Feeling Like Fall

Here are my cards for the first two weeks of this month’s Viva la Verve challenges. It's starting to feel like fall here and that's reflected in both of these cards.

My first card is based on an inspiration photo featuring a tablescape with fall leaves and berries as a basis for my card. Instead of stamping an image on the oval panel, I used a dimensional die cut. The fun tree had the colors and shapes from the inspiration photo. I added some torn brown paper to the bottom of the oval to ground the tree.

I used patterned paper panels to assemble the rest of the card pretty quickly. I used my sewing machine to stitch along the edges of the patterned paper panels to fancy them up a bit and added some baker's twine and a decorative edged border to one of them. A sentiment from Verve's new Bountiful Harvest set, stamped directly on the patterned paper, completes the card. I had all of it done earlier this week--except for the sentiment. As soon as my new stamps arrived, I inked one up to finish the card.

Materials Used:
Bountiful Harvest stamp set (Verve Stamps); Summer Sunrise and Terracotta Tile cardstock, Autumn Abundance patterned paper, Terracotta Tile button (Papertrey Ink); Crumb Cake cardstock (Stampin’ Up!); Rich Cocoa ink (Memento); Pumpkin Pie layered accent (K & Company); oval dies (Spellbinders); Double Embossed Dotted Lace border punch (EK Success); baker’s twine (The Twinery); sewing machine

Here’s my card for week 2. It’s already in the hands of the recipient, who celebrated his seventh birthday on Sunday. The inspiration colors—turquoise, orange, brown, and white—were perfect for a little boy’s birthday card.

I used one of the sentiments from Verve’s Big Wish set, stamped in turquoise on a white circle. To fill in the space on the panel, I added an orange felt star and a 7-shaped brown Thicker. I think I probably should have added a button to the cluster, but it’s too late now.

I layered the image panel on an orange mat for contrast, then on a fancy edged die cut shape. I used an orange polka dotted paper panel to cover most of the square card base, then attached the die cut shape to the panel. Once everything was assembled, I added 4 copper brads, one in each corner, as a simple accent.

Materials Used:
Big Wish stamp set (Verve Stamps); Tempting Turquoise Classic ink, Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, and Whisper White cardstock (Stampin’ Up!); Happy Halloween designer paper (Echo Park); Labels 3, circle, and star dies (Spellbinders); Nutmeg Thickers (American Crafts); copper brads (Making Memories); orange felt; foam tape