Challenge #673 - Mid Month Inspiration - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

Good morning and welcome to our  

Monthly Saturday Challenge Mid Inspiration Post

at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! 

We are back today with an inspirational post showcasing more ideas to inspire you and help get your creative juices flowing!

We can't wait to see what you create!

This month our Saturday Challenge themes for you are: 

Pumpkins & Stencils!

You can choose one or both - whatever inspires you!

The Ink Of The Month, which will be on sale all month long, features the gorgeous Goblin Green Ink Pad, Cube and Reinker! Grab it now to add to your collection.

I get the pleasure of being the mid-month challenge hostess today and here's my card!

Can you guess what my favorite thing about fall is

from my card today? I have a love of all things

pumpkin!  Each and every one of them is unique

(just like snowflakes in winter).  We love to 

decorate with them, carve them up on Halloween

and of course have all kinds of pumpkin baked

treats and special drinks! YUM - so YUM!

Keeping in line with the challenge themes

I used the Autumn Pumpkins stamp set

and the gorgeous Pumpkin Patch layering stencil!

To create this background, I first sprayed the stencil

with some Goblin Green ink re-inker (mixed with a little water)

and turned it over onto a piece of white cardstock.

Once that panel dried, I laid the first piece of the stencil

on that panel and then used it as an embossing

piece to get the raised pumpkins on the cardstock.

After embossing, I then used the stencil again to 

ink the pumpkins with Pumpkin Patch ink.  

This technique gives it such a great texture and 

detail with the raised and colored parts. 

Lastly I used the second piece of the stencil 

to ink the peduncles (stems) and leaves.

I really love how it turned out! 

To finish the card I added a couple layered

oval die cuts and the row of pumpkins that

I colored with my copic markers and then 

fussy-cut to put on the panel. 

Every month we post a brand new challenge with two themes to choose from, and a mid month inspiration post with even more creative ideas! You are welcome to enter as many times as you like.

This month's challenge will remain open until October 31st.

These must be new creations and you are welcome to use any stamp, however, using Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp products will earn you double entries!

*NEW - Our Challenges are now combined with the Skrappy Challenge (first Tuesday of the Month)

and the Christmas Challenge In the Krafty Friends FB group! So feel free to enter any or all of these - the monthly prize is a $20 voucher to the Krafty shop!!!

Woohoo!  There are two ways to enter: you can link up your creation on the  Kraftin’ Kimmie blog page and if using KKS products, you can upload your photo to the album in our Krafty Friends FB group.  *These are all challenges we have done in the past but now when you upload them, please put them all in the one challenge album!