This month’s Paper Pumpkin, Sweet Sunflowers, is beautiful, and I’ve been on a roll making alternatives. I’ll be sharing them for the next few days.
The first card uses the green card base, layered with a sheet of the honeycomb (white side up, and gold foil side down), both from the kit. Then, I used a Deckled Rectangles Die to cut a piece from one of the decorative envelopes, 2 1/2″ X 4″, and placed it on Dimensionals.
Sweet Sunflowers alternative #1
Next, I stamped the sunflower in Crushed Curry Ink on Basic White Cardstock, colored the petals with Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends, and stamped the center in Mossy Meadow Ink. After fussy cutting with Paper Snips, I attached the flower with Dimensionals.
“Thank you” is from the Sweet Sunflowers Stamp Set, stamped in Blackberry Bliss Ink on a label from the kit. I added a bow of Soft Sea Foam.
Card #2 is changed simply by placing the ready-made card front on a Smoky Slate card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″. The background color gives it the feeling of a sympathy card, don’t you think? In keeping with that idea, I chose a sentiment from a retired stamp set, Itty Bitty Greetings, and stamped it in Basic Gray on the label.
The Sweet Sunflowers Stamp Set, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Crushed Curry Ink, Soft Suede Ink, Honeycomb Sheets, sentiment labels, punch-outs (bees and flowers), 9 decorative envelopes, 9 card bases, and directions, are included in the kit. Everything not included in the kit is in my Product List below.
Come back tomorrow for more alternative ideas!
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Hi Sū,
I subscribe to you and LOVE EVERY card you do!! You are so talented; you must be an artist.: D
Saying that, I know you enter your cards to Global Design Project, and I have not received an email from them
in more than a month. Are they not doing it any longer. I always look to see if you are one of the winners.
If they are still coming out on Mondays, how do I subscribe again to them?
Yes, I am a Demo for almost 5 years, but I am a full time Interior Designer out of Sacramento, CA.
I’ve been doing all kinds of art for many years.
Take care and keep up your awesome cards.
Michelle
Hi Michelle,
I appreciate your kind words. I’m actually a designer at the Global Design Project, so that’s why my cards are there every week for inspiration. If you go to this week’s post, and click on the GDP icon, toward the bottom, it will take you to the site. https://aromasandart.com/sneak-peek-of-apple-blossoms-dies-for-global-design-project-357/
You’ll see a subscribe button, where you can add your email, and you’ll receive the new challenge every Monday.
Thanks for asking,
Su
Su, I love these beautiful alternative cards! Enjoy your day!
Thank you, Hilda! This month’s kit is fabulous!