Leaves Leaves Leaves by Donna Coughlin. Supplies: Paper: KI Memories, Font: Cricut Base Camp, Chipboard frame: Oriental Trading Company, Other: cardstock, ink, stitching.

Design notes: After cutting out the words I dabbed ink over them and around the edges to give it that “fall” leaf look. The KI multi striped paper I cut the strips then varied the length of the strips and place them on the page. I randomly stitched with different types of stitches around some of the strips. The small frame I took leftover strips of paper and glued them on.

Autumn Leaves by Kari Sweeney. Supplies: Paper: My Mind’s Eye, Cardstock: Paper Mates, Quote circle: My Mind’s Eye, Title box: My Mind’s Eye, Buttons: SEI, Chipboard Monogram: Scrap Essentials.

Design notes: My intention with this page was to create a clean, crisp look- like autumn. I wanted to add a little punch with the patterned paper and buttons, but didn't want to overshadow the photos.

Editor’s Notes: I wholly love the idea of a two-pager to showcase all those autumn pictures. I love that Kari used clean lines and complementing color tones to accentuate, but not distract from her photographs. Notice also that Kari uses (like she said no journaling and) very few embellishments to keep the focus on those pictures; the few additions she did use complement each other and keep the flow of the page going – notice the buttons, the slightly altered circle shape and the different sized blocks used on both pages.