There’s just something about a bicycle with a basket full of flowers that feels like summer! The June Bikes & Blooms Paper Pumpkin Kit captured that feeling perfectly with vintage-style bikes, overflowing baskets, fluttering butterflies, and a soft, cheerful summer color palette. It’s like a fresh summer breeze on paper! Below are the three card designs included in the Bikes & Blooms Paper Pumpkin Kit, each filled with charming summertime details!

A handmade greeting card featuring a decorative bicycle with a flower basket, accompanied by the message 'Have a lovely day'. The card is set against a green background with a yellow base and includes patterned elements.

A colorful illustration of a bicycle with a wicker basket filled with flowers, featuring the words 'Best wishes' on a pink background.

A handcrafted greeting card featuring a blue bicycle with a basket filled with flowers and plants. The card has a yellow background and a small 'Thank you' message attached.

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Come create Bikes & Blooms with me! In this week’s Christie Crafts YouTube video, I put together all three of the original Bikes & Blooms Paper Pumpkin card designs, then share my alternate projects—including cards and a scrapbook page—to show you even more ways to create with this charming summer kit.

A collection of handmade cards featuring colorful bicycles with flower baskets and sentiments such as 'Thank you', 'Best wishes', and 'Have a lovely day'. The cards are designed with pastel backgrounds. — ***☝🏻 Click to watch, and let’s create!***

A colorful assortment of stationery, including envelopes in pastel colors, decorative paper with a bicycle and plants, and various plant-themed stickers.

The subscription period for this kit has passed, but if you love the Bikes & Blooms cards, you’re in luck. The Bikes & Blooms Paper Pumpkin Refill (#171466) is still available while supplies last.

The refill includes all the consumable pieces you need to make nine cards—three each of three designs—including printed card bases with pretty silver foil accents that add just the right little bit of shine, printed envelopes, precut pieces, silver butterfly embellishments, linen thread, Stampin’ Dimensionals, and Mini Glue Dots.

Just remember, a Paper Pumpkin refill doesn’t include the stamp set or ink spot—but chances are you already have a stamp set tucked away in your craft room with sentiments that will work perfectly!

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One important note: Paper Pumpkin refills are available exclusively to current Paper Pumpkin subscribers. And in addition to receiving an incredible new kit each month, subscribers get some pretty great perks—including access to available refills from past kits and exclusive die sets, while supplies last. If you subscribe now, your next kit will be Aspens of Gratitude, a gorgeous fall-themed card kit that’s perfect for creating as we head into a new season!

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Taking Bikes & Blooms for a Creative Spin

But you know me… I couldn’t stop at making the cards exactly as they were designed! Keep scrolling because I have some Bikes & Blooms Paper Pumpkin alternate projects to share, including a few fun card ideas, a scrapbook page, and plenty of inspiration for getting even more mileage out of this charming summer kit.

A decorative birthday card featuring a bicycle with a basket of colorful flowers and the text 'Happy Birthday' on a light patterned background. — For this variation, I cut slits into the greenery die cut and tucked fussy-cut and colored flowers from the **Artisan Designer Sketch DSP** through the openings, then layered the bike over patterned paper.

A handmade card featuring a pink bicycle illustration, surrounded by colorful flowers and butterflies, with a 'Thank you' message on a red banner. The card is placed on a yellow background. — For this variation, I used a piece of one of the envelopes as a layer, added a stamped frame, and heat embossed the bike in white using **VersaMark ink** and **WOW! Embossing Powder.** Inspiration: Robin Armbrecht

A handmade birthday card featuring a decorative bicycle with flower baskets. The card has a green background with leafy elements and a 'Happy Birthday' banner. — Inspired by Berdien Peters, this variation layers two of the die cut baskets from the kit overflowing with tiny die-cut flowers (retired Blooming Impressions dies) over the bike for a fun, dimensional look.

A greeting card featuring a bicycle in the center, surrounded by colorful flowers and leaves. The card has the text 'Have a lovely day' on a charming banner, set against a yellow background. — *Inspired by Lynn Dunn, this variation uses the greenery die cut from the kit to create a flower-covered hill, with the little stamped bike peeking out from behind it for the perfect summer scene.*

A handmade greeting card featuring decorative strips in various colors and patterns, with a bicycle illustration and the text 'Best wishes' at the bottom. — *Inspired by Jacque Williams, this variation features colorful strips of Cheers & Sips DSP paired with the cute little bike stamp for a fun, fresh take on the kit.*

A colorful greeting card featuring a bicycle with a basket filled with bottles and greenery, and the text 'LET'S CELEBRATE!' printed on it, set against a pink background. — *This variation features fussy-cut bottles from the Cheers & Sips DSP slipped into the basket of the die cut bike from the kit.*

A scrapbook layout featuring a soft green and coral color scheme. The design includes two empty green frames for photos, a decorative bicycle with a flower basket, and a white blank label for captions or notes. — This 12″ x 12″ scrapbook page features a strip of green pattern DSP from the retired Toadstool Gardens down the center of a **Flirty Flamingo** background, with the larger bike die cut at the bottom—the perfect layout for photos from a fun summer day out!

A colorful scrapbook layout featuring empty green and pink frames, a bicycle with a basket filled with flowers, and a leafy background pattern.

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The Bikes & Blooms Paper Pumpkin Kit really does feel like a fresh breeze of summer creativity! Whether you make the cards as designed, switch things up with a few alternate ideas, or take those beautiful pieces onto a scrapbook page, there are so many ways to enjoy this kit and refill. I hope these projects inspire you to make something beautiful!

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Thanks so much for stopping by Christie Crafts today! If you have any questions about the products or techniques I used, feel free to email me at christie.king@gmail.com or leave a comment below. Happy crafting!

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