Beauty of Friendship - Gratitude

What a gorgeous Autumn weekend!  The trees continue to turn beautiful golden yellow here in Frederick.  I'm heading Northeast next weekend to visit my youngest son, David, who lives in NYC.  We are taking a drive on Friday a little bit north of the city to say in Sleepy Hollow for the night to enjoy a play and a pumpkin festival.  We are going to see the Legend of Sleepy Hollow which will take place at Washington Irving's home!  And I'm hoping for some more beautiful fall colors!  How have you been enjoying the beautiful Autumn weekends?  

I've been diligently working on holiday projects for an upcoming craft fair here in Frederick on 11/13.  I'm sure you would like a little bit more of fall though for this weekend.  So I'll share with you the card I made for a recent card swap.  As Autumn is my favorite season, I pulled out the Beauty of Earth Designer Series Paper and Beauty of Friendship Bundle.

 

Beauty of the Earth Suite

The Coordinating colors for this lovely suite is a perfect Autumn palette of colors:  Merry Merlot, Cinnamon Cider, Bumblebee, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow and Misty Moonlight.  I also like Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry - such beautiful colors - and I just don't use them enough!    

I was searching for ideas for my card swap using the Beauty of Friendship DSP and I found a lovely card posted on Pinterest from Michelle of Owl Stars Stampers.  She made a slimline card using the Beauty of the Earth DSP.  I loved how she stamped and die cut the tree and popped this up on top of a stamped tree trunk with Stampin' Dimensionals from the Beauty of Friendship stamps.  I was so impressed on how it gave the tree so much dimension.  I mixed it up a bit and made a portrait card instead of a slimline card and used the fabulous Well Defined Stamps sentiment on Gratitude.  I used Merry Merlot as Michelle had in her card for the borders behind the DSP, the stamped tree and the sentiment  

I then made an alternate card in landscape mode in golds.  We don't have many reds and oranges of the season here, so I wanted something reminiscent of the trees in my neighborhood.  I used Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry for my card base.  I used Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad and it provided an amazing golden tree!  I added orange tinged sequins from the Artistry Blooms Adhesive-backed sequins pack.  Which is your favorite?  I would love to hear your comments.  

Beauty of the Earth Suite

I've received my new Eden's Garden collection.  The Evening Evergreen and the Soft Succulent vintage prints in the Eden's Garden Designer Series Paper are so lovely.  I'm hopeful to play with it as soon as I make some more progress on my craft fair projects.  The gems should be arriving this week - maybe I can make something before I leave for NYC.  The collection includes a stamp set and dies that can be purchased as a bundle, beautiful Designer Series Paper, two sheets of Cotton paper - one in Soft Succulent and one in Evening Evergreen, and gems (one is a marquise cut - my favorite jewel cut) in Cherry Cobbler and Soft Succulent.  

Please order yours as early as you can as the DSP and the gems are only available through January 3.  If you would like to preorder yours, please contact me and I'll help you with joining my team.  It's one of the special perks available to you as a demonstrator - preordering and playing early with the new beautiful products.  

The Whimsy & Wonder class samples are done!  The Whimsy & Wonder Card Class will be on Saturday, October 30, from 10am - 4pm mdt.  Registration is due on October 18 and payment is due by October 20.  Click Here to register for the card class.  This is one my favorites from the 2021 June - December Mini Catalog.  

Painted Christmas is the next Christmas Card Class is rescheduled to 11/20 as I will be a vendor at the Carbon Valley Holiday Marketplace on 11/13.  I'll be posting registration next week for this stunning suite.  

Gifts Galore November 2021 Paper Pumpkin

Who doesn't like to see piles of presents on Christmas morning?  Especially our little ones!  Paper Pumpkin's November Kit - Gifts Galore will make quick work of that to package up festive holiday treats!  With classic Christmas sentiments, bright and festive colors, a sweet snowman, a tree with all the trimmings, or a playful pile of presents, you’ll have everything you need to make eye-catching treat packages that are sure to spread Christmas cheer. Each Gifts Galore box contains enough supplies to create nine treat packages—three each of three designs—and nine food-safe bags that are adorably styled for easy Christmas gifting. There’s plenty of joy to share with Gifts Galore!

The Gifts Galore Kit includes:  

• printed die cuts, die-cut boxes, cellophane treat bags, adhesive, and more!
• an exclusive stamp set and a Classic Stampin’ Spot

Coordinating colors: Evening Evergreen, Flirty Flamingo, Old Olive, Pool Party, Poppy Parade

If you haven't yet tried a Paper Pumpkin kit, Gifts Galore would be a perfect start to your Paper Pumpkin adventure!  Paper Pumpkin is a monthly subscription kit that you can purchase as a 1-month, 3-month, 6-month or 12-month subscription.  You can place your subscription on hold if you would like.  Just a reminder to take off hold before the 10th of the month to order your next month's kit.  

Order your Gifts Galore Kit by November 10th.  This will make a great kit to bring to our November Monthly Kit Gathering.  We will be deciding whether to meet on 11/26 - the day after Thanksgiving.  Or we may need to move to December 3.  I'll be sending out a survey later this week to get your votes!

Have a great week and enjoy the Autumn Weather!  

Keep on Crafting!