April 2019 Alternative Paper Pumpkin Ideas - Sentimental Rose

I am always telling people that Paper Pumpkin is how I keep my creativity going when my life is full of kid commitments.  We get so busy running them from activity to activity, all while making sure that we have the fundamentals for food, clothing, and shelter taken care of as well.  It's the wonderful and exhausting part of parenting.  So when this month's Paper Pumpkin showed up yesterday, I opened it and immediately started working on it. While my kids designed riddles for their make-believe escape room, I went ahead and escaped into this kit.

The samples that came with the kit were beautiful and fun. I love it when they aren't hard to do as it lets me feel productive without having a lot of time!  This kit included a stamp set with the big rose and leaves plus every sentiment we need for card making (happy birthday, best wishes, thinking of you, thank you, congratulations, and even happy mother's day).  There is also a mystery stamp - I'm still not sure what it's for!  The ink was Gray Granite, one of my favorite neutrals, and the kit came with supplies to make 9 cards, 3 each of 3 designs, plus a gift box for them.

If my mother and mother-in-law didn't already subscribe, I would have made this one and given them to them as a gift. I also could have used it for Teacher Appreciation Day but I'm keeping this one.

Here are the samples from the kit using the instructions provided by Stampin' Up!

Now my subscribers get alternative ideas from me with step by step instructions.  I had so much fun making the notecards that I only brought out my paper trimmer and scissors and a few extra notecards from my stash so I could cut up the cards from the kit.  Sorry for the bad photography on some of these!

Then I expanded and brought some coordinating ink pads.

Finally, I cut a few Whisper White standard cards, a little extra cardstock, a dauber, and my Mint Macaron and Calypso Coral Blends.

This was my favorite kit to date because it let me PLAY and was very forgiving.  I loved how you could stamp the rose in a color and then re-ink lightly in the Gray Granite ink and make it pop off the paper.  I loved that you could stamp it lightly in Gray Granite and then color with Blends or a water color look.  And I love that you could make so many different cards using a single stamp set.

If you want to sign up for next month's kit, please do so here:  https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/?demoid=80380 

Next month's kit was designed by Shelli and screams her personal style.  The kit includes 12 mailable cards (3 cards of 4 designs), plus ink and stamps, for only 19.95 (plus tax).  That is an incredible deal.  Plus subscribers will get their alternative ideas from me and can get a free 2019-2020 catalog.  If you'd like a sneak peek in to the kit, click the video below!

I hope the season brings a Spring to your step, a smile to your heart, and time to stop and stamp the flowers.

Take care,
Stacy