The Stampin' Chic

Saturday, June 26, 2021

Expressions In Color June 2021 Paper Pumpkin Alternative

It's time for the Crafty Collaborations Paper Pumpkin Blog Hop!! YAYA!! Our group of fabulous designers have created some pretty spectacular alternative projects featuring the June 2021 Paper Pumpkin Kit "Expressions In Color".

This month's kit was extra special, not only because it's SO GORGEOUS but, because it included TWO ink spots! Customers received one of the new fabulous In-Colors "Evening Evergreen" and also one of the other set of In-Colors "BumbleBee".

Just look at the cards made using the kit as instructed! They're so pretty! The kit makes 9 cards as shown, with 6 of them being standard A2 size cards and the other 3 being notecard size.

My project kicks us off with a sweet card using one of the beautiful vellum flower clusters and a fun background!

To begin, I used my Dark Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Marker to color all over the backside of the vellum piece. Then, I used a water painter filled with 90% alcohol to brush most of it off and then patted it with a paper towel to remove most of the color. It leaves a light tint to the vellum and the darker outline around the edge.

I used the watercolor spot stamp from the kit, with Fresh Freesia Ink on a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Fresh Freesia Cardstock to stamp the background across the bottom corner of the paper. I just continually stamped the spot, overlapping slightly to make sure I didn't leave any gaps.

I adhered that piece onto a 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" piece of Rich Razzleberry Cardstock and then mounted it to the front of an 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (scored at 4 1/4") Thick Basic White card base.

After I attached the cardstock layers to the card base, I used Stampin' Seal + to attach the vellum piece to the card base. I absolutely LOVE that the Stampin' Seal + doesn't show through the vellum. I was able to apply it directly to the back of the vellum piece and then attach it to the card and there are no signs of the Stampin' Seal + at all! MAGIC!!

Notice that I lined up the edges of the leaves on each side, with the edges of the stamping, to give a nice seamless look.

"You Are Amazing" was stamped in Evening Evergreen on one of the labels from the kit, and then attached with Dimensionals overlapping the floral piece.

I used a single glue dot balled up on the edge of the label to adhere a tiny little twine bow.

Then, I finished off the card with a few of the sparkly sequins from the kit.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, my friends! I hope that you enjoyed my project. Be sure to visit the other blogs listed here to see more fabulous alternative ideas to get the absolute most out of your Paper Pumpkin kits! Enjoy!

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Until Next Time,
Happy Crafting!
#TheStampinChic

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Product List

1-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137858]	3-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137859]	6-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137860]	One year Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137861]
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229]	Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115316]	Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155613]	Basic White Medium Envelopes [159236]
Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Pad [155611]	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad [155576]	Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155518]	Stampin' Seal+ [149699]
Stampin' Seal+ Refill [152812]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Water Painters [151298]
Take Your Pick [144107]	Stampin' Pierce Mat [126199]	Paper Snips [103579]	Paper Trimmer [152392]

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Friday, June 25, 2021

Snailed It Pocket Card

Good morning my lovely friends! How are you today? Have you been enjoying the Snail attack this week? I hope you have. I just love this adorable collection of products and those snails are just as cute as they can be!

I have one last Snailed It project to share with you this week, before we say goodbye forever......

I wouldn't say I saved the best for last. They've all been pretty fabulous! But I do love this card design! It's called a pocket card and it's really neat!

The base of the card is created using the Scalloped Contours Dies (the largest frame) cut from Bermuda Bay Cardstock.

I layered a 4 5/8" x 3 3/8" piece of DSP on the front of the scalloped card base.

I've taken two pieces of the Snail Mail DSP cut at 9 1/4" x 3 3/8", folded in half and then cut from the top point of the folded side, to the 1 1/8" mark on the open side to create a sort of triangular shape. Each piece was done the same, and then one turned inside out so that you can see both designs on the DSP. I stuck the two DSP pieces together with the folds both pointing OUT and the four flaps interlocked (left, right, left, right). I applied adhesive just along the short edges of the flaps to adhere the flaps together, but to create two pockets between them. I also glued the bottom closed to seal up the pockets.

The Pink Snail Mail Baker's Twine out of the combo pack was wrapped around the newly made pockets and tied into a bow. Then, the pockets were adhered to the base of the card.

I used the 4th Largest Layering Circles Dies to create the piece on the front of the card. Real Red scalloped circle and a Basic White straight circle make a great background piece for that sweet snail. I just glued the two layers directly to one another.

The snail was stamped and die cut from the bundle and then colored with Stampin' Blends Markers (Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Flirty Flamingo, and Real Red).

The "hello" piece was stamped and die cut using Real Red and Memento Black Inks.

Both were attached to the layered circles with Dimensionals and then attached to the card with dimensionals as well.

The Basic White sentiment panel was created using the 4th largest Stitched Rectangle die. One of the smaller snails that was printed off the edge of the DSP was used to embellish the panel. He looks so cute sliding his way onto the page doesn't he? The two hearts were stamped in Real Red ink.

The three tags (Bermuda Bay, Real Red, and Daffodil Delight) were die cut from the 2nd largest straight edge tag of the Tailor Made Tags Die set. These dies are SERIOUSLY CUTE!!! I highly recommend you have a set in your stash of go-to products! The dies even include the adorable reinforcing circles pieces. SO CUTE!

I stamped "hello" and two hearts in Memento Black Ink on the Bermuda Bay Tag. I stamped the "You've Got Mail" snail in black on the Real Red tag, and then layered a coordinating die cut DSP snail over top of the stamped one. The Daffodil Delight tag has the word "hello" stamped in staggering positions up the left side.

Finish off the card with a few of those fabulous little resin hearts and you're done!

All of the tags are so adorable! Truly. I just love how this card turned out. C-U-T-E!!

Well friends, I hope you enjoyed today's sweet fun fold card. I hope you give it a try as well! What other awesome themes would be terrific with a pocket card? You're only limited by your imagination!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I will be posting the first of my June 2021 Paper Pumpkin Alternative projects here tomorrow for a fun Paper Pumpkin Blog Hop! Be sure to tune in for that! You won't want to miss it!