MAPLE LEAVES AND PUMPKINS

HEY BLOGGIES,

We had such a wonderful card club this week.  The Magnificent Maple single leaf stamp was the spotlight of our club.  Who doesn't LOVE fall leaves!!  AND on one card we also used the BEST OF AUTUMN stamp set.  AN AWESOME SET.

I had such a wonderful time that I have still been stamping cards long after the class is all over.  I am on a roll for sure!!

Here is a card I would like to share with you:

 Very vanilla and black always go well together.  Some leaves stamped off first for the background.

 Colored only the pumpkins and leaves to spotlight them.

Another look at the finished card.  Thanks for visiting.

DON'T FORGET IF YOU PURCHASE $40 OF SUPPLIES FROM ME I HAVE A SPECIAL FREE STAMP SET FOR YOU FROM MY STASH.  As soon as I get notified of your purchase I will contact you to find out which set you want me to mail to you!!  See POST HERE.

This card entered at:

SUO Challenges
Freshly Made Sketches
Sketch Frenzy Friday
CASology
Seize the Sketch

FALL BLOG HOP -- DAY TWO

HEY BLOGGIES,

Did you enjoy all the wonderfulness of our first day of our fall hop yesterday?  The creativity and inspiration was really flowing for sure!!

BEFORE I talk about my fall card for the day, I want to tell you about a NEW WEEKLY SPECIAL for the entire month of OCTOBER.  EVERY THURSDAY, STAMPIN' UP! will post a special ONLY GOOD ON THAT THURSDAY.  THANK YOU THURSDAYS is what they are calling it.  TODAY it is  WASHI TAPE, all three in a package:

Today's Deal-Designer Washi Tape! Choose from one (or all three) of the designer Washi Tapes below!

	Epic Day This And That Designer Washi Tape   Regular Price $4.95 US/$6.50 CAN   Sale Price  $3.71 US/$4.87 CAN   *Please note-The discounted price will   appear at checkout.*
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CLICK MY SIGNATURE LINE AND IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE STORE TO GET YOUR WASHI TAPE NOW.

Today I have another FALL card for you, which can also be used for THANKSGIVING if you celebrate it.   It can be a thank you card as well.  I like cards that are versatile, don't you?

I used crushed curry, garden green and cajun craze for my card stock.  I used the BEST OF AUTUMN card set and stamped the pumpkin farm stamp 3 times and then colored it on the paper with my markers.

Here is a closeup of the three images.  I used the same 3 markers as the card stock and also pumpkin pie.  I LOVE FALL COLORS.  Notice the THANKFUL die cut here?  It is one THINLIT from the EXPRESSIONS THINLITS DIES.

 One last look and you can see inside I used a small strip of my emboss resist paper  from yesterday.

Here is the BEST OF AUTUMN stamp set.  It is one of the 25th anniversary sets from Stampin' Up!  If you buy any combo of 6 of the 12 monthly sets, you get one FREE STAMP SET OF YOUR CHOICE!!

When you order from me using the MYSTERY HOSTESS CODE  TUXYUJJV and you will be in the drawing for the hostess dollars.

Next up is DEE.  Go on over to see what fun she has cooked up for you!!                


All the hoppers are:

Dawn (our manager)
Jan
Jennifer (ME)
Dee
Tamara
De

THANKFUL CARD

HEY BLOGGIES,

Welcome to my blog this fine Wednesday in September.  We are excited around these parts of Texas because we have TWO CHANCES FOR RAIN this weekend - from the dispersed hurricanes from Mexico and from the storms moving out of Colorado.  We are PRAYING that we get both these storms so that we can start getting some moisture.  We have been in severe drought status for so very long.  Trees are showing great signs of stress, many are dying and things are generally crispy around here.

But, autumn is poking it's head in a few days to say hello, so that is the theme I picked for my card. My Time to Craft Challenge says choose autumn colors.    Create with Connie and Mary has a color challenge this week:
  I wouldn't have thought to put the soft sky in with those other two autumn colors, but it was FUN to stretch outside my comfort zone.

I used the soft sky as my base color and also pulled it back in with my sentiment.   I used the specialty paper with the woodgrain and rubbed chocolate chip ink over it before cutting it into a tag.  A small soft sky circle is where is reinforced the hole.

 I double stamped my GIFT THANKS sentiment from the 25th Anniversary Best of Autumn stamp in both soft sky and baked brown sugar.  It gives it a nice shadow effect that I was looking for.

 I used the AUTUMN ACCENTS BIGZ DIE for the curry leaves and rain them through the woodgrain embossing folder to give them some texture.  The acorns are also from this Bigz Die, and I used the NEW CHALK MARKER for the highlights on them.

One more full look at my card.  Now you can see that before I began I stamped color tone on tone with the Best of Autumn leaf all over the card before I began putting it together and even inked a small bit around the edges.

What do you think?  I would LOVE to HEAR FROM YOU.

GLITTER QUEENS BLOG HOP - OCT 1-5

   GET READY FOR ANOTHER GLITTER QUEENS BLOG HOP!!  THIS TIME WE HAVE A FIVE DAY HOP WITH NEW ITEMS EVERY DAY.  WE WILL HAVE HALLOWEEN, FALL, THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS ITEMS FEATURED.

I FOUND GEORGE THE BUNNY ON HIS ON BLOG AND COULDN'T HELP BUT POST HIS ADORABLE PHOTO - HOP HOP HOP...GET IT??!!

PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS AS WELL TO COME VISIT OUR SITES.  THERE WILL BE BLOG CANDY, TUTORIALS AND LOTS OF INSPIRATION.

REMEMBER OCTOBER 1-5.   SEE YOU SOON.