Another Fun Fall Card

Here's a super quick and easy card to make for fall.  It features one of my favorite color combos --- crumb cake and cherry cobbler.  

I did use a Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, to align my apples.  After stamping a row of apples across the card, I stamped 1 more apple onto Very Vanilla CS and then cut it out using the framelits.  I attached it with dimensionals, to create the perfect accent for my cute little card.  A 'sprig' of Cherry Cobbler seam binding finished it up in no time at all.

Step it up:
Want to make a stepped up version of this card?
Stamp the front just as I did, but do it on a 4 X 5 1/4" piece of Crumb Cake CS.  Attach it with dimensionals to the front of a Cherry Cobbler card base.  You'll have the same effect but just a bit stepped up.  Try it and see!

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A Pair of Pears

Happy Monday!  I hope you had a great weekend.  Today, I have a pair of pears for you --- the closest I'll ever come to doing home canning:)

I love using the DSP strips to make the little 'flags.'  They are quite the trend now.  You can use a square punch to nip the v-shape on the end of the flag.

I made good use of linen thread on 4 parts of this card.

• It's wrapped around the top layer of the card.  
• It's used to tie on the bitty banner.  
• It's used to 'tie' on the lid of the jar.  
• It's threaded through the button.

I added extra dimension to the pears by attaching one flat (Liquid Tombow adhesive) and then overlapping the second pear and popping it up on dimensionals.

Remember:  Planning a color story for your project is so easy when you use the colors in the DSP to plan your project.  It takes out all the guess work and guarantees a successful color story every time.

I'm off to work in my studio.  I need to finish my layout for my Scraps and Prayers class tonight.  We're making a Halloween layout this time.  We had a good time at the Friday 3-4-5 class last Friday and will post some of those projects soon, too.

Come back often to see all my seasonal cards and projects.  It's the most wonderful time of the year!

An apple a day...

I don't know if the old saying really works, but an apple is a thing of joy, especially this time of year.  Here's a card that, while it may not keep the doctor away, it will surely bring joy to the lucky recipient.

This card is an apple version of the pear card we made at my Team Meeting.

The raspberry ripple/crumb cake color scheme works well for this card.  I added squares to the background and embossed the entire layer with the square lattice embossing folder, to give added texture and the feeling of a warm quilt.  As you can see, I'm getting into the mood for cooler weather.

A pair of pears...

Here's a fun card I designed for my Team Meeting for September.  Using the coordinating stamp sets and framelits makes it easy to create such a card and using the color scheme from the coordinating DSP just adds to the fun.

I distressed the edges of the Early Espresso layer under the embossed 'quilt' layer, so there's lots of texture to this card --- a fun element for Fall.

Sneak Peek #2: Fall Card

Here's another sneak peek at a Fall card for my class this Friday, August 24.  Where did August go?  This card is a cute little 4 X 4" card, inspired by our Holiday Catalog. 

This card uses lots of fun product from our Holiday Catalog, including new ribbon and our new piercing templates.  See my class schedule for complete details on the class this Friday, as well as more seasonal classes coming up soon.  Come join us!  Before I go and enjoy my beautiful Sunday afternoon, I will tell you that I have 2 more sneak peeks coming up for you.  The next 2 will be Christmas projects!  If you want to see the rest, you'll just have to come to my class.  You'll get a little bit of Fall, a touch of Halloween and a nice dose of Christmas.  Now to change out of my church clothes, play with the boys and maybe stamp a little more:)  Have a great day!