I guess I got on a creative roll Sunday and Monday and was so wrapped up in making things that I didn’t take the time to blog them.  Today I’m sharing my two favorites of the four cards I made.

Because of the seasons getting ready to change here in North America, Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps had a Fall Frenzy Virtual Stamp Day with several challenges.  It seems that one of the first things people think of when they think of fall or autumn is the changing leaves.  So I printed off some digital image leaves and watercolored them with reinkers.  Then I fussy cut them and adhered them to my cards.

First off is a card that also incorporates this week’s Splitcoaststampers Clean and Simple challenge.  It’s an inspiration challenge and the photo is of a bunch of leaves with raindrops on them.  For my card, I tried to replicate the long narrow shape of the photo, so I scored lines for the decorated area of my card and scattered my watercolored leaves within that area.  I underlined the sentiment with Dew Drops to mimic the raindrops in the photo.  I took a little bit of creative license and cut the stems of the leaves much shorter than the actual image.

I used a scored border on my second card, too.  This time the border goes around the edges of the card.  The sentiment was created with alphabet stamps.

I think it’s neat to consider that these cards were made with only one and a half sheets of cardstock!  One sheet was used for the two card bases, and the half sheet was used for the leaf images.  I think they’ll be good seasonal cards to include in my early October shipment to Operation Write Home.

Supplies for today’s cards:
Leaves: Autumn Leaves digital stamp set (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Sending Love sentiment: Christmas Tags (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps)
Falling sentiment: Jessie’s ABCs (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Confetti Cream (SU); Solar White (Neenah) [for the leaves]
Ink: printer ink; Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Other: Wild Wasabi, Marigold Morning, and Riding Hood Red reinkers (Stampin’ Up); Dew Drops (Robin’s Nest)