Happy Thanksgiving

Hello Stampers!

I was just playing around with My Digital Studio and enjoying the newest digital downloads. One of my favorites are is the Autumn Spice Digital kit - which includes some lovely stamps, papers and embellishments.

Here is a quick card I whipped up this morning to share with you. I just love how I can change parts or all of the card/colors/papers to whatever I desire.

I added the Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon and changed out the sentiment. Easy peasy (and super fun to play with). Warning: This program is highly addictive! :)

I wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Thanks for stopping by,

Thankful For You

I am trying not to skip ahead of the awesome Autumn Season that we are entering. It's my favorite time of the year, and we have this amazing new French Foliage Set in the Holiday Mini. But I have actually started my Holiday Card Classes, so I have been stamping holiday cards already.

But today is a gorgeous day, and I am in my stamp room getting prepped for upcoming workshops. I just love this French Foliage set. It looks great no matter what you do with it.

Here is a card we are making at a workshop this weekend:

The Card Base is Early Espresso. There is a 4" x 3" layer of Cajun Craze on the front, and I used the Square Lattice Embossing Folder on it. I wanted to give some texture to this card, and the embossing folders are such an easy way to do just that.

The leaves are stamped in Cajun Craze, More Mustard and Old Olive The splatters (which I love) are stamped in Early Espresso. There is a double wrap of Linen Thread tied in a bow around the leaves.

The greeting is from the Grateful Greeting Stamp Set, and is stamped in Cajun Craze. It was punched out with the Large Oval Punch, and layered on a Scallop Oval that was punched from Early Espresso.

I hope the guests attending my workshop will enjoy making this card. I had a blast designing it!

It's so beautiful out today...I hope you are having a great weekend!

Thanks for stopping by,

French Foliage

Autumn is my MOST favorite time of the year. Cooler weather, beautiful foliage, apple picking, Halloween and Thanksgiving...LOVE it all!

So it's no surprise that I had to have the new French Foliage Stamp Set in the Holiday Mini Catalog. I just got it yesterday and couldn't wait to ink this baby up!

Here is the first card I made with it:

The card base is Early Espresso. The layer is Cherry Cobbler (big surprise, eh? LOL...I have an addiction to this color!). I ran the Cherry Cobbler through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. Love it! It give such wonderful texture to the project.

The top layer is Very Vanilla cardstock. I sponged some Crumb Cake Ink in the center of the cardstock, then stamped the leaves in Early Espresso and Cherry Cobbler.

HINT: When stamping a piece of cardstock with many images (such as the leaves) - I always start with the largest image - in this case it was the largest leaf that is stamped in Early Espresso. I stamped the largest leaf in each corner, then filled in the empty spots with the smaller leaf (in Cherry Cobbler). If you start with the smallest image, you run the risk of not leaving enough room for the largest ones. So, start big, and work down. You will have a well balanced and even card. :0)

I punched a slot on the left side of the card, and threaded the Early Espresso Stripped Ribbon through it. The greeting is actually from an old retired set (sorry) - but it's all I had to work with at the time. And the finishing touch is a Cherry Cobbler button (from the mini catalog) threaded with 1/8" Very Vanilla Ribbon.

I hope you are enjoying the gorgeous weather today. Bella and I had a great walk this morning.

I just love the cooler weather...but I hate it when it's too cold.

I guess I have a very narrow comfort range. LOL.

Too hot - no good. Too cold - no good.

75 is perfect! :0)

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your afternoon!

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