I love the three eggs tucked in the nest on this card. They are stamped with Pool Party ink. The outline and wing of the birds are stamped with Soft Suede ink. I used Petal Pink and Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends to color their bellies. The nest is stamped with Early Espresso while the branch is stamped with Crumb Cake ink. the leaves were added with Pear Pizzazz ink and the flowers are Flirty Flamingo.

There is a lot going on with this card and it makes extensive use of the Birds & More die set for the flowers, the nest, the eggs, the birds, and the trim along the side of the Pear Pizzazz layer. I also added a few pink pearls from the retired Share What You Love Artisan Pearls set. 

Often the projects are cards, like this month, but sometimes the projects are small gifts, tags, boxes, or some other paper craft. Stampin' Up! announces the general theme and the nature of the project ahead of time so that you can choose to put a hold on your subscription for a month if it doesn't sound like something that would appeal to you. 

Paper Pumpkin is great for beginners, but it's not just for beginners! Because your Paper Pumpkin box has absolutely everything in it that you need to make the projects, it's perfect for people who have never stamped but want to give it a try. But, Paper Pumpkin is also great for more experienced stampers. If you like to make cards based on a pre-set design - Paper Pumpkin is perfect for that!

​Cutting Dimensions:
Cardstock:

• 8 ½” x 5 ½”, scored at 4 ¼”
• 4” x 5 ¼”

Whisper White or Vanilla cardstock:

• Piece cut as a rectangle, square, circle, or another shape about 2 – 2 ½” across

Cardstock or Patterned paper:

• 4 ½” x 5/8”
• 2 5/8” x 5/8”
• 2 ½” x 3 ½”

Here is the cutting diagram to complete the cards. What isn't shown, because I'd already completed the diagram when I figured it out, is that if there is a right way up to the piece of DSP that you choose, it should be towards the right in regards to this diagram, not towards the top. In other words, your images should be laying on their sides in this diagram. So if you can see the stripes on the diagram, imagine that you want them to be horizontal stripes on all of your cards. I hope that makes sense!

When making the cuts, you should make them in alphabetical order. 

Card #1:
For this card, I cut the piece of Cinnamon Cider cardstock to 2" x 5 1/2". The sentiments for all of these cards come from the Here's a Card stamp set and are stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Whisper White cardstock. Here I punched it with the Label me Fancy punch. I punched a second piece from Cinnamon Cider and cut it in half. I layered one half under each of the sides of the Whisper White tag. 

Card #2:
For the second card, and each of the cards that follow, I used the same piece of 6" x 6" DSP, but I use the front and the back so I have two different patterns. For this one, the 1/2" strip overlaps the wider strip. I mounted the DSP on a strip of Cinnamon Cider cardstock cut to 1 3/4" x 4 1/4". The greeting is cut out with a Stitched Rectangle die. For the ribbon, I wrapped the white linen ribbon around the card and adhered it flat to the card front under where the greeting is. Then, I slipped the gingham ribbon underneath it and tied it in a bow. 

Card #3:
Here, the three 1/2" strips of DSP are adhered to a piece of Cinnamon Cider cardstock cut to 2" x 4 1/4". The card base is Bumblebee. I think this might be my favorite new In Color right now. It's so warm and sunny. I punched out the greeting using the 2" circle punch and added a trio of Magenta Madness enamel dots. 

Card #4:
The last card has a Misty Moonlight card base. The three strips are adhered to a 3" x 4 1/2" piece of Cinnamon Cider with the two skinnier pieces on the outside. This time I punched the greeting with the Tailored Tag punch. Like the first card, I punched a second tag from Cinnamon Cider cardstock and cut it in half. I attached one half to mat the top half of the greeting and the 2nd for the bottom half. 

For my first card, I used the different wood grain designs from the In Good Taste DSP. Some of the circles are glued flat to the cardstock and others are added with Stampin' Dimensionals. To give a little extra loft to one circle, I added a double layer of Stampin' Dimensionals to the back of it. I embossed the Early Espresso card front with the Brick & Mortar 3D embossing folder.