Happy Thoughts

     I hit a jackpot at an estate sale a couple of weeks ago. I got 15 Paper Pumpkins, most never opened. They are all dated between 2013 and 2015. I have never been particularly interested in Paper Pumpkin. I prefer to design my own cards and layouts.  Kits are super fun when you leave the safety of the directions sheet.

      I closed my eyes and picked the kit "Happy Thoughts" from the pile. The kit gives directions for cards, but I wanted to make a layout so... I did some Pinterest research and found an entry from Remarkably Created.  I started to CASE it, but ended up going rouge. Her layout looks like this... 

     I turned it into a 2-page layout. I moved the banner and used my Copics to color the wood veneer banners. I changed the jute twine to gray twine to match the mat I chose. There were 3 clear buttons included. They are the centers of 3 chosen flowers. I loved stamping the flowers on the background and brought in another stamp set from The Stamps of Life called Flowers 2 Fill. I stamped gingham print in the centers and used the leaves from this set as well. 

Buttons in flower centers

Copic-colored veneer banner

      My original plan was to get as much of the kit onto these 2 pages, but the kits have way too much stuff in them for that. I ended up making another 2-page layout, which you can see here tomorrow.

Materials: 

   Stampin' Up - Paper Pumpkin September 2014   

                              Patterned Paper 

                              Stamps 

                              Wood Veneer banners

                              Clear Buttons

   Card Stock: Bazzill - Sugar Wafer

                       My Colors - Snowbound

   Stamps: The Stamps of Life - Flowers 2 Fill

   Ink: Gina K - Tangerine

                          Stormy Sky

                          Grass Green

   Copics: