Thursday, October 22, 2026

Wheelbarrow...With Pumpkins

Mornin' y'all!  I got some work done in my craft room yesterday after Ryan and I took Daphne and our guest dog Winnie to the dog park to get some energy out.  We're definitely going to have to do that again today.  So here is today's card and yep, it's got more pumpkins!


Side note:  whenever I see a wheelbarrow, my brain immediately plays this exchange from The Princess Bride:

Dread Pirate Roberts:  If only we had a wheelbarrow, that would be something!
Inigo (to Fezzik):  Where did we put that wheelbarrow the albino had?
Fezzik:  Over the albino, I think.

Because The Princess Bride lives rent free in my brain in its entirety and it is such a great movie.  Anyway, I really do have a LOT of pumpkin stamps, there's even more that I haven't inked up yet this year.  For this card, I pulled Always Thankful out of the To Sell? boxes (what a joke, I have tried to sell exactly nothing) for the Card Concept challenge:


For this clean and layered card, I stamped my wheelbarrow on Basic Beige cardstock and embossed with Early Espresso embossing powder, then watercolored the image.  I wasn't planning to add embellishments, but I got a little smear of ink in the white space and I really didn't want to do it all over again, so that bigger dot is hiding the smudge for me.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Always Thankful
Ink:  Versamark, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green, Crushed Curry, Crisp Cantaloupe, Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate
Paper:  Cajun Craze, Basic Beige, Autumn Toile DSP
Accessories:  Textured Notes dies, Early Espresso EP, Earthy Matte Dots (and no Dimensionals this time!)

When I got out the Autumn Toile DSP, I found a scrap of another pattern that I just really wanted to turn into a card, so I reused the SUO Challenges sketch from a while back:


Since I still had Always Thankful out on my desk, I decided to use the same greeting stamp and let this scenic patterned paper do the heavy lifting.  Hey look, more pumpkins.  I am really loving Cajun Craze this year, how about you?

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Always Thankful
Ink:  Early Espresso
Paper:  Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow, Basic Beige, Autumn Toile DSP
Accessories:  Tile Garden dies, Textured Notes dies, Dimensionals, Rustic Metallic Dots

That's it for now, peeps.  Cheers!

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