Inspired By...Tailgate Party {Happy Harvest}

It's Thursday and that means it's time for a brand-new Inspired By Challenge! I decided to create a set of three quick cards to mail out this week! Now that fall is officially here, I can get some of these autumn cards flying out the door! 

I was inspired by the leaves at the top of the photo; there just beyond the tailgate, the plaid of the thermoses, the picnic basket, the twine wrapped around the thermoses and the colors.

To begin these quick cards, I die cut the Bold Borders: Foliage Die out of Olive Twist cardstock. Normally I would stack them about 2 or three times, but for these quick designs, they just got a single layer, which looks great because of the pierced detail! I layered them onto panels of Fall Prints & Patterns pattern paper, using prints that looked like the leaves in the inspiration photo.

I used the Vintage Picnic dies to die cut the picnic baskets and then used the (retired) Vintage Picnic stamp set to stamp them. I did some simple Copic coloring to get some of the fun plaids from the photo incorporated into the design.

After the baskets were cut, stamped and colored, I stamped the pumpkins directly onto the panels of Rustic Cream cardstock as well as the "Happy Harvest" sentiments. I used Copic markers to color the pumpkins and added some highlights using a white gel pen.

I used foam squares to pop up the baskets and the panels using foam squares. I also added a quick bow of Jute Button Twine. Once that was done, I added the entire panels onto top folding A2 card bases using ScorTape. These were a lot of fun to make and I always love pulling this old set out! Thanks for fluttering by!