I felt in a crafty mood this evening and made this simple Halloween card. I used stamps from a recent set that came in the mail. The stars came from a past Paper Pumpkin Stampin Up set.
Paper Pumpkin September 2020
This month’s Paper Pumpkin was both Fall and Halloween themed. The box costs around $35.00 Canadian, including shipping.
This months ink was a really pretty orange/brown colour. The ink covered the stamp really well, and stamped great. The only Fall/Thanksgiving sentiment was Give Thanks, the rest were Halloweeny.
I was disappointed this month’s box was for candy boxes. Not that I don’t think they aren’t cute, it’s that I don’t have enough people to give these to. I think my friends and family would find it strange if I handed them a candy box and I only have two grandchildren. If Halloween happens this year, these would likely just get trashed in the kids’ candy sacks. As cute as these are, I don’t have enough recipients for them.
They give you a lot of options to decorate the boxes with.
The boxes were double sided so you had a choice of these colours. I went with the decorations pictured on the box. I’ll fill these two boxes with candy and give them to my grand kids. I posted a video below of me opening the kit and putting these two boxes together.
August 2020 Paper Pumpkin
This months Paper Pumpkin came. It’s $34.00 a month Canadian including shipping.
When I opened the box I thought it was going to be Fall themed. The pumpkin flyer threw me off.
It was sports themed… It wasn’t my favourite box from Paper Pumkin, but I’m sure lots of people were happy with it. I’m one of those “Goooo Sports!” people, which means I have zero interest in sports.
This is what the cards looked like when they were completed. There was supposed to be three of each one.
But this one… This was a nightmare. It took me four tries to make this one, and only two made it. It was my first time making a shaker card and I kept gluing things together wrong, tearing things, and having the little stars get stuck in the wrong spots. I am happy I managed to get two of them completed and I’m excited to make another shaker card. I’ve always wanted to try to make one and this kit showed me how. I feel confident I could make another one on my own.
These two cards were easy to make. The matching envelopes are really cute and made with good quality paper.
If I found sports more exciting, or knew people who liked them, I might have been happier about this box. I’m not sure who I will send these to. I will probably use most of them in the mini library. I’m still putting local gift cards in it every week with a card. Maybe they know a sports fan whom this would be relevant for.
Long Weekend Outgoing Mail
This rainy long weekend day was a great day to get some outgoing mail made. The firefly card is for my in laws and the heart card for my parents. The grey card is currently in my mini library with a gift card to the local bakery.
I tried using the July 2020 Hero Arts kit to make this under the sea card, but I need to fix the dolphins. I stamped them lopsided.
Lobster Shorts 