September Swaps

Today I've got September swaps.  First, the swap card that I sent to my swap partner (see above).  The theme was FALL.

I knew I wanted to use the scarecrow dies that I got recently.  I cut the pieces for it from misc fall paper scraps - then wondered what I could use to go with it for a card front.  I found this "hay" paper in my stash and decided it would make a perfect backdrop for my scarecrow.  I also found some decorative pieces in my stash that I thought might go well with it - sentiments & pumpkin.  However, I soon saw that they faded into the background instead of standing out like I wanted them to.  So, I took a piece of white paper, inked it to blend in a bit, and glued it in place before adding all my decorative elements.

Inside:

Inside, I added a border of the straw paper with another embellishment from my stash.  The sentiments were stamped using stamps from Crafter's Companion Compenium (CCC) - sheets called Thank You and Thinking of You.

Materials Swap - My Materials:

The kit I sent was made up of white & green card stock, a printed wood grain (freebie from Debbi Moore - colored with distress ink so the color coordinated better, a piece of freezer paper prepared napkin, ribbons, and misc embellishments & sentiment from my stash.

My Card:

The focal is a piece of inked white paper - with leaves/acorns fussy cut from the prepared napkin and matted with green card stock.  I also matted the sentiment & embellishments.  I used double ribbon to create a border - and then a snippet of one to create an embellishment for the sentiment.

Inside:

Inside, is a border made from leftover wood grain paper, green card stock, matted embellishment, and fussy cut acorns from the prepared napkin.

Her Materials:

She included some gorgeous metallics as well as a die cut background, but I decided to save them for another card and focused on the die cuts and green piece. 

My Card:

She had sent an extra piece of white card stock which I used with inks to create a background piece for the pumpkin and the brown strip.  I also decided to flip the leaves and ink the back of them and use that side on my card.I embossed the background with my new Spellbinders 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" embossing folder called Scattered Fall.  The sentiment was die cut from a Spellbinders set called Merry Everything.

Inside:

As you can see, I used narrow leftover strips from the card front to form a border on the inside.  Then I stamped a greeting using stamps from May May Made It called Blessed Inside and Out.