October Love with Kira

Hey friends!  It's Kira.  I know, I know...October is over.  But let me reminisce about it a bit, okay?  I live in San Antonio, and our Octobers are typically like a more mild summer, except this year we got some cold weather that made my Seattle native heart so happy!  Anyway, October is definitely my favorite month.  So much so, that I felt the need to document it.

One of my favorite cut files from The Cut Shoppe is Autumn Acres.  I've used it multiple times on a plethora of layouts.  If you haven't picked it up in the shop yet, go do it!  It's such a versatile cut file!  I hadn't used this leaf shape before, which is basically the reason I decided to use it on this layout.

I started with this rainbow background paper from the new Paige Evans Whimsical collection.  I love a good rainbow, which is what inspired this entire layout.

I grabbed some scrap paper from my stash in a rainbow of colors (substituting red for pink).  And then I cut the leaves in a few sizes from all of the papers.  Then I sat and stared at my layout for awhile, because I didn't know what direction I wanted it to take after this.  Kelly suggested some stitching behind my leaves, which let's be honest, MADE this whole page.  So thank you Kelly for the amazing suggestion!

After I stitched messing lines in various colors, I glued down my leaves.  I love texture and dimension on my layouts, so I just added a dab of glue in the center of the leaf and allowed the leaves to sort of tangle among each other.

I finished off the layout with a Color Cast Designs acrylic piece, "October is my favorite" and color blocked small embellishments among the leaves.

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xo, Kira