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Pretty Pumpkins Gather Together Fall Card

Pretty Pumpkin Gather Together Fall Card

I just love the possibilities of this pumpkin stamp set and dies with my first attempt being this Pretty Pumpkins Gather Together Fall Card. On my first opportunity to order from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog I chose only holiday things and left fall and Halloween until later. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this stamp set. As it is rightly named “Pretty Pumpkins” I think you will be able to make many pretty pumpkins on your fall cards and projects!

My card has a Pumpkin Pie card base and I started off planning to make it a horizontal card rather than this vertical. But I often change my mind as I go! I also started with a Basic White layer for the background. It definitely needed something and what I came up with was using my Blending Brushes to add color to the white paper! I got the idea from the bottom sample in the Holiday Catalog on page 48. The colors of ink I used were Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Granny Apple Green, and Rich Razzleberry. I only added the colors lightly, rather randomly around the white cardstock and I just LOVED those colors together! If you don’t have the Blending Brushes yet, you can use a sponge or Sponge Daubers.

As you may have guessed, the stamp set used on this card is the Pretty Pumpkins Stamp Set. If you want the Detailed Pumpkins Dies too (and yes, you do!), then purchase the Pretty Pumpkins Bundle and save 10% on the set. The sparkly pumpkin is die-cut out of the Sale-A-Bration Be Dazzling 6″ x 6″ Specialty Paper. You may think this paper looks sparkly in this photo, but I guarantee you, you will not believe how sparkly it is until you see it yourself! You can get it FREE with a $50 purchase during Sale-A-Bration through September, but don’t wait until the last minute in case they run out. Dazzling describes this paper well.

When you die-cut the Be Dazzling Paper, there is a note in the catalog that cutting glittered paper leads to dulling of the blades. I say take a chance and don’t worry too much about it. Maybe if you are going to cut the whole stack of paper with the same die, you might wear out your die. One thing I did with my pumpkin was tearing off the backing paper before die-cutting. That makes the glittered paper a little thinner and is a tip I learned a long time ago with specialty paper like this. It would also be wise to use the Adhesive Sheets on the back of the glittered paper so that the delicate design will already have adhesive on the back. Otherwise, just use teeny tiny drops of Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the back.

Now for the stamped pumpkins! I stamped the printed pumpkin with Pumpkin Pie Ink on Pumpkin Pie Cardstock. Then I used the die to cut it out. I also stamped the group of pumpkins on Pumpkin Pie but I cut them apart by hand and only used the small pumpkin. I also stamped two groups of leaves with Granny Apple Green Ink on Granny Apple Green Cardstock. After die-cutting them, I cut some of the leaves apart to make them fit how I wanted them. The greeting is stamped directly on the card in Pumpkin Pie Ink from the Pretty Pumpkins Stamp Set.

For a little bling, I also added a few 2021-23 In Color Jewels to fill in the space a little bit and add a little more sparkle! Your rhinestones and jewels don’t always have to match exactly as you can see. I doubt people pay attention to the exact color of the jewel as they do to the total look of the card with the sparkle. This Pretty Pumpkins Gather Together Fall Card has it all for fall!

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Gather Together Fall Card on the First Day of Fall

Gather Together Fall Card on the First Day of Fall

I’m celebrating today with this Gather Together Fall Card on the First Day of Fall even though in Houston, Texas we are a LONG way from it feeling like fall! If only!! Maybe someday before Christmas the weather will cool off so that we can walk outside and feel comfortable! But being able to make cards and projects with stamps, ink, and paper to express the feeling of fall does help a little bit!

This card starts with a base of Pear Pizzazz Cardstock with a layer of designer paper in the Come To Gather Designer Series Paper Package. This print has tiny little pumpkins with wheat and grass in the background with a Cajun Craze colored background.

I began with the greeting in the Gather Together Stamp Set. I stamped the greeting with Cajun Craze Ink and then die cut it with one of the dies in the Ornate Frames Dies. I layered it on a die cut circle of Cajun Craze to help it stand out a bit more. For the background I die cut a piece from the Stitched Nested Labels Dies in Pear Pizzazz and stamped some wheat randomly for some interest in the background. I adhered two pieces of 5/8″ Burlap Ribbon to each end of this piece. The pumpkins are stamped and colored with Stampin’ Blends and then cut out with Paper Snips (you can also purchase the Gathered Leaves Dies). I also stamped the wheat in Crumb Cake In and cut it out by hand as well. This whole focal point of the card is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Gather Together Fall Card First Day of Fall

That’s all there is to this card. It made me feel cooler just making it! LOL! This would be a great card to send for a Thanksgiving greeting or even just a card to mail during the autumn season!

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