Grown with Kindness - A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop

Hello and Welcome to the Feburary 2019 A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop "Grown with Kindness".  I don't know about you but I absolutely adored this Paper Pumpkin Kit!  The succulents on the Patterned Paper were gorgeous and those stamps were absolutely awesome!  If you haven't already seen this adorable kit, take a look at the graphic below.. It's a thing of beauty!!

I adore these cards just as made but I did come up with a couple of options for you.

Here's a look at both of my alternate cards..

I can't say enough about that beautiful succulent in the cup stamp that came in the kit!

Isn't this cup image amazing??  I stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and used my Stampin' Blends to color it in! 

The patterned paper used on the above card was sooo pretty that I didn't want to take away from it.  I added the "YOU" and "can do incredible things" from the kit stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then restamped in Versamark and clear heat embossed it!  Thanks goodness for my Stamparatus so that I could stamp with versamark in the exact same place!  

Make sure you check out all of this month's Grown with Kindness Inspiration by clicking the name directly under mine on the below blog roll!   Blessings, Tina

A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop - You Are My Anchor

Hello!  I hope you are having a fabulous week!  I'm so happy to join all of the fabulous Stampin' Up! Demonstrator's for this You Are My Anchor Paper Pumpkin Blog Hop!    If you are already a Paper Pumpkin subscriber then I'm sure you know exactly what I'm talking about!  I think this is my all time favorite PP Kit!  Of course, anything Nautical is my thing! :)  

For some reason Nautical theme cards draws me to shaker cards so I had to throw at least one shaker card into the mix with the help of some window sheets, stitched shape framelits dies, woodgrain DSP and some foam adhesive strips! 

I ran my bone folder over the score line on the 6" x 3" card base and cut the 6" side off a 5 1/4".  I adhered it to the front of a piece of 5 1/4" x 4" Wood Grain DSP that I had first cut a stitched circle out of.  (The Patterned Cardstock covered up the hole so no one is the wiser, right??) I used a smaller stitched circle to cut the larger one into a frame.  Window Sheet was adhered to the inside of the circle frame with Tombow Multipurpose Glue.  I also cut a circle out of one of the envelopes included in the kit so that I could use the blue wave DSP on the inside of the envelope for the back of my shaker.  The lighthouse die cut was glued onto the  blue wave DSP and another window sheet die cut circle was adhered over that.  I added some random clear and blue sequins in the middle (that I had (probably left over from a previous PP kit!).  Some foam adhesive strips were added behind the wood grain frame and then adhered to the light house scene with the sequins to complete my shaker.    I added the anchor at the bottom with the roping through it and next to the sentiment that was stamped in Island Indigo to complete this one.  

Of course, I had to throw a little tone on tone stamping in on the below card.  

I used the smaller stamps from the stamp set to stamp in Sahara Sand on Sahara Sand Cardstock. The large Anchor on the circle was stamped in Island Indigo Ink onto the circle die cut from the kit.  This was a simple but super cute alternative to use the 3 x 3" card opened flat as a DSP accent on your card panel.  I attached the matted front panel with dimensionals onto a Thick Whisper White top folding card base since the cording in the kit is pretty thick.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  The next stop on the hop is Rachel Tessman.  Just click on her name on the below blog roll.

Blog Roll..

A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop May Good Things Grow

Hello and Welcome to A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop highlighting the fabulous March PP Kit called May Good Things Grow!  This is probably one of my very favorite kits!  So many fabulous options with this one!!  

I'm not sure how you change things up with a Paper Pumpkin kit, but I always start by making a card or project as kitted first.  This gives me an opportunity to decide what I love about the kit first.  I have to tell you that this month was so awesome as designed but it was also very versatile and had so much product that allowed for a lot of options!  

I was all over the place with this kit!  I could have made cards forever!  lol

I made some cards that strictly used items from the kit, others added a punch and one added a stamp and die bundle.

If I were to have a nickname it would likely be Tone-on-Tone Tina!  lol  I love using that technique for a fun background.  In these two pictured cards, I used stamps from the kit to stamp the background.  On the card on the left everything was from the kit with the exception of the Tailored Tag Punch used for the sentiment and the Fresh Fig and Crumb Cake Ink.  The card on the right was exclusively Kitted Product except for the addition of the Fresh Fig Ink. 

The card pictured above used products from the kit except for the addition of the Fresh Fig Ink for the sentiment. I loved the gift of the wooden elements from the kit  So much fun!

This had a little more added with the stamped bird from the Petal Palette Stamp Set and cut out with the Petals and More coordinating dies.  The greenery is from the same die set as was the strip behind the label die.  I also added the Fresh Fig Ink as I did more Tone-on-Tone Stamping for the background.  I added some of the enclosed White Twine across the top of this one.  I love twine!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

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A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop - Wildflower Wishes

Hello!  Hope you are doing well!  I'm super excited to be hopping in A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop showcasing the fabulous February Wildflower Wishes Kit!  If you have already been hopping you should have been landed here from Lori Mueller's fabulous blog.. she is so talented!   If you are starting here, please make sure that you click the next button at the end of my post to continue on for some awesome inspiration!  

Seriously, wasn't the Wildflower Wishes Paper Pumpkin Kit awesome!!!!  I usually make one or two cards as kitted and then decide what I love about the kit and how I want to shake things up.  Well for this kit, there is so much to love!  Those small florals are sooo cool and I LOVED the sentiments!  I went all Sahara Sand and Basic Black crazy with my alternatives this month!  

This is the first card that I made.  I started out by stamping randomly all three of the small floral images tone-on-tone onto the Sahara Sand Panel.  I also sponged some of the Sahara Sand Ink around all of the edges and ran some of the Linen Thread around the panel three times and knotted it.   The Lots of Labels Framelits Dies were used to cut a matt in Basic Black for the Die-Cut Friend Sticker.  I adhered the Matted Friend Panel with Dimensionals.  I threaded more of the Linen Thread through one of the True Gentleman Buttons and tied it into a bow.  It was adhered with glue dots on the left side of the Friend Label.  I stamped the "hello sweet" in Archival Black Ink onto a scrap of  Sahara Sand Cardstock and sponged the edges of it with Sahara Sand Ink prior to matting it with Basic Black Cardstock.  I adhered the matted sentiment strip with Tombow Multipurpose Glue.  

This was super simple and may be my favorite card.  I splattered a bit of Basic Black Ink on the Sahara Sand Cardbase with my Stampin Write Black Marker before I did anything else.  I then stamped one of the front panels from the kit tone-on-tone with the "thank you" sentiment twice.  I then stamped it as well as the "so much" with Archival Black Ink.  I cut this out with one of the Layering Squares Framelits Dies and cut a matt of Basic Black with a scallop square from the same set.  I used some Fast Fuse to adhered my strip of  5/8" Burlap Ribbon.  The matted square was mounted over it with Dimensionals.  So easy and so cute!

The next two cards encorporated some of the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies.  I told you I was Sahara Sand and Basic Black crazy on these!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Please make sure you click the Next button so you can continue on to Monika Davis' amazing blog!  You'll be so glad you did!

In case you've lost your way.. Here's the entire Blog Roll!

1. Sara Levin
2. Kimberley Morris
3. Melissa Thomas
4. Kelly Acheson
5. Candy Ford
6. Jenny Hall
7. Melissa Davies
8. Dena Rekow
9. Pam Staples
10. Andrea Tracy-Tucker
11. Lori Mueller
12. Tina Riddle ----That's Me!
13. Monika Davis
14. Rachel Tessman
15. Maria Willis
16. Jennifer Hill

January A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop

Hello and Welcome to the January A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop!   I always look forward to this blog hop and all of the fabulous inspiration for each month's Paper Pumpkin kit!  I think this month may have been one of the hardest for me since I loved it so much exactly as designed!    

There were so many aodrable stamps in this month's kit so I decided to do some tone-on-tone stamping with Flirty Flamingo Ink on Flirty Flamingo Cardstock using many of the image stamps.  Those envelops are so adorable!!  I backed my 4" x 5 1/4" tone-on-tone layer with a 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" mat of Basic Black cardstock. Those layers were adhered to a top folding card base of Thick Whisper White Cardstock.   I used a piece of one of the card/giftcard holders to cut out a scallop square... that black with the small gold hearts was just so pretty.  I added one of the adhesive backed banners to the scallop square.  I stamped the "Be Mine" sentiment from the stamp set in Rich Razzleberry and then clear embossed it. I added some enamel dots onto the vellum heart so that I could adhere it  by putting a glue dot under the enamel dots. Once I had the heart adhered, I added two more enamel dots to the card front.   I added a small bow with the fabulous ribbon included in the kit to the upper left side of the scallop square to finish off the front of this one.  

I decided to use the front flap to hold my card in a horizontal position so that I could decorate the upper portion of the outside.  I adhered my vellum banner to the top and added the Flirty Flamingo banner over it.  I heat embossed the sentiment "You Make My Heart Happy" from the stamp set in gold onto a small piece of Whisper White Cardstock.  I then used my Lots of Labels Framelits Dies to cut out a small label and adhered it over the banners.  I added three of the Flirty Flamingo enamel dots to the upper portion as well.  

For the inside of my gift card holder I used one of the little scallop cards in the kit and stamped the sentiment "Be Mine" in Basic Black Archival Ink.  I added a Flirty Flamingo die cut heart from the Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies to the card with a small amount of Tombow glue making sure to center the Be Mine in the middle of the heart.  This left enough room to write a note on the bottom of the card.  I love that the treat/giftcard holder has notches for the beautiful ribbon to the tied.. so cute!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Next up is the fabulously talented Rick Adkins.. just click the next button and you'll be there!

Blog Roll...

Sara Levin

Jenny Hall

Kimberley Morris

Melissa Thomas

Lori Mueller

Kelly Acheson

Maria Willis

Audra Monk

Tina Riddle << That's Me! >>

Rick Adkins

Jennifer Hill

Monika Davis

Carolynn Sander

Melissa Davies

Rachel Tessman

Product List

• Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141416]
• Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [141397]
• Layering Squares Framelits Dies [141708]
• Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]
• Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931]
• Versamark Pad [102283]
• Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129]
• Sunshine Wishes Thinlits Dies [141489]
• Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies [138281]
• Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272]
• Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]

A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop Back in Plaid

Hello and Happy Thursday!  I hope you've been having a wonderful week!  It's time for some awesome Paper Pumpkin Alternative Design inspiration... I hope you're ready!  Both the October and November 2017 Kits were awesome!!!  I think they have been two of my all time favorites!  If you've already been hopping today, you should have landed here from the fabulous blog of Kimberley Morris and I thank you for continuing!

The super cool thing was that both the October and November Kits coordinated and both were seriously fabulous kits!  Since I didn't hop in October (I was on a cruise), I'll show you my alternate cards with the October kit first.

Both of the alternate cards with the October kit were super easy.  Sometimes easy is good!

The design of the November kit is to make Stockings.. all super adorable just as designed!  With the tag, stamp set, and Cherry Cobbler twine,  I made a card and an alternate stocking layout. 

I love that the plaid DSP from the Merry Little Christmas DSP coordinates with the kit as well!  Since the tree on the tag was embossed in gold, I thought the addition of the gold foil snowflakes worked perfectly.  I also loved the idea of adding a pop or two of Cherry Cobbler.  

Next up is none other than the Crafty Yogi, Audra Monk!  Just click the next button and you'll be there for some more awesome inspiration!

Below is a list of all of our Hoppers in case you've lost your way:

1. Sara Levin
2. Rachel Tessman
3. Kimberley Morris
4. Tina Rackley Riddle - You are here!
5. Audra Monk
6. Rick Adkins
7. Jennifer Hill
8. Kelly Acheson
9. Megan Thompson
10. Lori Mueller
11. Monika Davis
12. Dena Rekow
13. Andrea Tracy-Tucker

Thanks so much for stopping by! Blessings, Tina

A Paper Pumpkin Thing July 2017 Blog Hop

Hello and Welcome to A Paper Pumpkin Thing July 2017 Blog Hop!  Do you love card kits?  I know I do!  The Paper Pumpkin Kit is one of my favorites! Unlike most of the Bloggers on this hop, I am not a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator but I am a lover of all things Paper Pumpkin!   We have such a wonderful group of cardmakers on this Hop that love to inspire you!  If you landed here from Lori Mueller's fabulous blog, thanks so much for continuing on!  If you started with me, please make sure to hit the next button at the end of the post for lots of wonderful inspiration!

I decided to start off with a super simple card.  I'm learning to really enjoy some white space on cards and this was a perfect example of how less can be more!

I used the heart cut out panel from the kit but cut it down a bit until it measured 3 7/8 x 5 1/8".  I added to the  back of the heart a piece of Delightful Daisy DSP .  I then mounted the panel onto a 4 x 5 1/4" piece of  Tranquil Tide Cardstock which was mounted onto an A2 cardbase made with  Powder Pink Cardstock.  I pushed the "love" wood element from the kit into my Tranquil Tide Ink Pad to coat it with the Ink.  I had to do this 3 times to get the coverage that I wanted.  I used my Fine Tip Glue Pen to adhere the wooden element.  I stamped the "you" from the stamp set in Tranquil Tide to finish this one off.   Such a pretty but simple card!

My next project was also super easy! If you've never made an Easel Card I have instructions on a previous post.. just click here!

I kept this one super simple.  I really think the Lemon Lime Twist Cardstock embossed with the Layered Leaves Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder was so pretty that I didn't want to take away from it too much.  My Easel Card Base was made of Dapper Denim Cardstock.  After adding the embossed 5 x 3 3/4" layer to the front of it, I added some Linen Thread with Stampin' Dimensionals.   The used the ink direct to paper technique to ink up in the heart in the kit with Dapper Denim Ink.   I adhered the "hooray" wood element from the kit with my fine tip glue pen.  I stamped the "it's your day" sentiment from the kit in Dapper Denim Ink onto a scrap piece of Crumb Cake Cardstock.    Finally I added a Post It Note Pad to the bottom of the Easel Card.  

I hope you've enjoyed my card and project.  Next up is the Amazing Carolynn Sander's blog.  Just click the Nest button and you'll be there!  

If case you've lost your way, here is a list of all of the Bloggers on this Month's hop!

1. Sara Levin
2. Lori Mueller
3. Tina Rackley Riddle - That's Me!
4. Carolynn Sander
5. Jennifer Hill
6. Rick Adkins
7. Kelly Acheson
8. Dena Rekow
9. Kimberley Morris
10. Maria Willis
11. Cindee Wilkinson
12. Megan Thompson
13. Cathy Caines
14. Andrea Tracy-Tucker
15. Pam Staples

  

A Paper Pumpkin Thing May 2017 Blog Hop

Hello!  Can you believe this is my third post this week!  When that happens it's either a miracle or a blog hop.. and yes it is a blog hop!  

This is A Paper Pumpkin Thing  Blog Hop and we're all about alternative ideas for the May 2017 Sprinkled with Love Paper Pumpkin Kit!  If you have already been hopping you should have landed here from Carolynn Sander's blog and thank you so much for continuing!  If you started with me please click the next button at the end of the post to continue on for all types of awesome inspiration!

So I have to be honest.... this month was a struggle.   I honestly loved all of the projects in the kit and thought they were perfect as designed.   I finally decided that the blue round cardbase looked like a wreath but wasn't cut like one so I took my circle framelits and cut a whole in the front.  I added a white circle on the inside and heat embossed the "you make me oh so very happy" sentiment in gold.  I stamped centers in four of the flowers.  I added three flowers on the left side of my wreath with dimensionals.  I tied a piece of the gold twine into a knot around the left side of the wreath and tied a messy layered bow onto the knotted twine.  I added three of the included confetti dots to the front.  For my treat bag I stamped the "for you" sentiment on one included blue banners.  I cut the top edge straight and added a twine bow like the one on the wreath.  I added one of the flowers and three more of the confetti dots.  I attached the banner with a small wooden clothespin.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Please click the next button to continue to Rachel Tessman's blog!

Here is a list of all of our fabulously talented bloggers in case you lose your way:

1. Kimberly Morris
2. Melissa Davies
3. Sara Levin
4. Carolynn Sander
5. Tina Rackley Riddle - You are Here!
6. Rachel Tessman
7. Rick D. Adkins
8. Megan Thompson
9. Lori Mueller
10. Audra Monk
11. Cathy Caines
12. Pam Staples
13. Jennifer Hill
14. Andrea Tracy-Tucker
15. Dena Rekow
16. Monika Davis -

A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop - A Sara Thing Kit!

Hello and welcome to A Paper Pumpkin Thing's very first Blog Hop!  This is a monthly Blog Hop dedicated to Paper Pumpkin Alternative cards and projects!  As a non-demo Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I was thrilled to be asked to join in this hop!  There are seriously some Rock Star Stampers among us!  If you've started at my blog, please make sure you hop all the way through so you won't miss anything!  If you've already been hopping, you should have landed from my friend, Megan's blog and thank you so much for continuing!  Before we get to my card and project I have something very important to share....We have a Blog Hop Give Away!  To be entered into a drawing for a FREE "A Sara Thing" Paper Pumpkin Kit, you must leave a comment on EVERY blog.  Drawing closes on Saturday, April 29th at 9PM EST.  The winner will be announced on Monday, May 1, 2017.  This is such an awesome kit, I am so excited that one of you will win one!

Here is my card and project for you..

I decided to sponge instead of watercolor the emboss resist.  I used a sponge and Stampin' Up! Melon Mambo to apply the color.  I decided it was a little too bold in places so I used my Aqua Painter to add some water and mellow out some of the ink blending.  I then cut out that portion and used it on the bottom left of a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Watercolor Paper.  I stamped my sentiment in the upper right and stamped the splatter stamp three times above the Melon Mambo resist.  I added some of the Washi Tape in the very upper left corner.  Last but never least I added three of the flowers, each with two of the leaf stickers.  Glue Dots were used to adhere the flowers.  I topped the flowers with a Rhinestone Jewel and then added three other random Rhinestones.

These coordinating envelopes are just perfect to use for Mini Treat Bags.  So I shared about a month ago how to make these little treat bags out of a regular A2 envelope.   If you missed this post you can read it here!  Basically, it's simple to do and if you have a small treat and need a little bag, this works just perfectly.  I stamped my sentiment on the envelope and used my oval dies to cut out the oval hole prior to cutting, scoring and shaping into a treat bag.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  The next stop on the hop is Cindee Wilkinson, just click the next button and you'll be there!

Below is a list of all of the Fabulous Bloggers on this Amazing Hop:

1. Andrea Tracy-Tucker
2. Pam Staples
3. Dena Rekow
4. Melissa Davies
5. Kim Smith
6. Kimberley Morris
7. Sara Levin
8. Cindy Schuster
9. Maria Willis
10. Jennifer Hill
11. Rick Adkins
12. Lori Mueller
13. Carolynn Sander
14. Cathy Caines
15. Monika Davis
16. Sue Plote
17. Megan Thompson
18. Tina Riddle - That's Me!
19. Cindee Wilkinson
20. Rachel Tessman
21. Lydia Fiedler