Fall colors and leaves.......

I was getting in my jeep this morning and I noticed some dried up slightly colored leaves... the trees don't really look like it's fall...but with the few leaves falling already and the grass turning brown... Fall has arrived.... To celebrate Fall, we made some cards using the cuttlebug pumpkin and vine folder... and Rhonda had some new Marvy leaf punches that punch, then you press a little harder and they emboss also. So I added some of those to the cards. They're the type of punches you can only use on thin designer papers, not the cardstock weights. But it added a nice touch. To distress the cuttlebug image I just lightly used DTP with some distress ink pads.
























Well, since it is Fall.. that's apple season.. so I am off to the Dixon Apple orchards on Saturday to get some of those delicious Champagne gold apples and cider!! It's a lovely drive and if I'm lucky, I'll see some Aspens, already turned color and be able to get some pictures to show when I get back.

Autumn Pumpkins

This month at stamp club, I wanted to show my friends what you can do with some paper piecing. My buddy and fellow stamper Karen (over at Karen's Paper dreams) had done a similar card for her workshop using the fall paper from the Spanish catalog. I don't know how many of you remember, but last year I was in the hospital getting a new knee, and being the type who can't sit still... I had my daughter bring in my stamping tote filled with all kinds of things to do. So my dear friend Rhonda had brought me a stack of fall and halloween papers to use while I was there. I used this very same set and stamped pumpkins and leaves on the designer papers she had brought, and made cards to send out after I got home. It passed the time very nicely, and I ended up with a stash of cards!! Here is one of THOSE cards.












Now I have taken the same idea and used the new Tangerine Tango paper and made some more using the paper piecing technique. These are some my customers made. What do you think??