AWHT Colour Creations #38 Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Pie with Butterfly Brilliance (and Artfully Layered which is coming)

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are continuing to work though all the Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order. Having started mid 2021 this is the last colour starting with "P". 

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a strong orange called Pumpkin Pie. Pumpkin Pie is part of the Regals Colour Family and is a straight rich orange. When thinking of using Pumpkin Pie I tend to think of Autumn Leaves. I was planning to use this colour with Bumble Bee, Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green as I was inspired by a nearby tree that is changing to its autumn colours early. While walking with Gemma, I also saw a few traditionally coloured Monarch butterflies, so had also thought of using Pumpkin Pie with Basic Black. That was where I started, but have ended up somewhere quite different.

Pumpkin Pie is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends, Watercolor Pencils, the Regals Designer Series Papers as well as Flowering Fields & Abstract Beauty Designer Series Paper, the Abstract Beauty Ephemera Pack, Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels & Sequins for Everything.  The card below has used Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' ink, Card-stock, a Stampin' Write Marker, and Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels, plus a range of other non-PP bits and pieces.

I have only finished 1 card showcasing Pumpkin Pie with a water-colour background:

I had started to create a second card but only got as far as water-colouring some leaves. See the photo below. I will try to finish this card in the next couple of days.

Keep an eye out for a card created with these water-coloured leaves.

CARD 1:

This card uses a delightful water-coloured background that was created from the left over ink following the water-colouring of the die cut leaves, shown above. The medium Water Painter was used to apply dabs of Pumpkin Pie, Bumblebee and Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' inks. The leaves were lifted onto a piece of paper towel to dry and my work surface was covered with quite a bit of diluted ink - so I took a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and lay it on the inky work surface. The sheet of paper was lifted and laid down over another puddle of ink. This was repeated until the sheet was covered with colour.

About an inch was cut off the front of the card base on the RHS so that the right side of the card inner would be seen. A zigzag edging die from the Layered Leaves dies was used to cut the edges off a piece of Pumpkin Pie card-stock. A piece of the water-coloured panel was embossed with the Stitched Greenery die and then mounted on the Pumpkin pie card-stock.

While I had initially envisaged black and orange Monarch butterflies I changed to heat embossing Vellum card-stock with Versamark ink and White Emboss Powder. As my pack of Vellum was hiding somewhere and I could only find Vellum scraps I needed to stamp the butterflies from the Butterfly Brilliance stamp set a number of times to be able to get a flight of butterflies. This also meant that I needed to fussy cut them out with my trusty Snips. The were added with Dimensionals or Glue Dots.

The sentiment from the Artfully Layered stamp set was stamped twice - ie heat embossed with  Versamark ink and White Emboss Powder on Pumpkin Pie card-stock and also stamped on Basic White card-stock with Pumpkin Pie Classic ink. The word "happiest" was fussy cut from the heat embossed sentiment and "birthday wishes" from the white card-stock.  I love adding ribbon and or twine but I tried and tired to add some ribbon/twine - it just didn't add anything, so I took it off. A number of Pumpkin Pie Holiday Rhinestones Basic Jewels added a bit of sparkle. As I took the photos I kept thinking it needed something else so I also added a splattering of Pumpkin Pie using a Stampin' Write Marker. Sorry there wasn't time to re-photograph. You will have to image the card (including the butterflies) with a little splattering.

The card inner is visible on the right of the card. A strip of the water-coloured panel that had been embossed with the Stitched Greenery die and then layered on two Pumpkin Pie card-stock edges die cut with the Artfully Layered stitched zigzag die. Two small heat embossed butterflies were added to the right of the card inner, ensuring the wings of the butterflies overlapped the shorter card front, thereby helping to hold the card closed. 

A Basic White C6 Envelope was stamped in Pumpkin Pie ink on the envelope corner with a couple of butterflies. I do love decorating the envelope to tie it in with the card it will hold.

Thank you so much for dropping by. I so appreciate you spending time with me.

If you live in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of Stampin' Up's 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue and or the new January - June 2022 Mini Catalogue & Saleabration Catalogue then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you.  Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about this project or Stampin' Up!. 

There is more Pumpkin Pie creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely, Kate Morgan. I always look forward to checking out Kate's creation (I wonder how she has used Pumpkin Pie this week). I do love seeing everyones' projects - so many ideas and such great inspiration.

Hope to see you next week when we will be featuring versatile colour Real Red as we continue the weekly 2021-2022 Colour Creations blog hops.

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others. 

Andrea 💕🐾

  

If you find a broken link or if you want to check out the full list of participants go to Catherine Proctor’s blog, our wonderful Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator. Cathy is wonderful in coordinating this blog hop each week. She is such a special lady. Check out her wonderful creation while you are there.

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