Lighthearted Leaves

 Fall is in the air (some days anyways).
I wanted to share with you a new stamp set called Lighthearted Leaves.
It has some great images and gives you some fun almost whimsical leaves.
I received this card in a swap — team mate Amanda Waldhardt designed this one.
Amanda SwapThe card base is Mossy Meadow.  She added a layer of the In The Woods
designer paper.  This paper was hand painted and then printed — we got to see the whole process at convention — very cool.
She stamped the leaf with VersaMark ink and used Gold Embossing Powder.
Next she used markers to color in the leaf.
She tied a bow with many strands of the Gold Thread and adhered to the leaf stem with a glue dot.  The words are stamped with Mossy Meadow and cut out using the Tags & Labels Framelits — adhere to a larger Mossy Meadow Tag & Label and adhere to card front with dimensionals.  Nice job Amanda.

I'm on my way to my Founder's Circle Trip to St. George, UT today.  This is the trip ALL of you helped me earn by ranking in the Top 100 Stampin' Up! Demonstrators (five days and four nights of stamping fun and making new friends). 
I have scheduled a little trip to Zion National Park to see all of the beautiful sights.
Keep watching my posts — I hope to share some of the fun with you over the next few days.  I am so thankful to each of you for your help in earning this dream come true.

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Sept 15 - 21

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Halloween Fun

Halloween fun — that's what this card says.
There are a couple of new items on this card.
BroomsThe card base is Tangelo Twist — add a layer of Basic Black — 4" x 5 1/4".
Next is a layer (3 3/4" x 5") of the Happy Haunting Designer Paper — so cute.
I LOVE these new Spider Web Doilies — not into Halloween — turn it over and it can be a snowflake doily or better yet sponge on any color of ink and make a doily that coordinates with whatever you are making. 

I used the If the Broom Fits stamp set — stamp with the new Archival Black stamp pad on Very Vanilla cardstock.  Then I used the 2 1/2" circle punch to punch it out.  I used the Circle Collection Framelits to cut out a little larger circle from Basic Black cardstock.  I stamped "If the Broom Fits, Ride It" with the Black ink on Very Vanilla cardstock.  I punched the banner ends with the Hexagon Punch — adhere to Black cardstock and trim the ends a little larger than the Very Vanilla.
Pretty quick & easy but so cute.

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Over the River and Through the Woods

Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go.
That's what this card reminds me of.
This was a card I received in a swap Friday night from Maxine.
I love how she coordinated different products together.
Can't you just imagine yourself "back in the day" riding in a horse drawn sleigh
on your way to your grandparents for a fabulous holiday meal.
Maxine SwapThe base of the card is Real Red cardstock.
Maxine used a retired embossing folder — Perfect Polka Dots(oops) but you could easily switch it out — maybe the Decorative Dots instead.
Then she added a layer of the Home for Christmas designer paper (red diagonal stripe).  She used the Hearth & Home Thinlits for the window.
Maxine used another piece of the Home for Christmas designer paper — one with houses all over it and layered this behind the window.
She used the Sleigh Ride Thinlit to cut out the horse and sleigh from Early Espresso cardstock and layered that between the window and the houses designer paper.

Nice job Maxine.  This card is so cute.

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