It's Officially Fall.

Brrrrrr! I woke up to 28º, but I'm not complaining.  (Any excuse to wear scarves and take a detour to the Starbuck's drive-thru for a hot latte, and I'll take it!)  So if you're feeling the fall mood like me, you're gonna need to get yourself one of the October Jenni Bowlin kits:

 

And if you're feeling really crafty, grab the Add-On Kit as well:

Yummy, right?  And oh-so-fallish. (Though you'll see from my pages the kit is definitely not limited to Halloween and autumn photos.)  Here's what I've done with them so far:

cardstock (Core'dinations) + floral template (Crafter's Workshop) + spray mist (Maya Road) + patterned paper (Basic Grey) + punch (EK Success) + stickers & flower (Sassafras Lass) + vintage ledger paper + bread tie (Nikki Sivilis)

This kit is perfect for those pumpkin photos!  I used the floral mask + orange mist to create a subtle tone-on-tone background.  The title was made from the left-over edges of the letter stickers. (The ones that are left on the sheet after you peel the letters off.) I trimmed them out, stuck them to the ledger paper, and then trimmed the paper to match the orange outline.

On a completely unrelated note, the carving technique we used on the left pumpkin (peeling away only the orange skin and not cutting through the flesh of the pumpkin) was AWESOME.  You don't have to clean out the pumpkin guts (bonus!) and the pumpkin lasts much longer without shriveling up and caving in like a little old man. :)

patterned paper (Basic Grey, Jenni Bowin) + template (Crafter's Workshop) + spray mist (Maya Road) + rub on (Jenni Bowlin) + stickers (Sassafras Lass) + flower (Maya Road) + velvet leaf

I love this quote from Jimmy Buffett and thought it needed a page of it's own.  This photo of the kiddos at the Denver Zoo was perfect for it.  I used the smaller starburst template + charcoal mist to create the background, and then applied the cream JBS rub on.  I added touches of orange with the title, flower, and file tab (I traced an actual tab on the orange JBS paper and cut it out.)  A few final touches include some stitching and outlining the title letters with a thin black pen.

cardstock (Core'dinations) + patterned paper (Basic Grey, Jenni Bowlin) + bingo cards (Jenni Bowlin) + circle cutter (Creative Memories) + stickers (Sassafras Lass)

Can you say super simple circles?  Yep, that's this page.  I used my trusty CM circle cutter to cut various sizes, lightly inked the edges, and layered them as a the frame for my photos.  I mounted the letter stickers on black cardstock and trimmed them out to give them a bit of pop.

patterned paper (Basic Grey, Sassafras Lass) + journal card (Jenni Bowlin) + flowers (Sassafras Lass) + rub ons (Maya Road) + rhinestones (Basic Grey) + fonts (Clarendon, Cursive Standard, Optima) + buttons

See, here is a decidedly non-fall page!  I adore this fun, colorful Sass paper and chose to highlight the aqua and orange hues.  The photos are printed super small (2.25 x 1.5).  I set up the title in Adobe Illustrator (but you could easily do this in Word, as well) and assigned each letter a different font & size, adjusting the baseline of each for a playful look.  I reversed it and printed it on the backside of textured cardstock, and then hand-cut it out.

Be sure and check out the entire design team gallery over at JBS Mercantile.  And stop back on October 15, when we'll be debuting a new mid-month gallery with even more ideas on how to use this kit.

Whew...that's one long post.  And even though it's wiped me out, I'm gonna be tough and keep my plans to attend another Body Pump class in about an hour.  Yes, you heard me right!  I'm not wimpin' out, people!  Besides, how else can I finish off that box of jelly donuts without guilt?  :)

Have a good weekend!