Finding Fall Colors

HAPPY OCTOBER 1ST everyone, it is definitely looking like fall outside with all the reds, oranges, browns and golds. I just love Autumn...... its one my favorite seasons of the year (the other is summer)! Recently, I had a very optimistic friend question my love for this time of year, "Why would you like fall, it only means that the most wonderful season is over and that winter is on its way? It's always dark and dreary and you can't  garden and camp any more..."  Yes, so maybe there are some down sides, like night arriving much, much earlier but to me fall means a whole lot more. I love that the crisp weather does not require a big winter coat, just a sweater or a light coat will be enough to keep warm. I also love sipping my favourite fall tea:  gingerbread  and making sugar cookies with my little man.  Lastly, Autumn also means putting away my flower pots and setting up my hay bails, scarecrows and pumpkins on my front steps. Overall, its just a beautiful season.

I loved the fact that the September layout for my monthly scrapbook class was based on Autumn. This is one of the very few layouts that I have completed in 2 years that does not contain any photos of Raydn. Its actually the first layout where there are not any people in it at all. I focused on the fall colours that were in my yard, the red vines, the golden leaves and my red and orange coloured lilies.
The technique we used this month was alcohol inking and glimmer misting with perfect pearls (I just love them..), all on kraft glassine, vellum, acrylic and foil leaves. We used the memory keepers paper line "Autumn Splender", very, very beautiful paper. I actually changed the layout a bit but accidentally. I made a wrong cut and ended up loving the change. I was one that used to worry about making mistakes in classes but now I'm much more slacked. You end up being the only one who knows there even was one. I loved working on this layout, it wasn't as much detail as we usually do but I think it is definitely one of my favourites. My next post will be something by me, I found the most beautiful paper the other day and am super excited to get started.

Below and above:

The alcohol inks used were rust, butterscotch and cranberry.

They were then misted with copper perfect pearls.

Created by Roxanne Olsen and Put together

by Rhonda Witzke