I'm Jack, the Pumpkin King!

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Good Morning!

Can you guess what movie I've been watching lately?! Yep, The Nightmare Before Christmas. It's one of my all-time favorite movies. Actually, my other favorite movie is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the old version)...bit of a bizarre pair isn't it?? About the only thing they both have in common is that they're musicals! LOL Hmmm, that might explain Mama Mia too. :)

Today I have another Whimsical Wednesday: Diedrich Dare challenge for you and I'm hosting this one on the WWDD blog so you all have to play along! LOL Only kidding! This week the Diedrich kids have challenged us to make a circle shape card. Hmmm. I actually have never done one before and I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the news! LOL

Lots of details and layers to this sketch, but they aren't too bad if you keep the colors to a minimum. I pulled some Core'dinations Color Core paper and embossed it with a Cuttlebug 'Spots and Dots' embossing plate. Then, because this Black Magic Color Core paper is black on top and a different color on the back and in the center, I sanded some of the black off to get the orange to show through. It's a very cool and edgy look! I zigzag stitched some orange and black cardstock together for the second layer and the third layer was some scrap Halloween paper, sponged around the edges and straight stitched to some black cardstock.

Mr. Pumpkin King, from The Greeting Farm's Spooktacular set, was colored with reinkers and an aquapainter brush. I used three colors on his head: Morning Marigold, Pumpkin Pie and Really Rust. Once he was colored up, I cut him out with some precision scissors and popped him on dimensionals. The circle frame around him looks like chipboard doesn't it? It's actually more of that Color Core paper. I punched a 2' circle in some scrap paper first, then grabbed my Marvy scalloped circle punch and punched around the circle/hole that was left. Then I lightly sanded the edges for more of a grunge look. Popped it on dimensionals and added some ribbon and my shape card was done.

If you'd like to play along this week and make your own circle card, use the keywords DDSC2 when uploading to SCS or PCP so the Daredevils can find it and leave some love! Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies

Stamps: The Greeting Farm 'Spooktacular'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Morning Marigold, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Old Olive, Distress Inks 'Black Soot'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock 'Black Magic - Spell Caster' , PP - Ichabod Crane paper (unknown)
Access: Ribbon, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Spots and Dots, Machine Stitching, Marvy Circle Punch and Scalloped Circle Punch, Sponging, Dimensionals