I love pumpkins.... I Love Pumpkins.... I LOVE PUMPKINS! If you know anything about me, you would know I LOVE pumpkins... I fill my whole porch with them from September to November, I drink all the pumpkin drinks, I eat all the pumpkin treats and I even wear pumpkin clothing.
Crafting pumpkin things is no different. Fall time and Halloween time are my favorite to create and craft.
I do a lot with chalk art with Chalk Couture and a neat thing they came out with is the digital file for the shapes of the transfers they carry. I bought this neat pumpkin transfer: Pumpkin Pals and I wanted to put my own surface out of wood with my Glowforge. I love being able to cut anything that I want- wood, Acrylic, stone... really anything! It's pretty amazing! Anyways... back to pumpkins!
Here is the transfer in full
Come check out to see how I made these pumpkins!
Step 1: Grab all your supplies. I grabbed my Transfer: Pumpkin Pals, Shimmer Pumpkin Chalk Paste, and Black Velvet Chalk Paste, Transfer Trimmers, 2 small Squeegees, 2 Stir Sticks and Painted wooden pumpkin cutouts.
Step 2: I grabbed my pastes and open them up and gave them a good stir. If they haven't been used for bit, they can get a little dry. I don't want to start a project and open the jars to thick paste, so I make sure they are good before I start.
Step 3: Time to get the transfer ready. This was a larger transfer so I needed to cut it into sections to use the transfers easier. I used my Transfer Trimmers to cut the transfer up. Step 4: Time to fuzz fuzz fuzz! Since I had painted a wood surface that I cut out using my glow forge, I didn't want it to pull up any pain when I pulled my transfer up. I made sure to fuzz really well. I used my fuzzing cloth, but you can use a clean shirt or on your clean pants you are wearing. I have done that in a pinch.
Step 5: Time to place the transfer on the surface. The new transfers have a more translucent backing so it is easier to see they placement. I wasn't sure if I liked them, but I have come to love them! They make layering so much easier!
Step 6: Now I started with the shorter pumpkin and decided to use the Shimmer Pumpkin on the painted wooden pumpkin surface that I cut out. I knew it was close in color but I liked the way it turned out. I took my Stir Stick and grabbed a small amount of the Shimmer Pumpkin chalk paste and placed it on there. Then I took small squeegee and spread it around making sure all the mesh parts are covered in chalk paste. Step 7: Time to peel the transfer off and wash it out. Lay upside down to dry before putting on the backing sheet. Now to enjoy this wooden pumpkin for displaying it during Fall, Halloween and Thanksgiving.
Step 8: Onto the bigger pumpkin. I wanted to to this pumpkin with Black Velvet chalk paste to make it stand out more that the Shimmer Pumpkin chalk paste. I started off by fuzzing this transfer.
Step 9: Place the transfer on the pumpkin surface. Rub surface hard to make sure it adheres well.
Step 10: Time to place a dollop of Black Velvet Chalk Paste onto the transfer using a Stir Stick and use the small squeegee to apply the chalk paste all over the whole transfer making sure you go over all the mesh areas.
Step 11: Time to peel the transfer off and wash it out. Lay upside down to dry before putting on the backing sheet. Now to enjoy this wooden pumpkin for displaying it during Fall, Halloween and Thanksgiving.
Once I take out all my Fall decorations, I will post on how I used these pumpkins. I kinda want to make more and do them in whites and blues.
Wanna just watch me make it? Come check out my video here:
What is your favorite color combo: Orange or Black? Let me know!
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