If autumn is your favourite season, you're in luck!
There's plenty of elements in this month's prompt that will work on an autumnal theme, and even a nod to Halloween if that's your thing!
But, as always, there's still scope for any occasion:
The focus colour for October is: Kraft
To get you started, here are a few ideas:
- Negative die-cutting – the photo of the ghost cookie reminded me about a favourite die-cutting technique of mine. Using the outline of a die as an aperture. Don't just stop at circles and plain shapes, you can create some really fab peek-a-boo effects and shaker cards with the outlines of leaf, flower, heart, and many other dies.
- Berries, boughs, foliage, florals – so many possibilities and plenty of opportunity to use Christmas-related images, bright and bold colour combinations, or autumnal tones to keep it current.
- Cosy knits and flannels – feature a knit texture, a plaid print, a woolly pompom, a herringbone or chevron pattern. Perhaps you have an embossing folder that creates a woven texture or a stamp set that can be used to create a sweater pattern or ugly Christmas jumper.
- Wood – whether a wooden slice, woodgrain texture, or wooden style chopping board, wood is a great neutral addition to any colour combination.
- Sweet treats – kraft cardstock is perfect for creating gingerbread characters or gingerbread biscuits, for example by nesting circle or heart dies to create the biscuit base and the icing layer. Apparently it's also pumpkin spice season if that's your coffee flavour of choice. Plenty of scope to feature a warm beverage of choice on your card.
- Buckets/baskets of… – use a bucket/basket as the container for other elements on your card, e.g. a Christmas tree, a floral display, a picnic (complete with a gingham pattern that also works great with kraft).
- All in a row – the shelves remind me that you can create your own shelves from strips of cardstock and display mini die-cut elements on them, think little pots/vases of flowers/cacti, Christmas stockings hanging from a mantle piece, or just elements arranged in a row for a clean and simple look.
- Animals – pets, wild animals, animals that represent a particular season, a stag silhouette against a blended night sky would look great on a Christmas card.
- Punny sentiments -they're so popular with many of the US stamp manufacturers, so you may have them in your stash. If you have a sentiment that's a play on words, get it on your card. 😉
That's it for ideas for now, happy crafting!
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