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Paper Pals Arts has a FUN sketch this week and I finally got a chance to play along…nothing like the last minute!

My Punch Class did a card SIMILAR to this last month…a different layout. But, I'm sure they will appreciate another way to use the same punch art elements for a totally different looking card! I've seen several different versions of the pumpkins and ghosts going around…so here is mine!

I started with a base card of Old Olive. I used Night of Navy and ran it thru the Big Shot with the Spider Web Impressions Folder. The pumpkins are made with 3 wide ovals from Pumpkin Pie cardstock and sponged with Tangerine Tango Classic Ink. The stem is free-hand cut from Early Espresso and the vine is punched from the Two-Step Bird Punch! The Ghost is the Owl Punch turned upside down with the legs cut off. The mouth is free-hand cut, too. The moon is stamped with the greeting from Grateful Greetings with Basic Black on Daffodil Delight and punched with the 1 3/8 Circle Punch. I sponged the edges with Tangerine Tango.

I love using the Satin Ribbon this way…I laid down a strip of Sticky Strip and then ruffled the ribbon across the bottom. I added a large Pumpkin Pie Designer Button with an Old Olive Glimmer Brad inside it! FUN!

The Holiday Edition of Create with Connie and Mary has started, but it is not too late to join! It is an 8 week subscription featuring stamps and products from the new Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini. There is a new project posted every day and an average of two fabulous tutorials a week. NEW this year is a Project Sheet for every post! Our site stays up long after the session is done, so you will have access to the site and the tutorials to refer back to the projects. For more information, please visit at Create with Connie and Mary!

I’m having so much fun using the Stampin’ Up! Table Settings Die! Did you know that with a $250 workshop, you can purchase it (or anything else in the Holiday Mini Catalog) for only $10? What a bargain! Note: it cannot be an online order, though…you must place the order directly through me to get this hostess benefit.

I made another one of the small pumpkins from the Spiral on the Table Settings Bigz XL Die. When I first saw that piece of the die, I wondered if I ever would use the spiral. I know now that I definitely will be using it a lot! Did you see the pumpkins on the 12×12 Scrapbook page I made over on Create with Connie and Julie during Preview week? What about the table setting I posted over there yesterday? And today I have some fun fall tree ornaments posted using it!

October is birthday month for us, so I made this cute pumpkin card for my mom whose birthday is next week. I cut off a couple of the outside rings on the spiral from the Table Settings die to make it smaller to fit on the card! I sponged the edges with Pumpkin Pie Classic ink for some added dimension. The leaf I stamped from the Autumn Splendor Stamp set in Chocolate Chip Classic ink on Always Artichoke cardstock, cut it out and sponged the edges with Always Artichoke Classic ink. The stem I cut free hand from Chocolate Chip cardstock.

The base card is Pumpkin Pie cardstock and I layered a 4×4 piece of Autumn Meadows Designer Paper on top. I added some Always Artichoke cardstock punched with the Eyelet Border punch across the bottom and added Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon to hide the seam there. For behind the pumpkin, I cut a square of Kraft cardstock and layered it on Always Artichoke cardstock and sponged Chocolate Chip ink around the edges. I used the 3/8 Corner Rounder on the top two corners of each layer. I also used my Paper Piercing Tool and the Piercing mat to punch a small design in the upper right corner…it was kind of blank there and I think it dresses it up a little! The pumpkin I added on top with some Stampin’ Dimensionals! Finally, I added the birthday greeting from On Your Birthday in Chocolate Chip Classic ink.

Thanks for stopping by today and don’t forget to check out Preview Week!

Supplies:

Stamps: Autumn Splendor (116503), On Your Birthday (111664)

Classic Inks: Chocolate Chip (100908), Pumpkin Pie (105216), Always Artichoke (105219)

Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie (105117), Always Artichoke (105119), Chocolate Chip (102128), Kraft (102125)

Accessories: Autumn Meadows Designer Paper (116769), Tabletop Settings Bigz XL Die (116819), Paper Piercing Tool (116631) and Mat (105826), Eyelet Border Punch (113692), Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon (109071)

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