Fall pumpkin...

...Stephanie style!  As I was browsing Stephanie Ackerman's blog a few days ago, I came across a fun pumpkin project. I made a few minor changes. Here is my version:

The changes include using a fake pumpkin from Michael's (because I want to use if for more than one season :-)) and using newspaper (because I had a pile of it).  I did stamp various patterns with Distress Inks, Spiced Marmalade and Rusty Hinge, all over the paper.  And I did use PPA (Perfect Paper Adhesive) both to glue and to coat (once again, because it is what I had!). After the paper was glued to the pumpkin and then coated on top, a little Tarnished Brass Distress Stain was used to give a bit of shimmer.  It needed a little more depth, so I grab my Fired Brick and Spiced Marmalade Distress Stain, dabbed a bit on my craft mat & rubbed it into the crevices (ok, a confession - I did start on the underneath of the pumpkin because I didn't know what was going to happen, but the coating of glue let the stain smear and blend.  Except...where there was no covering of glue the newspaper sucked in glops of red - not quite what I was hoping for!)

The leaves are die cut from Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves die using newspaper, stained with Peeled Paint Distress Stain & sprayed with a little Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearl Mist.  A little green floral wire made a great vine.



Just another view, but mainly I included this photo because of Jonathan's (my son) drawing in the background!  Visit Stephanie's blog to view her creative take on pumpkins!

Happy Fall!
Debbie