Paper Pieced Pumpkin ☆ CottageCutz


Hello, welcome back!  

Today's card is a super simple one and fun to make ☺ I used one oval die for the pumpkin plus one leaf die and a fence.  Fall is my favorite season and color scheme.  Right now we have forest fires very close to us and are getting smoked out!  *cough, cough*  And the temps are going back up again, so ... Ya, I can't wait for Fall!  

As always when I post to the CottageCutz blog, I include my card recipe and instructions!  Here you go!

CUTTING & SCORING:

Dove White Cardstock:
•  5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scored at 4-1/4"
• 3-7/8" x 5-1/8"
• die cut Thanks w/ Shadow (shadow)

Pecan Pie Cardstock (brown):
• 5-1/4" x 4"
• die cut Thanks w/ Shadow (shadow)
• die cut Fence & Grass (fence)

Patterned Papers (Doodlebug Designs: Pumpkin Spice):
• (5)  die cut the 3rd smallest of the Pierced Oval set
• die cut (2) of the large leaves from the Flowers 4x6 die
*Tip... I just cut a piece li'l bit larger than the leaf w/ scissors first then die cut just the leaf
• die cut Thanks w/ Shadow (thanks)
• die cut Fence & Grass (grass)

DESIGN STEPS:

1. First, I stamped "for all you do" in an olive green in the top right corner of my white layer.


2. I assembled my pumpkin using foam strips between each of the top 2 layers.



3.  I hand cut a stem for my pumpkin and added some lines with a marker.  I then ran some twine thru a button and glued it to the top over the leaves.  


4. Next, I decided I wanted more texture on the white layer, so I ran it thru with a lattice embossing folder. I then smoothed it out with my bone folder, just over my stamped sentiment so it would be easier to read.


5. I cut apart my fence and grass as shown below so there are 3 slats and 2.


6. I added my pumpkin with foam strips between the fence.

7. I offset my brown "thanks" shadow behind the white and then glued my "Thanks" on top and added to the top left corner of card. Done!




  

Thanks for looking!  I hope you're inspired to create something CUTE with your CottageCutz dies! 

♡ Kristine