There is something about the first fall cards of the season that makes me want to pull out all the pumpkins, warm colours and cozy drinks — and this card manages to fit a little bit of everything into one design!

For this project, I combined elements from the Hero Arts Beep Beep Bundle with the Spellbinders Merry Mugs & Kisses dies to create a warm fall coffee-card scene. I love mixing products from different collections and finding completely new ways to use them together, and these two sets ended up being such a fun pairing.

The card front is divided into four colour-blocked sections, which gave me four little areas to decorate while still keeping everything connected. I used the mug from Merry Mugs & Kisses in two opposite corners, filling each one with a rich brown drink and topping it with a big swirl of whipped cream. A tiny bit of speckling on the cream adds just enough texture to make those mugs feel extra cozy.

For the other two sections, I pulled out the fall dies from the Hero Arts Beep Beep Bundle. I layered pumpkins in different autumn shades alongside the sunflower and scattered a few of the tiny leaves around the design. Repeating those elements in opposite corners helped balance the larger mugs without making the card feel too symmetrical.

And really, there was only one sentiment this card could have:

PUMPKIN SPICE & EVERYTHING NICE

The sentiment comes from the coordinating Hero Arts stamp set in the Beep Beep Bundle. I stamped it onto a raven strip, good embossing power to make it pop & placed it right across the centre where all four sections meet. I love how that little bit of contrast pulls the entire design together.

All of the coloured cardstock on this card comes from the current Spellbinders ColorWheel Cardstock Collection, which has 48 coordinating shades. 

For this project I worked with a warm autumn palette of Alabaster, Merlot, Sicily, Carrot, Terra Cotta, Cinnamon, Saffron/Beeswax, Fawn, Fern and Truffle. The mix of creamy neutrals, pumpkin oranges, deep red, golden yellow, green and brown gives the card that unmistakable fall feeling without making everything blend into one big sea of orange.

I especially love the contrast between the Alabaster mug and background pieces and those deeper autumn shades. It gives all of those tiny die-cut details room to stand out.

This one was also a good reminder that seasonal products don’t necessarily need to stay within their original collections. A mug from one set, pumpkins and flowers from another, and a great fall sentiment were all it took to create something completely different.

Now I just need an actual pumpkin-spice drink to go with it. ☕🎃🍂

Products used: Hero Arts Beep Beep Bundle — fall dies and coordinating sentiment stamps; Spellbinders Merry Mugs & Kisses; Spellbinders ColorWheel Cardstock Collection.