SU! Paper Pumpkin Christmas

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With Christmas approaching, I looked at my previously made Christmas cards and found there weren't many cards left. I used to go to various card-making classes and had accumulated lots of cards, Christmas and otherwise, but since I've moved, I haven't been to any classes. Then, I noticed all the unmade SU! Paper Pumpkin kits I have and decided to make all the Christmas kits. Some were kits for treat bags and had to be adapted. It's interesting how adapting kits takes so very much longer. I follow one of the Paper Pumpkin alternatives facebook groups and marvel at the creativity, but that's usually not what I like to do. I buy the kits for the days I want to be crafty but not think too much. 😁

So here is what I've made ...

October 2023 Home For The Holidays - These are adorable "as-is" so I didn't do any modifications.

November 2023 Warm Wishes - These are treat boxes. I cut the boxes into two houses, giving me twice as many cards. I used coordinating cardstock, Blueberry Bushel & Mossy Meadow, for the card bases and ink blended a night sky with splattered white paint for snow. The box sides are so large, the base and ink-blending are barely visible. I ink-blended gray beneath the houses but that faded into the dark-colored bases so I used the included glitter glue on the bottom to ground the houses.

October 2024 Nests of Christmas - These are adorable "as-is" so I didn't do any modifications.

November 2024 Filled With Love - These are fabric treat bags. I decided to use vanilla cardstock to create stocking shaped cards as the base. I just made the tags from the kit "as-is" and attached them to the shaped bases.

October 2025 Cozy Christmas - These are adorable "as-is" so I didn't do any modifications.

November 2025 Wrapped In Cheer - These are treat boxes so I had to do a bit of modification but the boxes had the cutest gingham print on them so I cut the boxes into pieces and used the material as the background on a whisper white card base. I made the tags exactly as they were intended and glued them to the card. Easy Peesy!

Thanks for popping by. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

CASE - Copy And Share Everything 💓

SU! - Stampin Up

DSP - Designer Series Paper

PP - Paper Pumpkin

SSS - Simon Says Stamp

MFT - My Favorite Things Stamps

C9 - Concord & 9th

FMS - Freshly Made Sketches

PPP - Pretty Pink Posh

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