My May Paper Pumpkin Kit was a little slow in getting here, and now I have finally gotten around to making the cards. Truthfully, I wasn’t interested in this Paper Pumpkin Kit. It didn’t appeal to me, and I’m not planning any celebrations. But I forgot to “Skip a Month” in my account, so it came. But, as with all Paper Pumpkin Kits, it was actually fun to make anyway! It reminded me of cards for Chinese New Year with the lanterns!
As with all Paper Pumpkin Kits, once you have the kit, you can do anything you want with your supplies. A lot of people make maybe one each of the cards as designed, but then they may make alternative versions. These cards were great for that because the card bases were printed on both sides. So if you wanted to use some of your own supplies, you could have cut the card base in half and used what would have been the front and back to make two cards instead of one!
These cards were easy to make. The first card with the fireworks were just diecuts, large and small, to adhere on mini dimensionals to pop them up, a stamped greeting, and some sparkly gems for the fireworks. The card with the arched window actually pops open a little bit which is fun. I almost ruined it by trying to punch out the whole thing and not just the window panes! The bottom card just has stamping at the bottom, a lampost die and three extra little lights to add. Plus two had the banner greetings. I changed one from “You’re invited” to “Wishing You Happiness” which was supposed to be on one card.
Once you are a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, you can go in the Online Store under Paper Pumpkin Refills and Past Kits and see what is available. Full kits aren’t always available, depending on inventory, but the refill is pretty good because you get the supplies minus the little ink spot and stamp set. You can substitute something you already have in your stash. Sometimes I have bought the refill if I wanted to make more of the project, such as Halloween treat bags, Easter treats, or Christmas gift tags, for example.
If you haven’t subscribed yet to Paper Pumpkin, now is the time so you don’t forget! You can read all about the next kit for June HERE in this post recently. Just sign up by June 10th!
























