This You’re the Pick of the Patch Fall Card may have gotten lost in the shuffle and never got posted but if you’ve already seen it somewhere, it’s a replay! Making fall cards makes me hopeful that it might feel like fall here in Texas someday! Usually, it is December until the leaves turn to fall colors but hopefully, we get much cooler temperatures before that! The colors on this card make me feel a little cooler!
This card is made with the Pick of the Patch Stamp Set and the Them Bones Designer Series Paper. The card base is Pumpkin Pie cardstock with a layer of Basic White. You wouldn’t have to use a whole piece of Basic White if you are going to put a piece of designer paper at the bottom but you want them to overlap a little bit probably. Then cover the seam with ribbon or a strip of paper as I did here. It’s a little easier to use a whole layer of Basic White and then just cut a strip of the designer paper to whatever size you want instead of figuring out the math for the two pieces to be the right size for the card layer. In this case, I used a 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of Basic White and then a layer of patterned paper that is 5 1/4″ x 1 3/4″. The strip of Cajun Craze is 5 1/4″ x 1/2″. You could also use a strip of ribbon or another patterned paper.
The pumpkins and gourds are stamped with the Pick of the Patch Stamp Set in various colors. You can use any colors that you like and even “stamp off” if you want a lighter shade. I used Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, and Granny Apple Green. There is a Pick of the Patch Builder Punch that you might like for pumpkins. I don’t have it so I just cut out my images by hand with my Paper Snips.
Here’s a tip for using the Builder Punch. Take any piece of cardstock that fits in the punch (not too large, not too small. Punch the paper. Then use that punched-out paper as a template so you can stamp all the images that match the punch that will be lined up perfectly. Lay the template on the paper you want to stamp on, then stamp each image inside the template. Remove the template, then punch. Everything should be lined up for the punch! Or you can always just punch individual pieces with the punch.
Before adhering the Basic White cardstock layer, lay out all the pieces of the card and see where the pumpkins and gourds will go. Then stamp the vines so that they will line up with the stamped pumpkins and gourds. To fill in some empty space, stamp the little leaves around the background. To make them look like fall leaves, use Stampin’ Write Markers (not Blends). Apply the marker directly on the leaf stamp, starting with the lightest color and adding another color or two to the same stamp. Breathe (huff) on the stamp to remoisten, then stamp and you will get the multicolored stamped image!
Assemble your card, popping up some of the pumpkins if you like and adding some stamped leaves in the set. The greeting is in the Pick of the Patch Stamp Set. What a cute greeting to send to someone special! I die-cut it with the narrowest die in the Countryside Corners Dies.
The Pick of the Patch Bundle is a great set of products to have for this time of year. The stamp set even includes a jack-o-lantern face if you want to make your pumpkins for Halloween!