Disclosure: I was provided Paper Pumpkin kits to facilitate my review. As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own.
If you enjoy crafting, like I do, you know that there’s no worse feeling than sitting down to do a project only to find that you are missing one or more of the necessary supplies. Because at that point, you’ve not only taken time to buy or round up the supplies (leaving a critical one behind in the process), but you’ve reserved the time in your already busy day. Running to the craft store will take too long and substitutes often aren’t an option. In the end, the project gets pushed off to another day, and then another, and then another… Sometimes it won’t get done at all, because it’s hard to reserve time to be creative with all the other things going on in our busy, everyday lives.
Enter, Paper Pumpkin.
Paper Pumpkin is a monthly subscription service, designed for people who want to be creative, but who might not have the time to find something they want to make, shop for the supplies, and sit down to a detailed project. Once a month, Paper Pumpkin will send you a little red box full of paper goodies, complete with instructions on how to make that month’s card, craft, gift tag, etc. For added convenience, the paper is all measured and pre-cut, ink is provided, and adhesives are included, so all that is required is your time. You can sign up for one month, three months, six months or twelve months with the option to cancel at anytime. Don’t think you’ll have time to craft next month? No problem. You can skip it by logging in to your online account. And since Paper Pumpkin selects your craft for the month, it’s a creative surprise at your doorstep each month, wrapped up like a present.
Paper Pumpkin was nice enough to send me 3 kits to try out, and sure enough, the arrival of those little red boxes really brightened my day. I actually couldn’t wait to rip into them to see what what was inside. 
And once I had the boxes opened, I couldn’t wait to get started. The detailed instructions included in each kit were easy to follow and came with pictures of exactly how the item was supposed to look at each step. There are even Paper Pumpkin videos online if you have problems with the written instructions. Since I’m typically not a stamper or card maker, the online videos helped a ton (particularly when it came to stamping and making the stamp look faded, i.e. the confetti look on the thank you card pictured below).
Finishing an entire kit took me anywhere from an 1-2 hours, but again, I don’t typically make cards or stamp…I think someone who regularly does these things could finish the entire kit in an hour, maybe less. It’s the perfect escape from reality, and you end up with a beautiful finished product that you can give to friends.
This thank you card from the Seriously Amazing kit is actually already out in the mail to a friend of mine who helped with the kids recently. I think she’s going to love the unique closure of the envelope as much as I do:
And the Halloween candy bags were absolutely adorable. Unfortunately, I didn’t get them all made in time for Halloween this year, but I love having them in my crafting stash for next year:
If you’re someone who likes to be creative or wants to dabble in being creative, but thinks they don’t have the time, Paper Pumpkin is for you! You don’t need crafting experience or or a ton of time for these projects to come out perfect. And at $19.95, Paper Pumpkin is an absolute steal. You can make the entire kit at once or over time. You can modify the projects as you want to or do them by the book. It’s a handmade gift that’s easy to make and give. And many of the cards are designed to apply to lots of different occasions, for example, the Wish Big collection had stamps for “you were here”, “on a star”, and “big” that could be placed under the word “WISH” and the Seriously Amazing kit had cards saying “Hello”, “Congratulations”, and “Thanks”, allowing them to be used for many different occasions throughout the year.
Of all the kits that I recieved, I think the Wish Big kit was my favorite. I can’t wait to send some of these cards out! 
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save and give to my niece she would love to use these for a special party. thankyou, ken
I would give these to my sister. She loves stuff like this.
So pretty, I think I’d give them to my sister-in-law.
I would love to win this and gift it to my mother. She loves wonderful items like this!
I would save them and give them to my kids to make as gifts for their family and friends on their breaks.
This looks like so much fun! I would do these myself!
save it for special occasions.
I would save them.
Send them to family and friends especially with the holidays approaching!!
my sister and i do snail mail back and forth . this would be so fun!
I would use them for Christmas next year. Thanks for the giveaway!
I would keep them because I love to send out cards
I would save them for special occasians. They are super cute.
I would give them to my Mom, she love crafty things
I would save them to use throughout the year when I found someone that needed a pickmeup! My kids would also love to use these for family.
I’d probably save them
I would gift it to my brother in law for his kids parties
My daughter and I area always doing crafty things so they would be for us and we’d make some thank you cards!
I would make them to have on hand to give to those who need a pick me up.
I’d save them.
Very cute
I love how this makes it so easy to create your own cards! I love card-making but getting all the supplies together can get costly!
I have a special friend who loves cards like this, so I would save them to send them to her.
I just graduated nursing school, so I would use these cards to write thank you letters for family and friends who have encouraged and supported me throughout the years.
I would save them for Thank you cards to give to family and friends.
I would use them to send little notes to family and friends 🙂
I would give the whole kit to my mother-in-law. She always make homemade cards and I know she would really love a kit like this. 🙂
Those are so cute. I would give them to my relatives on special occasions. Thanks!
I like to have cool cards on hand, and these are cool, to be sure!
I would save them for a special event or a special birthday.
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