Weekender with Wanda + Tim Holtz Distress Ink Color Pop! Carved Pumpkin!
Hi creative friends! This edition of Weekender with Wanda is pretty fun, because it is also Color Pop Day! I love sharing the newest Tim Holtz color with you each month here on the Simon Says Stamp Blog. The color for October was Carved Pumpkin! So perfect, don’t you think? This latest installment in our Color Pop series is number 10, which means there are only two more colors left. I’m sort of sad about that part! Carved Pumpkin was a great choice for Fall. This is a beautiful, deep, warm orange and will be great for many things – leaves, pumpkins, Summer….anything! I’m hooked for sure! Since it is Thanksgiving week, I wanted to make a project you could use for your holiday dinner table – some place cards. If you don’t want to make place cards, you can easily turn this project into a lovely card. I paired Carved Pumpkin with other warm tones of Mustard Seed, and Brushed Corduroy.
Here is the swatch for Carved Pumpkin. You can see that it is brighter than Ripe Persimmon, and just a little deeper than Spiced Marmalade. Truly the perfect orange I think.
I made Thanksgiving place cards for my little family (even Buddy!). The finished cards are 3 and a half square. I cut the place cards out of kraft card stock for a more homey, cozy feeling. The white portion of the cards is the awesome Ranger watercolor paper. I used the Tim Holtz Blueprints stamps for the pumpkin image.
I used some Hero Arts Alphabet stamps to write our names. You can use any alphabet stamps or dies that you have for this project. I stamped our names in Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink. the background is the pretty Distress Damask Stamp in Antique Linen Distress Ink. I added rustic linen ribbon and a beautiful die cut. Then finished off with the Hashtags stamps.
This is my color palette for this project. I watercolored with my Distress Markers to make the pumpkin.
First, I stamped the Pumpkin Blueprint onto watercolor paper. Then I took my Distress Markers and colored directly onto the paper. Next, I used a water brush to move the colors together and blend them with each other. This is such a fast and easy technique – and a good way to use your markers!
Here is a close up of my background layer. I stamped the Distress Damask stamp onto watercolor paper using Antique Linen ink. Then I inked the edges of the panel with Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy inks and a sponge dauber. Finally, I used the Tim Holtz Spritzer Tool and the Carved Pumpkin Marker to spritz some ink dots over the image.
I die cut the Family Thinlit die from rich brown paper.
I hope you will be inspired to craft something for your holiday table!
Thank you so much for joining us all year long for this fun feature. The color for November is Lucky Clover, and man is it gorgeous! I’ll be back soon with another Color POP! In the meantime, happy creating, and Happy Thanksgiving!
Wanda these name cards are terrific – I am planning to get some made this week for Thanksgiving – thanks for sharing your art – very lovely work!
Great project, thanks for the inspiration Wanda. Perfect color for this X-giving feasts. Cheers
Such awesome place cards! gorgeous!
Oh my word…the place cards are so sweet!!
Great idea for your thanksgiving table.
I’ve recently returned to using my distress colors for coloring and the way the colors blend just can’t be beat! I love the new orange color, thanks for sharing!
What an awesome cards!! love that distress ink tone and the pumpkin is so amazing!
Love your colours Wanda! What gorgeous place cards. Perhaps they are a hint at dessert too?!
These are wonderful! Gorgeous coloring and I love the bit of trim/texture you added too.
Love this new color, just perfect in that pumpkin coloring. Great place card idea
Thanks, Wanda! Love it when you do the color comparisons-they are so helpful to me. Your place cards are so pretty.
Such wonderful place cards! I am working on mine today so I thank you for the inspiration!
Great place cards. These are awesome. Michelle t
Wonderful coloring w/ Carved Pumpkin. I just rcvd my Carved Pumpkin marker and will be trying it out soon.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Beautifully done and each detail is so effective.
Wanda….the namecards are beautiful. If I hadn’t already made mine…I would be upstairs at my desk! Thank you.
Beautiful Fall color, glorious place card settings!
Your place cards are just lovely…and so is the new color-Carved Pumpkin! Wish I had known about it when I made my Thanksgiving cards!
Your Thanksgiving table will look awesome with your placecards. Great job.
Beautiful cards, thanks for sharing color chart!
Your place cards are gorgeous, Wanda! So festive and beautiful – your family will be proud to see them at the table this holiday! Thanks so much for sharing!
I love these cards- the colors are gorgeous!
Ohh, those place cards look lovely!
Wonderful place cards to add even more warmth to your Thanksgiving table! Gorgeous!
~carol
These little place cards are beautiful. I love every aspect of them – the colors, bg, trim – all really wonderful together.
Absolutely love your place cards!! So warm and inviting.
Just beautiful!!
“Carved Pumpkin” is a very “realistic” orange, not a “cartoon” shade!
These place cards are perfect for a family get together. Love the distressed background and the coloring:)
These are beautiful great job!!!!
absolutely awesome!
These are really very pretty! Love all the elements you used. We always have a traditional Thanksgiving sit down dinner and these would be perfect for my family, too.
Beautiful project!!!
What beautiful place cards! I’ve really enjoyed this series showcasing the new distress co!ors. Wanda, your projects are amazing and so inspiring! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and fantastic work!
These place cards are beautiful!!! I love the color comparisons. That is so helpful!!!
Wanda’s place cards are gorgeous! Such an awesome idea for Thanksgiving! Makes me wish I was hosting a dinner!
Wonderful place cards! The pumpkin looks great! Love Tim Holtz!!
Amazing cards!! Fabulous coloring with distress markers and georgeus background..Thanks Wanda for sharing!
Love your pretty place cards!
SO gorgeous…super cute that Buddy also has a place card..
LOVE them..!
Beautiful place cards!!
Lovely idea….I can see this as a card, also. I love that you used the Distress inks and markers. Distress inks are some of my “favorite things” and I’m filing in my stash with all the new colors. Thanks for the inspiration!
So pretty. Love your cards. Hugz
I didn’t realize that Tim had distress markers. I always see the inks being used.
The orange family is very pretty.
Love the idea of the place cards.
thanks for sharing.
They are just Beautiful!!
Have a blessed day,
Migdalia
Crafting With Creative M
These place cards are fabulous!
Warm, happy, rustic – so perfect for a holiday table. Love these, Wanda! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Awesome looking place cards. Love the background as well. Must try that soon.
Great color and creation!
Great project.
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