This month's Paper Pumpkin was these cute little treat pillow boxes. I'm making some special treats for my granddaughter's preschool class so I'll probably use some of them.
However, if you're not giving out Valentine's gifts, I've got some alternatives for you. This month's kit coordinated with the Animal Expedition Suite on pages 26-27 of the 2018-19 Annual Catalog. I didn't have the Animal Outing Bundle (148324) but I did have a package of the Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper (DSP) (146902) so I incorporated a bit of that in my projects but for many of them you can substitute with your favorite papers.
For this card I cut up one of the boxes for the DSP, added Pool Party cardstock (122924) and cut one of the giraffe's from the Animal Expedition DSP. The bird was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (132708) and colored with Stampin' Blends - Light & Dark Pool Party, Light Flirty Flamingo, and Light Granny Apple Green. I used a Crumb Cake Stampin' Write Marker® (147158) to create the hash marks around the border of Whisper White (100730).
I used another piece of the Animal Expedition DSP and Lovely Lipstick (146970) for this baby card. The sentiment is from the Sweet Baby (146456) stamp set. You could easily change the color scheme to Pool Party or a more neutral color like Soft Sea Foam (146988) or Pear Pizzazz (131201).
I stamped the birds in Memento Ink all over the card front. The little dots were a result of a smudge I was trying to cover up. "Get Well" is from the October 2018 Paper Pumpkin kit and I added an extra chameleon from the Animal Expedition DSP. The colored birds were stamped on a separate piece of Whisper White, colored with Stampin' Blends, and hand cut because the Blends bleed through to the back of the cardstock. If you used Stampin' Write Markers® you could color right on the card front.
I created a simple pop up for this card. Do you recognize the top of the tree? I'll be posting a video on how I created this, in case you've never tried it before. Click on each image to enlarge.
Again another piece of the Animal Expedition is in the background of the card. If you have it, why not use it - right? I stamped a chameleon on the coordinating patterns from the package. After all, chameleons can blend in to anything but the one on the inside is "One in a Chameleon"!
One last card with the DSP. I used the largest Stitched Shapes (145372) circle and cut through the DSP and card front. The cut out was glued to the inside and the kangaroo popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).
I hope these cards inspired you. Come back on Sunday to see how I created the pop up card.
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