Fall cards do not always have to be rust, mustard and brown! For these cards I pulled out the Taylored Expressions Triple Slim – Falling For You Stencil and gave the autumn foliage a much brighter colour palette.

I used Lawn Fawn inks in Mermaid, Juice Box, Fake Tan and Pumpkin Spice, and I love how they work together. The Mermaid adds that unexpected pop of aqua against the oranges and purples, while Fake Tan and Pumpkin Spice keep everything firmly in autumn territory.

The Triple Slim stencil makes it easy to create several different designs from one stencilled panel. I used the foliage in a few different ways — as full backgrounds, as borders framing the sentiment, and even left plenty of white space on one of the cards so the leaves could really stand out.

For a little extra dimension, I added some gold accents and die-cut leaves throughout the designs. I love the tiny bit of sparkle against all of that saturated colour, especially on the more open card design.

The sentiments were popped up over the stencilling to give them some separation from the busy backgrounds. “Thinking of You” works beautifully over the full foliage pattern, while “Sending Love Your Way” fits perfectly between the two bands of leaves.

I finished everything off with teal card bases, which pull the Mermaid ink forward and tie the whole collection together.

This is one of those stencil sets that gives you so many possibilities from a single colour combination. Same stencil, same inks — but three completely different looks.

Supplies: Taylored Expressions Triple Slim – Falling For You Stencil; Lawn Fawn inks in Mermaid, Juice Box, Fake Tan and Pumpkin Spice; white cardstock; teal cardstock; gold cardstock and embellishments.

I am definitely not finished playing with this stencil this year and will go back to my tried & true color combo of Mulled Wine, Toffee & Sweet Potato Pie 🧡❤️🤎