Fall in Love With Pumpkins

Pumpkins.....the epitome of fall and Halloween, in my opinion! Some of my favorite memories come flooding in.....the ones where choosing the HUGEST and plumpest pumpkin was your highest priority! Coming home with anticipation and excitement to cut into those babies....there are so many awesome and crafty ideas nowadays to dress up your pumpkins, but nothing beats the good old fashioned tradition of cutting into the pumpkin, taking out the slimy insides, and finishing it off by lighting a candle to illuminate the glowing design...seeing all your hard work and feeling the happiness of the season. Yes, that is worth more than gold. :)

This little greeting card is made with care out of hand cut paper. The pumpkins have a 3-D effect, which  I accomplished by using raised foam adhesives and finished the card off by adding a swirl of gold....an autumn breeze.

Handmade by me, Andrea Torres


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Are you nuts?!.....no, just a little a-corny!

Ooh, that title is reeal corny! :\.....Anyway, to keep us in autumn mode I want to turn the attention to the cutest nut around, the acorn! What's not to love?! They're cute (the nuts look like they're wearing little berets), plump, little, and an important source of food for wildlife.  Acorns have long been scattered all over the lawn at my parent's house, and inspired this card.

 The acorns on my greeting card are completely crafted of paper....the nuts are paint swatches and for the "little berets" I used a textured, weathered brown paper. To finish it off I added a scalloped edge of metallic gold.

Created by me, Andrea Torres

Autumn Goodness

There's a change in the air; autumn has arrived, bringing with it all the goodness of the season.....leaves changing colors and falling from their branches, pumpkins, apples, soups, ciders, shorter days, pumpkin spice candles, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and warm clothes..... among so many other things :)

To bring some of the colors of the season in and make my apartment a little more festive I styled this little set up using some items I had around!....You don't have to go out and spend tons of money, take a look a look around and try to use existing items in unique ways!

Check back with me, as I will post more autumn goodness!...I'm trying to get you in the autumn state of mind too!