Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Hello Spring Alternative Cards using the Hello Spring February 2025 Paper Pumpkin Kit by Stampin’ Up! I am so over winter and ready for Spring. So, these cards helped to put me in the mood for new growth and warmer weather. I had so much fun with this Kit that I made 4 cards including a slimline quad fold pocket card and a triple panel bridge card!

But, first, here are the three cards that the kit makes. Perfect for this time of year in their bright cheery colours!

The Details of My Hello Spring Alternative Cards

My Slimline Quad Fold Card

For my first alternative card, I thought it would be fun to create a slimline card with pockets into which the seed cards would fit. I even used the Grow with Love Dies to cut down one of the envelopes that came in the kit to create an envelope for my Chives card.

For the front, I used the leftover pieces from two envelopes (see Card 4 for second leftover piece) to create some interest behind my Bronze Foil Piece. I thought a bouquet of herbs sprouting from the sentiment would be fun! I used a 1 ½” circle punch to punch out a Basic Beige circle from the Bronze Foil Piece and matted it behind the sentiment. Since the herbs were in front of it, you couldn’t see the missing part. Finally, I added a bee from the Spring Is in the Air Dies.

For the inside, I used two card bases to line my pockets. More bees and honeycomb from the Spring Is in the Air Dies decorated the inside along with a sentiment.

The finishing touch was the linen wrapped three times around the card to hold it closed and tied in a bow.

Measurements:

• Basic White Card Base:
  • 8” x 12” – scored at 3”, 6”, 9” along 12” side and 5 ½” along 8” side
  • Scraps for bees and honeycomb
• Blue Card Base (3 pieces):
  • 2-7/8” x 3 ½”
• Green Card Base (3 pieces):
  • 2-3/8” x 2-7/8”
• Envelope Leftovers (2 pieces):
  • 5” x 2-3/8”
• Other Pieces from Kit:
  • Herb Precut Paper Pieces
  • Herb Cards
  • Bronze Foil Piece
  • Sentiment Pieces
  • Linen Thread
  • Seed Packet Envelope

My Triple Panel Card

For my second alternative card using the Hello February 2025 Paper Pumpkin Kit, I made a triple panel card. I love it when the card is closed, and the insides are hidden creating a nice surprise as the recipient opens the card!

So, I cut the green card base at 1” on either side to create the struts to which the bridge will be adhered. The larger Bronze Foil Piece from the kit fitted the bridge perfectly! Then, using the scraps from the precut paper pieces, I stamped and die cut the flower heads and another bee from the Spring Is in the Air Dies.

For the middle panel, I punched a 1 ½” circle from another Bronze Foil Piece and layered it behind my sentiment and the mint precut paper piece.

For the final panel, I stamped the textured stamped multiple time in Petunia Pop on Petunia Pop card stock for a tone-on-tone look. Then, I layered the smaller Bronze Foil Piece with the basil precut paper piece leaving room for a message.

Measurements:

• Green Card Base:
  • Cut at 1” and 4 ½”
• Basic White:
  • Scraps for Bees and Flower Heads
• Petunia Pop:
  • 4” x 5 ¼”
• Other Pieces from Kit:
  • Chives Card
  • Herb Precut Paper Pieces on Inside
  • Bronze Foil Pieces
  • Green Diagonal Strip Piece
  • Sentiment Pieces

My Happy Easter Card

For my next alternative card, I decided to use the green card base scrap left over from another card. This created a nice band on the left side.

For my focal point, I layered several elements from the Kit. Again, I used my 1 ½” punch to punch a circle from the Bronze Foil Piece making sure to have it on the left side and hidden by the Chives card.

Next, I stamped and die cut the flower heads and another bee from the Spring Is in the Air Dies. I just love these dies, especially that bee!

Measurements:

• Green Card base:
  • 2 ½” x 4 ¼”
• Basic White:
  • Scraps for Bees and Flower Heads
• Other Pieces from Kit:
  • Blue Card Base
  • Chives Card
  • Bronze Foil Piece
  • Sentiment Pieces
  • Linen Thread

My Happy Easter Pocket Card

For my last alternative card, I decided it would be fun to die cut another mini envelope from the seed packet envelopes (use the scraps from this one for the Slimline Quad Fold Card) and have the herbs sprouting from it.

So, I used the used the Grow with Love Dies to create my envelope. The Beige fastener was die cut from leftover scraps of the envelope.

I stamped the sentiment and added a Bubble Bath mat to it. To match the mat, I die cut another butterfly using the Spring Is in the Air Dies, but this time in Bubble Bath.

I decided to only stamp and die cut one flower hear to give the image dimension to it.

Measurements:

• Basic White:
  • Scraps for Flower Head
• Bubble Bath:
  • 1 ½” Circle
  • Scraps for Bee
• Other Pieces from Kit:
  • Beige Card Base
  • Chives Card
  • Herb Precut Paper Pieces
  • Sentiment Piece
  • Seed Packet Envelope

More Information on My Hello Spring Alternative Cards

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