Leaves captured

The leaves have changed from green into their vibrant autumn colors...and now they are dropping...quickly.

So, I thought I better quick make some cards to celebrate and capture this ever-changing season. Used my new Tim Holtz "blueprint" stamp of an oak leaf for the background and then added several colors and some clear embossing powder to highlight and pop the one on the corner. A few punches of my "Oakey Dokey" Fiskars squeeze punch and bonus points for digging out the sewing machine too!  This was how I celebrated "World Card-Making Day" on Saturday. How did you participate?

Hope you get some time this week to "sit and watch the leaves turn". This season will be over before you know it.

 

Impressions

This idea came to me while I was walking through the leaves.  Why not take a leaf and create a  background with it.  I'm not talking about what the kids do with leaf rubbing, although that would work too.  What I did was use a leaf as a stamp.

First I dug around to find a leaf that was a little damp still and I flattened it out between two magazines for about a half of hour.  Then I grabbed my ink pad and went to work.  I inked the leaf on scrap paper and then pressed it to my card stock over and over until I liked the look.

After inking and stamping many times I got the look I had in mind.  There is no pattern it's just random, I decided to leave the pattern look to the paper.

I mounted it on paper, which is from my stash so unfortunately I cannot tell you who the manufacturer is.  I like the touch of pink in the plaid paper and the brown in the paper coordinated with my leaf stamping.

Then I was ready to add my embellishments and stamped image.  The stamp is from The Greeting Farm and was colored using Copic Markers.  The leaves and acorn are all Sassafras Lass die cuts.  I did end up turning the card to portrait because it just worked better when I started to add the finishing touches.  I decided to keep it simple so I did "leaf" it alone after just a few embellishments.

  Happy Stamping!

Celebrating Fall~

Fall is in the air, that is for sure!  We had our first frost last week so the garden is looking a bit burned.  We are still green but the leaves are turning yellow.  I love fall and I love to scrapbook fall~with that being said here are a few I have done in the last couple of weeks, celebrating fall!!

On this one I used Jillibean Soup, Epiphany Craft's Scallop bubble cap, Epiphany Craft's Oval bubble cap and Jenni Bowlin.

The lettering is by American Crafts and Cosmo Cricket.  The paper colors are so perfect for these pumpkin photos~almost the same amazing colors!!! The embellishments are adhered with Helmar 450.

This one I used several different Jenni Bowlin pattern papers and made the border  under the photos.   The camera stamp is by Unity and the stars are by Epiphany Crafts.  The embellishments are by Jenni Bowlin, Making Memories and Darkroon Door.

I live on a ranch in Texas and one of my favorite things to do, in the fall, is to take a ride around the ranch.  You never know what you will see.  Deer are moving at dusk and the wild hogs are settling in for the night {only to get back up and root up the pastures}.  Enjoy the cool breeze and I'll 

 see ya soon!!  by: C. Mercer

Fall in Oslo

Hi all.

It's Gudrun here from Oslo, Norway.

We have really beautiful fall here at the moment.

colors popping out everywhere. I really love this season. Love the cool, crisp air, the new start at school, the new possibilities that fall always seems to bring around. And of course I Love the COLORS:  :)

I love taking my family for a walk along the fjord or in the woods that surround our city. I find so much inspiration in the nature at this time of the year.

The layout I wanted to share with you today is all about celebrating fall.

"HØST" - in norwegian.  :)

Added some "birds on a line" rubon. The birds will soon leave for warmer countries, and we are happy to still have them here for a while, singing their lovely tunes.

I have cut all my favorite photos from a little Hike into squares, to make my layout more "tidy".

Love the "whimsy" grid look when the pictures are not too straight.

Some brown and light colored flowers add a bit of dimension, and are mimicing fall flowers and leaves.

Added a cotton twine along one side ....wanted the layout to be a bit "messy" like the leaves on the ground, the wind and the last pieces of old flowers.

Some mist along the edges added the last splash of grungy fall feel to this layout.

Hope this inspires you to grab your fall pictures and make a layout inspired by how fall seems to be at your place.

Have a wonderful weekend.

love

gudrun

Mid Month Digi Freebie

Welcome to our mid month digital freebie. We have a little mini kit for you today in beautiful autumnal shades.

Ideal for a couple of pages to celebrate the season. Sorry link expired.

Wednesday Freebie

Welcome to our Wednesday freebie here at ScrapStreet. A mini digi kit awaits you this week! In warm shades and lovely textures, you can use this for your Thanksgiving and family projects.


You can download it here and be sure to show us your creations! Don't forget if you want to be in our new Digital/Hybrid Magazine or join the Team, check out the post below... it will be such fun!

Wednesday Freebie

Welcome to our digital freebie day! This week we have a mini kit for you called Autumn Glory. A couple of papers and a handful of elements will let you make some fun Fall layouts.


To get your copy click *Link Removed* and be sure to leave us some love and show us your creations!

Autumn Freebie

Welcome to our Wednesday freebie - the last for September. With the months starting to turn cooler in the morning and evening (except for you California people!) and October soon upon us, we have a quickpage that is a little heritage and a little autumnal in style.


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Autumnal Freebie

Welcome to our Wednesday Freebie! This week we have a beautiful autumnal alpha for you in lovely, swirly, pearlised shades of fall. With uppercase letters and numbers and a sprinkle of punctuation, this will make super monograms or titles for your layouts! Drop shadows are for the preview only.


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September Free Kit

Welcome to September and a big Happy Birthday to ScrapStreet and its owner Dora! We have a free kit for you in store, called Art Palette Page Kit. This comes to you with the compliments of our September Digital Discovery Designer Cilenia Curtis (read all about her in our magazine and check out her coupon!)

Make sure you stay with us this month for some super freebie treats and celebrations!


You can get your copy *Link Removed* in store (you must be registered first, but then feel free to snaffle any of our freebies or $1 kits you may have missed!)

The Thankful Season

Is upon us.... even if you do not have reason to celebrate Thanksgiving, there is always some reason to be grateful and give thanks. Our designer Rachness is taking a break from designing and is leaving us with this beautiful kit Thankful. With soft and almost retro colors, it will lend grace and style to your layouts.

You can get your copy here in our store

Don't forget to check out what else we have in store for you........ and Happy Thanksgiving!