Bonus Paper Pumpkin Alternative - Pumpkin to Pumpkin

 Because I posted my alternatives early, I wanted to show my subscribers something unique while I was doing my alternatives Zoom call on Monday.  I learned that I'm much better with prepared projects than trying to demo on the fly with a son half dressed and yelling for the iPad and a daughter singing to herself with homework through the wall.  But alas, we made it through, and here is the final project with a few tweaks.

The project started with a Pumpkin Pie treat holder (shown below) as the base.  Several demonstrators and crafters showed how to cut these up to make pumpkin cards but the first one I saw was from Jill Reese so I'm crediting her for the idea and my mom for helping me flush out my idea.  

You could definitely use a stitched oval die to make these pumpkin cards but I chose to just cut one apart on all the score lines, cut off the latch at the top, and smooth out any sharp edges with my scissors.  Then I sponged it in Pumpkin Pie ink for a little extra dimension.

Next I took a 5 1/4 x 4 piece of In Good Taste DSP and layered the five pieces to it with adhesive.  I put the outside ones flush with the bottom of the DSP and moved the others up slightly.  The top one is attached with dimensionals.  Trim the edges that hang off the DSP and layer on a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Basic White card.

From there, I cut apart the top of a twine piece and removed the wire.  This was the stem.  I took the rest of the wired twine and twirled it for the top and flattened it.  It's attached using the small glue strips from the kit that are the same width as the wire.  Three stamped leaves were added with glue dots and dimensionals. Finally I stamped the pumpkin saying on a label from the kit and tucked it under the front DSP piece.

I hope you enjoy this idea and this kit.  

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Have a craftastic day,

Stacy

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