Paper Pumpkin Thing May Blog Hop - Hugs from Shelli

Hello, Stampers!

Welcome to the May Paper Pumpkin Thing 

Blog Hop - Hugs from Shelli!

 This month’s one-of-a-kind kit honors someone very special—

Stampin’ Up!’s board chair and cofounder, Shelli Gardner.

Shelli herself helped conceptualize and design all of the projects

you see in the kit. Its elegant, vintage look reflects Shelli’s personal

papercrafting style and the design team is here to share our

alternative projects featuring her kit!

I dug right in and created a card and repurposed the

box - take a look:

I stamped the flowers and colored them

with the new Pretty Peacock ink and 

a blender pen. The birds were stamped with 

Early Espresso ink and colored with Crumb Cake

ink. I finished off the card with a few of the kit 

pieces and added pearls to the centers of the flowers.

The box is WAY TO PRETTY to throw

away! I cut the top of the box off. Then,

I cut the sides of the lid and adhered them to the

sides of the box. Finally, I added (2) sheets

of thin magnet to the inside of the box. I

will keep this box close to my workspace

to keep my die cuts safely together!

Thank you so much for joining me this month!

Continue along to see what the rest of the design

team has created for this hop!

Happie Stampin'! ~Melissa