Absolutely Fabulous… PTI October Blog Hop

Hi friends!

It’s the 25th, which means it’s time (already!) for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop!

This month was a photo inspiration with a very fall feel to it. 2 things inspired me in the photo: patterned pumpkins, and the mention (in the photo caption) of felt leaves.

First, my card… I have seen these pumpkins everywhere, created using an oval punch. Had to try one out…

To appeal to my shabby self, I ran it through a Cuttlebug folder and dry brushed some white paint on there – plus I used a scallop oval instead of just a plain one.

See how well the Holly Jolly die works to make pumpkin leaves?

Here is the whole card:

I can’t get enough of stamping my own backgrounds using Iconic Images. For this card, I used this week’s inspiration at Case Study, and chose to follow the basic layout of Niki’s card.

Also, I had decided back at the start of September I wanted to create a small wreath using the Leaf Prints dies and various colours of felt. Audrey is so generous in organizing felt shares during release time each month, so in September, I joined in, and ordered some lucious fall colours for my leaves.

Here is the result:

SUPER easy, fairly quick, and lots of leaves left over for future projects. I might save them to use on my Thanksgiving goodies next year (since we celebrated a few weeks ago here in Canada). Here is a close up of the leaves:

Thanks for looking, and enjoy the rest of your hop!


Paper: Papertrey Ink Kraft, Terra Cotta Tile, Royal Velvet
Stamps: PTI Mega Mixed Messages, Library Card, Iconic Images
Ink: PTI Terra Cotta; VersaMagic Royal Blue; VersaFine Onyx
Other; SU! Scallop Oval punch; Cuttlebug Textile EP; PTI Holly Jolly Die

Felt Colours for wreath: Terra Cotta, Dark Chocolate, Fine Linen, Harvest Gold