Squirrel Friends Fall Scene Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi, popping in to share some fall scene cards featuring our Squirrel Friends Stamps. I challenged myself to create two different takes on the same oak tree theme using identical color palettes.

My first card pairs the squirrels, acorn, and tree stump from the Squirrel Friends Stamps with the Autumn Tree Die. This tree comes with three different types of leaves and apples to personalize it for so many different occasions and seasons. I am in love with all the ways it can be used! For my card today, I cut out the oak leaves from pale yellow cardstock and then inked them up using Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey, and Spice Marmalade distress inks. 

I had a piece of 12x12 American Crafts paper in my stash (from Shimelle Main Character Energy collection) that I used for both of my card backgrounds today. I love using subtle tone-on-tone prints to add a little interest to my projects without making them overly busy, so I'm always lurking around the clearance bins to stock up solid tone-on-tone prints with this purpose in mind. As soon as I saw this print, I knew it would be perfect for the blue skies of many of my scene-style cards. For my green hills, I blended Crushed Olive and Mowed Lawn distress inks and then cut the stitched hillsides using our Slimline Nature Border Dies.

Here's a little peek at the inside of my card with the punchline to "You're a little nutty" paying off when the recipient opens the card and sees "& I love it!" with three of the small acorns from the Squirrel Friends set.

For my second card today featuring the Squirrel Friends Stamps, I paired them with a different oak tree from our Fall Scenes Stamps. I also stamped the rake, a pile of leaves, and some other loose oak leaves from the set for my little squirrel to clean up. For my "Leaves are falling, Autumn is calling" sentiment, I used a greeting from the Happy Harvest Stamps and curved it in my Misti lid to match the curve of the fence border. I then stamped the swirling wind for my leaves from the Fall Kiddos Stamps in Hero Arts Cornflower Ink. Lastly, I stamped the tufts of grass using PinkFresh Studio Olive Ink with the small grassy images from the Tulip Path Background Stamps.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Don't forget to check out our Squirrel Friends Stamps and Squirrel Friends Dies in our online shop, which are currently on sale!

Also, check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make a point to upload tons of cute card ideas following the product image, so there are lots of ideas to scroll through, organized by set.

Supplies Used:

Squirrel Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Squirrel Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fall Kiddos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Harvest Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Tree Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tulip Path Background Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Sky Blues Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Over The Hills Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio