A Colorful Autumn

 

Kaleidoscope by inkspired and KaleidoCam 

Orange!

Fall!

Bittersweet!

Autumn!

Tangerine!

So many wonderful colors in this Harvest time of year.

Let’s celebrate!

I’ve been having loads of fun at the Eagle View Senior Center in town.

I get to teach paper crafting (see above),

painting rocks (see below),

Napkin Appliqué 

and so much more.

Another Iris Folded card I have taught at Eagle View

Here’s a card I made with my

Cricut Explore Air2

shortly after I got it:

Card by inkspired and Cricut

And it’s orange!

Orange snapdragons that flew in and bloomed in my rocks!

Marigold

Bronze

Carrot

Some red-orange flowers from my garden:

and…

Playin’ with my apps and a photo of a Blackberry Lily

I think ginger cats can be so pretty.

But then, when they have attitude…

Found on Pinterest

Apricot!

Honey!

Persimmon!

Hmmmm….

This could make me hungry!

But then, we have made this time of year to be

a lot about food, haven’t we?

Yam!

Orange Peel!

Tangelo!

All these colors have specific color codes;

So you can wear them,

decorate with them

or paint with them;

Berkeley Hat Company

From The Spruce, posted on Pinterest

Or even travel with them!

Apartment Therapy, Pinterest

Of course, I like to make kaleidoscopes 

with orange tones.

This is a favorite orange bowl 

I like to decorate with:

Looking for ORANGE things for this blog,

I came across some stunning

Orange dresses and accessories.

I’m thinkin’ an

ORANGE FASHION Blog 

should be coming soon…

Deep saffron!

Pumpkin!

Marmalade!

A marigold from my garden

Photo found on Pinterest 

A beaded netted flower pin I made ages ago with leftover beads

I hope you have had fun checking out some ORANGE today!

‘Til next time,

inkspired

Leaves Galore!

Welcome!

Vintage magazine cover, Autumn 1912

I hope you are not tired of gorgeous Fall leaves yet.

I seem to have more to share with you.

😁

I found more leaf crafting on Pinterest,

and would love to share with you.

Taking dried leaves, these artists have stitched,

crocheted, drawn, painted, cut and doodled their art.

Crocheted leaf, BoredPanda

Embroidered leaf by Susanna Bauer

Embroidery on a rose petal by Hilary Fayle

Painted leaves by Nevuela

White painted leaves by Alisa Burke

What to do with these decorated leaves?

*Frame 1, 3 or more and hang in a grouping.
*Tie embroidery thread around the stem 
and hang several in a sunny window.
*Drag out your Christmas tree and decorate it 
with all natural ornaments like these leaves,
pine cones, acorns and nuts, etc.
Or
*Make a wreath, as Landeelu.com has done here:

Leaves painted with glittery gold paint, formed into a wreath

By Landeelu.com

A kaleidoscope by inkspired

Let’s take a leaf break,

fire up the printer and print out some Fall

Jumping Jacks!

Courtesy of EKDuncan

Use one of your decorated leaves as her body!

If you Google or Pinterest search there are many tutorials out there to show you how to string her together 

to turn her into a jumping jack.

Fun!

Here is a jointed Leaf paper doll for you 

to print, cut and join together.

 I like to use brads, but you can also use jump rings, wire or string.

Leaf puppet by Phee McFaddell

www.pheemcfaddell.com

I do have more to share, but I have decided to make my blog posts more ‘bite-size’ than ‘book-size’.

So give me some feedback already!

😁

‘Til next time,

inkspired

Painting the Leaves

Welcome!

vintage Ladies' Home Journal magazine cover

November, 1919

artist: Frank Godwin

"Winter is an etching,

Spring a watercolor,

Summer an oil painting

and

Autumn a mosaic of them all."

- Stanley Horowitz

Heidelberg, Germany  2010

"Listen! the wind is rising,

and the air is wild with leaves,

We have had our summer evenings,

now for October eves!"

- Humbert Wolfe

jigsaw puzzle, completed

"In a touch of nature

the whole world is kin."

- John Muir, nature conservationist

Hans Hoffmann, 1530 - 1591

a Prague artist

New Moon

"The bright, thin, moon appears.

Tipped askew in the heavens.

It no sooner shines over

The ruined fortress than the

Evening clouds overwhelm it.

The Milky Way shines unchanging

Over the freezing mountains

Of the border. White frost covers

The garden. The chrysanthemums

Clot and freeze in the night."

- Tu Fu, a Chinese poet

artist: Qin Xing, Chinese artist

www.orientaloutpost.com

There comes a time

when

autumn asks,

'What have you been doing

all summer?'

artist: John Atkinson Grimshaw

"For Man, autumn is a time of harvest,

of gathering together.

For Nature, it is a time of sowing,

of scattering abroad."

- Edwin Way Teale

"In the Orchard" by Franz Dvorak, 1912

courtesy of my-museum-of-art.blogspot.com

"Thy bounty shines in autumn unconfined

And spreads a common feast

for all that live."

 - James Thomson

artist: Mr. Ou Yang, a Chinese painter

www.orientaloutpost.com

"With all things

and

in all things,

we are relatives."

- Sioux Proverb

In His hands

www.yuliconversations.blogspot.com

until next time,

inkspired

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www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com

and on pinterest:  kkloberdans

hand beaded netted necklace by inkspired

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Summer's End

www.stampscapes.com

Summer is coming to end so soon....

let's enjoy some last-minute summer fun

before the weather gets cool

and the days get shorter....

Rocky Mountains

www.wallpaperdojo.com

Here in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains,

we look forward to the aspen trees changing color.

They provide us with colorful splashes of yellow,

gold and some flames of russet.

But, before that happens, 

I think we should take a last visit to the beach...

(of course, not here in land-locked Colorado....)

www.patternbee.com

starfish, unknown source

Do you know? Let me know so I can credit!

silly stamped fish on a kirigami cut out blank note card

by inkspired

Here are some charming bears, ready for late 

summer activities:

I believe I got these from origamibears

They are from sheets of wrapping paper.

Next is one of my Collage Paper Paintings.

I use all recycled junk mail and upcycled magazines to create my  one-of-a-kind paper collages.

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, is checking on her 

last flowers of the season:

"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary"

original Collage Paper Painting using all recycled junk mail by inkspired

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I like to include "FUN FINDS" when I list each Collage Painting. With Mary, the 'fun find' is

her bottom skirt is made from a Q-tip ad!

Now is the perfect time and temperature

 to get lots of dog walks in!

"Walkin' the Dog" Collage Art Doll

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"Sashay With Dog"

Collage Art Doll by inkspired

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Or, er, rabbit walks?

"Nantucket with Rabbit"

Collage Art Doll by inkspired

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Perfect weather for a little serenading too...

vintage song sheet cover, copyright 1921

courtesy Indiana Music Libraries

The Lamplighter's Serenade

words/music: Paul F. Webster & Hoagy Carmichael

recorded by Glenn Miller, 1940

found on www.traditionalmusic.co.uk

Laura Zastrow credit

www.postcardsandpretties.blogspot.com

I'd like to finish with a charming paper doll set

'Little Susan'

She has many darling outfits that will take her from Summer into Fall with a nice Autumn coat!

I believe I got this set from Origamibears

That's all for today friends.

Remember to step outside and breathe in 

the last of summer...

inkspired

www.inkspired.etsy.com

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

and on pinterest:  kkloberdans