The Leaves and Acorns are Falling

I went to visit my parents this weekend.
I enjoyed the drive up north and the colors of the leaves.
The further north we went the fewer the leaves.
My parents live about 3 hours north and I was amazed at how many of the trees had already lost all of their leaves.  The acorns are on the ground too.
This card is a great representation of the time of year.
AcornsThe card base is Very Vanilla.
The black and white banner is a leftover piece from the Witches Hat kit (but you could easily cut it using the Lots of Labels Framelits and designer paper.
The leaves cut out with the Leaflet Framelit and the acorn punched out with the Acorn Builder Punch from Crumb Cake card stock.  Sponge the edges of the leaves and acorn with Soft Suede ink.  The top of the acorn is stamp with the acorn top from Acorny Thank You and Soft Suede ink.  Adhere the leaves and acorn to the card front with dimensionals.  Tie a double bow with White Bakers Twine and adhere the bow with Glue Dots.

Pretty quick and you could stamp any greeting you need.

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Acorn Hello

Acorny Thank You has been a fun fall stamp set.
I just love playing with different color combinations.
This stamp set is my Stamp of the Month set this month so you'll be seeing a few more card samples this week so I thought I would start you out with this one I made for a demonstrator event last month.
Hi AcornsThe card base is Tip Top Taupe with a layer of Early Espresso that has been embossed with the Woodlands embossing folder.
I punched a 2" circle through both layers.
A layer of Whisper White has been adhered to the inside of the card.
The acorn was with Tip Top Taupe on Tip Top Taupe cardstock and punched out with the coordinating Acorn Punch.  The acorn top was stamped with Rich Razzleberry ink and punched out.  I used dimensionals to adhere the top to the base of the acorn.  Tie a bow with Linen Thread and adhere to the acorn with a Glue Dot.  Attach the Acorn with dimensionals in the middle of the opening.
Stamp the greeting on Whisper White cardstock with Rich Razzleberry ink.
I used the Happy Haunting Washi Tape — two strips.

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And the Stockings Were Hung

I love when a stamp set has a coordinating framelit set.
It makes my life soooo much easier.
Today's card uses the Festive Fireplace and the coordinating Festive Fireside Framelits (guess what — when you purchase them at the same time you save 15%).Peggy SwapThe base of the card is Pear Pizzazz with a layer of Mossy Meadow and then
Real Red.  The words are from Versatile Verses stamp set — they are stamped on the bottom of the Real Red cardstock with VersaMark and embossed with White Embossing Powder. 

The fireside, mantel, stockings and logs & fire are all stamped on Whisper White cardstock with VersaMark and embossed with White Embossing Powder.  Cut out each piece with the coordinating framelits — the main part of the fireplace is cut out with the Heath & Home Thinlits.
Once everything is cut out, I used a sponge or sponge dauber and crumb cake ink on the fireplace & mantel — sponge all over both pieces.  You will get light and dark spots, that's ok, they are bricks.

Color the stockings with Real Red, Mossy Meadow and Pear Pizzazz markers.

I used the Crumb Cake marker on the logs and Real Red and Daffodil Delight on the flames.

Adhere the fireplace to Whisper White cardstock.
Adhere the mantel with dimensionals.
The stockings and the logs & fire are also adhered with dimensionals.

Don't you just want to curl up in front of the fire with a book.

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