Hello crafters.  I apologize in advance to all of you summer-lovers who don't like autumn.  I'm not one of you - fall is my favorite season, the season when I met and fell in love with my husband, the season of fond memories with my parents and sisters, of high school football games, of crisp, cool weather.  You may want to avoid my blog here for a month or so.........

I have most of my to-do list done for cards, so I'll be playing a bit with seasonal cards.  I have so many fall stamps, dies, etc., that I've put most of them into a big bin which I pull out at this time of year.  When I opened it this year I found this panel that I had stamped last year.  I had inked the Leaves Background cling in distress inks, spritzed the stamp lightly with water, and then stamped it onto some watercolor paper. 

So I first decided to use the panel as a frame for a fun fall sentiment. 


supplies: ivory and Lipstick Red cardstock, watercolor paper, Simon's Leaves Background cling, mustard seed, spiced marmalade, and fired brick distress inks, Memory Box Pinpoint Rectangle dies, Newton's Nook Fall-ing for You clear stamp set, Altenew mini inks: Maple Yellow, Snapdragon, Marigold, and Firebrick, adhesive foam to pop frame above card base

I cut the rectangle from the panel and set it aside (see below), then used it to help me place my sentiment onto my card base, inking it in 4 different inks for an ombre look.  Then I lined the frame with a smaller rectangle die in Lipstick Red, added some foam to the back, and popped it over my card base. 

For my next card, I used that rectangle cut from the center of my panel, and overstamped and heat embossed the same sentiment before framing it again in Lipstick Red.  And again, I used some leftovers that I found in my fall box.

I have 2 cards today that I made with a new-to-me Wplus9 stamp set that I've had on my list since it was released.  I often stick cuttings from our garden into cups, especially in the spring when the flowers are scarce and small........so this set spoke to me, especially with the little birds that Dawn included!

Sometimes it's hard to come up with a title for each blog post; since I used  basketweave embossing and Rose Petal inks, that's what I'm calling this one!

.....is what I was going for with today's card, made to enter the Camp Create Day 2 challenge, and inspired by this photo I found on Pinterest:

Our theme this week is "More than One Die or Punch", and my teamies and I are playing with Memory Box products!

First up, a card that combines 2 of my favorite things, hearts and wreaths, in one die:

My next card uses a fairly new butterly die, paired with a set of pinpoint rectangle dies:

Today at the Hero Arts Flickr group, LaVon is hosting the 148th scramble.  She challenged us to make an interesting background panel.  The scramble part of the challenge means that we have to make a card according to the rules, photograph it, and post it, all within 90 minutes.  As always, I posted my card with just a few minutes remaining.

I have another Tammy Tutterow cling stamp to show you today!  This big bold sentiment is all you need for the front of a card, and you can be as fancy or as simple as you like when you color it in.  I made this one monochromatic.

The current Altenew Inspiration challenge has evidently been in the back of my mind, because I woke up yesterday morning, and made another card for it.  This time I used more of the greys, in ombre style, and because of that, the flowers pop more on this card......I also toned down the deeper cranberry from my last card to a brighter pink.