Review and Giveaway: Stampin’ Up Paper Pumpkin Kit for August

**To enter the giveaway scroll all the way down**

If you’re looking for paper crafting inspiration Paper Pumpkin is here to inspire you and bring creativity to your door each and every month. Paper Pumpkin is a subscription kit brought to you by the folks at Stampin’ Up. When you sign up you’ll get a box full of just about everything you need to complete multiples of that months project along with an instruction sheet and a link to an on-line video tutorial. Kits might include things like a clear stamp set, blank cards and envelopes, ink pads, stickers, embellishments, washi tape, twine and more. In most cases scissors, adhesive are all you might need to complete the projects, a clear stamping block will be included in your very first kit.

This months kit is right on trend with metallic foil! The kit for August includes supplies to make 3 gold stripped foil cards, 3 pink ribbon foil cards and 3 polka dot foil gift boxes. Included are 6 pre-scored foil pattern cards, 6 envelopes, 9 die cut label shapes, 6 flag die cut shapes, black ribbon, 3 ready to fold gift boxes, dimensional paper flower die cuts, a white ink pad, a clear stamp set and adhesive.

For my projects shown at the very top I followed the instructions in the kit making the 2 cards and the gift box. Next I changed things up a bit and added a cake stamp from the Big Day stamp set, tying the ribbon in a bow over top of the tags. For the second card I used some of the ribbon and the inside of the flower to make a tassel down the front of the card. And for the gift box I placed the label inside the flower using a stamp from the All Boxed Up stamp set and used some of the ribbon for flower petals.

If you’d like to be inspired and get crafty every month with a Paper Pumpkin kit you can sign up here or talk to your Stampin’ Up consultant. The cost is $19.95 a month and even if you aren’t a subscriber you can still purchase any available past Paper Pumpkin kits.

Or you have a chance to win this months Paper Pumpkin kit! The generous folks over at Stampin’ Up are offering to giveaway a kit to one lucky Craft Gossip reader, simply leave a comment below to be entered, one comment will be randomly chosen. One comment per person, open to US residents only. Giveaway runs from today through 8/25/15. 

But if you don’t win this month check back next month because each month we will be giving away one Paper Pumpkin kit, how amazing is that?!

-Heather