Right as Rain - Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis

Fall Is in the Air: Cards to Celebrate the Season

Fall is in the air. You can see it everywhere right now. Magazine covers are filled with cozy fall meals, autumn decorating, and pumpkins. And while fall technically lasts for months, it feels like such a short season when it comes to crafting. Before we know it, we’re thinking about Christmas cards. I want to embrace fall while it’s here.

This roundup is all about non-Halloween fall cards that feel like fall. Click on the photo to visit the original post for additional details. Please note: some of the products used may no longer be available. This roundup is intended to provide inspiration rather than serve as a current shopping guide.

I use these roundups as a visual roadmap for my own crafting. Seeing everything together helps me remember what I already own, spot supplies I’ve forgotten about, and identify the things that might be worth adding to my collection.

The pumpkin is instantly recognizable as seasonal. In these die-cut designs, a whimsical house for a squirrel, a cozy home for woodland creatures, and the focal point of a card with florals.

There’s something especially appealing about imagining how woodland creatures might enjoy fall. A wagon ride with pumpkins or a cozy spot to curl up turns familiar autumn motifs into charming little die-cut scenes.

I also love fall cards that make me feel like I could step right into the scene. These watercolored designs do that, one a porch scene featuring a cat and dog and the other a pickup loaded with seasonal goodies. Both capture the atmosphere of the season.

Fall has a wonderful richness that translates beautifully to cardmaking. For me, that’s part of the appeal of fall cardmaking: to capture the warmth of the season before it disappears. I am looking for ways to include cozy textures and the fall color palette in my choices of cardstock, embossing folders, and patterned paper.

Penny Black | Thanks a Bunch

Hello! This card features one of the Penny Black Flower of the Month offerings, Dainty Daisies and Hand-Picked. A tag on the pitcher includes the “Thanks a Bunch” sentiment. I stamped and watercolored the floral elements and the pitcher. Once dry, I cut them with their coordinating die sets (Dainty Daisies cut-out and Hand-Picked cut-out). The elements were placed on a tone-on-tone background (Enlightened) cut with a shaped die (Graceful Stackers) to give the design extra interest without competing with the flowers. The result is a simple, fresh card that feels like a little bouquet of gratitude.

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Penny Black | Die-Cut Flowers

Hello! My first idea for this friendship and/or encouragement card, created with Penny Black supplies, was to watercolor the die cuts, inspired by Jill Foster’s beautiful watercoloring techniques. But I wasn’t happy with how my flowers were turning out, so I went back to one of my trusted techniques: die-cutting the five-petal flowers (Company of Flowers) and foliage (Ascending) and coloring them with Distress Oxide Inks.

I tucked the floral/foliage elements into the All-In-One Oval frame opening, which was backed with an inked and dry-embossed background (Encircle folder). The “Start This Day with a Smile” sentiment (Positivity) has its own coordinating die, which makes placement easy.

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Art Impressions | Loungin’ Linda

Hello! I’m back with another card that combines a watercolor image from Art Impressions with one of the coordinating pre-printed backgrounds. After using this approach on a gardening-themed card, I wanted to try it again with Loungin’ Linda. The beach scene does much of the work of creating a setting, while Linda adds the personality. I cut the sentiment with a circle die and positioned it so the circle extends off the top edge of the card, creating a partial sun that covers the sun printed on the background.

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Penny Black Petals | Polaroid Frame

Hello! I’m continuing my adventure through Penny Black’s Petals stamp set with a third card, this time giving another sweet image a Polaroid-style frame (Penny Black 51-057 Polaroid die set). The sentiment (30-562 Golden Dance stamp set) is stamped directly onto the frame, with patterned paper tucked behind it and the watercolored girl popped up on the front for added dimension. A dry-embossed background (Penny Black Texture embossing folder) adds another layer of subtle texture. It’s been fun rediscovering the joy of using an entire stamp set and seeing how each image can inspire a different design.

You can see my other cards with the stamp set HERE and HERE.

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