Thursday, August 26, 2010

The BIG One

"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."
[ will rogers ]


Halloween

Today's challenge over at Mo's Digital Pencil is hosted by our terrific DT Leader
Peggy.. She challenged us to create a card with a Fall/Halloween theme.  I chose
The Big One from Mo's Digital Pencil.. Mo has some amazing new images out..I
colored my image first and cut it out.. Then I wanted a pumpkin.  So in a brainstorming
minute I came up with the following way to do it.  I used my Spellbinders
die Labels Ten.  I chose the biggest die and then cut out three.  I then cut off 
the bottom to resemble a pumpkin as shown below




After I cut them out I stitched, sponged and ran them through with
the CB folder to give it some texture.  I then glued them together.
Added some Spellbinder leaves and a stem.

Come on over to Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge and join us.

Here are a few challenges this fits into:
Cute Card Thursday:  Use Your Dies or Punches
Paper Cutz:  Anything Goes

Here is my little one with his big pumpkin. His aunt planted these pumpkins
in her garden in Indiana.. You can't even pick this thing up it is so heavy.


46 comments:

  1. What a wonderful card. I would never have thought to use that die to make a pumpkin! What an amazing idea!

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  2. Wow your card is just amazing, love the way you have created your card into a pumpkin. You are very very talented x

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  3. This card is adorable.
    I love it.
    Great pumpkin.
    WOnderful image.

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  4. WOOOWEEE Dawn I LOVE LOVE how you made your pumpkin with those nesties....I just might have to cas this idea SOOOOO AWESOME!!!!! Great texture and darling image!!! WOW I just love love love this!!

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  5. Dawn, your card is fabulous! I love how you've colored Mo's cute image and thanks for showing how you made the pumpkin! Gotta get labels 10!!
    Cheryl

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  6. SO Stinking clever! I love, love, love your idea about making the pumpkin. I am very excited about trying it myself. Fabulous card!

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  7. wow dawn,
    such a lovely pumkin I love it, great coloring and the pohot is nice , we sell pumpkins too
    hugs \lia

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  8. Dawn this is such a fantastic idea! I love how you ran the template thru the cuttlebug to give it that awesome texture! Love all the little stitching and the vines...superb card~
    What an adorable picture of your son.
    P.S. So glad you found those paints...I can hardly wait to see what you come up with! I know it will be stunning and I will want to experiment with what you do!

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  9. Oh my GOODNESS, I know have a shopping list for Labels 10 Nesties and the Leaf die!!....I SOOOOO want to make one of these. The image is absolutely adorable too. I think I need to check out these new images by Mo.

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  10. OMG...How dang done cute is this!!!I just love it, thanks Dawn for sharing how you did that pumpkin.

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  11. Gorgeous coloring - such a beautiful card -stimulates such warm and wonderful memories!

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  12. OMGoodness! This is fabulous, Dawn! What an amazing card and what a handsome boy you have there! :)

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  13. This is FABULOUS! That is so stinkin smart!!! Love it!

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  14. This is fabulous, Dawn. The pumpkin is perfect with this sweet Autumn image.

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  15. OH MY WORD adorable, and what a great use of the die Dawn! Beautifully colored! I can't believe how big your guy is getting too!

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  16. What a terrific pumpkin card, Dawn! Love, love, love it! So creative!

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  17. Oh! This is a most wonderful card! :<) I love it!

    I just purchased this great image from Mo and was trying to think how best to showcase it and your card is perfection! I would like to CASE it with your permission and will link back to you on my blog.

    This is such a great card!

    Wishing you a happy day today!

    Barbara Diane

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  18. Wow, Dawn what a great card and thanks so much for explaining how you did the pumpkin..I will not buy the die, I will not buy the die.....Wonderful Challenge card..as always!!! :)

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  19. How brilliant you are, Dawn! This pumpkin card from Nesties is FABULOUS!! Love how you embossed it and the colouring of the image is fabulous as always! Love the pic of your son and that huge pumpkin :)

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  20. OMG, Dawn, your creativity is amazing!! I LOVE when dies can be used for so many more than the obvious ideas! I will have to CASE this sometime. BTW, yous son really favors you a lot...he's a cutie!

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  21. It's the Big One, Charlie Brown!!! :-) This is so cute, Dawn! Clever idea on how to use this die in a different way.

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  22. wowow Dawn:) very clever idea. Love it.
    I do love fall season. My mama do have some pumpkins like this one :)
    FAB project.

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  23. Love this pumpkin card....awesome design GF!!! Hugs ~S~

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  24. This card is awesome!! Great creativity using the labels 10 die. I can't wait to give this a try myself.

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  25. Love Halloween and LOVE This card, Nice use of the new NEST, and the cuttle bug die and the image is the BEST...so cute!

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  26. Oh, Dawn! This is just amazingly cute! I LOVE it!

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  27. Dawn, this is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!

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  28. Hello!

    Wanted to let you know that I did CASE my version of your wonderful card and posted it with a link back to your blog! I also had a young man who was my inspiration and his photo is posted also. :<)

    Wishing you a great weekend! Thank you again for the inspiration!

    Barbara Diane

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  29. What a clever use of the labels punch. The embossing is such a great added touch. Cute image and great colors.

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  30. Dawn, your pumpkin is genius! I love everything about this adorable card.

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  31. This is just fantastic! Yet another awesome way to use these dies! I am so casing your pumpkin girl! Love this image and your amazing coloring too!

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  32. THAT is a totally wonderful idea for making a pumpkin card! And of course your colouring just takes the biscuit - you ROCK, girl!
    Hugs
    Annika

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  33. Oh my gosh, this is gorgeous!

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  34. You are so creative, Dawn.. what a great idea and a fantastic card. Peggy x

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  35. That is inspired! I love it. Thanks so much for sharing :)

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  36. Dawn, how clever to create a pumpkin with the labels, it is fabulous. The image is colored perfectly and I love the ribbon and leaves accents. Great challenge card.

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  37. Amazing. This is going to be a big hit. Great great idea smart girl. Wow.

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  38. Dawn you are so creative, LOVE this pumpkin card!! Fab design & coloring!

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  39. Hello,
    First Thank You for the kind comment that you left for my this week's entry at Mo's. And I just love your sample card. Will have to take a better look at your post when I get back home.

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  40. Aren't you clever - I just adore the pumpkin card idea using the Spellbinder dies. What a creative idea Dawn - and the adorable image from Mo Manning is perfect for the card base. I so enjoyed reading this whole post and your son looks just like you by the way! It's so fun stopping by here - I leave with so many new ideas!

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  41. Fabulous creation Dawn, so inspirational amazing.
    hugs cherie

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  42. Omgosh Dawn.. this is fantastic! I was going to hand cut out a shape to make a pumpkin card the other day, never got it done! and here you are with an oh so easy way.. another great way to use these nesty's we can't live without!
    thanks for this great inspiration! I am going to have to try this soon.
    I love to color pumpkins and create with them. So many beautiful fall colors to use with them.
    Hugs to you my friend.
    Judy

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  43. *GASP* I just saw Denise's take on this and had to check out the original - it's absolutely incredible!!! What an awesome idea and so beautifully detailed and coloured!!!

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