Paper Pumpkin September 2022 ALTERNATE IDEAS: PART 1 (Spooky Treats)
Hello! It's my FAVORITE time of the month and if you subscribe to Paper Pumpkin I bet it's yours too! This month's kit is starting to arrive at everyone's doorstep or mailbox and we are all starting to play and create with our kits!
Pictured: Alternate AND original Paper Pumpkin Treat Boxes September 2022 Paper Pumpkin Kit: Spooky Treats
Every month I feature ALTERNATE PROJECTS to give Paper Pumpkin subscribers additional ideas as to how to use not only the consumable parts of the kits (the paper, the adhesive and die cuts) but also fun ways to use the exclusive stamps in every month's kit.
I am absolutely passionate about Paper Pumpkin because it's fun, its easy, it's budget friendly and there's always an element of surprise. I see each month's box as a craft challenge: what else can I make from this in addition to the super cute projects the Paper Pumpkin team created?
Before we dive into the alternate ideas today, have you signed up for the October kit yet? It's called the "Ho Ho Ho" kit and it has a coordinating kit coming in November! October's kit will be card projects. November's kit will be coordinating gift tags. Get into the Christmas spirit with Paper Pumpkin! Sign up today! Deadline for the October kit is 10.10.2022. Click here to sign up or learn more: https://www.paperpumpkin.com/en-us/sign-up/?demoid=2212777
Ok, let's talk about alternates for September's kit!
ALTERNATE #1 - Embossing the Treat Box
ALTERNATE Products you need:
Charming Landscapes Embossing Folder (The Town Scene)
Smoky Slate (or any gray) ink
Basic Black Cardstock
Basic White Cardstock
Scary Silhouette Dies (The Haunted House in black, Moon and Banner Dies in white)
Scary Cute Stamp Set ("Say Boo and Scary On") sentiment stamp
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine (Regular or Mini will do)
PAPER PUMPKIN Pieces you need:
Black Base Box
Fresh Freesia Wrap Piece for Box
Adhesive Stars (Large and Small)
Ghose Die Cut
Tear & Tape Adhesive
Mini Dimsensionals
INSTRUCTIONS
Ink the side of the folder with the Stampin' Up Logo in Smoky Slate ink. Place the Fresh Freesia Box Wrapper in the folder. Close. Run through Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. Place wrapper around the box and adhere with Tear and Tape.
To decorate your box, glue the haunted house die cut *using Basic Black cardstock for the house* to the banner after you've stamped your sentiment in gray. Place on dimensionals on lower left side of treat box front. Take the ghost on dimensionals and place upper right covering the Christmas tree and candy cane. Add moon die cut top left. Place several stars around the scene.
ALTERNATE #2 - Window Scene, Plaid Wrapper
ALTERNATE PRODUCTS you need:
Scary Silhouette Dies (Frame and coordinating Tree Detail Die)
Basic Black Cardstock
Window Sheet (Size: 3 x 2-1/2")
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
PAPER PUMPKIN Kit Pieces You Need:
Orange Box Base
Plaid Wrapper
Happy Halloween Stamp
Fresh Freesia Rectangle Sentiment Die Cut (for stamp)
Mini Dimensionals
Tear and Tape
INSTRUCTIONS
Die cut the tree scene into the 2-1/2 inch (inner panel) on the wrapper. Make sure it's within the score lines.
Take the detail die and the coordinating frame with a separate piece of basic black cardstock and run through the Stampin' Die Cut & Emboss Machine. By running both dies through together at the same time you are cutting the frame out with the tree scene. The inner die only cuts into paper. The outer frame cuts the piece out. This will create a frame you can glue over the panel that has the trees cut in. That is how you get the window into your treat box.
Add Tear and Tape to the back four corners of the tree scene. Add a couple of adhesive dots to the branches where you won't see them on the other side. Remove backing from adhesive and press the window sheet down.
Flip the panel and warm up score lines.
OPTIONAL: Stamp the base of the inside box with black ink and either stars or bats. Assemble box. Wrap the wrapper around it and glue with Tear and Tape.
Stamp Happy Halloween onto the Fresh Freesia rectangle die cut. It is long and thin to match the stamp. Place on mini Dimensionals and add to bottom of the box front.
ALTERNATE #3: Making Use of the Stamp Set with Peek-a-Boo Treat Bags
Craft Brown & White Peek-a-Boo Bag Options
ALTERNATE Products you will need:
Peek-a-Boo Treat Bags
Basics Embossing Powders (Black, White, Clear)
Embossing Buddy
VersaMark Ink
Heat Tool
Glitter Washi Tape in Orange and Black
Beautiful Shapes Dies Hexagons (1-3/4 and 2" size hexagons)
Basic White Cardstock
Pumpkin Pie Cardstock
Pumpkin Pie Ink
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
PAPER PUMPKIN Products you will need:
Bats stamp (for white bag)
Spider and Web stamps (for craft brown bag)
Trick or Treat stamp (for white bag)
Enjoy This Spooky Treat stamp (for craft brown bag)
Circle Die Cut from the Kit
INSTRUCTIONS
Use Embossing Buddy to run over the treat bags prior to stamping with VersaMark. This prevents the powder from sticking anywhere other than the inked images.
Stamp in VersaMark ink on the paper parts of the bag. Create an up down pattern with the webs so you have room between them to stamp some spiders, but stamp all webs first. Use white heat emboss powder. Set with Heat Tool. Then stamp spiders in VersaMark. Cover with black emboss powder. Heat set.
For the bag with the bats it's just the one stamp and black emboss powder.
Stamp Enjoy This Spooky Treat in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the circle die cut. This will go with the craft brown bag.
Stamp Trick or Treat in Pumpkin Pie ink onto th 1-3/4" hexagon die cut.
OPTIONAL: If you'd like to heat emboss this sentiment like I did in the video tutorial, use your Stamparatus so you can stamp in the same place twice. Stamp first in Pumpkin Pie. Use Simply Shammy to clean stamp. Ink again in VersaMark and stamp sentiment in same place. Then you can do your embossing steps as usual using clear powder so it's a shiny Pumpkin Pie sentiment! It's fun and goes with the white treat bag.
Ok, next add your Washi Tape to the Peek-a-Boo seams that meet the paper and simply trim off at edge of bag. Do this twice. Black for the craft brown bag and orange washi for the white bag.
Add sentiments lower right with Tear &Tape or Stampin' Seal+
NOTE ABOUT HEAT SETTING THE PEEK-A-BOO Bags: I noticed when I heat embossed the Peek a Boo bags that they became a little sticky on the inside. I believe my heat tool was too high. Use the low setting on your heat tool or place a piece of cardstock or chipboard inside the bag prior to heat setting the powder.
Of course, you can use regular ink in place of this as well and not worry about heat embossing with the bags. Definitely options! But I just wanted to mention that for any of you who really do love heat embossed holiday projects like I do. You can try it both ways and see what works best.
I hope you enjoyed today's alternate ideas. I plan to create a second round of projects including cards because I really do need to make the most of this month's kit! I rely heavily on Paper Pumpkin for my son's class and also for our Trick or Treaters!
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