My 3 Little Pumpkins...

Tis the season to share what we are thankful for and that is the theme for the

Design team this week at Sweet
Sassy Diva.  I knew right away that I wanted to share how thankful I am
for my three granddaughters.  They are such a blessing and mean the whole
world to me.  They make every day such a joy and I love being a grammy.
 So here are my little blessings that I am so thankful for:

My 3 Little Pumpkins- Brittany 3 months, Katie 20 months and Kenzie 12 months.

Here is the completed two page layout.   

The paper is Paper Best Creations Hello Fall paper from the local LSS.

Months ago I bought a bunch of Tim Holtz grungeboard and I have been enjoying

using it recently with Alcohol Inks and Glimmer Mist.  Here is what the
packages look like.  I got mine at Tuesday Morning.

I inked the mixed letters with Alcohol Inks- yellow, orange, copper, citrus and

cranberry

In this picture I am laying out the letters and the pictures to see how

everything is fitting.

Next I made the pumpkin and flourish from the Thanksgiving cart.  I cut

both pieces 3 times.  I embossed the top flourish and pumpkin and pop
dotted them to give them dimension.

This pic is before I added the embossed pumpkin.  

The leaves on the top of the pumpkin cut out with the pumpkin so I used an olive

color Sharpie to color them in.  My Gypsy has gone back to PC so couldn't
hide the shapes and cut them out separately.

Here is embossed pumpkin and then I added Tim Holtz Rusty Hinge ink and

Stickles.

Not sure if you have seen these punches before.  They are called Paper

Shapers punches by EK Success.  I got two at my local LSS and one at
Joann's. I had never seen them before until I took a class at the LSS.

If you look really careful at the paper you can see the three different corners.

 You cut the paper 1/2 inch larger than the picture and then punch all 4
corners.

Then your picture or mat paper slides right in.  

I also cut out three of the same pumpkin from Thanksgiving Cart at 1.5 inches

and hand wrote the girls ages.  I added a little pumpkin ribbon I had in my
stash and everything was put together.

Hope you enjoyed the layout and tutorial.  Would love to read your

comments.  Please come back and join us all week at Sweet
Sassy Diva to see what else the Design Team has come up with.

Happy Craftin!