In The Cat Cave

Hi all,

I am back again with all the gang giving you alternative ideas for your monthly My Paper Pumpkin kits.


This month's My Paper Pumpkin is a card kit.  It comes with a super cute box and some adorable tags.  As soon as I opened the box, I was swooning over the little floral box. It's a perfect gift for someone of handmade cards.


This kit came with plenty of extra stickers and pre-printed sentiment ovals.  Staying true to my style, I used some of those elements and created a water coloured card.

The striped background of this card is actually the co-ordinating envelopes. I just cut it and used it for a card base! (Impressed, aren't you? LOL )

Well, hello new and old friends!

Just when I thought I was getting tired of Paper Pumpkin they came out with donuts... and now this month's kit is absolutely stunning... maybe, I mean "really cool" - not stunning. Stunning is more for like glitz and glamour, don't you think?  Words are funny, aren't they?

When I took out the items in the kit my jaw was dropping.  Two rolls of delicious washi tape and cut out card bases with stitching (gasp!).  More water color wash card bases and wood veneers...

Just. Well. See it for yourself.


I am so excited to be part of this It's a Pumpkin Thing Blog hop each month.  These ladies blow me away with their alternate ideas and I know this month will be no exception...

.. although we all know the truth is that it's hard to stray from these gorgeous cards this month!


Once I created a couple of the suggested cards, I went off in my own direction by creating a couple different cards and a fun birthday wand.... Birthday wand?  I totally just made that up.  Last month I created a birthday wand to stick in my daughter's vase of skittles for her birthday party.... (OK, I'll do the birthday post soon... just not today!)

Wow.  I really have a theme of "words" on this hop.


I know what you are thinking... Cathy has lost her mind... Errr... I need this kit.
Yes. You. Do.
Just order the monthly kits. (Oh, you did before and didn't like them? Well, guess what? They are improving becasue Stampin' Up! heard us...) Blah, blah - contact me and I'll hook you up. If you are in Canada, that is.

Next up is one of my new friends, Andrea - she's quite the card and well, I like her because she's real life.  I like real life.  Real Life + Pretty Things + Ink + Paper = Awesome. Now who ever said I wasn't good at math... (no one. I am an accountant. Piff)

oh. Hello Friends.

This month's Paper Pumpkin kit blew me away. The only problem was that I was afraid I was going to run out of donuts...


With that, I welcome you back to another A Paper Pumpking Thing Blog Hop brought to you by some Stampin' Up! demonstrators bringing you alternate ideas for the monthly Paper Pumpkin kits.


This month, the first alternate project I did was a quick birthday banner.  The metallic cording that came with the kit was a perfect thickness to hold the Stampin' Up! large letter dies spelling out 'happy birthday'. Meanwhile the kraft cording that is now on the Stampin' Up! clearance rack is the perfect trim for clothesline style banners.

With some retired mini clothespins I pieced the banners together.


Once I finished my banner, I knew that I had to finish the kit.  I made 6 cards but realized I had more donuts than the die cut card bases.  I didn't want to waste any of these donuts so I started marking some 4.25"square cards along with the Happy Birthday die cut (to be available on June 1, 2017 with the launch of the new Stampin' Up! catalog).


I used several different colours as my card base but in the end Sahara Sand was my favourite choice.


... and well... now i need to get some refill kits.

This blog hop doesn't end here.  Pam Staples is up next and her keen eye for style will certainly inspire you! Check her out!

Welcome to the A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop!  This blog hop is brand new and was generated from the excitement of the April 2017 A Sara Thing Limited Edition Paper Pumpkin kit.

I am so happy that you have joined us!