Double Oak Leaves Fall Card

Take my previous Fall card design, turn the leaves the opposite direction, change up the embellishment, add a strip of DSP... and you have today's card.  Ta Da! 

I have stacked tow of our gold metallic buttons again for the embellishment, topped with a few sprigs from our burlap ribbon.  Stamped leaves on the envelope tie everything together.

I've added a layer of Crushed Curry over the Mossy Meadow card base.

Same technique...

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Double Buttons, Double Leaves Fall Card

How about another beautiful Fall card today?  I love the text on this one.    

I played around with my embellishment, stacking up TWO gold metallic buttons, then adding bits of frayed burlap ribbon.  Our Liquid Tombow holds it all together easily.

My color story:
Cajun Craze
Crushed Curry
Mossy Meadow
a touch of BlackBerry Bliss

These were made with the same technique as in my previous post.

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Back to More of my Fall Cards

Today, let's get back to some more of my Fall cards.   These were made with a similar technique to the framelits leaves cards I've shared in several previous posts, but this time I used our large die... to get larger leaves.

I fringed out some pieces from our burlap ribbon to make an embellishment with one of our gold metallic buttons.

Remember this card?  I created the leaves for it using the same technique. 

After sponging my CS and then adding touches of gold embossing, here's how I cut the leaves.

I've saved all the scraps and will use them to cut out more leaves and/or pumpkins using our framelits.

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Table Decor for Every Month of the Year, Part 4

Today, I'll be wrapping up this little series by sharing what I made for October, November and December.

For October, I used our wonderful little Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits Dies.  They are in our current Holiday Catalog.  I love them!!!  I'll be sharing more ideas for using these in some of my future posts.  They have been super popular and I am constantly amazed and what people come up with using them.

I die cut the leaves, crumpled them, sponged them, added bits of VersaMark ink and sprinkled on a bit of gold EP and heat embossed them.  I then went over them again with the same ink and Iridescent Ice EP.  They are really pretty!
 

For December, I used our retired die to make the doves.  I actually cut 2 layers for each piece of Shimmery White CS and adhered them together, to make the dove more likely to hold up for future use.  I embossed the wings.  I love them!

I hope I've given you some good ideas to use for your own decor.  Any of these centerpieces can be adapted to make use of what you have in your own stash.  Enjoy!

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Very Hungry Caterpillar Party

As I mentioned in my previous post, my daughter-in-law and I get together each year (for 3 years now) to create all the party stuff for Olive Jane's birthday.  It is so much fun.  This year, I was delighted when Olive chose to have a Very Hungry Caterpillar party.   There were a lot of ideas out there that sparked my creative mode and, with the help of many, wonderful Stampin' Up! products, here is what I designed and then Jen and I made them all.  Spoiler alert:  If you're coming to the party and want to be surprised, stop here!

The book:
This is a big anniversary year for Eric Carle, so Olive Jane has great taste! 

The invitations:

The treat bags are from our Celebration Basics Kit and then I added the coordinating invitations.  I got out one of my most favorite (retired) stamps sets ever (Bugs and Kisses) to use the caterpillar stamp for the envelopes.

The treat bags:

The thank you cards:

The color story:
Chocolate Chip
Crumb Cake
Garden Green
Gumball Green
Old Olive
Real Red

The finishing touch --- personalization:

It's difficult to read the second stamp at this angle.  It says 'Thanks from Olive Jane.'

We decided not to make a birthday banner this year and try our hand at making a caterpillar from big lanterns.  I can't wait to see how it all comes together!
Perhaps, if you have a little one, this post will give you some party theme ideas.  I think we're going to have a great party.

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Gorgeous, Gorgeous, Gorgeous Fall Wreath!

I don't know when I've had so much fun putting together a project as when I made this gorgeous wreath.  While we're waiting to hear from family on memorial service arrangements, I'm trying to get my class schedule back on track.  First, I want to show you my wreath.

Isn't this gorgeous?   This is my version of the one in the catalog.  This is what we'll be making at our September Stamp Club.  The deadline for signing up for the September Club was to be today.  Because of the death in our family and the huge changes to my schedule this week, I am extending that deadline.

The new deadline to sign up will be August 27.  The $45. fee includes ALL materials you will need to make this gorgeous wreath AND you will go home with a few extra supplies.

This wreath will coordinate beautifully with the Blessings Banner we will be making at my Blessings and Banners class on October 23.  I'll be sharing more on this class very soon.  I really hope you will sign up for this super fun class.

Here's a close-up of the little banner at the bottom of the wreath.

Other news:
My new date for my Holiday Stampin' Party will actually be 2 choices of dates.

Saturday, September 7, 2:00-5:00

OR

Sunday, September 8, 2:00-5:00

Because life gets in the way sometimes and changes all our best-laid plans, we have to make the most of it all.  I figure my new party dates will just be that much better because I'll have even MORE projects to show you by then.

Coming soon:  What's up for September, besides making this gorgeous wreath, of course.  Come back soon and check it out.

Before I go, I'd like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for the uplifting messages, thoughts and prayers for our family.  Bill's sister was younger than he and had suffered a ton of health problems.  We thought she was doing better, but God had other plans.  Once again, my mother-in-law, at the age of 90 has shown us strength and grace in times of sorrow.  She is amazing and my heart breaks for her now.  Thank you again for your love and support.

1 More Leafy Fall Card

Here's yet another leafy Fall card I made with Orchard Harvest DSP.

I actually used the spider web embossing folder to emboss the veins in the leafs.  I cut 1 from champagne glimmer paper.  I added a Fall apple as the focal piece, to pull in the background paper.  Notice that I even embossed the background DSP, for added texture.  All the colors are pulled from the designer papers.

Stay tuned for more inspirational ideas for Fall and Christmas.  Coming soon... Friday 3-4-5 Sneak Peek and more tutorials and lots more Christmas and...just plain fun!

Inkin' in the Land of Lincoln

At our last Team Meeting (Inkin' in the Land of Lincoln) we decided to have a shoebox swap at our October meeting.  It was so much fun.  I'd like to share with you the projects that were created by those who were able to participate.

I shared a project that is a little treat holder.  A variety of goodies would fit inside the holder, so you could choose what you'd like to put in it.  For this one, we used a tea bag --- a low cal treat:)  I used a sheet from our Snow Festival DSP that has little squares on it.  You can cut it up and use it for individual tags or designs.  I added little dots of cherry cobbler Dazzling Details, for a touch of bling.  We'll be making these at my Touch of Christmas class and I'll have a tutorial on them in a later post.

Laura's project was a treat bag using our Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit.  I love the little flag strips of Howlstooth and Scaringbone DSP.  We embossed the bags and added a treat inside.  Who will get this treat?

Jenn's project was a Fall card using the Wonderfall stamp set.  The leaf is die cut using the Autumn Accents Bigz Die.  I love her color combo:  Perfect Plum, More Mustard and Cajun Craze.  It is gorgeous together!

Lynn's project  was a gorgeous Christmas card.  Using the colors from the Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack, she went with Island Indigo as the card base, with a touch of Cherry Cobbler and Brushed Silver CS for the mats.  The ornament is embossed with Pewter EP (She used silver.) and then another layer added to the ornament, embossed with white EP.  We tied the ornament with a little Cherry Cobbler baker's twine.  We added some dry embossing too, with the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder.  The text is from More Merry Messages.

As you can see, I have a talented bunch of ladies.  Before I go, I'd like to share one more project with you from my team.  Here is a bottle tag that Laura made using my double pocket treat holder idea.  Isn't this a clever way to use it!

I know you'll want to go try some of these ideas.  Enjoy!

Double Pocket Treat Holder

Here is the cute little treat holder that I promised to show you, along with a few more.  I designed this for my August Team Meeting and I hadn't ever posted it yet.  It was scheduled to post Friday, yesterday, but I am taking care of Olive Jane for the weekend and she is fighting a cold.  This calls for extra TLC and, as her Nanna, I'm ready to give it... family first.  So, I finally had a few minutes to get this posted.  Here's my treat holder.  It was inspired by one made by Dawn Olchefsky.

The funny part is that the day I pulled it out and was working on getting the post ready, I realized that my daughter was working on a similar post at the same time.  We think so much alike that it is scary.  I've been working on several versions of it, as well as a larger size.  Because it has 2 pockets, you can put a special treat in one pocket and a card in the other pocket.

This is the version I designed for my Team Meeting.

Here are a couple more views of it.  You can insert a card, a gift card, a treat ... whatever you can come up with... in each pocket.  I love that it has 2 pockets, so you can always have a card AND a treat of some sort.

I added leaves from Wonderfall to the front, along with a big button and little banner label.  I still need to add an embellishment of some sort to the back.

Nanna duty calls, so come back for my next post and I'll give you measurements and details on how to make both sizes.

I love making cute little treat holders to give to special people and I have several more styles to share with you, so keep coming back so you don't miss any of them.

An Oops, a Little Glimmer and My Booth Redo

Before I share today, I'd like to say that I goofed yesterday.  I said I'd be sharing a cute little double pocket treat holder today, along with instructions on how to do it.  That is my post for Friday.  I'll figure out what day it is any time now.  So... be sure to come back Friday and see it.  It is cute!

Next up, here's a little glimmer to start your day:

Remember my technique for adding gold embossing to the crumpled leaves?  I used that technique here and also added a die cut leaf from the champagne glimmer paper.  In real life, there is a lot of glimmer, shimmer and shine.

I used our new cotton ribbon, along with 2 of our Naturals buttons.  I stacked them and then stitched it all together with a little linen thread.  The card base is Early Espresso.

I wanted to share with you my photos from my Prairie Treasures booth redo!  I took out the round table and replaced it with shelving and then added more wall display items.  I like it a lot.

I put up new curtain panels, too.  If you're in the Harristown area, I hope you'll stop by and check out my booth.

Plans are in the works for a second booth in downtown Decatur.  I'll be in the Root Cellar at the Wildflour Bakery.  Won't that be fun?!!!  My booth there will feature high end, vintage style cards, fabric and decor items --- lots of gift ideas for your shopping.

I'm off to work in my studio.  I have a full class already in the works for tomorrow night.  It's my Friday 3-4-5 and I have lots of fun new cards that I think they'll really like.  Have a great day.