I love fall leaves and pumpkins when it comes to Fall cardmaking...pumpkin bread helps as well! I fell in love with the Sweet Pumpkins set by Sunny Studios. I had to have them the moment I saw them...but they have just recently found their way to ink! While I love layering stamp sets...it is sometimes a struggle starting with a new one as you see how different colors work together. Sometimes less is more. I attempted the pumpkins with three layers of different colors and just was not getting the desired results. In the end I did my pumpkins with only two ink colors, overstamping one of the layers with the same color ink. The coloring is subtle and I love the final results.
I would love to tell you my color combo...if I only knew. My base color and second layer were both stamped with
Tangerine by Close To My Heart. The other layer is a questionable orange by Hero Arts. Does anyone know why they do not list names on their inks? It is a darker orange cube, that I am sure I received in a kit or lot of goodies at some point in the past....sadly it remains nameless! My pumpkin stems are a double layer of
Fern ink. The leaves are a layer of
Fern and
New England Ivy for the details.
In finished out the inside with another little pumpkin for a pop of color along with my strip of coordinating paper. I keep every scrap of paper just for this purpose!
Design Tip: My Happy Thanksgiving sentiment was created on a Word Processing program. If you don't have the perfect stamp, Word will work in a pinch!
All supplies by Close To My Heart, except where noted:
Pretty Pumpkins-Sunny Studios
Autumn Greetings-Sunny Studios
X7223B Falling For You Paper Packet
1385 White Daisy Cardstock
X5960 Fern Cardstock
Burlap Cardstock-DCWV
Z2809 Tangering Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad
Z2850 Fern Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad
Z2835 New England Ive Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad
??? Orange Dye Ink-Hero Arts
Stitched Rectangle Dies-Gina Marie
Ripened Pumpkin Nuvo Crystal Drops-Tonic Studios
I have entered my card in the following challenges:
Addicted to Stamps-Holiday
Cuttlebug Mania-Hello Sweet Pumpkin
Fairy Tale Challenge-Pumpkin
Jillibean Soup-Stamping Challenge
Paper Sweeties-Photo Inspiration
Thanks so much for stopping by!