July Paper Pumpkin Summer Nights Alternative Projects ~ Rick Adkins

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am here to take part in the July A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop with two alternative projects using the July 2020 Paper Pumpkin Kit Summer Nights. For my two alternative projects today I used some items from this month's kit and some additional cardstock. Here's a look at my card alternative project.

For my alternative card I took one of the post cards that came in this month's kit and stamped the Firework/starburst image three times on the card front. I then added some Terracotta Tile Ribbon from the Ornate Garden Ribbon Combo Pack around the card and tied it in a flat knot. I placed my card front onto a Blackberry Bliss card base that was cut at 4 1/4" x 11" scored at 5 1/4".

I stamped my sentiment on to one of the labels from the kit, and added it to the card front with a few Stampin' Dimensionals. I finished off my card with a few of the star embellishments from the kit and a couple of the die cuts.

For my 3D project this month I created a little shadow box to showcase the stamped sentiment "oh the Summer Nights are all alight with everything Magic and Bright". I thought this was such a beautiful sentiment stamp that it needed a little attention. So, what better way to do that than to put it in a little shadow box. The shadow box was made from a piece of Blackberry Bliss Cardstock that I cut at 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" then I did a little scoring cutting and folding to make the frame. I added one of the postcards from the kit cut down to 4" x 4"; on to which I stamped the same fireworks/starburst image from the stamp set. Once I glued the frame together I added some of the same ribbon I used on my card and did a little embellishing with elements from the Summer Nights Paper Pumpkin Kit to finish it off. I would display this on one the little easels you can get. I actually just purchased one the other day just for this project and when I went to take my pictures I could not find it to save my life.

If you haven't seen the what this month's kit was designed to make here's a picture from Stampin' Up! of the intended projects.

Here's a little sneak peek at next month's kit as well with a little video from Paper Pumpkin. If you are viewing this post by email you may have to click here to view the sneak peek video.

Project Recipe Card:

I have a recipe card for you to pin to your Pinterest board. This way you can have a reference to refer back to to remember what products I used to make these alternative projects. You can check out all my Project Recipes on my Project Recipe Board by clicking here.

Thanks for dropping by today; if you need any of the supplies you have seen used on my two alternative projects today you can pick them up in my online store by clicking on the item in the Stampin' Up! Shopping List below.

Happy Stampin'
Rick Adkins

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