Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Pumpkin birthday

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week we have a beautiful inspiration photo for you:


And here is the card I created:
Now, I realize that my card looks nothing like the photo!!  Instead of using the picture, I was inspired by the two shades of orange and the medium gray/blue.  And this time of year, orange says "pumpkin" to me!  I stamped my three pumpkins onto different scraps of patterned paper, added a little shading and fussy cut them out.  Soon after I got it, I cut my "Happy Birthday" stamp apart so I could use it horizontal like this as well as its original stacked version.  I think I actually use it in this position most often.  I was a little skeptical of how the blue would look with my patterned papers, but I really love how it turned out.  The blue complements the orange shades perfectly and adds a pop of interest.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this photo.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Tall Pumpkin", "Wide Pumpkin", "Round Pumpkin" and "Happy Birthday"
Dies: Spellbinders "Labels 4"

Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Papers--anything goes with patterned paper
Die Cut Divas--thoughts of autumn
SheepSki Designs #43--autumn and/or Halloween
Stinkin' Inkers--shades of fall
Kat Scrappiness--fall/Halloween













Sweet Stampers #49--autumn or Halloween
Shopping Our Stash #431--Happy Fall Y'all
Make My Monday #133--orange as dominant color
Crafty Catz #523--anything goes
Creative Fingers #195--anything goes
Sweet Stampin'--girly but NO pink
Incy Wincy--Halloween and/or Autumn/Fall colors













Use Your Stuff #408--autumn/fall

28 comments:

Glittered Paws said...

I think the orange pumpkins and blue go very well together. Makes a very nice fall birthday card. Like how you shaded your pumpkins after stamping them on printed paper.

Donna said...

Fabulous fall birthday card, like your paper piecing and your take on the RI challenge!

Laurie Unger said...

Love that you went with the colors in the photo instead of the actual picture! It made a rockin fall birthday card!

Monique Nicole Fox said...

Super cute. Thanks for playing with us at UYS.

Chris said...

A beautiful Autumn themed birthday card, the colours look lovely together - love the patterned pumpkins too! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Catz this week.
Chris
x

Michelle N. said...

Great autumn birthday card-love the colors! Thanks for joining us at Die Cut Divas!

Chris Dring said...

What an adorable Autumn themed birthday card! The gray-blue does really compliment the orange hues. Thanks for joining in at STAMPlorations Theme & Photo Prompt challenge!

creationsnz said...

So nice to see an autumn birthday card, and those pearls just add the right finishing touch. Thanks for sharing with us at Incy Wincy, CarolG

Aunty Sue said...

Fabulous make and thanks for sharing this with us at Crafty catz hope to see you in the new challenge

Terri's Cards N More said...

Beautiful fall card. Great choice of patterned papers and lovely design. Thanks for joining the Stinkin' Inkers challenge.

Patti J said...

What a great card! I never even thought to use the photo this way - WOWZA!!! This is incredible, Heather! Thanks for the inspiration!

Manal Habib said...

Incredible choice of colors keeping fall in mind!
Thank you for participating at stinkin inkkers!

Dena J said...

I love this color palette of soft blues and orange! Stamping on patterned paper creates such fun interest for the images. Thank you for joining us at Atlantic Hearts this week.

Joy Wilson said...

Beautiful color scheme and design! Thanks for joining our Anything Goes Challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends. I hope join us again real soon!
Hugs, Joy
JoyWilsonInk
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Owner and Coordinator

missgailly said...

Love those patterned paper pumpkins! Thanks for playing along with us at USE YOUR STUFF - Gail #staysafe #stayhealthy

pssmitty papercrafts said...

This card came out great! And I love that it is a birthday card! Thanks for sharing with AHSC.

Cindy van Oorschot said...

Beautiful fall card, and great for our challenge with all the orange. Thanks for sharing with us at MMM challenge.
Cindy DT

Kim said...

This is beautiful! I love how you used all of the challenges to create a great card! Thank you for joining the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge this week!

Arlene said...

What a sweet Birthday card.

So glad you could join us at Die Cut Divas for our Autumn (also Halloween) challenge at https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2020/10/thoughts-of-autumn-fill-air-from-bugaboo.html

Megan J said...

Hi Heather, a fabulous Autumn birthday card, love the soft colours you have used from the inspiration picture. Thank you for sharing with us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, good luck in the prize draw.. Megan DT LPoCF

Sue Jackson said...

I think you nailed the color challenge by using the muted oranges and blues. Such a pretty combination of colors and paper patterns. Beautiful. Thanks for joining us at Make My Monday challenge! Hope to see you again!

Brandi said...

I love this! Those pumpkins are adorable! Thanks for playing along with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (AHSC).

Brandi R.
DT member AHSC
crzy4scrapbooking.blogspot.ca

Kuni said...

Such a beautiful card.
Thank you for joining us at the Sweet Stampers and i hope to see you again.
Hugs
Kuni

cass said...

Wonderful card with great patterned paper. Thanks for joining us at CHNC Patterned Paper Challenge this month.

Gail Hutchinson said...

Heather I love the softness of this card Heather. Thank you so much for joining us at SheepSki Designs and good luck with your entry. Gail DT

Jackiekg said...

A lovely fall card. Thank you for joining us at
Pattie's Creations Design Challenge.

Pattie G said...

This is so nice. It goes perfectly with our theme “Autumn/Fall” at Pattie’s Creations Design Challenge.
Pattie
Artist & Owner

Suze said...

I like your paper-pieced pumpkins. Great layout and lovely card. Thank you for entering the Halloween and/or Autumn/Fall Colours Challenge at Incy Wincy Designs.