Hello and welcome to the Paper Pumpkin Thing monthly blog hop. This hop is all creating and sharing alternate projects for the current Paper Pumpkin kit. This month’s Paper Pumpkin kit is called ‘So Cool’.

The suggested projects for this kit are super cute. There are 4 card shapes: 2 popsicles, a watermelon and a rainbow card. One of the main reasons I subscribe to Paper Pumpkin is for the stamp sets. These sets are so adorable and are such a deal. This ‘SO COOL’ set is a keeper. I love the watermelon image and made my first alternate with this stamp.

For this watermelon card I stamped 12 watermelon images and colored using Real Red and Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. I cut out the watermelons and arranged them on the card surrounding the greeting.

I wanted the black greeting to be extra dark and black so I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the greeting in the same place three times.

The second card uses the preprinted watermelon card die cut shape. I cut the half watermelon slice in to quarters to arrange on the card front. I watercolored the background using Terracotta Tile Ink. I wanting this card to appear extra juicy.

This third card is super simple but so fun. I played off the rainbow colors and stamped, colored and cut three popsicles using Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight and Blackberry Bliss Stampin’ Blends. I trimmed out a piece of the rainbow card to line the side of this card. Clean, simple and cute!

What is Paper Pumpkin? Paper Pumpkin is a monthly subscription craft kit full of goodness from Stampin' Up! Every kit includes a stamp set, supplies, ink and projects instructions. Are you a Paper Pumpkin subscriber? If not you can sign up here. Monthly kits are 21.95 USD (includes shipping).

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