falling leaves

This is my favorite card so far from Patty's challenge, using Falling Leaves and Elegant Eggplant rick rack. I stamped the leaves individually and cut them out, then formed the wreath and layered the leaves with dimensionals.

autumn traditions dsp

I love this new DSP, and I think it's great that you can create a card that doesn't need much stamping at all. When I'm in a hurry, that's what I'm looking for! I used Kraft and Elegant Eggplant cardstock, and the 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" square punches with DSP and Elegant Eggplant cardstock (loving that eggplant!).

birthday girl!

Here's my beautiful 6 year old! She's waiting, she knows it's coming. Ella turned 6 yesterday, so I thought I'd share what we did for the festivities.
This is the famous (in our house) meatloaf birthday cake. I cook 2 meatloafs in cake pans, then frost with mashed potatoes between the layers and on top. I added a little gravy to make it more special this year. It sure smelled good. Louie got in on it too, and there wasn't a speck left on that plate when they were done (big surprise).

I'm looking forward to leftovers myself!

elegant eggplant

I used the Bright Blessings jumbo wheel to get the "blessings" sentiment for this card. There are so many possibilities with this wheel, I'm loving it! I also used one of the leaves from the Falling Leaves set, then added a strip of DSP from Autumn Traditions (love this paper) and Elegant Eggplant rick rack from the Orchard Ribbon Originals. Simple, but I think it's a great color combination. I don't use Elegant Eggplant often enough, I see that changing!

more sharing

This second card I made from Patty's challenge uses the jumbo wheel again, inking each sentiment individually to make them stand out, then cut it down to 5 1/4", then cut it into strips and mounted it on DSP, and added different width strips to fill the entire card surface.

goodies

Patty Bennett posted a challenge to her Luv2Stamp group in June, to come up with shares from the new pre-order things, and we'd get our name in a hat for every 5 entries. I was one of the winners, and I got some items to make more shares with! How fun is that! I got the Falling Leaves stamp set and Bright Blessings jumbo wheel, along with the Old Olive 1 1/4" striped grosgrain ribbon and Autumn Traditions DSP. This card utilizes the DSP and Old Olive ribbon, and I inked the wheel with individual markers to get the sentiment. It's a very versatile wheel, each image can be used individually, and will be great for the holidays!

animal stories album

I thought I'd make a cute little album using all the new In Colors cardstock and polka dot ribbon, and my bind it all. I used each of the images as a tab for a colored page,
then alternated the pages so each animal had a page to itself. I cut the cardstock at 4 1/4" x 5 1/4" for the base (so it could fit inside an envelope with the bind it all coils), then I cut 2 of the pages at 4 1/4"x 4", and 2 at 4 1/4"x 4 1/4". The 2 top pages (stamped with the giraffe in soft suede) were cut at 4 1/4"x 2 5/8".