Pumpkin Spice Cards

Hi Simple fans, Audrey here! Today I have some fall card ideas to share with you, made with our adorable new autumn-inspired collection, Pumpkin Spice. [1] I absolutely love the warm colors and prints in the Pumpkin Spice collection. For my first card, I pulled together an earthy palette of patterned papers for my jumping off point. The green and brown prints have a natural feel that work well all year round, but bringing in a touch of orange and russet definitely says fall is here. [2] I always love working with the chipboard pieces on card designs, as they provide a great framework for my focal point. In this case, a cute fall garden scene made up of die cuts from the Bits & Pieces ephemera pack. I added a die cut cloud image above the frame to extend the view, and popped some of the images up with foam adhesive for a bit of extra dimension. [3] The background is made up of a mixture of prints from the 12x12 Collection Kit and the Simple Basics Kit. I added machine stitching to help define the layers. And a scalloped cardstock sticker snipped into several sections adds a final little detail and pulls it all together. [4] My second card is a smaller 3.5" x 5" design, that also utilizes a fun Pumpkin Spice chipboard frame to ground my happy little fall scene. [5] Simple Stories offers so many awesome embellishment choices, that it really is easy to create adorable focal point scenes. This one is made up of more Bits & Pieces die cuts along with that cute chipboard pumpkin. The backing is one of the 3x4 journaling cards from the SN@P packs. Love the green slope. Makes an instant hilly background with literally no effort. [6] The card base was once again pieced from the 12x12 papers with a thin sliver of the Simple Basics prints. Simple and sweet! I hope you enjoy!