JH Stamping Studio : Paper Pumpkin Blog Hop - July 2021 The Adventure Begins

Welcome to July's Paper Pumpkin Blog Hop. A Group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators join to create collaboratively using the current Paper Pumpkin Kit. Specifically, we design alternative cards, scrapbook pages, or other paper projects using the contents of the kit and a few coordinating additions from our own stash.

This July Kit is so adorable, particularly the little camper. My daughter has remodeled an old Shasta Camper so I will definitely need to send her a card with the camper on it.

The card kit contains enough supplies to create 12 cards and coordinating envelopes- what a bargain!!

Card size: 4-1/4” x 5-1/2” (10.8 x 14cm)
Envelope size: 4-1/2” x 5-3/4” (11.4 x 14.6 cm)
Comes with a Stampin’ Spot plus an exclusive Stamp Set - Garden Green
Includes inspirational sentiments and adventure-themed imagery featuring these nature-inspired coordinating colors: Basic Black, Basic White, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Flirty Flamingo, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody, Night of Navy

I chose to pull all the ink colors and see how I could use them all in my card. When I make an alternative card, I like to use as many of the images in the stamp set as possible. I decided to use my favorite Baby Wipe Ink technique and combined Night of Navy, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green, Bermudan Bay and Mango Melody onto the baby wipe to stamp the evergreen image. Here is jut the tree on the inside of the card and it really turned out gorgeous.

I then took the image of the tree 'pine needles' onto the baby wipe ink and inked on top of the tree.

Next I wanted to create a more realistic back ground and took to my blending brushes. On the top of the card I blended Night of Navy, then Bermuda Bay, and Crushed Curry which gives it an horizon look.

On the lower part of the card I thought about how pine needles tend to create a more brownish ground. I blended Early Espresso and Mango Melody added the image of the random pine needles to the bottom.

I just love how the color blending turned out on the card, really softened the background. Lastly I used Flirty Flamingo images of the bugs/butterflies. The sentiment was stamped onto one of the labels and cut diagonally, attached with dimensional along with a few of the sequin embellishments from the kits.

Card base is Garden Green, a layer of Early Espresso and then Basic white for the stamped layer, the inside the card, and the sentiment.

Paper Pumpkin has a new kit every month. Next Month's Kit is Hope Box. The kit contains supplies to create nine cards and coordinating envelopes and comes in a special box! The box is specially designed to turn into a Hope Box—a keepsake box full of cherished items to add hope to your life or in the lives of others. Coordinating colors: Bermuda Bay, Blackberry Bliss, Bumblebee, Melon Mambo, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Poppy Parade.

Don’t forget to check out all the fun projects my friends made as part of this blog hop! The Crafty Collaborations group puts on several blog hops a month, as well as monthly tutorial bundles, and other ‘work smarter not harder’ projects.

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