Paper Pumpkin Possibilities - Inked Occasions - April 2025

 

Welcome to our Paper Pumpkin Possibilities blog hop!  I am so excited to be a part of this team of hoppers sharing alternative designs for each month's Paper Pumpkin kit.  This month's kit is all about the April 2025 Inked Occasions kit!!  Hopefully what we show will inspire you.  Be sure to hop all the way through to see what this amazing team has come up with!

 Here is the unboxing video - so you can see all that is included and how the kit can come together.

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April: Inked Occasions

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Can you believe this beautiful kit - I LOVE alcohol ink designs and these are breathtaking.  Here are the two alternatives I came up with this month.  Hope you like them.

Just to let you know - these bases are so beautiful that I had to cut them all in half to double the cards I can make -  I just don't want to waste that beauty on the backside of a card lol.  So here is what I created with just one base - cutting the front and backsides down to 4" x 5 1/4" each.

My first card is layered onto a base of Basic Black - I am amazed at how the black sets off the bright colors.

I first cut out two butterflies from the Beautiful Butterflies dies; and a stitched circle from the Unbounded Love dies using Basic Black.  I stamped a sentiment from the Unbounded Love set onto one of the kits die cuts with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  These were then layered together.  I also die cut the oval shape right out of my layer (also a die from Unbounded Love dies); pulled the edges up a bit, and popped it up on dimensionals.  Then added the butterflies and three of the Rainbow Adhesive Backed Dots.  You can see I used one of the little strips I cut from the layer to my envelope edge along with the sentiment.  Here's how I finished the inside - with another little strip.

My second card uses the other layer I cut and it is placed onto a Summer Splash base.  On the base I scored at 1" and folded that back - then cut my layer to 2 3/4" x 5 1/4" giving me two pieces - one for the outside going under the flap; and one for the right side of the inside.  For this card I used a sentiment from the kit stamped onto a layer from the kit using Summer Splash and I cut a small part of one of the sillouette pieces for an accent - with a few of the Rainbow Adhesive Dots.

For this one I used the envelope from the kit - which is just amazing - along with the same sentiment.

Here is the inside -

I just love the way both of these turned out and am looking forward to finishing the rest of the kit.  

I hope you've enjoyed these alternative ideas.  Now be sure to hop through the rest to get some more great inspiration.  Don't forget to leave a comment, as we'd love to hear what you think.

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