Hey friends! Happy Friday! How are you? Did you have a good week? I've been a busy bee and that's just fine with me! It's been nice weather and I'm getting a lot done in the studio for upcoming projects! It's my birthday in a couple of weeks and we have a little mini ocean getaway planned. It's all good! October in the craft studio is sort of wonky…. Here's what I mean…. My brain is thinking Halloween, and leaves and Thanksgiving, but in the crafting world it's full-on CHRISTMAS! Do you know what I mean?? The floor in my studio is a big jumble of pumpkins and santas and bats and snowflakes! It seems like every other post on my blog is orange, then red, then orange again! It's a funny thing. Yesterday I was thinking about putting all the Halloween crafty stuff away and I thought I would make one more card. I bought these adorable stamps a month or so ago and I really wanted to color them. The artist of the stamps is the lovely Lindsay Ostrom – and she is here locally. Sometimes I see her at events. She's uber talented and designs stamps for Impression Obsession!
Anyhoo, I rambled on again. I haven't used my Prismacolor pencils in a long time and thought that might be nice for this project. Some really nice bright colors!
I colored my images using lots of vivid Prismacolor pencils and then smoothed out the color with Gamsol. Have you tried this before? It's really neat. The Gamsol is an art solvent/solution that you use with a Fantastix and it smudges the color around and makes it smooth. This is hard to explain! I really think you should try it!! There are tons of good YouTube videos and Gamsol is available at any art store. Here is a close up….
So when I put my card together, I felt like it needed something up there in the corner. I had just bought this TEENSY punch set (EEEP) from EK Success and I ended up making a tiny banner with tiny bats! OMG – I love this!!! LOL. Each little banner is only 1/2 an inch. I put them on some orange and white twine. I mounted them to my card using tiny foam dots.
I cut the pumpkins out by hand and mounted them on my card with foam tape. I stamped the sentiment on kraft paper with crisp rich black ink.
I think this will have to be the final Halloween project for 2015. (sad face) There's just not enough time to make everything! Next week I have fun things to share with you. Another guest designer spot at MFT and also my Color Pop feature for Wilted Violet!
On Wednesday I got to have lunch with my friend and her totes adorbs baby boy! (Remember I made her this card?) We had a very lovely time together, us three amigos. Here is a pic of me holding my new boyfriend. (I think he's a little cozy for our second date!! LOL) How blessed I feel to be able to go meet my friends in the middle of the day and actually have a conversation that's not via text. I feel like that is such a treat. Have a super weekend everyone! XOXO
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9 responses to “Spooktacular Pumpkins!”
Those pumpkins look rather scary…great cute banner..
love the photo with your new boyfriend!
Love this card!! And I am crazy for your stamp “Keep calm and eat candy corn’”! HA You sound so positive and happy these days! So glad for you. I am really enjoying your posts!! Julie L
What a fabulous card Wanda and I’m glad you and your friend and her little man were able to get together.
Crazy smiling at your card! My favorite choice of Halloween cards that I have seen this year! Oooooh! I NEED that candy corn stamp in the background too! My search is on to add to the collection!
Adorbs, Wanda – your card, AND your new little man! 😉
That is the cutest Halloween card I’ve even seen. It’s quirkie, colorful, and cute! The flags and the font of the words is Perfect!!
You look so happy and relaxed. Fun card and I love the tiny banner.
I love the banner on the card. Very creative to use bats and enamel dots on the banner, very nice touch.
You did a fabulous job coloring those adorable pumpkins. And, what a happy picture of you and that darling little guy. So glad you are able to finally relax and enjoy your life.