With Love & Gratitude Alternatives

As I’m typing another post, I realized I didn’t share a few With Love & Gratitude alternatives with you, using the September 2023 Paper Pumpkin kit. Time flies when you’re having fun crafting for the holidays!

September 2023 With Love & Gratitude kit

Mix Up the Pieces

While making projects with my kit, I love to change up the pieces from the instruction sheet, and add a little more. As I was inspired by the eucalyptus leaves, I remembered my Elegant Eucalyptus embossing folders to give a subtle background to a few projects, while mixing up the parts & pieces. As a result, it turns out the bags are just the right size to run through the Cut & Emboss machine.

Mix It Up

More Inspiration Inside the With Love & Gratitude Kit

Not only do Paper Pumpkin kits come with complete instructions for projects designs, but also a few ideas that you can try without using the instruction sheet. I love to make a couple of cards using the Basic White Note Cards & Envelopes and the Kraft Note Cards & Envelopes with the kit contents. You know what else? The Simply Elegant Trim works perfectly with this kit!

Inspiration inside the kit!

You probably noticed that I’ve already used a piece of the bag that I cut apart for use with the Kraft note card. And, I cut one of the small envelopes to use on the white note card.

Also, see the card on the right in the next photo? You can’t make with love & gratitude alternatives without cutting up the cardstock pieces you’re given. Wink!

More alternative ideas

Make a Fun Fold Card

Here’s a close up view of the front of that card. Again, I used the Elegant Eucalyptus embossing folders and pulled out the Blooming Pearls for added decoration. The main card front comes from bag I cut apart, but as a result, you see the outside and inside of the bag. In order to keep the front flap closed, I adhered a leftover strip of dimensional from the Welcome Inn Paper Pumpkin kit.

Interesting opening

Here’s a look at the inside, when the card is opened. I worked with the score lines already on the bag to create this card.

Fun fold card

One More With Love & Gratitude Alternative Design

I made a tag from a leftover side piece of the bag I cut apart. Using my Paper Snips I followed the pre-scored line while cutting. I experimented with a couple of the stickers from the add-on journal offer. Then I roughed up the edges of the tag and white cardstock, before I stuck it on a Crumb Cake card base, using dimensionals.

Use the add-on stickers!

I hope you found some inspiration to create alternative projects with love & gratitude to give to others.

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