A few last fall cards

I'm back! I can't believe it's been almost two weeks since my last post. I had wanted to share these last few autumn cards a little earlier in the month, or at least before Thanksgiving. But, you know, life. So here they are, better late than never.

Supplies:
Stamps: Forest Background (Hero Arts), Lighthearted Leaves (Stampin' Up!)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake, Really Rust, vellum card stock (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake, Really Rust, Early Espresso (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Autumn Bouquet Fancy Dies (Hero Arts), Bold Hello die (Simon Says Stamp), Dimensionals (Stampin' Up!), Art Glitter Glue (Art Institute)

The Forest Background stamp is fun because it's a reverse image; it stamps the rectangular background and leaves the trees white. I wanted to use multiple autumn colors for the background, so I pulled out one of those old rainbow-style pads that has a row of several rectangular mini ink pads in different colors. I had a pad that was the perfect colors, but I discovered that it was all dried up. Instead of throwing it away, I used ink refills I had in similar colors and re-inked the pad. Perfect!

For the card with the quote, I stamped the sentiment on vellum to help it stand out against the trees. I folded the ends of the vellum and secured them behind the focal panel. For the second card, I die cut the "hello" sentiment a couple of times and glued the pieces together before adding them to the card. I embellished both cards with a few die-cut coordinating leaves.

I think this background stamp would also be pretty in shades of blue with die-cut snowflakes for a winter-themed card.

Supplies:
Stamps: Tall Wheat, Sept. 2020 My Monthly Hero kit (Hero Arts)
Paper: Very Vanilla, thick Very Vanilla card stock (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Broken China, Faded Jeans Distress Oxide inks (Ranger), Onyx Black VersaFine (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Clear droplets (Pretty Pink Posh), rectangle masking stencil (Taylored Expressions), blender brushes (Picket Fence Studios)

For these harvest-themed cards, I placed a masking stencil on a thick Very Vanilla card base and then blended a few colors of Distress Oxide ink to create a sunset. I stamped the wheat stamp in black over each blended background and added a sentiment on a strip of Very Vanilla card stock. A few clear droplets finish the cards.

Supplies:
Stamps: KB's Leaf Branch, KB's Birthday Bird, Fall Colors (Endless Creations)
Paper: Whisper White, Pool Party card stock (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Mocha, Bronze Blends/Blendabilities markers (Stampin' Up!); white paint pen (Posca)
Accessories: Small Stitched rectangle Stackables dies (Lawn Fawn), gold sequins (The Makery), Art Glitter Glue (Art Institute)

With this card I originally planned to make the birds blue and the leaves red, yellow, and orange. But instead I decided to change it up and make the birds red and orange and all the leaves yellow. I wanted to get in some blue without coloring the whole sky, so I made a simple outline around all the stamped images. I made dots with the markers to add texture and shading to the images and added a few highlights with a white paint pen. I finished with a few gold sequins for a touch of sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by!