If you are looking for some alternate ways to use your December 2013 "Real Life" My Paper Pumpkin kit* contents, here is what I came up with when I was playing with mine yesterday. I always get two kits mailed to me each month, so the first set of pages shown, the cards and the journal were made with the contents of one kit. And the second set of pages shown and other journal (similar to the one that the kit shows as an idea) are what I made with the second kit.

If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber yet, this is a great time to join…Free Markers! But hurry… time is limited on this offer. When you sign up, please choose me (Rachel Tessman in Andover, MN) as your demonstrator. And I will share fun ideas with you each month and spoil you with random gifts.

These are some of my favorite colors! I think you'll love them, too: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple and Summer Starfruit.

I made this first set of projects with:

• One December 2013 Real Life My Paper Pumpkin kit*
• 2 sheets of Basic Black card stock
• 4 Whisper White note cards
• Rhinestones
• Dimensionals
• SNAIL adhesive
• Glue Dots
• And the Stampin' Trimmer.

I made this second set of projects with:

• My second December 2013 Real Life My Paper Pumpkin kit*
• 2 sheets of Basic Black card stock
• 4 sheets of Whisper White card stock
• Hole-punch tool (I used a Crop-A-Dile™)
• Dimensionals
• SNAIL adhesive
• Glue Dots
• And the Stampin' Trimmer.

(I formed my own letter "s" with the R and an E.)

For this second journal I added 8 extra pages by cutting 8" x 5" pieces from 4 sheets of Whisper White card stock.

I then punched holes in these sheets by lining up one of the already pre-cut sheets atop the 8 Whisper White pieces.

You can see from the photos which sheets went where in my journal. (The pages are still blank, so I didn't think it was necessary to take photos of each spread like I did for the first journal shown above.)

These are the supplies I had left over after making this journal and the 12×12 "Fellas" pages. (Those little wooden people are so fun! Did you notice on my pages I cut the legs down to represent my boys? LOL)

*If you do not have a subscription to My Paper Pumpkin, then this kit is unavailable to you. Sorry about that. If you want to try a subscription and get in on the Welcome Kit in February and a fabulous kit in March (I know, because I had a sneak peek!), then click here to sign up. It's $14.95 per month + $5 shipping and tax. And the box of goodies comes to your door around the 16th of each month. You can cancel at any time. AND… if you sign up now you will get a bonus gift: 5 Stampin' Write markers – the 2012-14 In-Color set (a $14.95 value in an of themselves!).

Here's a link to my Feb. 15, 2013 post that gives a bit more information about Paper Pumpkin.

Stamp Your Art Out! ~Rachel