Challenges by AR-Fall Fun

It’s time for the latest challenge from Challenges by AR. Lisa’s our hostess this time and we’re being generously sponsored by MyGrafico.


Our theme this go-round is fall and Halloween projects using Adela's templates. I used elements from MyGrafico’s Spooktacular and Falling for Autumn Elements collections to decorate Adela’s cupcake basket template.

I printed the basket template on a pretty deep red cardstock, then cut the basket out and used my ScorPal and ScorTape to assemble it. I printed the orange plaid paper from the Spooktacular collection on matte photo paper and cut panels of the paper to dress up the sides of the basket. A piece of red grosgrain ribbon, embellished with a wooden button tied with a little baker's twine, is wrapped around the basket.

To match the challenge's fall theme, instead of putting a cupcake inside of the basket, I replaced it with a seasonally appropriate nut-covered caramel apple (yum!) wrapped up in a clear plastic bag. With a few modifications, the apple was a perfect fit for the basket. I made holes in the tops of the handles to accommodate the stick in the apple, then set it in the basket.

I made a coordinating tag to attach to the apple using a strip of the same patterned paper as I did on the basket, plus a leaf element from the Falling for Autumn Elements collection. A fun apple-themed sentiment stamped on the tag finished things off.

Be sure to check out what the rest of the talented Challenges by AR team has cooked up for you. And, you can play along, too. Just create a shaped card or 3d item with a fall or Halloween theme and link it to the post on the Challenges by AR blog and one challenge participant will win a free set of their choice from MYGRAFICO.

Materials Used:
cupcake basket template (Creations by AR); Falling for You stamp set (Paper Smooches); Memento Rich Cocoa ink (Tsukineko); Lipstick Red cardstock (Gina K Designs); Spooktacular and Falling for Autumn Elements Collections (MyGrafico); Crumb Cake cardstock (Stampin' Up!); red grosgrain ribbon (Michaels); orange baker's twine (Divine Twine); wooden button (Simplicity); ScorPal, Scor Tape; foam tape