Pumpkin Carving with Silhouette!

Warning, no layouts and picture heavy post!

So, don't think I am nuts, but I have never carved a pumpkin before Saturday! I know WEIRD, right?   I don't know what I was thinking the experience would be, but I had fun.  We still have one pumpkin to carve yet, it was getting to be a little late to start another one at the rate I carved!

Carleen started the process for us, plus she wanted to roast the seeds to snack on later.

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So, I had this brilliant idea to use a cut file from Silhouette for my pumpkin!  Cut it out of cardstock and then trace on my pumpkin.   Here is the cut file.  It's Design ID #50298 by Simple Stories.  Sn@p! on! is the name of the file.  And no, that is not a typo, it really is a @!


I knew I needed heavy cardstock to hold up to the beating it was going to take.  I pulled out my Textured Twill from WorldWin Papers and used it for the cut file.  Then I was trying to figure out how I was going to get it to stay on my pumpkin so I could carve it.  WASHI anyone?!  We all have a ton of it, so why not use it!

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It was a beautiful afternoon, but I was too busy trying to carve my design.  I probably "should" have not picked out something this detailed for my first pumpkin carving experience!  I am not sure how long it took, at the very least about 2-3 hours.  Thank goodness for Carleen's pottery tools or I would have thrown in the towel.  And I "might" have broken one, so I owe her big time!

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Carleen finished hers in record time and she even carved the back of it!  Here they are drying out so we can get them cleaned up a little more!

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Hee hee, that cardigan backside!
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Then nighttime came and we finally got to see our results!  And these are with my iPhone, I didn't have a tripod to take them with my regular camera.  The iPhone seemed to work great!

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Thanks for stopping by today aka this evening!!!  I will have a layout up late tomorrow for you.  

2 comments

  1. They look awesome. You can also spray or wipe bleach on the inside to prevent mold longer.

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  2. I'm not sure that I'd say it looks like you had fun there but your results are fun and you had lots of fresh air in the garden - the dogs will have loved having so much company :-)

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