Hi!
Welcome back to the new Colour Creations Creative Showcase. Fittingly, for our first colour of Autumn, it's Pumpkin Pie being featured this week. It's a lovely orange, and a very classic addition to any Autumnal colour scheme.
My card was built around the 'happy' part of the sentiment. I've seen this technique, where you fussy cut around die cut letters, around a lot recently and I wanted to give it a go. It was certainly fun to try!
I also wanted to play with my Stampin' Blends to create the background. I used the Dark Pumpkin Pie Blend to scribble on a piece of Vellum and then I spritzed it thoroughly with the heavy duty isopropyl alcohol. This allowed me to move the ink around on the vellum for a short period of time before it dried. I used a piece of acetate to help move it. It was a lot of fun.
Of course, I made my vellum piece a bit larger than I needed it to be for the front so that I could have an offcuts to use on the inside. I work smarter, not harder, as my good friend Rachel taught me!
Please pop on over to Cathy's blog for the rest of this week's Pumpkin Pie cards.
Bye for now,
Tina
The technique you used to colour the vellum has yielded a beautiful result, Tina! I love the softness of the Pumpkin Pie vellum panel against the deep embossing of the white panel behind it. Lovely way to showcase this orange.
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous card Tina. I love the use of blends on vellum, smooshed with Isopropyl - great effect - must give it a go. The shadowing around the lettering is so cool too. A wonderful Happy Birthday card. xxx
ReplyDeleteGreat monochromatic card Tina, I love the different shades of Pumpkin Pie
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Tina and love the PP background and the use of Playful Alphabet letters. Will definitely try this myself.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Tina and love the use of PP background technique and Playful Alphabet letters. Will definitely try this myself.
ReplyDeleteTwo great techniques from the "technique queen" - I really love the soft effect you've created with the vellum Tina. Thank you for sharing your Pumpkin Pie inspiration with us all xx
ReplyDeleteVery Beautiful in its simplicity, Tina. Love the background, and the colour is so striking
ReplyDeleteAdore the alcohol background, what a fabulous effect it gives. Love the Pinewood Planks embossing too!
ReplyDeleteTina, I love the effect you've achieved using this technique. It showcases Pumpkin Pie perfectly.
ReplyDeleteFantastic technique and card Tina. I love the word shadows and hope to see some more in the upcoming catalogue. Fingers crossed. The pinewood planks embossing folder makes for a fabulous background too.
ReplyDeleteLove the two new techniques your tried on your card this week Tina. Both look fabulous.
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