Watercolored Autumn Filled Mandala Pumpkin Card

Hello! Kim here today! We are just days away from officially moving from summer to autumn, but here in Alberta there is no denying the seasons are switching! I have a bit of a love affair with all things autumn, and have been secretly celebrating it’s arrival! Today’s project share does just that!

The instant I saw this new Autumn Mandala Filled Pumpkin cutfile, I knew it was going to be a favourite! I loved the intricate design!

I uploaded the file into my Cricut Design Space and resized to a height of six inches. I wanted to make a 5x7 card, but was worried the fine lines would be a challenge to cut. I considered a few options of substrate from paper, vinyl and also cardstock with double sided adhesive attached. I decide on Cricut’s adhesive foil, and so glad I did. It cut beautifully and kept all the fine lines intact and well...it’s shiny! 

Next I carefully ‘weeded’ out the negative space of the design, using transfer paper, I easily applied the image onto a piece of watercolour paper.

I was excited to add colour to my mandala. I had purchased a set of handmade water colours last year in Kauai and they always make me smile. They are luscious and lovely to paint with! I sprayed some water on my project to allow the colours to flow as I applied them! I am not concerned about perfection with the process, it’s the variations and imperfections that make watercolour magical!

My sentiment is an older, discontinued Quietfire stamp that I felt suited the card perfectly. Honestly there are so many sentiments that could be used if this one is not in your stash already!

Thanks for checking into the Quietfire Digital Blog today, be sure to scroll through past projects for more amazing inspiration! The design team has lots of sweet ideas up their sleeves!

Supplies:

Quietfire Design Autumn Mandala Filled Pumpkin

Quietfire Design You Are Amazing stamp [discontinued]

Canso Watercolour paper

Cricut Adhesive Foil - copper

Ocean Paper Watercolours

Halloween Card Using HALLOWEEN TREE CUPCAKE BOX

Hello! Here we are on the 19th of August already. I feel as if summer is moving along too fast but also love the season that follows! I love crisp days, autumn colours and Halloween! I got the urge to make a Halloween card this weekend despite the 29C day!

Browsing through Suzanne’s Silhouette store, I found the perfect cut file for what I had in mind! The Halloween Tree Cupcake Box! The file cut as made, is pretty sweet, but I did not need all the elements that made it 3D!

I pulled the design into my Design Space, I use a Cricut Maker.

 

Next I hid all the elements I did not require. This left me with the tree, owl, bat, cat and part of the box. Using my software I grabbed a square and used the “slice” feature to remove the box. If you are not sure how to do this, it is just as easy to cut  the entire piece and cut using scissors. I cut two identical images.

My background and moon were layered using some gel prints I had previously made. I can get lost in that process and just save all the prints for use in cards, journals and scrapbooks.

I took one of my images and sliced off the owl, cat and bat with scissors.

I embosses these parts using Quietfire Design Gilding Powders in Copper Scroll and Gothic Black. I like the extra texture it adds when adhered to the full cut image.

As a finishing touch, I used the Quietfire Design stamp, Something Wicked, with Gothic Black Gilding Powder to add my sentiment!

I finished the card with some littles eye details using a Dylusions Paint Pen and some purple washi tape. I can’t wait to send it off to someone this coming October!

Thanks for checking out my project this week! Let's not whisk away summer too quick, but there is no shame in feeling some Autumn feels!

SUPPLIES:

Halloween Tree Cupcake Box design #304540 from Suzanne's Silhouette Store.

Copper Scroll Modern Gilding Powder available through Emerald Creek Crafting Supplies

Gothic Black Modern Gilding Powder available through Emerald Creek Crafting Supplies

Something Wicked stamp set  available through Emerald Creek Crafting Supplies

Ranger's Embossing Ink

Versafine Black

Ranger's Dylusion Pens

Stampin' Up cardstock

mix of adhesives