer look at this card.

Happy New Year 2026 Darling Donkey card

This card was made using a retired but new-to-me stamp set called Darling Donkey and I instantly knew I had to make a New Year's card with it! I had seen this on Pinterest when the stamp set was newly issued as a Sale-a-bration freebie with a $50 purchase. I loved the ingenuity of the person who first created this design, and their sense of humor!

I didn’t actually follow any particular Pinterest pin since I knew I wanted to use this particular DSP pack (Bright and Beautiful)  for its colorful and happy vibes. And my “number” dies were from the  Birthday Celebration bundle so I didn’t really need to further use the exact pin since my colors were set as were the size of the numbers for the year! And one of the Textured Notes dies were the perfect size for the focal panel.

I decided to make this card into a simple easel card so I added the sentiment as the “stopper”:

Here’s a closer look at the “stopper”:

The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set and it fit perfectly on one of the smaller die cuts also from the Textured Notes dies set. I popped it up using foam dimensionals so that it catches the card base easier.

And here’s a side view of the easel card:

I hope you like my version of the Darling Donkey New Year card. Thanks for stopping by. Wishing you a wonderful year with good health and happiness!