What Makes You Smile?

So many things make me smile. My kids, My Man, my lil old dog with his tongue sticking out, television shows, and me. I make myself smile about 80% of the time, I find myself hilarious! Baking and paper crafts also make me smile. It could be because I know that when I bake or make a card for someone, it will make them smile. Making others smile, makes me happy.

Getting my Paper Pumpkin kit in the mail each month makes me smile for sure! The August kit was bright and cheery. Did you like it? Here is my sample for this week.

I used the envelope from the kit, as is, but I changed up the mini card, I used a piece of Whisper White card stock for this card. I stamped the dot stamp in Hello Honey. I cut one of the pre-made banners (from the August kit) into two pieces and adhered them under the star as shown above. The star is one of the silver foil stars we received in the July kit, I flipped it over and sponged it with Strawberry Slush ink! I tied some white bakers twine at the top and stamped the words at the bottom. Just one of the many ways you can change up the kit! Be sure to head over to the My Pumpkin Challenge for some more inspiration.

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