TECC41 - Snowy Jo

Happy Saturday everyone! First off I wanted to mention that I added the Followers Gadget to my sidebar, yes it took me a while before I jumped in and added it on but it's there now so if you are interested in following my blog I would be honored! The second thing I would like to mention is that I joined a new on line paper crafting site called Paper Planet, I know several of you already know about this great site because I've seen you there but for those of you who don't know about it, you may be interested in checking it out and joining in on the fun.

Today it's cold and dreary out side, its amazing how a just a few days ago all the leaves on our big maple tree in our back yard were still on the branches and it was in the 70s and now our tree is totally bare and its in the 40s, that's Michigan weather! The card for today is for the Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #41, I used the imaginisce Snowy Jo clear stamp for the image, colored him with my Copics then cut and embossed him using my square Nestabilites die and scalloped mat. For some reason this little snowman guy did not want to stamp out, after about five tries I finally got him. The Dashing designer Christmas paper is SU from two catalogs ago so I thought I would use some of it up and the colors I used are Real Red and Old Olive.

Have a great weekend!

SC201 - Happy Thanksgiving

Today's card is for yesterdays sketch challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers, I really liked the look of this sketch with all of the layers and the main focal point in the center. I used the stamp set Seasonal Whimsy and stamped it in a spectrum fall colored ink pad, then stamped it again and cut out the smaller sized leaf to place on the edge of the image. The designer papers I used are from two different packs, the mustard colored paper is from the East Coast Prep designer pack and the olive stripe is from Summer Picnic. The Really Rust piece of card stock is embossed using my new Pumpkin Harvest Cuttlebug embossing folder that I got for my birthday from my friend Bonnie (thanks Bon I love it).
Today was a beautiful fall day the temperature was in the 70's, the sun was out and the leaves were falling! After running a few errands this morning my son Connor and I spent most of the afternoon out side playing in the back yard, swinging on the swing set, playing in the sand box and jumping in the leaves.

Thanksgiving Treats

Since we always enjoy having Thanksgiving at our house every year I made these little pillow boxes filled with chocolates for each place setting. Every year I try to have the dinner table look pretty with a freshly pressed table cloth, a real fall flower arrangement, candles and good silver and glasses. I love the smell of the turkey cooking on Thanksgiving and having a big dinner with family, there's nothing like it!

For these little pillow boxes I used really rust card stock and after cutting out the boxes with my Big Shot I stamped them with the Weathered back ground stamp. Then used the Happy Thanks giving stamp from the retired stamp set All Year Cheer III (hang onto those retired word sets) and stamped it in Chocolate Chip. The acorn from the stamp set Autumn Fest was stamped in Creamy Carmel then I used a Chocolate Chip marker to color the top before stamping it on Naturals Ivory paper. I used two circle punches and the wide oval punch to mat the acorn and punched two holes on each end of the wide oval to feed the ribbon through. You really don't need to tape both ends of this box if you tie it up with ribbon horizontally like I did.

Now I'm totally in the mood for some turkey dinner!

Fall Pictures

These are a few shots from last month when our family went to the pumpkin patch. Its hard to believe that its now November and Halloween is over and Thanksgiving is just about two weeks away. Most of the trees here in Michigan still have quite a bit of their colorful leaves but there are some that are already bare.