Fall and Halloween Projects to kick off October 2021!

Hello my sweet crafty friends! Happy October! Yay! October and November are my two favorite months of the year. So excited for the sweet spot of Autumn to be here. All the activities and holidays and fall crafting are upon us. I'm wishing you a blessed and happy Autumn weekend! We are celebrating our wedding anniversary this weekend so that's super fabulous. Lots and lots of good things going on. 

I thought I would kick off October/Fall with not one, not two, but THREE cards today! I got a lovely shipment of supplies from Taylored Expressions and I couldn't wait to make some pretty things. So this is a long post with lots of good stuff. One Fall card, one Thanksgiving card, and one Halloween card. I got it all covered. LOLZ. I hope I put you in the mood for some pumpkin spice and everything nice today. XO

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I've said it before, and I'll say it again…. I have fully jumped on the Stencil train, and it has left the station! My first card is made with the gorgeous new Autumn Array stencils, stamps, and dies combo. The finished card is an A kraft card base. Lots of delicious fall tones and that beautiful floral is the star of the show…

 

This stencil set is GORGEOUS! The green leaves are a stamp, then the rest of the image is all stenciling. I used orange, yellow and red to make a Fall bouquet. It's so easy to get good results. The stencils line up perfectly and I used my Blender Brushes to add the colors. You can see I did some shading with two colors on the petals. 

 

The Handlettered series of stamps is fab!! I heat embossed the sentiment onto a vellum strip with gold embossing powder for a classy look.

 

I splashed the entire thing with gold paint… You know I love gold splatters. I may have gone overboard here!!!! It's a LOT of gold!!

 

Here's a close up of the AMAZING Swirls cut plate I used for the background. ACK. SO pretty!!!!!

 

 

 

Next up is my happy, not scary, Halloween Card. I used traditional colors of black, orange and white, accented with some purple and green. The finished card is an A2 card base. I used the new Full Circle Halloween stamp set and the great Layer It Pumpkins dies (hint – I used them in card #3 too)! I layered black, white and gingham papers for more fun.

 

I used the layer it pumpkins dies and the new Jack-o-Lantern cutting plate (to make the faces)…. OMG these two things together are perfection!!! I used distress inks over colored cardstock to make the shading on the pumpkins. I splattered on some ink too. Aren't they adorable??!! 

 

I stamped and colored the Full Circle Halloween image with Copic Markers. I added bits and bobs of glitter too. I layered a stitched circle over the stamped image, with foam tape. I sprinkled on some bats for fun.

 

 

 

Another close up look at those pumpkins.

 

 

 

My final card for today was inspired by my very own home decorations! I have tons of pumpkins around the house – all types – felt, sweater, real, fake, tweed, etc. etc. So I got the idea – wonder if I can make a paper sweater pumpkin?! I think I succeeded!! This finished card is an A2 cream card base. I created it to look like my home! Wallpaper, and a table full of pumpkins!

I used the very same pumpkin dies as in the Halloween card above!! These are a great staple product for fall time. 

 

To create the sweater pumpkin I die cut the pumpkin from cream cardstock. Then I ran it through the cable knit embossing folder! Voila! It came out just right! I also made some pretty felt pumpkins using the best felt!!! (Supplies are at the bottom of my post)

 

I used a stencil to make some 'wallpaper' behind the pumpkin scene….then stamped my sentiment in brown ink. I wrapped some twine around the top layered pieces and used a bit of orange gingham to finish it!! I felt like the pumpkins needed some definition so I used Copic Markers to color directly onto the felt. It worked out just fine.

 

 

 

Happy FALL Y'all!!!

 

These are just a few of the pumpkins I have decorating my house! See the inspiration?!

 

 

 

 

Okay, friends, I'm off to go to the movies with the hubs and enjoy a lovely Fall weekend. I'm sending fall hugs your way right now! As always, thanks for stopping by today! XOXO 

Next week is The Greetery Christmas Release Week! OH boy oh boy oh boy are you in for a treat. My projects are made and I cannot wait to share them with you!! 

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