Celebrating In Color: Paper Pumpkin May 2022

OK, ain't gonna lie.  When I first saw this Paper Pumpkin I fell in love with the card bases!  I love the new In Colors, and the graphic designs and gold foil details made me swoon.  But...I felt the cards were rather plain with their die cuts and banners.  

Normally I make my Paper Pumpkin kits as they were intended.  I rarely get very creative with them, and I'm usually very happy with the results.  But I knew I could do more with this kit.  So today I have a bunch of card alternatives for you.  

Let's start easy - I pretty much followed the instructions on these:

The only changes I made to these Sweet Sorbet cards were in heat embossing the greetings and adding extra embellishments.  

Same for these Orchid Oasis cards.  I used the same color cardstock with gold-embossed sentiments, but this time I added an additional circle cut with the Stylish Shapes dies.  Oh, and gold pearls.

Then I got a little fancier.  For the Starry Sky card on the right, I used the die-cut from the kit but mounted it on a gold foil circle (Stylish Shapes).  And for the seashells card (Friends are Like Seashells) I heat-embossed the greeting and the shells with gold and then gave them a watercolor wash and cut them out.  I just felt the background reminded me of the sea.  

And then I got even fancier:

Ok, I'm loving the Parakeet Party cards!  The strips were placed as directed in the instructions, but I embellished with candles (Sentiment Silhouette dies) and the Parakeet Party Metallic Ribbon.  For the one on the right, I used some die-cuts from the Hues of Happiness designer paper (this is going to be an anniversary card for my brother).  

And finally - Tahitian Tide:

Wait!  What?  Two really different cards.  The one on the left used one of the die-cuts from the kit, and I heat embossed "birthday" from Biggest Wish with gold embossing powder.  Some Gold Glitter Dots finished it off.  

But this one:

Yeah, that's my fav!  The Tahitian Tide banner just reminded me of tropical seas, so I whipped out Paradise Palms and the Horizon dies to complete this card.  So cute!  

So that's it:

A beautiful selection of In Color cards all from one kit!  What have you done with yours?

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