Stretch those dies and create a stunning fall pumpkin using classic oval dies. This watercolor Autumn creation is sure to inspire your next project!
Today’s beautiful fall card creation is from Kassi, who has not only used her amazing watercoloring skills to make magic, but has found a fun new way to utilize our dies. We all love our fancy dies that cut out incredible shapes with ease, but sometimes we forget that as makers, we can use things for more than their obvious purpose to get even more out of our collection of supplies! Let’s stretch our Classic Ovals into a fall pumpkin!
- Die cut 7 ovals from watercolor paper using the 2nd smallest oval in 5004D Classic Nested Oval die
- Die cut reveal leaves from watercolor paper using 5832-02D Fall Foliage die
- Sprinkle an orange colored powdered watercolor pigment on the ovals, then spritz with water. This gives a multi-colored look with no effort! The more water you add, the more the colors will mix into a solid color; the less water, the more bursts of color you will have. Allow ovals to dry
- Repeat using a green pigment for the leaves
- Ink the edges of each oval using Pumpkin ink from Color Fuse set #2
- Swipe Clover ink (Color Fuse set #10) and Cinnamon ink (Color Fuse set #3) on a scrap of paper and hand cut a rough stem shape
- Glue the 7 ovals and stem together to form a pumpkin
- Die cut Yupo paper using 5733D Spider Web Cover die to make a reusable stencil
- Place the spiderweb stencil over a piece of cardstock and mist with various colored sprays to create a background. Allow to dry
- Die cut the background with the largest rectangle from 5013D Nested Rectangle Small Stitch die
- Die cut 1 more oval using the 2nd smallest oval from 5004D Classic Nested Oval
- Die cut 3 identical frames from kraft paper using the 2 smallest ovals from 5004D Classic Nested Oval
- Stamp the sentiment from 37043 Hello Fall Sign Sayings using Versafine Clair Nocturne on the solid oval
- Adhere the layers of frame over the sentiment oval to create a raised frame. Add brads if desired
- Tie a ribbon around the background panel
- Adhere the background to an A2 card base
- Adhere the pumpkin, leaves, and sentiment to card
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