Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Color Challenge 2025 Week 5 - Pumpkin PIe

Welcome to Week 5 of the 2025 Monochromatic Color Challenge and this week we are showcasing Pumpkin Pie from the Brights Collection. I must admit that this is a color I don't use very often so this was a fun challenge to create a clean and simple design that shows how versatile this color can be.

I love heat embossing, so for today's card design, I wanted to create a tone on tone look to for the focal image and sentiment using Clear embossing powder. To help make the images pop a little more, I added some Pumpkin Pie Classic ink around the edges of the circle and sentiment label with a Blending Brush to create some depth and dimension. I also added some soft color to the designer series paper background to give it a distressed, vintage feel that also helps bring out the Gold embossed detail. This card design has a wonderful clean and simple elegance to it that works well for a variety of occasions.

Products Used:

Inspirationational Sketches stamp set (item #162684)

Stylish Shapes Dies (item #159183)

Nature's Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper (item #162616)

Pumpkin Pie Cardstock (item #105117)

Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink Pad (item #147086)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Wow Embossing Powders (item #165679)

Blending Brushes (item #153611)

Champagne Iridescent Dots (item #162824)

Measurements:

Pumpkin Pie Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Large Circle die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Sentiment Label - 2 1/4" x 1 1/8"

Nature's Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

If you have been following me for a while, you know how much I love creating clean and simple card designs using designer series paper. Recently I rediscovered Nature's Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper from my crafting stash and I just love the simple elegance of the beautiful gold embossing on the designs in this paper pack. For today's card, I chose the design that has a newsprint feel to it with subtle Gold embossed splatters and I applied Pumpkin Pie Classic ink softly over the card front to give it just a hint of color. This helps bring out the Gold splatters and gives the card design more of a vintage feel. The Clear embossing of the focal image and sentiment add a wonderful contrast to the card design and I love the subtle glossy look that the embossing powder adds. For a touch of bling, I added several of the Champagne Iridescent Dots that coordinate perfectly with the other elements of this card design. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will inspire you to explore using Pumpkin Pie to create your own beautiful card designs. As you can see, there is so much more to this color than Halloween and Fall and I just love the versatility of this beautiful orange. 

Please take a moment to check out this week's Monochromatic Insta Hop to see all the amazing projects featuring Pumpkin Pie. Just click here to get started. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. I hope you will join me next Friday to see what color we will showcase for Week 6. 

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Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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