A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop - Hugs From Shelli

Hi everyone! I am so excited to share with you today that I am participating in a blog hop with some amazing stamping friends. This hop focuses on Stampin' Up's awesome Paper Pumpkin Kit and we will all be showing you alternate project examples using elements from May's Kit.

The kit this month was designed with the help of Stampin' Up's very own co-founder Shelli Gardner. Shelli always has had such a beautiful design aesthetic, usually lots of vintage elements, soft neutral colour tones, lots of layers and texture. This kit is certainly true to her style and I had so much fun coming up with my projects.

For my projects I used several elements from the actual kit, including the stamps, 3 of the note card designs, embellishments, labels, threads and I even repurposed the tissue that the kit was packed in. I created a cute little 3x3 card and a coordinating mini pizza box.

For this card I started with a 3x3 base and added on some Crumb Cake card stock that had been sponged and distressed around the edges. to add some texture I used the White Embossing Paste mixed with a few drops of Champagne Shimmer Paint and applied it over one of the masks from the Pattern Party Decorative Masks sets. Then came the fun part-adding all of the layers! I sponged one of the labels from the kit with Petal Pink Ink and layered it on top of a vellum feather. I then took some cut strips of patterned paper from the note cards, adding some pleated tissue paper that had been fringed with my Paper Snips. A fussy cut stamped bird image was covered with Wink of Stella for some added shine. And then of course a little bit of linen thread and a few pearls to give even more texture.

The Mini Pizza Boxes are the perfect tiny gift package for a special little gift. What I really love about them is that they are easy to customize and assemble. The boxes are all white which make it easy to colour to whatever you want. Using Petal Pink Ink and a sponge Brayer I coloured the whole box, then stamped on the sides on the outside. The top was decorated using the cut up note cards. I matted the main bird's nest image on Silver Foil to compliment the silver foil labels in the kit. The adorable little eggs were coloured using Pool Party and topped with Wink of Stella because there is no such thing as adding to much subtle shine! then came the layers and sentiment.

Here you can see how I used some more of the tissue paper for the inside of the box. I stamped the feather image using Early Espresso ink, this is a great way to dress up the inside of the box as well. And bonus - the tissue paper gets reused and looks pretty too!

I hope you enjoyed these projects! Now it's time to visit the fabulously talented stampers on the blog hop, please be sure to check out all of the amazing alternatives by clicking on the names below. Have a great day!

As always you can find the products for today's Projects listed below and please feel free to contact me with any questions.