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Faux Pumpkin Makeover

As you may remember, the project was:

Faux Pumpkins + my favorite Rustoleum’s Painter’s Touch 2x Ultra Cover Satin Spray = Cute and Amazing Pumpkin’s!

Now it’s time to add a little extraordinary to these Cute and Amazing Pumpkins.

Iron Orchid Designs

Hello, Iron Orchid Designs!!!

Y’all know how much I am addicted to Iron Orchid Designs. I absolutely love using the Decor Transfers on my Furniture Makeovers and the Moulds on my Home Decor Projects and now I’m going to show you how you can use their stamps.

If you wanna get caught up on my other IOD projects you can read about those here and here or you can watch my videos on them here and here.

Note aside: Sharing is Caring! If you’re on my You Tube channel, please do share my videos with your friends.

For this project you will need:

• Faux Pumpkins – if you don’t have any on hand, check out the Dollar Store.
• Rustoleum’s Painter’s Touch 2x Ultra Cover Satin Spray, Satin Aqua.
• Iron Orchid Design Decor Stamp in Rose Toile
• Iron Orchid Design Ink in White
• Iron Orchid Design Stamp Pad
• Debi’s Design Diary DIY Paint in Layered Chocolate
• Paint Brush

Here’s the quick and easy diy with photos included!

• Add ink to pad. I prefer to purchase a stamp pad for each color I’m using. A few drops of ink is all you need.
• Apply pad to stamp. Test stamp on paper first to ensure you have not applied to much ink to the stamp.
• Stamp pumpkins. Once you have placed the inked stamp on surface, hold with one hand and tickle stamp with the other hand. Do not shift.
• Paint stems with Brown Paint using Paint Brush.

All of the products can be purchased online at CreateWithCynthiaShop.com or at my “New” Antique Mall location in Redwood City, Antiques Then & Now, 1281 Veterans Boulevard, Redwood City, California. If you missed the announcement last week you can read about it here.

I hope you enjoyed the DIY. Now go out there and create something.

Cynthia

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I thought it would be fun to do a little Faux Pumpkin Makeover!

Blue Pumpkins!

Today I’m going to show you how you can take some ordinary Faux Pumpkins and make them extraordinary!

note aside: the orange pumpkins against the white hydrangeas are really lovely…..but I’ve got Pumpkin Fever and me and orange aren’t getting along lately!

You probably didn’t know that my favorite color is blue.

Not just any blue, I prefer the light turquoise blue.

Yes, the color that is on my logo.

Faux Pumpkin Decorating Ideas!

And yes, I decided to paint some Pumpkins blue.

And that my Sweet Friends, is what you call Pumpkin Fever!

This post was sponsored by Rustoleum. All opinions are my own. Please see my Disclosure page here. 

And boy did I get lucky when Rustoleum wanted to partner with me on a project. Immediately I knew the color I wanted to pick…Satin Aqua.

Rustoleum’s Painter’s Touch is a 2x Ultra Cover Satin Spray. The Satin Aqua, in my opinion, is a cross between a baby blue and a turquoise.

For these Faux Pumpkins and Gourds, I sprayed two coats of Rustoleum’s Painter’s Touch onto the Pumpkins and Gourds. I was able to get great coverage with two coats. Be sure to read the directions on the can before starting.

The pumpkins came out so pretty that I decided to admire them for a few days until…

Come back next week and I’ll show you what happened next.

Thanks Rustoleum for inspiring me to create Blue Pumpkins.

Make it a great day.

Cynthia

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