All About the Pumpkins

Thank you for joining us on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop. We are all about pumpkins today. My card was inspired by the pumpkin painting I did in my painting class last week.

As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number 4 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop - Donna of Organized Chaos. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn't work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.

• Pistachio Pudding card base - 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4"
• Pistachio Pudding ink sponged on to card base
• Garden Green card stock - 1" x 5-1/2", trimmed at random with Paper Snips
• Pumpkin Pie card stock - ran through Texture Boutique with Woodgrain Embossing Folder
• Punched embossed Pumpkin Pie cardstock with 1-3/4", 1-3/8" and 1-1/4" Circle Punches
• Early Espresso card stock - punched with Word Window and Ticket Builder Duo 
• Garden Green cardstock - cut with Spiral Flower die

Here is my pumpkin painting:

Stay tuned as I'll be sharing more of my paintings soon. In the meantime, let's head over the see what pumpkin-y goodness Erica has for us today.

Blog Hop Participant List:

1. Jennifer at Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life
2. Cynthia at Ink-A-Doodle Creations
3. Diana at Stampin' Fun with Diana
4. Donna at Organized Chaos
5. Darcy at Dj's Stampin' Place
6. Erica at Stamping Starlette
7. Tonya at Stamp with Tonya
8. Bree at Craft-Somnia Momma
9. Kim at Stamping with Kim

Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

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Texture Boutique Machine

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Originals Flower Spiral Bigz Die

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Big Shot

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1-1/4" Circle Punch

$15.95

1-3/8" Circle Punch

$15.95

1-3/4" Circle Punch

$16.95

Window Word Punch

$15.95

Ticket Duo Builder Punch

$15.95

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Swap Breakdown Day 1- Punch Art

Since I am a punch art newbie, I was excited to join this group to get some new ideas. The closer it came to the deadline of having to mail the swaps, the more panicked I got about what I should make. (This was the last swap I made) There are so many fabulous punch art ideas out there, but I really wanted to try and come up with an original design, as part of my reason for joining the swap was to challenge myself.

In the end, I kept it REALLY simple; but it's easy to duplicate! Each butterfly took one Pansy Punch, and then I cut off two petals for each side. I used my scrap petal to match up when I cut the others, so that I'd always be using the same wing shapes. I then cut about one-fourth of the Word Window Punch off for its body.

Supplies used can be found here

For awhile I was referring to this as my "sad little punch art," but I do have to say that I'm pretty pleased for my initial punch art creation. I can't wait to use this little guy on a card, and maybe use the Tangerine Tango marker on his wings to give him some extra color.