Posted by Spellbinders Team
on August 08, 2025
Hello crafty friends! I’m Lorena Wakefield, and I’m so excited to be back on the Spellbinders Blog as a guest designer! Today, I’m sharing a warm and whimsical trio of cards created with the Autumn Archives Collection, a delightful mix of cozy patterns, charming die cuts, BetterPress sentiments, chipboard stickers, and layered ephemera.
This collection captures everything I love about fall: rich colors, crisp leaves, and those cozy moments spent crafting indoors. Let’s take a closer look at each of my cards and how they came together:
This card is layered with playful fall icons, acorns, mushrooms, and a cheerful orange camera, all brought together with chipboard stickers. The patterned paper in the background adds a cozy, collage-like feel, while the “Sending Autumn Cheer” sentiment gives it the perfect seasonal touch. It’s a happy, nostalgic piece ideal for sending smiles.
For this card, I created a soft, autumn scene with a beautifully ink-blended tree die, set against a neutral woodgrain background to evoke that cozy fall feeling. The sentiment originally read “gather & give thanks” (from the BetterPress sentiment set), but I trimmed off the “thanks” portion and replaced it with custom die-cut letters using the Autumn Alpha Die Set. I blended each letter in coordinating shades to spell out “thanks” at the bottom of the card, giving it a playful and colorful finish. It’s a sweet way to highlight gratitude with a handmade touch.
The third card features a bold, graphic tree die layered over a blue sky background and framed by a plaid pattern. I love the modern, clean look mixed with traditional autumn hues. The “Grateful for You” sentiment is simple but heartfelt, making this the perfect card to send appreciation any time during the season.
Creating with the Autumn Archive Collection was such a joy! It’s full of textures, colors, and pieces that make cardmaking easy and fun, whether you love detailed die cuts or quick layouts with stickers and paper. I hope my cards inspire you to dive into these amazing fall supplies and get creative!
Sending Autumn Cheer
This card is layered with playful fall icons, acorns, mushrooms, and a cheerful orange camera, all brought together with chipboard stickers. The patterned paper in the background adds a cozy, collage-like feel, while the “Sending Autumn Cheer” sentiment gives it the perfect seasonal touch. It’s a happy, nostalgic piece ideal for sending smiles.
Gather & Give Thanks
For this card, I created a soft, autumn scene with a beautifully ink-blended tree die, set against a neutral woodgrain background to evoke that cozy fall feeling. The sentiment originally read “gather & give thanks” (from the BetterPress sentiment set), but I trimmed off the “thanks” portion and replaced it with custom die-cut letters using the Autumn Alpha Die Set. I blended each letter in coordinating shades to spell out “thanks” at the bottom of the card, giving it a playful and colorful finish. It’s a sweet way to highlight gratitude with a handmade touch.
Grateful for You
The third card features a bold, graphic tree die layered over a blue sky background and framed by a plaid pattern. I love the modern, clean look mixed with traditional autumn hues. The “Grateful for You” sentiment is simple but heartfelt, making this the perfect card to send appreciation any time during the season.
Creating with the Autumn Archive Collection was such a joy! It’s full of textures, colors, and pieces that make cardmaking easy and fun, whether you love detailed die cuts or quick layouts with stickers and paper. I hope my cards inspire you to dive into these amazing fall supplies and get creative!
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6 comments
Thank you so much Ann! Your support warm my heart! ❤️
Greetings Lorena - WOW !!! - I just love this set of cards - you did such a fabulous job - it is sheer pleasure to see how you put all these colors together and the thought of using some non-traditional is the cats meow - the composition of the cards are spot on :) - love the backgrounds on all the cards but my favorite is the ‘’ wood ’’ panel for some reason - everything just seems to pop out at you - anyone receiving these cards would be wowed by them - keep up the great job !!! :) - HUGS - Ann
Thank you so much Amy ❤️
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on fall colors. I completely understand that we each picture autumn a little differently depending on what we’ve seen and experienced. For me, the inspiration for these cards came from a painting I have in my family home of an autumn scene with red maples that have leaves in shades of red, pink, and even purple. I’ve always associated those colors with fall, so I wanted to bring that personal connection into my design. I love that we all see the season in unique ways, it’s what makes sharing creativity so interesting!
To me, these colors do not scream fall. Pinks are not something you see in nature in the fall and I’m left wondering why
so many card makers are trying to put it into fall cards… rich burgundy, golds, yellows are dark greens come to mind when one thinks of fall.
I realize that color choices go in cycles as far as fashion goes, and there are many times when they just do not fly.
I think pink in fall is one of those times.
(nothing against this card maker… I think companies push the colors… good or bad, so people just follow their outlines)