Fallling for Leaves-Make it Simple Monday

  Our weather has cooled off and that makes me think of fall.  One of the bundles  I really like is called Falling for Leaves.  I also love the colors of the Country Lane designer paper which I will be featuring in all my cards this week. Here's what I love about the  bundle. 

1. The leaves are not traditional looking.
2. The thinlits are detailed and therefore amazing to me.
3. It is easy to create a simple card.

  Mondays are now going to be make it simple Monday with limited stamping, using designer paper and a simple saying.

1. I cut the designer paper 1 inch longer than I normally would ( 6 by 3 3/4) and folded up the bottom in.  Both sides of the paper show without much work.

2. I stamped the leaf in Blackberry Bliss ink on whisper white card stock.  It seemed a little to bold a contrast so I sponged some Blackberry ink on the edges.

3. I baked the stamped piece with Mint Macaron card stock, used a small strip for the simple saying which I inked with Blackberry ink.

4. The final touch was to put one of the Faceted Dots in the center of the leaf.

Simple and I was finished in 15 minutes or less once I figured out how I wanted to card to look.

I gave blood today.  I like to do my part to help those who need it.  Well, I guess I did not wait long enough after eating so I almost passed out.  It affected my afternoon, so I am posting this a bit late.  The experience will not affect my willingness to give blood again.  I will either wait an hour longer before giving or wait an extra month.

Such a beautiful day today.  I hope to get a walk in later on after my stamp club meets.

Have a great day yourself, and try to get in some stamping.
Sushi

Product List

Falling For Leaves Photopolymer Bundle [149938] $44.00	Country Lane 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [147804] $11.00	Faceted Dots [146910] $6.00	Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337] $8.50
Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [147092] $7.50

November Card Cafe-Pick a Pumpkin

 Fall is one of my favorite seasons.  How about you?  The Pick a Pumpkin set is perfect for all kinds of fall cards.  I love sets that have stamps that can be cut out with framelits and thinlits and this set is a favorite.  There are several thinlits that are additional to the stamps in the set. I am featuring this bundle in my November Card Cafe.

Today's card is quite simple and inspired by a card shown on melsinkyfingers.com

Card stock- Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Old Olive, and Painted Autumn Designer paper

Ink- Perfect Pumpkin, Early Espresso

Copper Trim

Everyday Labels Punch

I wanted some early espresso card stock behind my saying so I punched a label out and then cut it in half to back my saying.  Easy and got the look that I wanted.

Tomorrow I will share a card I made for Thanksgiving.

White Christmas-Miscellaneous Monday

     Do you love the colors of fall as much as I do?  So for my next card with White Christmas I wanted to create a card that would enable me to use this set year round.  The little circles were snowflakes on yesterday's card, so I thought why not use fall colors to symbolize leaves.  It works for me.

Holiday Home card-Scrappin Saturday

   Do you save all your card stock pieces?  I do except for the ones that are smaller than 1/2 and inch.  This card would be a great one to use some of your leftover pieces.  I got the idea from our demonstrator magazine called Stampin Success.  It has several parts to the card that I love.

1. The stamp set called Holiday Home.  It is photopolymer, multi seasonal, and cute!

2. The tiny scraps of card stock used to create the hills.

3. That there is a matching framelit set to cut out the houses.

What parts of this card do you love?

Simple Sunday-Gently Falling, Freshly Made Sketch

 

 

     I am in love with all the fall colors I see whenever I get in my car to go somewhere.  So, I decided to use the stamp set, Gently Falling, for my sketch challenge this week. Here's what I love about this stamp......

1. Two step stamping and how it gives the image a dimensional look.

2. The rough look of the images.

3. How easy it is to use just one of the images and make a great looking card, either just the outline, or just the solid.

   I had a great time thinking up what I wanted to do with this card.  Isn't it amazing that just a simple sketch can help jump start my creativity.  What kind of card would you make with this sketch?

Simple Sunday- Fall Freshly Made Sketch

     As you can tell I love doing these Freshly Made Sketches.  They are just simple enough they do not threaten me, and give me enough guidelines I feel like I can be creative.  Since I have done a lot of Halloween cards, I decided this week to try my hand at a fall card using my favorite set Truly Grateful.

1. Sweater Weather for the bottom layer-love the colors.

2. Stamped the chevron pattern with Chocolate Chip ink on some Vanilla card stock for the next layer

3.  Used the wide burlap ribbon for the layer that goes across the card.  Added some bronze colored glitter brads as accents

4. Stamped the wheat with Chocolate Chip ink on Crushed Curry card stock and rough cut it out.  Added linen thread to follow the tied element in the stamp.

5. Instead of banners I placed 2 acorns colored with Crushed Curry and Crumb Cake markers.

I tried to interpret the basic design in a little different way and love the results.  This may be my swap for the Jubilant Butterflies meeting November 5th.