Fall Leaves

The current challenge at Time Out is Season, and multiple interpretations of that word can be used. 

The first thing that came to my mind was Autumn. Although there are aspects of the upcoming season I love—fall colors, sweater weather—I’m always somewhat ambivalent about its approach. In Western New York, autumn typically precedes a long, cold, and frequently dark winter. This year I’m dreading it more than usual since the pandemic will require us to move back inside where we’ll be more isolated than ever again. We’ve had fabulous summer weather and have spend a lot of time outdoors—walking, biking, and social distancing with friends on our patio or their decks. I’m not ready to give it up! 

However, this soft, muted card says Autumn to me:

Except for the Stitched Rectangle die by Simon Says, most of the ingredients for the card are from The Greetery. The background was stamped with the “Window Pane Plaid” in Fine Linen ink (PTI). The arrangement of leaves and berries are from “Sealed with a Kiss,” stamped and enhanced with Polychromos pencils.

Once the leaves were arranged, I tied some twine around the panel and attached a birthday greeting from “Sentiment Suite: Birthday” on an accompanying “Sentiment Suite” tag. 

Finally, it was all adhered to a card base of Fine Linen cardstock by Papertrey Ink.

I’m also entering this in the CASe This Sketch challenge. The sketch was designed by a good friend, and although I took some liberty with it, I think it shares the basic elements.