#APaperPumpkinThing
Welcome to our monthly APPT blog hop to showcase Paper Pumpkin kit alternate projects! This time we are highlighting the July 2022 Sending Good Thoughts Paper Pumpkin kit. See what I have to share. Then check out all the other blogs in the hop for additional creative ideas that my fellow Stampin’ Up! demonstrator friends shared. To follow the hop and see these other creative project ideas, simply scroll down and click on the names of the other hop participants. (If you are receiving this blog post by email, click HERE to see the hop.)
Here are the cards the kit instructs how to make. (Click here for a link to Stampin’ Up!’s how-to video to help you assemble these as intended.)
I’ve already shared some other alternate projects using the contents of this kit on July 23rd.
- Four unique alternate card ideas includinga z-fold easel card
- a mini shaker card
- a monster fun fold card
- and a slider card
- AND… a 12×12 scrapbook page layout
Today I am sharing…
- A “message in a bottle” treat box
- AND… a triangle easel card
I’m excited about this first one, because I was able to manipulate one of the card bases into a box just with a few simple folds. Plus from the front it appears that the middle bottle is holding the rolled up message.
Products I used… See below for a complete list of extra products I used linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Measurements…
- Gray card base from the kit
- 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ scored parallel to the short side at 1-3/4″, 2-3/4″, 4-1/4″ and 5-1/4″ then scored parallel to the long side 1″ in from each side
- Blue envelope paper from the kit
- 3-1/8″ x 3-3/8″
- 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (this forms the rolled up paper for the message in the bottle)
- Crumb Cake Cardstock
- 1″ x 3-3/8″ torn in half to create two layers of beach/sand.
Directions…
- After scoring the gray card base and cutting in along each side score line to create tabs, cut out the following pieces shown in this second image…
- the two long 1″ x 3-1/4″ sections
- a 1/2″ x 1″ section on the right just below the first tab to make that second tab 1″ x 1″ (like the one above it)
- a 3/4″ x 1″ section in the bottom right corner to make that last tab 1″ x 1″ (now all the tabs on the right are 1″ x 1″
- a 1/4″ x 1″ section in the bottom left corner
- Flip this prepared piece over and add a strip of Tear & Tape Adhesive along the 1/4″ section at the bottom. You may want to play it safe, go beyond the edge a bit, and then fold the tape back over onto itself (as shown in the lower right photo above).
- Flatten the taped end over as shown below.
- Now fold in the tabs at each end to create the box. The images below should help. You really only need Tear & Tape on the last tab if you are following how I folded my tabs in in the photos. In that lower right photo, notice which tab goes in first? This allows you to insert your rolled up message later. OH! And be sure to add any candy or treats before sealing both ends.
- Now decorate with the sand layers and bottles.
- Stamp the sentiment onto the 3-1/8″ x 3-3/8″ blue paper. Adhere it to the top area of the box.
- Then add the birds, twine, pearls, metallic dots, and rolled up message.
My second idea was inspired by a card that Elaine Mitzel created and shared when she was the May 2022 Showcase Stamper…her gray easel card (the last one). It forms a triangle when propped up into the easel. So I’m calling it a triangle easel card. Here is the version of this fun fold I made with the contents of this Paper Pumpkin kit.
Products I used… See below for a complete list of extra products I used linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Measurements…
- Teal card base from the kit
- 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ scored parallel to the short side at 4-1/4″
- Two Gray card bases from the kit
- Four pieces that are 3-7/8″ x 5-1/2″
- Two pieces that are 3/8″ x 5-1/2″
- Striped teal/light blue card layer from the kit
- 4″ x 4″ scored 1/2″ in on one end as shown in the first photo below
Directions…
- Add adhesive to the top part of the 1/2″ section of the 4″ x 4″ striped piece, position it with the teal card base as shown in the second photo below, and fold the teal base over to pick up the sticky 1/2″ section so the start of the card looks like the third photo when done.
- Now stamp the starfish image all over the gray strips and one of the larger gray pieces.
- Flip one of the gray pieces over, stamp the inside sentiment on it, add it to the inside, add one of the gray plain layers above, and add the skinny strips at the top and bottom of the white sentiment layer as shown below.
- Ignore the decorated section shown in this photo below. But add the other two gray layers on the flip side of the card like this.
- Fold it shut.
- Then decorate the front flap…
- Stamp and add Bermuda Bay ink to the starfish.
- Stamp the banner, wrap and tie on twine, and add it with Dimensionals while tucking in the coral.
- Pull the coral forward to add a bit of glue behind the middle section and flatten it down.
- Pull some of the coral ends forward again to tuck and add the starfish with a Dimensional.
- Then add the self-adhesive sequins.
So fun, right?!
I hope I inspired your creativity with what I shared today! If you did not get this kit, I hope you can apply these ideas to products you already own.
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Wow cards…thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much Cheryl!