Thanksgiving Cards Paper Pumpkin With Love & Gratitude September 2023 Alternates

I’m still in the modes of autumn/fall cards and finishing up older Paper Pumpkin kits, so I checked out what components I had left in this kit. I remember making several cards from the mini envelopes and part of the 3x3” cards previously, but I had the treat bags and many embellishments left. So I used Lost Lagoon for a card base and created multiples of the following card:

I used the top flap from the treat bags and overlapped it onto half of one of the  3x3” cards bases. Then I added the gold foil leaves and then the printed branch & leaves. Perhaps because I used the flap part of the treat bag with the gold trim on it along the top, I decided to follow the downward direction of the (former) flap to have the foliage cascade downwards….

The Happy Thanksgiving sentiment is from the very long ago retired Tiny Wishes stamp set! 

And below is how I stamped the inside of the card and the envelope. I used one of the stamps from the Splendid Day stamp set. But perhaps I should have cascaded the foliage from one of the corners instead to match the card front? So many ways to overthink things…LOL

Wishing you all a happy thankgiving whether you celebrate it in October (Canada) or November (USA).

Paper Pumpkin 9/2024 Autumn Abundance Alternates: Diagonal Joyfold & Book Binding cards

I’ve been working on my backlog of kits, including Paper Pumpkins. Figured it was a perfect time to finish up the autumn kit from last year. So I created a card with a new-to-me fun fold called a Diagonal Joy Fold Card using one of the the beautiful card fronts: 

I used a print from the Country Woods DSP pack for the background and I layered it with a rose gold panel. I have to admit that I regretted putting the sentiment on the front…I really liked it better without a greeting there and would have preferred (in retrospect), to have just stamped the inside with the greeting. Oh well…I will not be quite so hasty in the future with my glue! Cutting the original card fronts up, I was able to make several of these cards! Oh and embossing the focal panel “hid” the crease from the original card’s fold line…a great trick to remember!!

Another (set of) alternates were book binding cards made from pieces of the original card fronts, and parts of the envelopes too…and I made a whole bunch of them!

I love how they all look similar but each one is different. And the sparkle of the foil is really elegant, though it only shows on one card and only on one of the photos! I added some neutral sequins as accents in the top right corner and on the sentiment die cut (which is from the Stylish Shapes Dies set - love it!) 

Thanks for stopping by & hope you’re inspired to create something today!

Interactive Halloween card

I’m always on the lookout for interactive cards to send to some young ones. One day a few weeks a reel came across my Instagram feed…it was a reel for a really cool double tab card called “Side Pop & Twist Card”.

And this is what I created using some Hallowe’en card stock and die cuts:

 

Here’s the card in action:

My thanks to Claire Ottaway  in the UK for the tutorial on how to create this wonderful card. If you’re curious to see the tutorial, I’ve included the YouTube link here: https://youtu.be/JnSrJOVw72Y?si=EiBH_GCX2U18EHTA