Alternate Projects with the October Paper Pumpkin Kit

I'm curious? When you get out your stamping stuff do you stamp specifically to make a project or are you stamping as a way to play?  I'd love to hear from people in the comments section at the bottom of the post.  

The reason I ask: The other day I challenged myself to see how many different things I could make with the October Paper Pumpkin Stamp Set: Blissful Bouquet.  This picture shows what I had to work with. I can honestly say this was one of my most fun "play days" ever.

For those of you wondering 

??"Paper Pumpkin"??

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*includes everything needed to make a pre-designed project.

Are you loving this stamp set as much as I am?  The flowers are beautiful and I love, love, love that font. Its so gorgeous. So . . . after making 1 each of the intended project (see them in yesterday's post) I started playing with the parts and came up with some designs of my own. Ready to see them?

 

 

  

Isn't it cool how you can get such a range of images from this set. Be sure to scroll down to yesterday's post to see the intended projects for this kit.

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October 2015 Paper Pumpkin Craft Kit

Are you a subscriber to Stampin'UP!'s monthly Craft Kit?  The subscription is called "Paper Pumpkin", although the projects are NOT pumpkins . . . but they do come in an orange box.

The October Kit (Blissful Bouquet) was a really versatile flower stamp set and gray ink pad.  You can see the flower stamps in this picture along with the intended projects.

This kit actually had 3 different size cards ranging from a regular greeting card down to a gift card.  

I made up each as intended, but since there were enough parts for 3 of each card I also changed them up a bit.  Here are my cards.

 

The Gift Card is on the left, cool that it comes with a matching envelope.  But I actually don't use that many gift cards - so - I just added a yellow frame and mounted it on a regular size card. Voila! another greeting card.

Notice the leafy Designer paper.  It comes with the kit. Actually EVERYTHING you need is included in the kit.  The fun thing about this kit is that one of the stamps matches the designer paper. See . . . you stamp on the designer paper. Fun, right?  I thought it was cool.

The Designer Paper circles were part of the kit too and there's another stamp to match the flowers.  So here's the 2nd card, again slightly smaller than a regular card. I made it as intended and then mounted it on a regular size card base.

 

The 3rd card came with this gorgeous watercolor background.  Again, here's the intended project on the left and my altered version of it on the right.

 

Now I'd like to tell you the black banner came from my imagination, but (shh!) the truth is its covering a big time mistake on the background piece. But there's never any mistakes in stamping right?  Just opportunities for layers and embellishments!

By the way, the flowers on the last card were stamped on Calypso Coral paper and I cut them by hand. They make a nice additional layer (and help to totally cover the smudge).

If you want to see more of what I did with this stamp set then check back tomorrow for some additional projects.

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Thanks for Stopping by: Take a minute and browse previous posts. If you see anything you like I'm happy to help you get the product or just to consult and explain further how the project was made . . . its all about having fun with our hobby.

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	I'll be happy to help you place your order
	If you're ordering on-line then use this Hostess Code   to be registered for my Customer Rewards Program 79S2B3ZT  (good thru - November 15th)