Sweet Sunflowers

Paper Pumpkin kits are my go-to when I’m needing a card fairly quickly. Well, kits in general. If I really need one fast, I’ll make it exactly as designed in the kit. If not, sometimes I add a little of my own inspiration and make an alternative card. The Paper Pumpkin August 2022: Sweet Sunflowers kit has been my favorite so far.

I love sunflowers. I’m naturally drawn to the watercolor, impressionistic art look. And, it doesn’t hurt that it uses my favorite Stampin’ Up! color–Blackberry Bliss.

If you want a card with gorgeous artwork that looks like you’ve spent hours creating, but in reality, it only took a few minutes to put together, go for a kit. Stampin’ Up! has both Paper Pumpkin subscriptions and The Kit Collection.

Paper Pumpkin Subscriptions come straight to your mailbox each month. You will have an idea of what that month’s box will contain, but you don’t get to see it exactly. It’s always a surprise and I think always a good one. You can buy pre-paid subscriptions or a monthly one. You can always skip a month if you don’t think you’ll like it and cancel at any time.

The other option is the Kit Collection. These kits you know exactly what you’re getting and you get to choose a kit you know you’ll love.

Whichever way you choose, I think kits are the way to go.

Purple mother's day card with layer of gold honeycomb paper. Layer of watercolored look paper with flowers on top. Bee dies, butterfly, stamped sunflower die, gold and vanilla ribbon, and iridescent rhinestones added to the card. Sentiment label says "to an incredible woman."

Card Details

The Paper Pumpkin August 2022: Sweet Sunflowers kit has fully ready pre-printed cards that you add embellishments to and some stamping.

For this card, I wanted to highlight Blackberry Bliss even more, so I cut down the card front of one of the pre-printed kit cards and used it as the top layer on my Blackberry Bliss cardstock base. The gold honeycomb layer was a free gift included in that month’s Paper Pumpkin kit.

Inside of card with stamped sunflower and stamped sentiment that says, "Happy Mother's Day"

I used the stamps from a different Paper Pumpkin kit, March 2023: 10 Years of Growth to give my card a Mother’s Day feel. Sentiments from that stamp set were paired with a label from the Sweet Sunflowers kit and also stamped on the inside of the card.

Embellishments were added to give the card that finishing touch:

Outside of purple mother's day card with stamped sunflower die and watercolor look front panel. Also includes coordinating watercolor look envelope with matching flowers.

One of my favorite things about Stampin’ Up! kits is that they come with envelopes that are already decorated and coordinate with the cards in the kit.

Click here to see and purchase products used to create this card.

Tic Tac Toe made with bottom row: Encouragement, butterfly, gems; right column: matching envelope, ribbon, gems; both diagonals: Flowers, yellow, gems and matching envelope, yellow, encouragement