Hi Friends! It’s time for a new TGIF Inspiration Challenge. This week, our inspiration is all about Halloween, and one of my favorite things about Halloween are Jack-O’-Lanterns! I have such fond memories of carving pumpkins with the kids and creating a whole spooky, fun display in our entry hall.
The obvious choice for my card was the Pretty Pumpkins Bundle. It includes so many fun elements, such as the intricate, detailed dies, beautiful vines to color, and awesome sentiments. I created this card for one of my best friends to remind her just how special she is.
I stamped the vines on Shimmery White Cardstock and watercolored them with an Water Painter and Pear Pizzazz, Garden Green, and Crushed Curry ink. Then, I watercolored some sheets of Shimmery White Cardstock to cut out the pumpkins and leaf dies. For the pumpkins, I used Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze ink and for the leaves, I used Pear Pizzazz and Garden Green ink. I purposely made very dark and light areas, so I’d get lots of contrast.
I wanted my pumpkins to be solid, so I adhered the detailed die-cuts to another layer of the watercolored paper and then trimmed around the outside edges.
The background panel is a Scalloped Contours Die from Shimmery White Cardstock that I watercolored with a very washed down mixture of Night of Navy ink.
The background on this card really makes me think of Fall. I’m totally obsessed with the new Cork Paper! It adds such a great texture to Fall projects. Then, I cut the card base and top panel from Early Espresso Cardstock and dry embossed the top layer with the Bark 3D Embossing Folder.
Be sure to click over to the TGIF Challenges Blog to see all the designers’ projects for this week! Then, create one of your own, post it on Instagram, Facebook or your blog, and enter our challenge at the bottom of the TGIF Challenges post by using the Linky Tool.
Have a wonderful and creative day!
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