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I made this for the Card Patterns challenge this week and used my dear friend Janice's FAB color challenge from Stamp TV (she is the new hostess this month).  You can find more details HERE.
I used the stamp set Vintage Backgrounds to create a worded background on both Kraft/ Lipstick Red and since fall is right around the corner got out a favorite set Autumn Beauty.  Love this sunflower!
I used Flower Soft Autumn in the center of the sunflower and colored the sunflower with Copics.

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you have a wonderful day!
Blessings,

Sketch Challenge from STV and a Peek...

I hope you are having a good week.  I found out yesterday that I won the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge with my Be Still card. Oooh, I am one happy stamper, just can't believe it...pinch, pinch!  For winning this, I get my first Verve stamp set and stoked to get it inky when it arrives. I have heard lots of good things about this company!

I made this card for the Sketch Challenge by my dear stampin' BFF Linda.  She is on the CSS Design Team for Gina K. Designs this month and doing a wonderful job!  Her sketch was AMAZING, love anything with ovals!  I managed to make this one when I should have been cleaning.   Ahh, oh-well, the house got cleaned.... I just needed a "Creative break," right? :o) I used the stamp set Autumn Beauty and had a little smudge around the plain oval so had to cover it up with a little creative doodlin'

I also have a little sneak peek of a card using the new Sketch Girls SKetch #7 which I will share in its entirety tomorrow! This is one cute little.... :o)
What could that letter be?  Hhhm, who can it be now???  (remember that 80's song?)  You will see more tomorrow :o) Have a wonderful day!
Blessings,



Card Deets:
Stamps: Autumn Beauty
Cardstock: Chocolate Kiss, Pumpkin Pie, VV and Basic Grey Indian Summer
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: CB Herringbone folder, Flower, Button, Chocolate Grosgrain, Nesties

Autumn Trees

Just a quick card to post for the weekend. I made this using more of the Autumn Flower Soft I just can't seem to use enough of :o) The sketch for this came from StampTV last week and I loved the layered look. I used the CB Herringbone folder and it added just the perfect texture. Thanks for visiting my blog and I pray you have a wonderful weekend!

Blessings,



Card Deets:
Stamps: Tree Silhouettes, Autumn Beauty, Weathered BG
Cardstock: Chocolate Kiss, Soft Sand, Pumpkin Spice, and Green Apple

Ink: Vivid Green Apple, Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories:  Autumn Flower Soft, Nesties, CB Herringbone Folder, Brads, Ribbon, Oval Scallop Punch

Happy Fall

The leaves are starting to change and fall here in NC...we aren't in full foliage yet, but there is a definite hint of it coming soon!  I made this card for the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge which was to create a card/project using the colors of fall.  I had to add just a bit of Autumn Flower Soft to make the trees in full autumn foliage. I used the stamp sets Tree Silhouettes and Autumn Beauty.

The Scripture for the challenge was Ecclesiastes 3:1 and I just love that whole chapter of Ecclesiastes. There certainly is a purpose for everything... The verse in Ecclesiastes 3 that jumped out at me was vs.7 where is says: "A time to keep silence and a time to speak"...Oh my that is my trouble spot!   In  college, my best friend (who was similar in this area to me) gave me a little bookmark that I still have today that said, "Lord fill my mouth with worthwhile stuff, and nudge me when I've said enough."  That pretty much gets to the point of the matter :o)   I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,



Card Deets:
Stamps: Autumn Beauty and Tree Silhouettes
Cardstock: Chocolate Kiss, Green Apple and dp
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa and Vivid Olive
Accessories: Circle Punches, SCallop Punches, Autumn Flower Soft, and Herringbone CB Folder

Guest Designer for Theresa Momber

Autumn Beauty has been just a delight to design with this month and I thank Theresa Momber for featuring me as one of her designers. I still have so many ideas and just not enough hours in my day to create (which is a good thing in the sense that there is always something new to try!). I love the fall.... it is just my favorite season with the cooler temperatures and I love to see the leaves in all of their various fall colors floating with the wind to the ground...Just a beautiful time of year.  Sunflowers are another symbol of fall which I love seeing this time of year and I wanted to feature those in today's post.  The large sunflower I colored with Copics and added some Autumn Flower Soft to the center of the flower. Just love the "zing" it gives to the card, kind of takes it up a notch!

The next thing I have to share is a set of 3x3 cards that I made using another one of the sunflowers. It is nice to have little cards on hand to include with a little gift or baked good.   My daughter takes piano lessons and I so appreciate the time and effort her teacher puts into teaching her. I am going to include one of these little notes with some fall shaped Sugar Cookies I make this week.
For these cards, I used my Labels 4 Nesties and used one of the smaller dies that would fit nicely on the front of a 3x3 card. I stamped the Green Apple base with the sentiment Give Thanks numerous times for a quick background to peek around the die. Just a bit of coloring and sponging and done. :o) I also stamped the envelope with the corner vine stamp and it adds the perfect accent.

It has been a huge blessing working with Theresa and her newest stamp set Autumn Beauty. I just know her next set will blow me away and looking forward to what she has in the future.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I truly appreciate your time and sweet encouraging comments that you leave. Have a wonderful day!
Blessings,



Card Deets #1:
Stamps: Autumn Beauty
Cardstock: Pumpkin Spice, Green Apple, Vanilla
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Vivid Butterscotch, Apricot Appeal
Accessories: CB Herringbone Folder, Plain/Scallop Oval Nesties, Ribbon, Copics, Brads

Card Deets #2:
Stamps: Autumn Beauty
Cardstock: Green Apple and Vanilla
Ink: Vivid Olive, Memento Rich Cooca and Apricot Appeal
Accessories: Labels 4 Nesties, dimensionals

Autumn Beauty: Thanksgiving

I cannot believe I am making Thanksgiving cards already...but with Autumn Beauty I just cannot help myself! The font of the sentiment is just beautiful and I had to get those pumpkins into the wagon :o) I used the beautiful new Moonlit Fog Luxury Cardstock and matched it up with the Basic Grey Ambrosia 6x6 paper pack.  I love the gray color with the orange...it just goes together so beautifully.

I stamped the pumpkins twice, colored them with Copics, and cut them out.  One set I used to place into the wagon (which I cut a slight slit in to slide them into place).  I secured them with a glue dot so believe me they are not going anywhere! :o)

Also if you would like see more samples using Autumn Beauty, check out Theresa's blog for a project from Guest Designer Karen Knegten and Pam Imholtz' blog for another project featuring Autumn Beauty!

Blessings,

Card Deets: 

Stamps: Autumn Beauty

Cardstock: Moonlight Fog, VV, adn Basic Grey Ambrosia

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa and London Fog, Vivid Tuscan Tan

Accessories: Grosgrain, Clip, Corner Rounder Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, and Copics

Autumn Beauty SG5

Autumn Beauty has so many pretty images that I wanted to create a card focusing more on the lovely sunflowers included in the set. The sketch  for this card came from this weeks Sketch Girls Challenge and profiled two of the sunflowers. The new Pumpkin Spice cardstock was my base and I also used Chocolate Kiss and a bit of Green Apple. The designer paper which goes perfectly with the new Luxury cardstock colors from Gina K. Designs is from the Basic Grey Ambrosia line.

If you get a chance, check out what the other Sketch Girls Design Team have come up with using this fabulous sketch from Leigh Ann which certainly has a ton of possibilities!

Blessings,



Card Deets:
Stamps: Autumn Beauty
Cardstock: Pumpkin Spice, Chocolate Kiss, Green Apple and VV
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Butterscotch Vivid
Accessories: Copics, Circle Punches, Circle Scallop Punch, Scallop Edge Punch

Autumn Beauty Blog Hop

When Theresa Momber sent me a message asking me to be one of her Guest Designers for her new Autumn Beauty stamp set I squealed with delight. This is another beautiful stamp set that Theresa has designed and I am so thrilled with this wonderful opportunity.

For this card I wanted to focus on the mailbox and sentiment: "From Our Family to Yours". The card base is the new Pumpkin Spice and I also used a piece of the patterned paper that was included in the Signs of Autumn Stamp TV Kit. The mailbox image was stamped using Memento Rich Cocoa and colored with Copics. I stamped the mailbox three times so I could add dimension by paper piecing it.


The fibers are from Basic Grey Ambrosia, as well as a piece of brown fiber that I had in my stash.

For more inspiration, please check in on our Illustrator of Autumn Beauty, Theresa Momber. She has also designed a beautiful digital paper pack called All About Autumn that is available for purchase as well. Be sure to leave a comment on Theresa's blog for a chance to win this stamp set!
Theresa has asked three guest designers to join in on the blog hop tonight:
Pam Imholz
Karen Knegten
Jennie Harper (that's me!)
Melissa Shulz
Brenda Turner
These Designers are also sharing projects tonight on their blogs:
Gina Krupsky
Carolyn King
Emily Giovanni
Jessica Fick
Kurtis Amundson
Lee Murphy
Lynn Mercurio
Melanie Muenchinger
We even have some of our CenterStage Spotlight Designers joining in tonight:
Geri Utterback
Shelly Wilson
Tina Gilliland

Autumn Blessings

It has been a busy but fun week...we have been out of town in the mountains enjoying some R&R (but sadly the weather wasn't quite cooperative...) Oh-well, we still loved being in the mountains again and are heading home today ~via a fabulous stamp/scrapbook store: The Enchanted Cottage!....it was my dear husbands idea, knowing we were SO close :o) So I leave you with a card I made using faux stitching :o) I do not have a sewing machine so used rub-on's I bought years ago from QVC. The stamp set is Autumn Beauty from Theresa Momber which I am just having so much fun using! Have a wonderful day!

Guest Designer...for Theresa!!!

I am so excited...Theresa Momber asked me to be one of her Guest Designers for the month of August for her new stamp set Autumn Beauty!   This new stamp set is beautiful and has lovely images and sentiments all illustrated by the super talented Theresa herself.  She is one talented artist and I am amazed each month with the detail she gives to her designs.  

I received my set yesterday and have been playing with it some today.... Here is the first card I made and I must say I am so looking forward to creating some more... I used some of the new Spellbinders I recently bought at The Scrapbooking Room and so glad I finally took the plunge...these dies are addictive! I see part of this weekend spread out stamping! :o)

Don't forget about my blog candy...you have until September 6th to enter and on Monday I will post a winner!  You can find a direct link HERE.  I had a wonderful birthday on Monday and have enjoyed reading the guesses for my age.  One especially tripped me out.... and for the record....I am not yet 84 (or even half that, yet hee~hee)  :o)  Have a wonderful day!