#APaperPumpkinThing
Welcome to our monthly APPT blog hop to showcase Paper Pumpkin kit alternate projects! This time we are highlighting the March 2023 Ten Years of Growth Paper Pumpkin kit. See what I have to share. Then check out all the other blogs in the hop for additional creative ideas from my fellow Stampin’ Up! demonstrator friends. 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 that hop list.)

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 March 22nd. 

• Two fun fold cards (a Faux Dog-Eared card and a Tucked Gate Fold card)
• And a 12×12 scrapbook page layout
• Plus I copied one of the samples on the back of the kit’s direction pamphlet and shared it in my video that day. (It’s much more stunning in the video than on the back of the direction pamphlet.)

Today I am sharing…

• A “Happy Spring” home decor banner

It’s been awhile since I’ve made a banner. But I had so much fun with this that I’m hooked!

I used one of each of the kit card bases. I cut them each in half. Then I cut them each in half again – except the two more decorated card front pieces – to get 10 panels. The two larger ones are on the ends of the banner to frame it.

I used a lot of gold trim…4 feet for the main strand that runs through the “loops” on the back of each piece & eleven 3″ pieces to create the knots between each panel. (The “loops” are from the envelope paper.)

Since I didn’t need to mail these pieces as cards anymore, I used the three extra envelopes for die-cutting the S P R I N and G letters, creating some 3/4″-wide mini banners for the top of the “happy” panel, and for making the “loops” on the back of each panel.

They aren’t really loops. I guess they are just folded pieces of paper. But the gold trim runs through them.

Each “loop” is the same width as the panel it’s behind. And they are all 2″ in the other direction folded in half and glued shut just at the ends. Once that’s done, glue the “loop” to the upper back side of the panel.

When you die-cut the letters, alternate them so the colors within the letters will vary. This is how I set them up. After cutting the letters from the envelope flap, cut them from Foam Adhesive Sheets and connect them. OR…better yet. Add the Foam Adhesive to the back of the envelope flap and cut all at once. Hahaha! Wish I would’ve done this. But I didn’t know I was going to raise them up and give them more dimension until after I had already cut them from the envelope flap alone.

I put thin Dimensional pieces behind parts of the gold happy to raise it and give it a bit of shadow. The plant pots on the two outer panels are also added with Dimensionals. I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue to add all the foliage.

The panels with the letters are decorated with gold 1/8″ wide strips cut from the kit scraps that are placed about 1″ from the bottom edges, the letters (of course), leaves (the purple ons from the kit and some punched from the envelope flaps with the Bough Punch), and some Brushed Brass Butterflies.

I couldn’t keep the banner on the kitchen cupboards and moved it down to my office for now. But I’ll find it a home soon. It makes me happy when I look at it!

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.

If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by April 10th for this next kit…

A PEEK AT APRIL’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT
Optimism and Renewal is the theme of the April 2023 All the Little Things Paper Pumpkin kit! This kit includes supplies for making nine cards (three each of three designs) with elegant cherry blossom designs, bright colors, and iridescent foil (a detail that won’t go unnoticed). It also includes a Shaded Spruce ink spot and a stamp set with sentiments that celebrate the simple things and encourage growth and healing. Anyone who subscribes to this month’s kit will also get a FREE box organizer! This organizer with customizable compartments fits perfectly inside your Paper Pumpkin box and is great for keeping your supplies from past kits organized, so you know right where everything is! Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Granny Apple Green, Petal Pink, Poppy Parade, Shaded Spruce.

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Extra Supplies Used (things you might need/want in addition to the March 2023 Paper Pumpkin kit)…

2023 COLOR REFRESH!
Stampin’ Up! prioritizes providing a compelling selection of high-quality craft supplies in coordinating colors and designs. That means evaluating and even refreshing current products. And this year SU is refreshing their full color collection! Click here to learn more. Watch this video for a glimpse… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOCUhUcuFHI

LAST CHANCE PRODUCTS
Stock up on your favorite retiring/last chance products from the 2023-23 Annual Catalog & the 2023 the Jan-April Mini Catalog before they’re gone for good! Sale prices begin April 4th. Click here to learn more.

LAYERING LEAVES CLASS THROUGH THE MAIL COMING SOON!
The new 2023-24 Annual Catalog debuts May 2nd. And in it (on page 96) you will see my Million Dollar Achiever stamp set, Layering Leaves!! I’ll be offering a class that will include the option to add in an autographed copy of the stamp set. I hope to have that information ready to share about a week or so before the release of the new catalog…so late April. Visit my 4/3/23 blog post for details on this card.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVES NOW AVAILABLE
New products are now available in the online store! You won’t find these products in any catalog, so be sure to click this link and take a look.

KITS COLLECTION: COLORFUL KALEIDOSCOPE KIT ADDED
This latest kit contains everything you need to make a unique card for any occasion. Every card is filled with geometric shapes and unique kaleidoscopic patterns. This new kit is part of the Kits Collection and is now available. Click here and scroll down for more details.

A PEEK AT APRIL’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT
Optimism and Renewal is the theme of the April 2023 All the Little Things Paper Pumpkin kit! This kit includes supplies for making nine cards (three each of three designs) with elegant cherry blossom designs, bright colors, and iridescent foil (a detail that won’t go unnoticed). It also includes a Shaded Spruce ink spot and a stamp set with sentiments that celebrate the simple things and encourage growth and healing. Anyone who subscribes to this month’s kit will also get a FREE box organizer! This organizer with customizable compartments fits perfectly inside your Paper Pumpkin box and is great for keeping your supplies from past kits organized, so you know right where everything is! Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Granny Apple Green, Petal Pink, Poppy Parade, Shaded Spruce.
If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by April 10th for this next kit.

ALL STAR VIDEO CLASSES
I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our April 2023 Regency Park Suite Video Class Bundle which is now available. CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to see others that have been offered. The next one featuring a new suite from the upcoming 2023-34 Annual Catalog will be available May 1st.