Not Everything Pumpkin

Hello, Sunday! What a glorious day you are. Sun is out and we are warming up gradually again. I'm also still at it with my Fall paper scraps. Here's my latest, made from patterned paper and card stock scraps and snippets:

SUPPLIES:
Papers: Pre-made card base, SU card stock scraps, Neenah index stock scraps, patterned paper scraps from my stash
Stamps:Clear Dollar, Neat and Tangled, Impression Obsession
Inks: Memento, VersaFine Clair, Palette Hybrids
Dies/Embossing Folders: Spellbinders Ribbon Slide Trio 2 die, Darice A2 Fall Square Collage embossing folder
Stash/Other: green polka dot ribbon, Pearl-Ex mica powders, embossing powder, Tim distressing tool

  

I began with one of Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2's current sketches, resizing in PSE to an A2-sized card, then printing out as I needed those measurements.

I found a large snippet of brown DCWV white-core card stock that I used to emboss using Darice's Fall Collage folder. I sanded the raised embossed surface with a sanding block and then ink-distressed the exposed white with my Palette Hybrid inks and a finger dauber. I then cut out each of the 4 squares and rearranged them on another large snippet of reddish-brown card stock I found in my scraps.

Onto my orange card base I layered various patterned papers per the sketch, with the 4-square embossed piece on top. Under it I placed a ribbon slide die cut from the brown white-core, after I had stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment and run my ribbon through.

 Isn't that such a wonderful texture on the 2-piece pumpkin die in the center? I first colored the bottom solid pumpkin piece with my ProMarkers, creating a darker orange on top and lighter towards the bottom. I had cut that piece using a scrap of Neenah index stock. More texture was also created by distressing most of the paper and card stock edges with my Tim tool.

 Next came some fun: I took the colored pumpkin and ran it through my Xyron upside down so that the adhesive was on the front. I cut the top pumpkin outline out of a snippet of orange card stock and adhered it. Then I got out 3 colors of Pearl Ex mica powder: Bright Yellow, Sparkling Copper and Green Yellow. I took one of the small paint brushes from my Perfect Pearls sets and brushed on the copper where the orange was, the yellow where the light orange was and the green on the stem. The adhesive holds the mica nicely and the shimmer is insane!

 Inside the card, I simply stamped 2 Neat and Tangled sentiments I've had for awhile and can't remember ever using yet. This card is for my daughter and son in love and she has to work through Thanksgiving and Black Friday weekend and can't come to our family dinner, so I didn't want to just say Happy Thanksgiving, because of that. I hand-wrote how much we will be missing them before sending.

The back of this card is layered with more snippets and scraps. The siggie was stamped and heat-embossed.

 A final look. I enjoyed coloring with my Palette inks and adding the Pearl Ex mica to the pumpkin. I hope it will be a little piece of family and home to our dear children.

CHALLENGES:
1.   Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 Sketch 171 -- sketch is shown above
2.   Colour Crazy Challenge Week45: AG + Colouring -- I've colored the pumpkin with ProMarkers and Pearl Ex, and I colored the four embossed squares with Palette Hybrid inks direct to paper.
3.   Time Out Challenge #149: Celebrations -- I did not play the one-layer card option  

4.   Outlawz Crash Your Stash Nov-Dec: Ribbon Slides -- used the top Spellbinders die:

5.   TTCRD For Nov. 19-25: AG
6.   Paper Girls Challenge #188: Family -- my card is for our daughter and son-in-love and Thanksgiving is a family holiday
7.   Beccy's Place November Month of Holiday Cards: Day 18 P for Pumpkin 

8.   Crafty Creations Challenge #402: AG
9.   LTCCB #40: AG
10. 613 Avenue Create Challenge 227: AG + Opt. Scrap Your Stash -- I have played the option!
11. Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #366: AG + Snippet(s) -- please see text for description of snippets used and yes please and thank you to the draw!
12. TFJB Frilly and Funkie Challenge: Lovely Leaves
13. Repeat Impressions THTSB Challenge N2019: Inspiration Palette 

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit and checking out my makes. Here's to a wonderful week ahead! XOX