Autumn

This category includes autumn events – Halloween and Thanksgiving

Ghost Week – Day 1

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 1 of Ghost Week!

For someone who doesn’t celebrate Halloween, I certainly have a LOT of Halloween crafty products. Each year I tell myself ‘No more’ and each year some slip into that crafty basket.

October has been busy so I haven’t had as much crafty time as I would have liked (does one ever?!) but I just came up with the idea of Ghost Week in the hopes of making use of my new Halloween dies… let’s see how we get on!

Of course as I’m supposed to be using new products, my ghost card today uses an old Spellbinders set that I’ve had for a couple of years. I cut the ghosts from felt that has sparkly flecks and added glittery stars and the sentiment from the set to a base that I’d covered with Craft Consortium paper.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Filled pumpkin

Hello there!

Today I’m using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black from their recent Autumn release, So Very Grateful 2024, plus a few older products.

The beautiful Pumpkin Blooms die set (51-786) was the starting point for my card. At first I thought that I wouldn’t add much to the large pumpkin which measures about 8cm by 7cm at its largest points, but then I realised if I cut the top section off I could fill it with foliage and blooms!

I coloured the pumpkin first before using an edger from the Border Collection die set (51-717) to cut off the top. I layered it on top of the All in one Hexagon background die (51-816) and then the fun really began and I added die cuts from the following sets:

Leaf Layers (51-787) – also from the 2024 release

Pumpkin Parade (51-754)

Autumn Decor (51-653) – one of my all-time favourite sets – I adore that wheat die!

Pumpkins and Leaves (51-360)

I was really annoyed that I somehow managed to get a black mark on my pumpkin. I planned to disguise it with intentional ink splatters or gems but then decided that a well-positioned leaf would do the job very nicely! I also included the pumpkin top and a few more leaves.

To complete my card, I used a sentiment from the Autumn is Calling stamp set (30-863).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Lest we forget 2023

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

Ode of Remembrance, Laurence Binyon.

Card made using Penny Black supplies: Finesse die (51-769)* Jumbo Bauble die set (51-743)* and Trust Me Builder stamp set (30-710).

(* kindly sent to me by Penny Black)

Autumn Leafy Wreath

Hello everyone!

Today I’m using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black for my entry in the Color Throwdown challenge which has a combo of yellow gold, brown, red and kraft – perfect for Autumn cards!

I decided it was time to cut and colour the Fall Autumn Wreath die set  (51-479) – this set is so versatile because it has a main wreath image and then three standalone leaves to cut an position anywhere. I cut them from white card and coloured them with distress inks (Fossilised Amber, Feative Berries, Barn Door, Gathered Twigs and Frayed Burlap).

The stamp is one of my favourites from the Autumn is Calling stamp set (30-863).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Colourful Autumn Greetings

Hello everyone!

Today I’m playing along in the Color Throwdown challenge which has a combo of pink, mustard, rust and green – beautiful!

I decided that today was finally the day to break into my Altenew Leaf Mix die set. I fell in love with these dies when they were released back in the decade that was 2020. I couldn’t get hold of them until the following year, and then two autumns went by and the poor pretty set sat hidden and ignored in my ‘New Stuff’ box.

I created a few inky panels using my new Distress Mica Stains. I don’t have a pink spray (yet), but fortunately had a pink Nuvo shimmer spray which I managed to locate! I cut the panels with various dies from the set and arranged them on my card base. I felt that I needed something more so used a Spellbinders folder to dry emboss the background.

After adhering the leaves, I added a sentiment from an older Hero Arts set to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Beware of the Cat!

Hi everyone!

There’s an amazing sketch over at the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week – lots of layers!

I chose to make another Halloween card using a bargain Simon Says Stamp embossing folder and a fabulous cat stamp by Picket Fence Studios.

I stamped and embossed the cat image on vellum as I didn’t want to hide the ghosts completely. I ended up using a couple of additional layers of vellum behind the stamped image to soften the ghosts a little.

The sentiment is from the same Picket Fence Studios set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.