From My Heart

  Picking pumpkins, all the different sizes, shapes and colors is a fun time for me, my grandkids enjoy it too, this card is a fun reminder of all those trips to the pumpkin patch.  The pumpkins are created with two step stamping, aren't they cute. Cutting Pretty Peacock – 5 ½ x 8 ½, score at 4 ¼ Basic Black – 4 ½ x 3 ¼ Basic White – 4 x 5 ¼, 4 ¼ x 3, ½ x 3 3/4 Assembly Score, fold and burnish Pretty Peacock card base. Stamp the leaf vine stamp with Pretty Peacock Ink on three corners. On large Basic White card stock, stamp the leaf vine with Pretty Peacock Ink, insert inside the card On the smaller piece of Basic White stamp three Pumpkin outlines with Timid Tiger Ink, with the same ink, ink up and stamp off the full pumpkin and stamp over the outlined image. Clean both stamps and ink up with Pretty Peacock ink repeating the instructions listed above.  Stamp the stems in Crumb Cake. Ink up and stamp off the single leaf in Old Olive three times. Adhere this to the B...

  Yesterday was World Card Making Day and I celebrated the day with my stamping friends. We made five cards and snacked on a caramel apple bar, used an apple cutter, poured warm caramel on the apples and added toppings including Mimi M & M's, Mini Chocolate Chips, Toffee pieces, chopped walnuts and chopped peanuts; YUM. Here is one of the cards we made A nice fall themed card that can be used for any occasion. I picked a thinking you stamp from the Branching Out stamp set and the leaves and acorn from the Gathering Moments Bundle. This card features a frame created from using two Textured Notes Dies - this is a must have die set! The Irregular Weave Ribbon adds to the "fall" theme of the card.  Here are the card details Cutting Very Vanilla – 5 ½ x 8 ½, score at 4 ¼, ¾ x 4, 2 x 4 Early Espresso – 5 ½ x 4 ¼ Crushed Curry – 2 ½ x 4 Gathering Moments Designer Series Paper – 2 ¾ x 4 ¼  Assembly Score, fold and burnish Very Vanilla card base Die cut the Early Espres...