This month’s Paper Pumpkin, Sweet Sunflowers, is beautiful, and as promised, here are two more alternatives:

Sweet Sunflowers alternatives
Card #3 uses a Fresh Freesia card base, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″. See how it brings out the color in the card front?
To make the card unique, I used the largest Deckled Rectangles Die to cut the Paper Pumpkin card front. Then, I used the fourth largest Deckled Rectangles Die to cut the center from the card front. After gluing the larger cut to the card base, I raised the middle cut on Dimensionals.

Next, I stamped the sunflower in Crushed Curry Ink on a punched flower from the kit, and stamped the center in Mossy Meadow Ink. Then, I attached the flower with Dimensionals, along with the bees and vellum honeycomb from the kit.
“Thank you” is from the Sweet Sunflowers Stamp Set, stamped in Soft Suede Ink on a label from the kit, and attached with Dimensionals.

Card #4 has a card base of Gorgeous Grape Cardstock, 8 1/2″ X 5 1/2″, folded at 4 1/4″. I used the largest Scalloped Contours Die to cut another Paper Pumpkin card front.

This time I used an Amazing Thanks Die, cutting a “bubble” from the card front, and layered it with the word “thanks,” which I cut from a green card base in the Paper Pumpkin kit. After gluing the card front to the card base, I placed “thanks” in the hole, raising it on Dimensionals.

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.
One more alternative idea will be on Tuesday. I saved my favorite for last!

I’m sharing my cards with TGIF, because it’s a rarity that Basic White Cardstock wasn’t used!
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Love your cards!
Thank you, Judy! I appreciate you telling me!
Love these!!
Thank you, Stephanie! This was such a beautiful Paper Pumpkin!
Beautiful cards!!!
Thank you, Donna! I appreciate you commenting on my blog!
Hi Su Just wish we could get every Paper Pumpkin out in Australia. Last year we had 3. But they are just lovely. I’m in Sydney Australia
Hi Margaret! So nice to hear from you! I also wish you could get all of the kits!
These alternatives are stunning, Su. I love them and, as Linda said, I can’t wait to see what your favorite will be. Enjoy your day!
Thank you, Hilda! I’m glad you are anticipating my favorite!
Your designs always speak to me! Can’t wait to see your favorite. These alternatives are just gorgeous. Hope SU plans to make this PaperPumpkin kit into one of the “standard” kit selections to order going forward. Thanks for the added inspiration!
Thank you, Linda! I agree with making this a standard kit!