Tricia's Stamping Creations: Paper Pumpkin Possibilities January Blog Hop Lovely Lavender

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Paper Pumpkin Possibilities January Blog Hop Lovely Lavender

Welcome to the Paper Pumpkin Possibilities January Blog Hop and I am so excited to start off the New Year with the Lovely Lavender Kit. Our wonderful Design Team will be sharing their alternative projects and ideas to help inspire you to get creative. This beautiful kit also coordinates with the Perennial Lavender Suite Collection in the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog to give us even more creative options to explore.

For my card design today, I decided to create one of my favorite fun folds because it is so simple to make and uses mainly supplies from the kit. The only additions are some scraps of cardstock, one of the beautiful Paper Butterfly Accents and the Purple Fine Shimmer Gems from the coordinating Perennial Lavender Suite Collection. This simple Easel card design, uses one of the Crumb Cake card bases, along with some of the elements from the kit and I also used the new Love of Spring Dies for the sentiment label. This die set is the new add-on that coordinates with the January, February and March Paper Pumpkin Kits and is available while supplies last.

Products Used:

Paper Pumpkin Lovely Lavender Kit

The Love of Spring Dies (item #164396)

1 3/4" Circle Punch (item #119850)

Highland Heather Cardstock (item #146986)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Paper Butterfly Accents (item #162612)

Highland Heather Classic Ink Pad (item #147103)

Highland Heather Classic Ink Refill (item #147167)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Purple Fine Shimmer Gems (item #162611)

Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush (item #141897)

Measurements:

Lovely Lavender Kit

Crumb Cake Card Base - Cut at 1 1/4" & 4 1/4" from the score line down to the bottom (landscape orientation)

Score middle section at 2 1/8"

2 Purple Strips

Purple Tag

Lost Lagoon Leaves

Basic White Cardstock

2 Strips - 1" x 4 1/8"

Highland Heather Cardstock

Circle punched out with the 1 3/4" Circle Punch

Sentiment Label die cut with the Love of Spring Dies

To create this pretty fun fold, I chose to use one of the Crumb Cake card bases from the kit and cut the card front side at 1 1/4" & 4 1/4", from the score line down to the bottom (landscape orientation) to create three ]anels. I then scored the center panel at 2 1/8" and folded along the score line to create a mountain fold. I attached the two side panels to the bottom of the card base with adhesive and then added the decorative panels that I created by layering the purple strips from the kit onto strips of Basic White cardstock. For the focal panel, I took the purple decorative tag from the kit and adhered the bottom section to the bottom section of the center panel, making sure to not add any adhesive above the score line. For the butterfly die cut, I used Clear Wink of Stella with a drop of Highland Heather ink refill mixed together to create a watercolor wash look with soft shimmer to the die cut. I attached the butterfly to the 1 3/4" Highland Heather circle and then attached the Lost Lagoon leaves to the right top side, adhering them to the back of the circle. I then added the circle to the tag panel with Stampin' Dimensionals. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image from the exclusive stamp set with Silver embossing powder onto Highland Heather cardstock and then die cut it out using one of the dies from the Love of Spring Dies. I attached the sentiment label to the center of the bottom of the card base, to create the stopper for the center panel. To finish off the design, I added several of the Purple Fine Shimmer Gems to add some pretty bling to the design. Isn't this a beautiful way to step up the designs in this card kit?

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my alternative card design will help inspire you to explore all the wonderful possibilities with this kit. The designs are so beautiful and perfect for a variety of occasions. As a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, you can order the Love of Spring Dies from my Online Store, while supplies last. It's a great option to help you step up the designs in the January, February and March Kits as well as any of your other creative projects.

Please take the time to visit with the Design Team by using the Roll Call List below to see their wonderful projects. I hope you will take a moment to leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects.

If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you.