Better late than never!  I finally sat down to do my April 2015 Paper Pumpkin Kit – before my May Kit arrives. Not that it matters WHEN you do your kit, just that you enjoy it!

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First off, I was excited to see that the little pocket folders already had adhesive tape applied! The first one I folded wrong, with those flaps showing on the outside on the back – not that it matters, but then I figured out that they probably go on the inside and I just needed to fold them to the inside first. I made a few bows and attacked the belly bands.  Glad Stampin’ Up! is supplying some glue dots and dimensionals to use! Everything is right there! Well, I did need scissors to cut the baker’s twine to tie through the little hole at the top!

Then I started stamping my little white cards – great choices in stamps to choose from! I sloppily stamped a few, set an inked stamp down on the colored card, smudged one white card front and back, and dropped my iPhone in the ink pad! Otherwise, it all was great!  It’s always a good idea to clean your photopolymer stamps first, ink them up and stamp several times on scrap paper, just to get them kind of conditioned in case there is any residue on them from manufacturing. If you don’t get a good impression you might be able to use a Stampin’ Write Marker or a  Blender Pen and ink to lightly fill in the less than perfect portions.

There are some great alternate ideas for making this kit.  I needed “Thank You” cards so I made those. I’ll have to see what materials I have left and see what else I can make.  Stampin’ Up! is pretty generous with supplies in these kits and sometimes you can even use the scraps for making projects!

Go to my Stamping With Karen Facebook page and watch how quick it is to assemble one of these cards! 🙂  Click the “LIKE” button while you are over there!