Monday, September 14, 2015

Dollar Store Pumpkin Makeover Using Paint and a Paper Flower

Hey, y'all!  I guess you could say this is the week of the dollar store pumpkin here at Pitter & Glink.  Why?  Let me explain.  I had the house all to myself Saturday because hubby went to the Clemson game, so I took the time to work on lots of projects, and for some reason, many of those involved dollar store pumpkins.  I challenge myself every year around this time to try to come up with new ways to makeover dollar store pumpkins.  You know the kind: those styrofoam carve-able ones that just aren't  cute.  Today I want to show you how I made over one of the pumpkins using paint and a paper flower, and later this week, I'll show you the other pumpkins I gave a makeover too.  Hopefully by the end of the week, there won't be any cheap pumpkins left at the dollar store because they'll all be at y'all's houses getting made over.  Anyway, on to today's pumpkin makeover.
Take a dollar store pumpkin from cheap to chic by giving it a fabulous makeover using paint and a handmade paper flower! www.pitterandglink.com
 I used a few supplies to take my pumpkin from cheap to chic.

Supplies needed to makeover a dollar store pumpkin.  www.pitterandglink.com
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Supplies:

Paint a cheap carve-able pumpkin from the dollar store to make it look chic. www.pitterandglink.com
First, paint the pumpkin.  I painted the entire pumpkin with Waverly chalk paint in the color Agave.  (I used this brand paint simply because it's sold at my local Walmart, and that's about the only place to shop in my small town.)
Paint a cheap carve-able pumpkin from the dollar store to make it look chic. www.pitterandglink.com
Then paint the stem.  I used the same Waverly chalk paint in the color Plaster.
Paint a cheap carve-able pumpkin from the dollar store to make it look chic. Seal the paint with matte varnish. www.pitterandglink.com
To complete the actual pumpkin makeover, seal the paint.  I used a matte varnish, but you can use whatever sealer you like.  While the varnish is drying, begin making the paper flower.
Use your Sizzix BIGkick, scrapbook paper and the Camellia Bigz die to create a beautiful flower embellishment for a pumpkin. www.pitterandglink.com
To make the flower, place scrapbook paper over the Camellia Bigz Die.  The die cuts all the different flower pieces so that you can layer them to create a three-dimensional flower.  I cut small pieces of scrapbook paper and placed them over the parts of the flower I wanted that specific color.  Sandwich the paper and die between two standard size cutting pads and roll it through your Sizzix BIGkick.  I repeated this process twice so that I could have two sets of each size of flower petals and two leaves.
Curl the edges of the camellia flower petals to make the three-dimensional embellishment. www.pitterandglink.com
Using a paint brush curl the edges of the flower petals so that they look more life-like.  Using double-sided adhesive or a glue stick (I used a combo of both), adhere the petals together from largest to smallest, making sure to alternate the petal alignment.
Roll the fringed paper to create the camellia's stamen. www.pitterandglink.com
Roll the fringed paper into a stamen and place the roll through the hole in the center of the flower.
A three-dimensional paper camellia created with the Sizzix BIGkick and the Camellia Bigz die from Brenda Walton. www.pitterandglink.com
Fan out the stamen so it looks more life-like.
Embellish a painted dollar store pumpkin using ribbon and a handmade paper flower. www.pitterandglink.com
Use hot glue to attach some ribbon around the middle of the pumpkin.  Glue the flower and leaves to the pumpkin to complete the makeover.
Take a dollar store pumpkin from cheap to chic using paint and a handmade paper flower. www.pitterandglink.com
Isn't it cute?!  I love decorating for fall, but I like to do it on my own terms.  What I mean is that I like to stick to my color scheme.  If you remember my TV Gallery Wall post, you know that my living room color scheme features different shades of blue, along with a few pops of orange.  If I create fall decor that fits within my color scheme, I have to do minimal decorating.  I can use lots of what I already have and just add coordinating fall decor items.
Take a dollar store pumpkin from cheap to chic using paint and a handmade paper flower. www.pitterandglink.com
This pumpkin is going to be perfect on my mantel!  And it goes well with my other pumpkins that I worked on this weekend, so get ready for a few more dollar store pumpkin makeovers coming at you later this week.
Happy pumpkin crafting!
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Take a dollar store pumpkin from cheap to chic using paint and a handmade paper flower. www.pitterandglink.com

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1 comment:

  1. I love this idea! I get a lot of seasonal decor at the dollar tree..because its $1, but some stuff looks cheap. I love how you made these so pretty! I will definitely have to try this!

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