October 2022

I hope you are enjoying the beautiful fall that we are experiencing. I love the colours that come with a traditional fall in southwestern in Ontario. The rich reds, golds and yellows this year are amazing! They seem so bright this year.

My Pumpkin Kisses & Harvest Wishes card is a celebration of this time of year. I used a combination of techniques to create it: foil, stamping and colouring, embossing, and embellishing.

Sending Pumpkin Kisses & Harvest Wishes from DistinctivelyDiana.com

I created a 6″ x 6″ card from AC Cardstock in Tangerine from their Tropical package. I used Recollections creamy white cardstock from Michaels to create a base slightly smaller, 5-11/16″. I roughed up the edge of the white cardstock slightly to give it some texture.

I used Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps’ Falling Leaves stencil with Deco Foil Transfer Gel Duo all over the base. I let that dry overnight. The next day, I cut a sheet of Deco Foil in Amber Watercolour and put the piece through my laminator. I love using this foil colour for falling leaves.

While I was waiting for the gel to dry, I stamped the large leaves and the pumpkins using my Misti. I used Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Harvest Blessing, Falling Leaves, Thankful Pumpkins, and Happy Fall Y’all stamps.

I coloured in the leaves and the pumpkins using my Copic markers using:

YG 63,67, 93, 91

R 27, 29, 46, 59

YR 14, 15, 16, 18

Y 17, 19, 35

I fussy cut all the pumpkins and leaves and added them to the front of the dry and foiled card base using Scrapbook Adhesive foam squares.

I die cut a vellum tag and used the Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Pumpkin Kisses stamp to emboss the saying with WOW gold embossing powder. I used vellum tape from Scrapbook Adhesives to add it to the front. I embellished it with a couple of Picket Fence Studio sequins in Spiked Cider.

I added the foiled front to the tangerine base using more foam squares to provide additional dimension.

The final touch: outlining the pumpkin lines with Nuvo Glitter Drops in Golden Sunset and brushing some glitter onto the leaves.

I love how this card turned out. Such a pretty celebration of fall!

Thanks for stopping by!

Fall has arrived in my part of the world and it is my favourite season weather wise.

I love the change of seasons. I especially love the move this year from the especially hot and humid weather we had this summer. I’m not good with that. I far prefer the crisper, fresher air that Fall brings. Sweater weather we call it. Bring on the walking boots and light layers of sweaters!

We’ve just celebrated Thanksgiving this past weekend in Canada. We hosted a big family celebration and had 13 people for dinner. As the family grows with added members, figuring out whose working when, how do we schedule dinner, get everyone here at the same time, in the hustle of getting it all done, it’s hard to find the time to appreciate just getting to be together.

It’s been an especially busy last year. Once again, my poor blog has taken the brunt of it.

I have found time to get into my craft studio, and take photos; I just haven’t been posting about it the way I wanted to. My poor lonely blog child calls to me often and is usually the one who gets left all alone as I deal with everything else.

Now that I am teaching at Conestoga College, I am constantly on the computer. I have taught remotely throughout the pandemic to international students all over the world. Where many crafters were getting into their studios over the past two years, I was still working, often longer hours due to the challenge of teaching online and the needs of students.

But, I have promised myself that just as the Fall brings a season of change, I will change this habit of not getting into my studio and onto my blog enough. It’s a promise to myself. So, today, I share Pumpkin Kisses and Harvest Wishes with all of you.

Thanks for stopping by!

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