A pumpkin out of ovals...

I know that Halloween has come and gone, but I thought I'd share this card anyway because pumpkins work for Thanksgiving cards, too.

I have a few pumpkin dies, but sometimes I just want to try my hand at creating an image a little differently. This pumpkin was made from three die-cut ovals. I cut them out and then inked them around the edges before adhering them together.

I tried tilting the left and right ovals this way and that and finally decided they looked best if I tilted them slightly toward each other at the bottom, making the top of the pumpkin just a bit wider.

I hand cut a stem and die-cut a bit of of ivy for some green around the top.

The face was stamped with one of the jack-o-lantern face stamps from my stash. It could definitely be drawn on with a fine-point black Sharpie or cut from black cardstock and glued on.

I die-cut the white arched oval and then embossed it with a textured embossing folder.

The sentiment was stamped and popped up on foam tape.

I stamped two sentiments on the inside. The "Happy Halloween" could easily be changed to "Happy Thanksgiving." 

This would make a sweet card to send to a granddaughter, don't you think?

It sounds like some cold weather (and maybe even snow!) will be here by Sunday. Oh joy. I really dislike the cold. I'm just so thankful that I have a new car with heated seats and heated steering wheel. It's a Toyota Corolla Cross (small SUV) hybrid, and I am enjoying driving it.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl