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

Snowflake Butterfly Scrapbook Layout

Hello, Connie Nichol here today  with a project featuring two Quietfire Design digital cutting files -  'Snowflake Butterfly' and 'Let it Snow'.  These files are available in the Silhouette store here

The snowflake butterfly cut file is so gorgeous.  I debated whether to cut several small butterflies to use as page embellishments, but in the end, went whole hog and cut out a butterfly to cover most of the page.  

It started out white, as did the 'Let it Snow' title, but that looked too stark, so I added some pinks and mauves with watercolour paint.  I used lots of water and just dabbed randomly to get a variegated look.

Part of the original white butterfly wing

and the water colour paint that I used.  Just wet a brush with plenty of water and a few different colours of paint to customize your die cuts.  Let dry and then add a photo and a few embellishments, but with electronic cutting files as pretty as the snowflake butterfly, let it be the main feature on the page instead of adding too much other stuff.  Happy Scrapbooking!

Supplies:  Close to my Heart cardstock and water colour paints, Martha Stewart border punch, PinkFresh Studio stickers, Imagine Crafts white pico embellisher, Silhouette Cameo.