December Paper Pumpkin 2024, Notes from the Heart, Alternative Cards

For this month's 10th day blog post, I'm sharing some Paper Pumpkin alternatives. I'll start with the cards as they are suggested in the kit. I find it fascinating that taking a photo of a card (or any project) changes how I see it. I love the cards in the promotional photos, but seeing them in person, I decided I wanted to try making alternatives. I had seen someone post an alternative that used the Spring Corner stamp set, so I actually purchased that same stamp set and I'm glad I did! It's an amazing stamp set and has a great coordinating die set. The dies could be used separately as only 2 dies cut out images in the stamp set, the heart and the flowers. I'll include photos and links below.

For this first set of cards, I altered the background. I stamped dots, added a fern from the coordinating 4th Quarter Paper Pumpkin Dies, Merry Tags & More. For the first card, I die cut the fern using Basic Beige and added Mossy Meadow ink with a blending brush.

Here I added Mossy Meadow ink to the vellum leaves.

How about adding Blackberry Bliss ink to our card base?

Or some Mossy Meadow ink?

And finally, I used pieces of the kit in various ways, by cutting apart a card base or adding another cardstock layer.

I used the fern die as a mask to create the inked images on my tag here. It adds texture and interest without adding layers. I wish the dots were lighter; I could have stamped them off to get lighter dots.

Here I used 2-tone cardstock and tore it. I only had Garden Green paper at the time, so it doesn't exactly match the Old Olive and Mossy Meadow in the kit, but I wanted to try this technique.