Paper Pumpkin Alernates (March 2024)


Paper Pumpkin alternates using the March 2024 kit

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Main Body Highland Heather 11 x 4¼, scored at 5½
Card base cut in half and trimmed down to 5¼ x 4
One of the pieces of purple vellum cut in half horizontally
Small piece of Basic White for the greeting 2½ x ½
Ink Gorgeous Grape
Greeting from an old Paper Pumpkin set from December 2019
Dimensionals

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