I just LOVE Fall! It's my FAVORITE time of year!

The cards that I am sharing here are cards that we made at my UL Nancy's just a few weeks ago.. many of the supplies used were from the NEW Holiday Mini and once I receive my order I will be making more to have on hand for the Holidays.. This first card was created using the Day of Gratitude set and the Autumn Spice designer paper. The base layer is Cajun Craze embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and a piece of the Autumn Spice DSP at the bottom.. then Old Olive and More Mustard cardstock were used for the medallion piece which was layered over Early Espresso Satin ribbon and then finished off with a Cajun Craze button tied off with linen thread. You have the option to sponge the cardstock if you like.. I used Cajun Craze over  the embossed piece and around the bottom layer of Autumn Spice, Early Espresso on the Old Olive piece and More Mustard around the top layer of the medallion ... and there you go!

This is another Fall card created using the Day of Gratitude set.. Love it!! We used the Scallop hand punch and the NEW Sizzix Die called Scallop Squares Duo getting that nice scallop layer effect! You'll use More Mustard as the card base, a piece of Early Espresso as the base layer adding a layer of Cajun Craze which you run through the Bis shot with the Square Lattice embossing folder.. I just love this folder and the dimension you get! To create the scallop squares you'll need Old Olive and More Mustard cardstock using the hand scallop punch and then the Autumn Spice designer paper with the Sizzix Die Scallop Squares Duo (found in the Holiday Mini). The card was finished off with a piece of Early Espresso Satin ribbon tied off in a knot.

With this card you will need a base layer of Old Olive cardstock and the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.. run it through the Big Shot to get that nice dimension, wrap a piece of Early Espresso satin ribbon around the card front and tie off in a knot .. for the Medallion you will need a piece of Early Espresso and Cajun Craze (running the cajun craze through the big shot with the square lattice embossing folder).. grab your scallop hand punch and punch 4 squares out of the Autumn Spice designer paper, layer and adhere them onto the Cajun Craze.. stamp the sentiment from the Day of Gratitude set onto a piece of More Mustard cardstock and then punch it out using the NEW Decorative Label punch found in the Mini...sponge around it with More Mustard and layer it with stampin' dimensionals then place stampin dimensionals on the back of the Medallion, place that over the ribbon and your done!

The above photo shows you that you CAN use what you have on hand.. I am waiting on my order and did not have the Early Espresso satin ribbon, nor did I have the Decorative Label punch so I used what I had and I think they came out just as nice! The center one was done at my UL Nancy's house and the ones on the right and left were what I did when I got home using  Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon and a spellbinders die which I thought was pretty close to the original punch design..sooo grab what you have and give it a try!

Make sure to check back, I'll be sharing more cards created at our group meeting, I just don't want to overwhelm and make this a really long post!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Sherry