37 March 2025 Daisy Daydream Paper Pumpkin Alternatives!

 

March 2025 Daisy Daydream Paper Pumpkin Alternatives - 37 cards in total

The 3 Crushed Curry and 2 Lemon Lime Twist I moreorless CASE'd but the other 32 I managed to come up with myself.

Best. Kit. Ever

There are descriptions of all the cards in the series below, complete with the YouTube Tutorial links

Swing Card - made without dies (YouTube tutorial available)

Swing Card 

Quite often these are made using dies, this version uses just a paper trimmer

Check out the YouTube Tutorial here

Main body Daffodil Delight 11 x 4¼, scored at 5½ & 2¼

Cut the opening for the swing according to the template below

Peach Pie (NOT Pecan Pie as I mention in the video) 2 pieces 4 x 2⅝

Basic White 2 pieces 2⅜ x 3¾, plus a piece for the inside 5⅜ x 4⅛

Flowers are fussy cut from Floral Delight DSP

Stamps Simply Said, Sentimental Park and With You In Mind

Inks Old Olive and Crushed Curry

Template for the opening

How to Switch old wood-mount stamps to light and airy cling stamps

Look how old and yellowed this box has become (granted it is from 1997!) Time to do something about it.

Take each stamp and microwave it for about 10 seconds, sometimes a bigger stamp will need 12 or 13 seconds

Gently peel off the foam and rubber from the wood and lay it down sticky side up

Gently peel the label off the other side of the wooden block

Stick the label directly onto the foam

Turn it over and press it firmly on a flat surface to make sure it is stuck and allow it to cool

This is the entire set ready to trim

Trim the excess label around the stamp image.  This may gunk up your scissors after a while so you can clean them with stamp cleaner or Windex

This is how the new wood'less stamp looks

Here is the whole set, trimmed and ready to be converted

Print an insert for a DVD case. I bought mine from Amazon and added the name of the set (and © year if known)

These wonderful cling adhesive are available from Stampin' Up!

This is how they look inside. The best way to use them is in sets of 2 as it's the easiest was to peel the backing off

Put strips of cling on all the stamp images and peel the backing paper off, leaving the cling surface. It doesn't have to cover the image 100% but make sure there are enough areas for it to cling securely to the acrylic block for stamping.

They can now cling to the inside of the DVD case and onto an acrylic block for stamping in the same way a new modern cling stamp works :)

I also bought some CD cases and put smaller sets into those. As I've been stamping for 28 years I have a lot of stamps and a lot of wood-mounted ones so doing this has reduced the stamps I didn't want to part with by 80%!!
 

Paper Pumpkin Daisy Daydream March 2025 #5 More Alternatives (YouTube tutorial available)

Paper Pumpkin Daisy Daydream March 2025 4 cards from one card base + an envelope alternative card

Check out the YouTube Tutorial here

Check out more envelope-based Alternatives YouTube Tutorial here

Check out 3 Envelope-based Alternatives YouTube video here 

Check out a Honeycomb YouTube video here

Check out another 5 Alternatives YouTube video here

To make 4 cards from one card base. 

Cut the card in half down the score line. 

Cut the front vertically to create 2 pieces 2⅛ x 5½

Cut the back horizontally to create 2 pieces 4¼ x 2¾

4 main bases Basic White 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼.

Colour each front lightly using a Blending Brush and Crushed Curry ink

Card 1 & 2

Basic Back 2¼ x  3½ plus a greeting strip 3½ x ¾ with the ends chevroned

Crushed Curry 2⅛ x 3⅜

Back of an envelope from a previous alternate 2 x 3¼

Use one of the punch-out greeting pieces

Stamp the panel with the Honeycomb in Crushed Curry and the greeting in Memento ink

Bee punch-out or stamp a bee and fussy cut it

Dimensionals

The sequins are from old Paper Pumpkin kits

Card 3 &4

Mossy Meadow 1 x 5½, torn down the middle and attached behind the flower panel, plus a strip for the greeting  3 x ⅞ chevroned at one end

Scrap piece from a previous alternative 2½ x ¾, chevroned at one end

Bee punch-out or stamped and fussy cut

Add a coordinating punch-out daisy to one of the flowers on the front of each card

Dimensionals

The sequins are from old Paper Pumpkin kits

Card 5

This card uses a left over envelope piece

Main body Basic Black 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼, plus a piece 2½ x 1½

Basic White for inside 5¼ x 4

Crushed Curry 5¼ x 4 plus a piece 2⅜ x 1⅜

Cut the envelope at the sides to measure 5 ⅛

Add a ¼" strip of Crushed Curry across the score line to disguise it

Cut an envelope scrap for the greeting 2¼ x 1¼

Stamp greeting with Memento black ink

Bee Punch-out

Dimensionals

The sequins are from old Paper Pumpkin kits

Paper Pumpkin Daisy Daydream March 2025 More Envelope-based Alternatives (YouTube tutorial available)

 

Paper Pumpkin Daisy Daydream March 2025 More Envelope-based Alternatives

Check out the YouTube Tutorial here

Check out 3 Envelope-based Alternatives here 

Check out a Honeycomb YouTube video here

Check out another 5 Alternatives YouTube video here

Card 1

Main body Mossy Meadow 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼, plus a piece for the greeting 2⅞ x 1⅝

Basic White for the inside 5¼ x 4

Cut the envelope to 5⅜ x 4⅛

Gently press the fold line from behind to try and get rid of as much ridge as possible.

Cut a front layer from a spare piece 2¾ x 1½

Add one of the punch-out daisy sprays with Dimensionals

Stamp the greeting with Mossy Meadow (I used one from the Feb 2025 Paper Pumpkin kit)

Add a small daisy punch out

The yellow pearls are from a past Paper Pumpkin kit

Card 2

Main body Basic Beige 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼, plus a piece for the greeting 3½ x 1⅞

Cut the 2 curved sections of the envelope so they have a ¼" overlap.

When I did this from the leftovers of the first alternative using the blue envelope, it left a 1¾ length

Connect the 2 pieces and wrap some Basic Beige ribbon across the joint.

Cut the 1¾ blue envelope strip to 3⅜ and attach to the beige layer

Cut a piece of envelope scrap to 3¼ x 1⅝

Stamp a greeting and layer onto the front

Add a daisy punch-out with a Dimensioinal

The blue pearl is from a past Paper Pumpkin kit

Card 3

Main body Basic Black 8½ X 5½, scored at 4¼ plus 4 layers 2⅛ x 1⅜

Basic White, one for the inside 5¼ x 4 and one for the front

Crushed Curry 5⅜ x 4⅛, plus a layer 2¾ x 1⅝

In the first video I used the card front and half the back, leaving the other half the back (¼ of the overall card base) Cut to 4 pieces 2 x 1¼ - see the template below

Cut a piece of envelope scrap 2½ x 1½

Stamp greeting using Memento Black ink

Stamp a bee with Memento black ink and colour the stripes with dark Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends and fussy cut it out.

Attach the greeting with Dimensionsls

The black sequins are from an old Paper Pumpkin kit

Template

Paper Pumpkin Daisy Daydream March 2025 3 Envelope-based Alternatives (YouTube tutorial available)

Paper Pumpkin Daisy Daydream March 2025 3 Envelope-based Alternatives

Check out the YouTube Tutorial here

Check out a Honeycomb YouTube video here

Check out another 5 Alternatives YouTube video here

Card 1

Main body Basic Black 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼ plus a small piece for the banner ¾ x 2¾

Basic White for the inside 5½ x 4

Pull the envelope very gently apart and open fully flat. Cut the layer 5¼ x 4 Gently press from behind to minimise the score line

Using one of the edge scraps, stamp with Memento Black ink and chevron one end. Chevron the black piece too and layer them together.

Add 2 punch-out daisies and a bee using dimensionals

Add some bling - I used indeterminately old Paper Pumpkin embellishments 

Die cut a rectangle from the back flap using Textured Notes dies and save for card 2)

Card 2

Main body Mossy Meadow 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼ plus a layer 4 x 2½

Basic White for the inside 5½ x 4

Slice the envelope open at each side and open fully. From the closing flap end, cut a layer 5¼ x 4 (it will have the rounded edge)

Layer the die cut rectangle from Card 1 onto the Mossy Meadow layer

Add a punch-out daisy using dimensionals

Add some bling - I used 21-23 In-Colour dots

Add Wink of Stella to the big daisy

Card 3

Main body Lost Lagoon 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼

Slice the envelope open at each side and across the bottom. Cut a layer 5¼ x 4 incorporating the daisy in the left hand corner

Stamp one of the punched out circles from the card shown in the kit using Lost Lagoon ink and also some honeycomb elements, following the sample in the kit.

Attach the circle and glue a punch-out daisy with the long stem to the front. Add a bee on dimensionals 

DSP Trifold Card (YouTube tutorial available)

DSP Trifold Card

Check out the YouTube Tutorial here

Card Base Coastal Cabana, plus the largest rounded rectangle due cut using Nested Essentials

DSP (I used Friends of the Ocean) 12 x 4

This can be scored at 5¼ and 9¼ OR if your DSP has an orientation like this one does, it's best to score it at 2¾ and 6¾ so it folds the right way and doesn't end up upside down. The scored areas will end up the same size but if you have a direction on your paper it matters

The crab is fussy cut out of the DSP too

Basic White inside 2¾ x 3¼ and the piece of the crab is 1¾ x 1¼

Stamps Simply Said

Ink Coastal Cabana

Dimensionals

 

Paper Pumpkin Daisy Daydream March 2025 Alternative (YouTube tutorial available)

Paper Pumpkin Daisy Daydream March 2025 Alternative

Check out the YouTube Tutorial here

Check out 5 other alternatives YouTube video here

Check out another 3 envelope-based cards YouTube video here

Main body Basic Black 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼ 

Basic White for the inside 4 x 5¼ Stamp a bee on a small piece using Memento black ink, colour the stripes with Daffodil Delight Stampin' blends then fussy cut it out.

Fussy cut elements from one of the envelopes. The 3 daisies came from the back flap.

Add the larger daisy to the cut out circle and the other pieces to the front layer.

Add the layer with dimensionals strips

Stamp the greeting with Memento Black ink

Paper Pumpkin Daisy Daydream March 2025 5 Alternatives (YouTube tutorial available)

Paper Pumpkin Daisy Daydream March 2025 - 5 Alternatives

Check out the YouTube Tutorial here

Check out an additional Honeycomb card YouTube video here

Check out another 3 envelope-based cards YouTube video here

Card 1

Blue base 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼ additionally scored at 2⅛

Cut the back off the card with the daisies and cut the back in half so it measures 4¼ x 2¾

Attach the long stemmed daisy to this piece.

Cut the envelope with the honeycomb in the bottom left corner, open and cut the piece down to 4⅛ x 2⅝

Stamp a greeting on one of the die cut labels with Lost Lagoon Ink and attach the small punch-out daisy as shown. Attach to the card with dimensionals

Card 2

Basic White base 11 x 4¼, scored at 5½

Attach the green circle to the front

Stamp a bee on the corner of the front layer with Memento Black ink and colour the stripes with Daffodil Delight Stampin' blends. Layer the piece onto the card using dimensional strips

Attach 2 of the punch-out daisies around the circle opening.

Stamp a greeting on one of the die cut labels with Lost Lagoon ink. Attach to the card with dimensionals

Card 3

Basic White base 11 x 4¼, scored at 5½

Attach the card front of daisies

Stamp a greeting on one of die cut labels with Mossy Meadow ink

Add a punch out daisy. Attach to the card with dimensionals

Card 4 & 5

Base (I used Lost Lagoon and Mossy Meadow) 8½ x 5½, scored at 4¼

Cut the pale yellow card into 2 pieces, each 5⅜ x 4⅛.

Cut out a small rectangle from the middle (I used Textured Notes dies) and a large rectangle from coordinating cardstock

Attach a daisy spray to the top of each card and various punch out elements using dimensionals, 

One the Mossy Meadow card I stamps the bee using Memento Black and colours the stripes with Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends.

Double Hidden Message Slider Surprise (YouTube tutorial available)

Double Hidden Message Slider Surprise

Check out the YouTube Tutorial here

Check out the Single Hidden Message Slider video here

Main body Petal Pink 6⅛ x 5½, scored at 4¼ and 11 x 5½, scored at 3½ & 7

2 cupcakes images and 2 greetings stamped and cut out with 1⅜ circle punch.

Scallop punch used to cut around the punched images to create a little window border.

1 Petal Pink circle cut down to 1¼" and 1 Pecan Pie circle 1⅜

Small Strip of DSP ( I used retired Parisian Summer) 1 x 5½

Stamps Paper Pumpkin from Aug 22 and April 23 and Light the Candles Kit

Ink Petal Pink & Pecan Pie

Tear & Tape

Dimensionals

Cut 2 holes in the front panel using the 1⅜ punch, as far in as the punch will go and right up against the flap

Lay the front on the first section of the other panel, aligning it to the right and punch 1⅜ holes in the same place

Lay the first section of the bigger piece against the 2nd section and punch 1⅜ holes in the same place

Glue the front piece to the slightly shorter first panel, aligning it to the right.

Quick & Easy Flap Card (YouTube tutorial available)

Quick & Easy Flap Card

Check out the YouTube Tutorial here

Card back Old Olive 5½ x 4¼, 2 greeting layers 4 x 2½, flap bar 1¾ x 4½, scored at ½"

DSP (I used Floral Delight) 5¼ x 4 plus some fussy cut elements

Basic White 2 greeting layers 3¾ x 2¼

Stamps Simply Said

Ink Old Olive

In-colour Shimmer Gems (Peach Pie)

Tear & Tape