Autumn Leaves & Pumpkins for Sparkles Monthly

Fall, Holidays, Newton's Nook, Seasons, Thanksgiving

Hello friends!  I hope that your October month is going well so far.  We’re starting to get some noticeably cooler temps in the forecast as we creep towards Halloween at the end of the month.  Love this time of year when those leaves start showing their pretty colors as they fall from the trees!  We should be getting that soon as well to clean up the yard! LOL

This brings us to a new monthly challenge over at Sparkles Monthly and we have the theme of “AUTUMN LEAVES & PUMPKINS”  this month.  I look forward to seeing all of the projects in the gallery for this one.  Here’s what I came up with: 

I fell in love with this cute scarecrow from Newton’s Nook called Autumn Fields and I knew that I wanted to use it for this challenge.  I colored up the image along with a few pumpkins and cut them out in the coordinating dies.  I was going to add a couple of leaves for the background, but I thought it would be cool to pull out the NN Fabulous Fall Toner Card Fronts and ink blend over it for the background.  So I gold foiled the background and blended some various inks to create the background scene for the scarecrow.

I die cut a grassy hill border from Lawn Fawn and inked the blades with a gold ink pad and layered that onto my foiled leaves background.  I tucked in the scarecrow and pumpkins for grounding and then white heat embossed a sentiment (from the scarecrow set) that was cut out with a banner die (from MFT- closed).  I also used the gold ink pad around that as well.

I cut out the entire layered panel with a cross-stitched rectangle die from Lawn Fawn and then used a scalloped rectangle die from Taylored Expressions cut from white cardstock to layer behind it.  I attached everything to an A2 side folding card base in the Latte color from Taylored Expressions.

  • Hope you’ve enjoyed my card and will hop on over to the challenge blog to check out what the rest of the design team has made for inspiration.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!!

Challenges:

  1. Try it On Tuesday – Autumn Colors
  2. Pammie’s Inky Pinkies – PIP2541 Anything Goes
  3. Four Seasons – Anything Goes Fall
  4. Pearly Sparkles – Pumpkins and/or Fall Leaves
  5. Creative Fingers – Anything Goes
  6. Stamping Sensations – Autumn/Anything Goes
  7. We Love Stamping – Anything Autumn/Anything Goes
  8. Cupcake Inspirations – Fall Harvest
  9. Aud Sentiments – Ink Blending and/or Fall/Thanksgiving + sentiment
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27 thoughts on “Autumn Leaves & Pumpkins for Sparkles Monthly”

  8. I do love this fall scene. That scarecrow is adorable, and I can see why you had to have him. And the foiling is gorgeous. I have never done any foiling but it’s tempting to learn after seeing that beautiful background. Perfect for golden October. Hope it’s not too hot your way as I saw the forecast this morning and it looked like the middle of the country was in a heat wave. Hugs-Erika

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    1. It has cooled down a little bit over here. Getting some rain tomorrow and then it will cool down some more. We get winds from both the south and the north at the same time, so we never know which weather we’ll be getting. LOL Enjoy the Autumn my friend!

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  20. This is so sweet!! I love your fun background. Your shiny leaves are fabulous. Thank you for playing with us this week at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge.

    Nora

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    Cupcake Inspirations Challenge

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  21. Your card radiates autumn warmth and charm—the gold foiled leafy background is absolutely magical and sets such a rich, seasonal tone. I love how the scarecrow and pumpkins feel nestled into the scene, like they’re part of a cozy harvest story. The gold ink details and layered dies add so much texture and depth, and your ink blending is beautifully done. This piece feels like a celebration of fall in every way!

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