Fall Cardigan

When I saw the Cardigan from Anthropologie that is this week's Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger, I knew I wanted to find a way to incorporate some of the gorgeous texture of the sweater into my design.

As I was searching through my studio thinking about different possibilities, I remembered a wonderful little pile of 4" fabric squares I had purchased on Etsy.  At the time, I had no idea what I was going to do with them, but I fell in love with the gorgeous fall colors and wonderful variation of textures.  I decided they were exactly what I needed.

I got out my pinking shears and cute one of the pieces into squares as my starting point.  Then I saw this week's Sweet Stop Sunday Sketch, which was the perfect way to incorporate the squares into my design.  It reminds me of the row of beautiful buttons on the sweater.

Next, I added a piece of striped fabric with wonderful ribbed texture on some of the stripes.

I added kraft, gold, and dark brown paper to bring in the rest of the colors from the cardigan.  I was trying to decide what to feature on my fabric squares, when I remembered this week's Cupcake Inspiration, a  lovely fall-themed cupcake from Key Art Studio.  

I punched some maple leaves from scraps of specialty paper and Cosmo Cricket Wanted paper, and then added a strip of the coordinating paper to help tie that gorgeous rusty red into the design.  The sentiment is an SRM Sticker, that I was able to attach directly to the fabric ... ♥ that.  

And fall is certainly here in Iowa.  Here's a recent picture I took of the new sidewalk and concrete work we had completed at our house ... with the last of the blazing orange maple trees (that are bare now after a hard freeze this week).

 

Comments

[Keva Brown]

This is so pretty. I really like the fabric squares especially. The tree in your yard is so very vibrant, too!

[Debbie Standard]

This is just gorgeous - wonderful use of color and design! Thanks for playing at The Sweet Stop!

[Kelly Schelske]

Fantastic card! Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Sweet Stop!

[E.T]

creativity at its best! I love the the fabric and paper combo.. you are right, the texture on the fabric is giving it an extra oomph! Leaves look great... the colors are excellent!

[Marilyn (mlj-mlj)]

Gorgeous card! I love the fabric squares. Pretty shot of your blazing tree and home too. Happy fall!

[Cath]

Hey Stef! What a pretty approach to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World! Thanks so much for playing along! :)

[Rachel Hope]

Gorgeous! Love the fabric feel of this, so Fall! Thanks for playing along with the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge this week!

[Lisa Cook]

Beautiful card! Love all the texture! Thanks for joining us at Cupcake Inspirations this week!

[Ida]

Wonderful fall card with great texture. So happy you joined the CIC Challenge this week.
Beautiful fall tree. My blog header shows some fall trees in our area if you'd like to take a peek.