Falling Leaves Card

It's a dreary day here, threatening to be a little wet and soggy.  That makes for a challenge in puppy training.  Let's brighten things up with a pretty Fall card.  I designed this one with the look of falling leaves in mind.

I used marker to give the greeting two colors.  All my colors are based on the color story in the Color Me Autumn DSP, as I had all those colors out making my Fall cards.  I added some speckles with gold ink.

I stamped the leaves to remind you of the wind blowing the falling leaves.  I sponged the wooden leaf to color it.  I really like how this one turned out.

My new puppies love walking in the leaves in our yard.  While they're enjoying it all, I keep studying the colors and textures of the leaves, getting new inspiration every time I'm out there, even when they're a bit soggy on days like today.  Have a beautiful and a blessed day.

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Give Thanks Card

It's time for another beautiful Fall card.  As I walked the puppies in our back yard this morning, I couldn't help but notice and enjoy the beautiful colors of the Fall leaves.  I love all the color variations and the wonderful textures.  It got my creative juices flowing for making more Fall cards. 

I'm actually in the middle of prep for my Christmas Retreats, so I'll have to keep all my ideas in my head until I get back to them.  This is the time of year when I switch from Fall to Halloween to Christmas and back again.  It's kind of crazy and kind of fun!

I used what I'd normally think of as the reverse side of the embossed layer on this card.  I thought it just seemed right for it.

Tip:
Sometimes you only a tiny 'sprig' of ribbon, as with my burlap on this card.  I cut a tiny strip of thickness from our burlap ribbon, tied it into a knot and attached it with Liquid Tombow.

Do you need some inspiration?   Go take a walk in your neighborhood.  Enjoy the beautiful Fall weather, the colors, the textures, the wonder of it all.  That will surely get your creative juices going.  Now, go stamp... then take a nap... then stamp some more.  Enjoy and Give Thanks for our beautiful Fall!

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Wooden Leaves Fall Card

Happy World Card Making Day.  What a great day to stamp.  Yesterday, Jennifer and I did something we haven't done in well over a year.  We stamped together!  It was so much fun.  She created several gorgeous Fall cards and I worked on my upcoming cards for my October 25 Christmas Retreat.  I must say that I got into the groove so much that I started stamping again after dinner and the next thing I knew, it was 2:00 in the morning!  I 'd already finished all the projects for the Retreat (as well as the projects for my November 22 Retreat) and I now have EVERYTHING finished for my October Retreat.  Woo hoo!  What a great feeling!  I'll share some sneak peeks soon.  I have to get it all photographed, watermarked and uploaded.

SPECIAL NEWS:
If you live in my area and place an order (before tax and shipping) of $35. or more from now through October 15, you will earn $10. off the October 25 Retreat!!!  I think you'll like what I have planned for you.  We'll be making 3 projects using our gorgeous All is Calm DSP.  Each project has a special surprise inside it!  We'll enjoy a light lunch together and then we'll make 12 cards for Christmas --- 3 each of 4 designs.  They'll be using our wonderful Festival of Tress stamp set and coordinating punch.  By using the same papers on the projects and the same stamp set on the cards, it will save us time and we should be able to complete everything by the end of the class.  
I am holding the enrollment for the Retreat to 6 max!
               Register early to save your spot!!!

So... let's get back to Fall for a while.  We had a real chill settle in to our area yesterday.  It is no longer sitting on the deck weather, so we might as well stay indoors and stamp.

It is so much fun to play with our little wooden elements.  Here's a card using them, along with some gold highlights.  

Look super closely and you can see that the large leaf in the background is stamped in gold ink.

I left the wooden outline leaf natural and sponged over the solid wooden leaf in Mossy Meadow.

Now go stamp something and enjoy World Card Making Day!

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Give Thanks for All Things

As we approach the upcoming holidays, I am reminded of all the many blessings I have in my life for which to be thankful.  Here's a card in celebration of it all.

I've stamped the leaves in Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and gold metallic inks.

I love our little wooden accents.   Sometimes I add color to them.  I decided to just leave these as is.

 

As one of our stamps says:  "Life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful."  I have a lot in my life right now that has the potential to really get me down.  I'm trying to keep my eye on that which is positive and really focus on the good things in life.  It sure helps all the rest:)

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