Today I am sharing Paper Pumpkin Artisan alternatives for the June Kit, Life Is Sweet. 

Life Is Sweet Alternative

Instructions:

To create the fun fold, cut 8 ½” X 11” Thick Basic White Cardstock  8 1/2” X 5 1/2”. Score and fold at 4 ¼” and 6 ⅜”.

Cut 2024-2026 In Color 6”X 6” DSP, 2” X 5 ⅜”, and glue to the front fold. Cut a second pattern, 4 ⅛” X 5 ⅜”, and glue to the inside.

Glue green leaves from the kit to Thick Basic White Cardstock, 4 ¼” X 4 ¼”, and use the largest Spotlight On Nature Die to cut a circle. Cut a second circle of Thick Basic White Cardstock, and a third, smaller, circle from a kit card base in pink. Glue the pink circle to the white circle, and glue to the middle of the inside.  Glue half of the front circle on the front flap, making sure it covers the inside circle evenly.

Adhere fruit from the kit: cherries to the front circle, and lemons to the inside circle

Stamp two sentiments from the kit, with the Shy Shamrock Ink Spot, on kit labels. Glue “sweet friend” to the bottom of “hello” from the kit, and attach with Mini Dimensionals from the kit. Glue “sending a big squeeze” on top of the lemons, and add a bow of Linen Thread, from the kit, to the lemon stem.

 Instructions: 

Begin with a card base from the kit. Layer with a  card front from the kit, 5 ¼” X 4”, cut with six butterflies using a Thanks & Beyond add-on die.

Using a second Thanks & Beyond add-on die, cut “thanks” from kit envelope paper, backed with a Foam Adhesive Sheet. Peel the backing, and adhere in the middle of the card front. 

Glue six Glimmer Paper ovals, from the kit, to the butterflies. These are punched “throw away” pieces from the Glimmer Paper words in the kit.

For the inside, glue a frame of leaves from the kit. Stamp “Life is so much sweeter with friends like you” from the kit, with the Shy Shamrock Ink Spot from the kit.

Decorate the envelope flap with 2024-2026 In Color DSP. Glue 5 ¾” X 2 ¼” DSP on the flap, then trim with Paper Snips Scissors, using the flap as a template.