Toe in the Water - Paper Pumpkin

I was encouraged to try Paper Pumpkin when there was a discount offered in the fall of 2014.  It is a subscription program offered by Stampin' Up where you get this adorable box sent once a month and there is a craft to do.  Normally it is themed for the next month's holiday.  It comes with an acrylic set of stamps and an ink spot, and everything you need (even adhesives!) to do the project in the box. It's totally fun. 

Here was the first box - the 2014 September Paper Pumpkin.  The welcome card and packaging were just too cute.  Also, in everyone's "first" paper pumpkin, there is a small acrylic block so you can use the stamps in the set and in later kits. 

Here are the contents of the September Paper Pumpkin (2014).  I didn't unwrap the packaged craft before taking the photo.  This one contained burlap treat bags (pre-stamped with the black lines and dots) and a number of cards and offsets on which to make Halloween themed tags.  It also came with tiny black stickers. The genius of this set is that the acrylic stamps included the shapes of the stickers.  Not to stamp on the stickers, but to use the same theme embellishments after the stickers are gone. I love that added touch - so the sets inspire you for this project, and you can use them forever!  The Ink Dot here is an orange color (Tangelo Tango).  

The October Paper Pumpkin was Thanksgiving theme.  The stamps are great for thanksgiving - but also the "Thankful for You" is obviously applicable year-round!  The Ink Dot is an olive green color.  

The November Paper Pumpkin was a fabulous holiday card and gift tag set, themed with snowflakes.  I had SO much fun with the set that I forgot to even take a photo of the box!! I tore into it immediately.  The Ink Dot was Lost Lagoon - a sort of green-blue color. One thing I learned from the holiday themed set is that a green-blue color stamps beautifully on light blue paper.  Which really encouraged me to start stamping on paper that is not white or cream.  I've been experimenting lately!