Cozy Christmas Alternates Paper Pumpkin Oct 2025

Only a few months late posting this but at least it’s in the same holiday season! I should have posted these a month or two ago but…life got busy. As it is, I am happy to have finished my Paper Pumpkin kit from October as I am trying to finish up older kits.

The kit is designed to create three cards, each of three designs for a total of nine cards. But instead of the typical 3 cards of each design, two of them were stretched out into six cards and seven cards respectively with minimal extra pieces, other than card bases and a few panels.The third card, I only made three of, but not as originally designed of course. So for starters, here are all the unique cards I designed:

The first one below was created by assembling the large ornament, then cutting it in two. I cut the card bases into two 4x5.25” panels and adhered the ornament to the corresponding side of the panel. When making 6 cards from supplies of 3, I of course ran out of the supplied sentiment labels so I used the banner die from the Stylish Shapes Dies which fit the sentiment with the kit perfectly! The red ribbon is from last year’s Nests of Christmas Paper Pumpkin Kit and that added a nice touch to the sentiment label.

Next I created 7 mini trees from the original pieces. I ran out of stars atop the tree so I used a red sequin. I used red print panels from my stash…some Stampin’UP! and some not.  I had a couple of tree pieces left and plan to make a tag out of them.

And last but not least, I created the card below…I don’t know what it’s called but it stands beautifully.:

I added some die cut sentiments on the back of the “JOY” panel so that there’d be a little more room to write a personal message:

I think I have a few card bases or panels left to use another day but most of this kit was used, and in a timely manner as I was able to send these out as some of my holiday greeting! Yaaaay!

If you’re finding this blog entry in 2026 or beyond and have this kit still unfinished, I hope this inspires to you make these cards and finish up your kit too! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day. 

Faux Shaker Cards with Santas Express DSP

Apologies that I didn't finish posting some of my holiday cards in early January but I was out of town for a few days then caught a nasty flu from my family. And then I was out for several weeks! Stay healthy folks...!!

I wanted to make an interactive card and decided to make faux shaker cards. I used Santa's Express DSP and cut a 4x5.25" panel of it. Then I put the DSP into a clear cellophane bag sized for an A2 card and tucked in the edge on one side to fit the panel snugly. I added various sequins into the bag and taped it shut! Ribbon across and a die cut of the Ho Ho Ho side of one of the other designs in the DSP pack and ...the card was done! Here are a couple of close ups of both:

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Festive Trucking Along card

There's something appealing about a red pickup truck...maybe a little of the rural vibe, definitely classic! When I saw this adorable set, I knew I had to get it ASAP and based on the insider chatter at the time, I knew if I didn't get it then, it would sell out and I wouldn't be able to later. And I was right! Either the stamp set or the coordinating punch or both have been on and off availability since it released. Not all the stamps in the set are specifically for the holidays so it also applies afterwards, but since I was lucky enough to be able to order it and the holidays ARE coming up, here's the card I created with it:

Here's a close up of the stamp for the truck. It's actually multiple stamps: the outline of the truck, a solid stamp for the body, and a separate stamp for the wheels. And then of course I chose to add a pine tree in the back of the pickup:

For the background, I used the Whimsical Trees embossing folder, which retired last year. You could say that I'm not quite ready to let it go though as yet...I have other folders which are in the current catalog but thought the "trees" theme would go better with the tree in the bed of the pickup...(can you tell how I over think things? LOL).

If you're curious, the red and black plaid strip in the background is one of the designs in the Joy of Christmas DSP pack (item#161958) and the stitched circle is from the Stylish Shapes Dies (item #159183). The Trucking Along stamp set is #162299, the Trucking Along Builder Punch is #162305 and the bundle (which offers a 10% savings) is #162306. 

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HoHoHo Santa Holiday cards

I’ve been busy lately working on the Oct 2022 Paper Pumpkin kit. If you’re not familiar with Paper Pumpkin, it’s a monthly subscription box usually making 9 cards, but some kits create treat boxes, tags for gift giving, etc. October’s kit makes 9 cards of 3  different designs. The kit includes everything to make these cards:

I made a few modifications to two of the designs (of course) and transformed them into these easel cards. Here’s the first card close up, beside it is the instruction sheet for the card made as shown in the kit.

And here’s the card opened up into its easel position:

Converting it to an easel design was fun so I decided to convert the second one too. Here is that card, close up and flat (as if just out of the envelope):

And that same card opened and propped into easel position: 

Just a little change to the original designs but I love making standard cards into fun folds. 

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