July's Paper Pumpkin

What a great kit this is!  Paper Pumpkin never fails to delight.  The quality of the supplies blows me away every time.

Here is how this month's cards look put together according to the instructions, and here is my quick and easy variation.

To make this, I simply substituted the Basic Gray pattern paper from the Neutrals Color Stack for the beautiful DSP included in the kit, and layered it with Cucumber Crush. I punched the butterfly used on the right-hand card, from the center of the DSP on the left-hand card. The white card stock piece went on top and covered all the holes. I got four butterflies (three small, one large) from the sheet.

Having punched out a couple of the note-card die shapes to make these cards, the leftover bit reminded me of a window with a window box full of flowers.   Here is what it became:

I used my long-bladed scissors to carefully cut the frame out, then evened up the four sides.  You may be able to do this with a paper trimmer, but be sure to hold the piece carefully in place as you cut.
 
Starting with a card base of Whisper White layered with Tempting Turquoise, I punched out seven blossoms from a scrap of Melon Mambo with the Tree Builder Punch and glued them to the back little "stems" at the bottom. Coloring the bottom of the stems in Cucumber Crush, I left the centers white. 

I cut a bit of Whisper White cardstock just a 1/16th" smaller than the outside of the window frame, and sponges a background of grass and sky using Soft Sky and Cucumber Crush.  Early Espresso and Cucumber Crush with the Sprinkles of Life stamp set gave me a nice tree for the view.  I taped this down on the card before attaching the window to it.

Two slivers of Whisper white became the cross-members on the window, attached with Crystal Effects.  I used the tissue paper from the Paper Pumpkin kit to make the curtains, and a bit of ribbon for the tie-backs.  To attach the curtains, I used a thin line of Crystal Effects on the top of the window frame, and pleated the tissue paper as I pressed it into the glue.  The ribbon tie-backs were looped and stuck together with a glue dot.  The window frame was popped up over the background with very thin slivers of Dimensionals cut from the edge of the pack.  Now, I stuck bow to each tie-back with a glue dot, and used another to attach the tie-back to the "wall."

I put another thin strip of Whisper White across the top of the curtain to make it look neater.

If you read my post dated October 8, 2014,  you'll find that though I know I can make pretty things; I have not considered myself to be a truly creative person, and have always felt that coming up with something new was really quite beyond me.  However, today this little window card has made me feel that I am, at least for this moment, a little more creative than perhaps I thought.  It's rather nice. 

Happy Crafting!
--Gosia


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