Pretty Pumpkin

My mom was visiting the other day and went shopping at JoAnn's.  She found this pumpkin-shaped yard stake that she really liked so she bought it.  

When I saw it I loved the different textures and patterns that were used and was inspired by it.  So I used that inspiration to create a card.

The card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4."  I used dark green card stock for the card base.  I then cut some ivory colored card stock that has a slight swirl pattern to it for my next mat.  It is 5 3/8"x4 1/8."  The brown damask print is 5 1/8"x3 7/8."

I used some ovals from the "Days and Dates" cartridge to create my pumpkin.  The ovals are about 3 3/8" tall, or wide (since that is how they actually cut).  I used a plaid patterned card stock for the outermost two ovals.  The other three are solid orange card stock.  I ran two of them through my paper crimper and embossed the last one.  I used the Victoria Cuttlebug folder, covering it with vintage photo Distress Ink before putting in my oval.  I also inked its edges with vintage photo Distress Ink, the other four ovals are inked with tea dye Distress Ink.  I also cut two ovals from a dark orange card stock for the back of the pumpkin.

The stem is from the "Trick or Treat" cartridge.  It is part of a jack-o-lantern cut, but I only used the stem and sized it to fit my pumpkin.  The leaves are from the "Simply Scarecrow" cartridge.

The tag was created with metal dies from My Craft Spot, called Tiny Tags Metal Dies.  The sentiment is also from My Craft Spot and designed to fit the tags, it is from a set called Tiny Tags 3.  I wrapped the stem of the pumpkin three times with green twine, then tied three pieces through the hole in the tag.

I adhered the pieces of the pumpkin together with foam tape.  I then adhered the whole pumpkin to the card base with two layers of foam tape in the middle and gluing the edges right down to the card.  I like the curved dimensional effect it creates.

Bee Day Card

I finally made the birthday card for my cousin's daughter. :) I made it quick tonight since the birthday party is tomorrow and I have a three hour drive to get there. I used the same layout on my card that I used for my two Halloween cards I made yesterday since I knew all the cut sizes and figured it would go quick. I also used Trick or Treat again.

The card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4" and is folded at the top. The black cardstock is 1/8" smaller than the card base and the yellow polka dotted cardstock is 1/8" smaller than the black. I used Elegant Edges to cut the mat at 4." I embossed the white layer of the mat with a Tim Holtz Sizzix embossing folder called honeycomb. I used Trick or Treat for my little bee girl and cut her at 3 1/2." I flocked her hair, added glossy accents to her tongue, yellow Stickles to the antennae and stripes, and gave her pearls for eyes. I stamped a sentiment from Scrappy Moms Stamps on a white banner that I hand cut and used some pop-dots in the center to lift it up. I finished it off with some black pearls on the edges of the banner. Quick and easy!

Spooky Day Duo

I just picked up the new Cricut Lite cartridge, Trick or Treat. It is so adorable with all kinds of kids in Halloween costumes. I just had to play with it and made a couple of cards. I also used Day 176's challenge at 365 Cards to create these cards. The challenge is to use at least four techniques to add texture to the card.

Both are 5 1/2"x4 1/4" and fold at the top. I used white cardstock for the base of both of them. I then cut some patterned cardstock at 5 1/4"x4." Both patterned cardstocks are from DCWV. I used Elegant Edges to create the mats for both cards. They are cut at 4." I embossed the white layer on both. The spider web one was done with a Fiskars embossing plate and the other one was done with the Polka Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder. I cut each little cutie at 3 1/2." I used pop-dots to adhere them to the card. I stamped my sentiment on white cardstock that I cut into a banner shape. The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms. I used pop-dots in the center of the sentiment and adhered the ends down to the card for a little dimension. I added flocking to the hair of both cuties, Stickles to the eyes of the spider girl and the pants of little Frankie, gems to the banners and also the eyes of the spider, pearls to the eyes of Frankie, and glossy accents to the spider fangs and treat bucket of the spider girl.