Paper Pumpkin Alternatives – Spooky Treats

I hosted my monthly Zoom call with my Paper Pumpkin customers yesterday. During our Pumpkin in the Fungeon call, I share some fun ideas with the items included in the monthly kit, and my customers share their brilliant ideas. It’s always such fun to see what others are making and to spend that time with my customers who participate. I love this time to connect with my customers.

Today I’m sharing some alternative projects with this last month’s Spooky Treats kit – a super-fun collection of little boxes you can fill with treats for Halloween. The colors, images and elements in this month’s kit are spooky AND fun! Here’s a look at the finished projects from the September 2022 Paper Pumpkin kit:

How sweet are these little treat boxes?! Here’s a look at the stamp set and coordinating elements in this kit:

I am still wow’d by the combinations of colors in this fun kit. The added elements (die-cut panels, die-cut pieces and embellishments) make it really special. Mom finished all of her boxes, and I played to make a variety of different projects.

Alternative Projects

As always, I designed a handful of projects to share with my customers during our Pumpkin in the Fungeon call – I’m sharing four of them with you today.

Here’s a look at three of my alternative projects with this kit:

Now for a closer look at each of these projects.

Cracker & Treat Box

I cropped a treat cracker with the Cracker & Treat Box Dies (new in Stampin’ Up!’s 2022 Annual Catalog) with a piece of Pumpkin Pie 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. You can’t see the inside of this cracker from the photo, but the plaid design on the opposite side shows on the open sides of the cracker. I added a panel of spooky bats from the Paper Pumpkin Kit along one side of the cracker and then a “Happy Halloween” sentiment that’s popped up with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The sentiment is stamped on the back of one of the Fresh Freesia labels that comes in the kit. I tied the sides of the cracker with Black & White 1/4″ Gingham Ribbon. Such a cute addition!

Mini Pocket Envelope

I adore the ghosts in this Paper Pumpkin Kit. Since they are designed with a Fresh Freesia glow, I designed a treat pocket with Fresh Freesia 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. I love how both sides of this paper show through in the pocket envelope. With leftover scraps, I cropped a little band that’s cantilevered to the right side of the bag. How fun and simple is this?!

Happy Halloween

I love the peekaboo spider web wrap in one of the boxes from the kit. I cut into one of the webs to create a layered card that features Fresh Freesia elements from the kit. I added three stars from the embellishments in the kit. I know there’s a spider on this card, but the soft purple really adds as sweetness, don’t you think? I’m sharing a little more about Fresh Freesia spiders a little later. 🙂

Trick or Treat 3″ x 3″ Card

I also love the plaid-striped panel in the kit and couldn’t help but to whip up a quick 3″ x 3″ card to feature the panel. I added a scalloped circle and fun sentiment (also from the kit). My envelope features a few stamped bats from the kit, too!

Colors in this Kit

I am completely in love with the mix of colors in this Halloween-themed kit. Fresh Freesia and Pumpkin Pie are not colors I would normally associate with spiders and spooky ghosts, but I’ve been wrong before. I want to share this image by my photographer sister-in-law, Chelsea Baggett – this is a gorgeous spider (as spiders go), and the colors are familiar, no?

Chelsea is a talented photographer who mostly schedules individual and family portraits (you can see some of her amazing work here). I can’t get over the gorgeous colors in this spider.

October’s Paper Pumpkin

October’s Paper Pumpkin kit is the first Christmas-themed kit of the year. Here’s a quick sneak peek of the next Paper Pumpkin Kit:

If you are as excited by this kit as I am, you have until October 10 to subscribe. Good times!

Here are some stats about the Ho Ho Ho kit:

• The kit includes enough elements to create 9 festive cards. The kit also coordinates with the November Paper Pumpkin Kit (tags to coordinate with the cards). How fun is that?!
• The kit features an Early Espresso Stampin’ Spot
• The kit features the following coordinating colors: Bermuda Bay, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Shaded Spruce, Sweet Sorbet, Very Vanilla

Sign Up for Paper Pumpkin Today

If you’d like to be a part of my Pumpkin in the Fungeon calls, you can sign up for Paper Pumpkin here before July 10. If you have questions or need assistance, please email me at [email protected]. I hope you are inspired by these projects – now, I’m off to play with all the other amazing elements of the kit.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

Weekly Deals

Stampin’ Up! is offering a selection of products at a great discount – and a new collection of products will be offered each week this month. Be sure to check out the sale items – you won’t be disappointed. Click on the image below for more:

Six New Bundles

Stampin’ Up! has designed amazing dies for six stamp sets in the 2022 Annual Catalog and July-December 2022 Mini Catalog. To read more about them, CLICK HERE. To check them out in my online store, CLICK HERE.

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