Even though ....

.... we're back in school, I do like Autumn!  It's my second-favourite season, after Winter (yes, I am a strange person - it's not like we usually even get a proper wintery Winter!).  And, as usual, as soon as school starts up after the hols, the weather becomes beautiful!  It's been a lovely week thus far, sunny blue skies and warm dry days.

It's PaperPlay day again, and this week our seasonal challenge is "Autumnal Tags" - we want participants to either make a tag or a card with a tag on it, featuring Autumnal colours.  We're sponsored this week by Simon Says Stamp, the lucky winner will receive a storecard.

I made this for my friend's son who has just turned 21 (eek, he was almost 3 when I first met him!):

I used the sketch from this week's Sketch Saturday, and I'm also entering this into the following: Papertake Weekly ("Anything Goes"), ABC Challenge ("Wishes"), Simon Says Stamp ("Put a Stamp on it"), Cute Card Thursday ("Autumn Gold") and Card Crafters Circle ("For the Fellas").

I used a Kenny K image that is perfect for the birthday guy - he's a real boy racer.  I went to a scrapbooking class a few weeks ago - we were using these gorgeous Tim Holtz Destination papers.  We made a vintage suitcase first, which I love (boxes to put things into are a teeny compulsion of mine!), and then we started making an album to put in it - at which point I stopped, 'cos I wanted to use my papers for cards instead!!!  So glad I did that!  Here's a close-up of the image:

 

Recipe:

Image: Kenny K "Maximum Mud"

Papers: Tim Holtz "Destinations"

Colouring Medium: Promarkers

Other: Corrugated card, glossy accents, eyelets, ball chain, needle + thread

 

Thanks for looking!