Autumn pumpkins

My best friend loves blue/green pumpkins, so as soon as I got this die set, I knew I’d have to make some. Of course I had to put them on a card!

Tim Holtz/Sizzix Pumpkin Duo- 665999
Tim Holtz/Sizzix Funky Nature 665215
Tim Holtz/Sizzix Lumber 3D folder- 662718
FSJ Hello Fall (sentiment) SS-0450
Ranger collage medium
Distress paint in Picket Fence
Various Ranger distress inks and oxides (colors are in directions and in pictures)
Distress crayons
Versafine Clair ink in Nocturne
Tim Holtz Tiny attacher
Twine
burlap ribbon
brads
Tim Holtz/Idea-ology bouquet TH93569

This project all started with the pumpkins. I made both an orange set and a green one, but used just the green ones on this project. First I colored strips of watercolor paper with various distress inks. For each strip, I smooshed the ink on my craft mat, spritzed it with water and dipped the strips in the different colors. I used the colored strips to die cut the various pieces of the pumpkins.

For these pumpkins the colors I used were (using the die pieces as reference): Base piece, stem highlight- rustic wilderness and peeled paint. There are 4 layers on the pumpkins, starting with the bottom layer and going up- Iced spruce, salvaged patina, cracked pistachio, and tumbled glass. I also, cut various leaves from Funky Nature out of the same strips. I set these aside while I worked on my card base.

This card is 5″ x 5″ when finished, so I cut a card base out of kraft card stock 10″ x 5″ and folded it in half.

For the wood looking base: (shout out to Sarascloset for this technique)

First, I coated a piece of kraft card stock with collage medium, leaving the brush lines. Once dry, I painted the piece with Picket Fence distress paint, again leaving the brush lines. Next, I ran the piece through my machine in the Lumber 3 D folder. Finally, I scribbled over the panel with Hickory smoke, Picket Fence and Walnut Stain distress crayons, blending them with my finger dipped in water. I then cut this piece to 4 5/8″ x 4 5/8″ and attached it to my card base. Later I added some brads to the four corners of the card.

For the greeting, I stamped Autumn Greetings onto a piece of burlap ribbon using Versafine Clair ink in Nocturne. To reinforce this piece I attached a small piece of card stock to the back. I frayed the edges of the burlap by pulling some threads free. This got centered at the top of the card. I added a small staple using my tiny attacher.