I have always loved Paper Pumpkin for pieces and parts. I created a few Paper Pumpkin Alternatives to show you. This will be super quick. Here they are

Use Banner Punch and Winter Snow embossing folder for ‘ribbon’ behind wreath. Add a doily behind the wreath. Leave the doily plain, use a gold doily or ink it with Shaded Spruce. All would be wonderful. Heat emboss and fussy cut a sentiment. Customize your message insert and envelope and you have a quick Christmas card.

Punch or die-cut a circle then emboss it with the Winter Snow embossing folder. Create a cluster with a pine bough sprig a couple brass jingle bells, some loops of red twine and a sentiment. This is even faster if you have leftovers from a previous project. See the tiny sprig with the small jingle bell. That was rescued from the discard pile.

I used a blending brush to add Balmy Blue behind the sprig of holly. Those Stampin’ Blends are a wonder. I am always sitting back and admiring the depth of color that can be created with the Stampin’ Blends.

I just started piling on little pieces to make the ornaments pop with personality. The Christmas Gleaming stamp set and Gleaming Ornament punches are so much fun to use. I flipped through my dies to find the perfect size small parts for the ornaments. Can you identify any? I used the Poppy Moments, Stitched Stars and Beautiful Boughs. The gold die sentiment was lost on the background until I put it on the Vellum.

I hope that you enjoyed the Paper Pumpkin Alternative cards. Order Paper Pumpkin or any of the other fantastic kits from Stampin’ Up! and jump-start your creativity.

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