Fall Cards

I made this card a couple of years ago for fall. Recently my mom had hers sitting out and someone commented on it, thinking it was a store bought card. :-o

The leaves are a SU set called Autumn; the text is a small Michael's $1 stamp from a few years ago and I used the Creole Kaleidacolor ink pad and stamped on Ivory cardstock. It is matted on Really Rust paper and tied with an orangey ribbon.

Card Remake

One of the Splitcoaststampers forums that I occasionally participate in is for Clean and Simple (CAS) Cards and one of the regular weekly challenges is to give a card a makeover. I chose a card I made that I didn't like. I was trying a monochromatic theme, but just didn't like the end result. Here's the original card:

For this Makeover challenge, I colored the leaves with orange and yellow watercolor pencils and used gamsol to blend the colors. I then matted the card on a matching orange/yellow paper. Here is the end result:

I'm much happier with this version and will save it for fall and send it to someone.

Fall Cards