Hello, hello! What do you think? Are you ready for fall? The children have been back at school for two weeks already in our area. It's gotten a little cooler lately (only in the 70's and 80's instead of the high 90's). So, I'm declaring that fall is here and it's time for pumpkins! Yay!! I love this time of year and I'm always ready to jump into new autumn ideas. Are you ready to join me? Just a few more days and you'll be able to see the new batch of Online Exclusive items that will span autumn/Halloween through Christmas/winter and everything in between. How exciting! As a demonstrator I was able to see and purchase these offerings early and I've been having fun with the new Beautiful Pumpkins set. Let's jump right in to see what I made first.
When I was creating with the Prairie Grass stamp set recently, I stamped an extra couple of Basic White cardstock pieces with the tall grasses. I just love the look of them, so I figured it would be interesting to see what I could use with them. Enter the new Beautiful Pumpkins set. Don't them work nicely together? Just a reminder - if you're looking for either the Prairie Grass or the Beautiful Pumpkins sets in the catalog; you won't find them there. Only in the Online Exclusive section!!
The Basic White cardstock is 5" x 3 3/4" with the grasses stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink to the left side. Old Olive ink was added with a Blending Brush to the bottom third of the cardstock. Pool Party was added with the Blending Brush to the upper 2/3 section with blending in the middle. I chose Pool Party for the sky area because Pumpkin Pie is opposite the color wheel and a great contrast.
This layer was attached to a Basic Black layer that measures 5 1/8" x 3 7/8". This gives just a tiny black outline to define the design layer. Then this was attached to the folded Pumpkin Pie card base using adhesive to keep the card thinner for mailing.
Now we start in on those pumpkins. This is a two-step stamp. That means the stamps will add all the detail for you with the successive layers of stamping. For myself, I think the pumpkins were easier to stamp with the darker detail layer first and then stamp the more solid lighter area last. For the two darker pumpkins, I stamped the detail with Cajun Craze ink and then the Pumpkin Pie solid stamp over this. For the lighter pumpkin, Timid Tiger ink was stamped with the detail first and Pumpkin Pie solid over this. Because I stamped these onto Basic White cardstock, the highlight detail seemed too white, so I used a Water Brush and lightly moved the ink into the white areas leaving a soft peach tone instead.
The stems were stamped with Pecan Pie ink. Then both the stems and pumpkins were die-cut with the matching dies in the bundle.
There are several die options for leaves available in the bundle. I used the three smaller leaves for this card. They are all cut from Old Olive cardstock. Then the pumpkins, stems, and leaves were all arranged at the bottom of the design layer. One pumpkin was attached flat, with the other two popped up on Dimensionals and the leaves tucked in around them.
The next step is finding a sentiment that worked for the card. The Wonderful Thoughts stamp set has a nice small sentiment that worked nicely here. It's stamped onto a Basic White strip that's just a touch wider than 1/2". I used Memento Tuxedo Back ink to stamp it. The ends were angle cut to give it some extra interest. There was a 1/4" strip of Basic Black on my desk and I liked the look of just a small amount showing at the bottom edge. I taped them together then trimmed the ends to match the label. This was attached to the card front with Dimensionals.
The last step was finding the perfect bit of bling for the card. I've been watching a good number of butterflies in our yard this year, so that's what I tried for this card. I think the butterflies added a nice, understated look here.
And that's it for the first 'test-drive' of the new Beautiful Pumpkins bundle that will be available in September in the Online Exclusive section of the Stampin'Up! store. Make sure you take the time to check this out and all the other fabulous new items available there. I think some of their very finest products are to be found in the Online Exclusive section!
Thank you for dropping in today. Hope you like this look at one of the newest offerings by Stampin'Up!. It was fun creating and should put a smile on someone's face.
Happy stamping and creating,
Sharon
Yes! Another great card using the Prairie Grass and new pumpkin set. Your use of the tall grasses and blended background makes me think of a field in Autumn. Really like the colors too!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Connie. You saw exactly what I was trying to create.
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