Pretty embossed fall leaves

   This is a card I made for my twin brothers birthday which is on the 30th. Pretty but yet not too feminine.
  I stamped JustRite's Autumn leaves background stamp on Kraft paper with versa mark ink.I then used a pretty orange pearl embossing powder.I stamped the saying from JustRite's Cupcake wishes stampset and embossed it on the bottom of the card along with a flourish. I then added a ribbon on the top embossed layer of the cart ( I cut it a bit to leave space at the bottom of the card to put my saying.
   I die cut the oak leave and then rubbed versa mark on it and embossed it with the orange pearl embossing powder.I attached it with foam dots onto the card.
   I love to emboss and this background stamp was just screaming to be embossed in this pretty orange pearl embossing powder. I am entering this in Mod Squad challenge blog Your favorite things contest. You are to make a card using your favorite card making technique. Embossing is on the top of my list.
   Thanks for stopping. I hope you all got out side and enjoyed our lovely fall.
Donna
 
" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

A crunchy,tasty thank you fall treat wrapped up in warm fall colors

    I finished up some fun thank you gifts for the youth group leaders that my daughter is working with this year.I had bought the plaid paper at Tuesday Morning for a really good price. I used my fry box die from Accucut to cut them out. I stamped some leaves and Acorns with some old TAC stamps and colored with water color pencils and then cut them out and popped them on with foam tape just under the raffi bows I tied around the box.
   A friend had told me about a great pumpkin pie spice popcorn recipe.I made 2 batches ( so good) and then bagged it up and put it in the box's. ( Hint put the bag in the box and then fill it, works much better that way) The recipe can be found on pinterest just put in pumpkin pie spice popcorn. or caramel corn and it should come up with several.
  I hope this inspires you to make some goodies for the special people in your lives.
  Thanks for stopping.
Donna
 
" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

Fall is in the air at Just Rite take three

O.K. I just kept coloring and playing around with the fall barn stamp and some of my new spellbinders die's. I like the simplicity of this card and the way the wine red mat makes the barn the star of the show.

Donna

" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

Fall is in the air at Just Rite take two

I fell in love with this rich orange paper by Basic Grey from Indie Bloom so I used it as my background for this vibrant Fall card.I stuck with a simple design for this card using oval spellbinders to die cut my harvest image and then a beautiful orange paper by Raisin Boat. I colored the stamped image with copic markers and edged it with Ranger distress ink and a sponge. I cut the leaves out and and added them to give a bit of dimension to the card highlighting the fall theme.It just makes you feel all the warmth of the fall colors.

Donna

" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

Fall is in the air at Just Rite take one

I had fun with this challenge. I grew up on a farm and I love fall so this card was fun to do. I went with a creamy white barn instead of the traditional red. I used spellbinders dies to cut and mat the barn.The papers are from My minds eye ( Stella Rose,and a Beautiful Life) I wanted to really feature the barn stamped image on this card so I did a shorter card and had the die cut mat raise up and take center stage.I used copic markers to color this and edged it with Ranger distress ink and a sponge.
I hope you get a chance to enjoy some of Gods beauty this fall it is just amazing this year in Wisconsin!

Donna

" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

Blessing mix for fun fall giving

Justrite has a recipe challenge this week and I was planning on making this " Blessing mix" to give to my daughters small group leaders for youth group so what a better way then to combine the two.
I sized the saying to fit in my spellbinders leaf die.I die cut it and then edged it with some distress ink with a sponge.
I then stamped my Justrite "Enjoy the days of Autumn" stamp and colored it with copics and I cut it out and attached it to the other side of the leave with the saying on the other side. I die cut one small leaf in brown and added it at the bottom.
I put my Blessing mix in a long bag and tied the leaf onto the top of the bag. It is an inexpensive way to say thank you with a fun fall flair.
Blessing Mix
The bugles are the symbol of the Cornucopia, a horn of plenty.
The pretzels are the arms folded in thanks.
The candy corn reminds us of the corn the pilgrims had to eat the first winter.
The fruit ( candied orange slice) is a reminder of that Thanksgiving is a celebration
of the Harvest.
The peanuts represent the seeds, the potential of the bounteous harvest for the
next season if they are planted and well tended.
You can layer the ingredients in the bag or mix them all up in a bowl if you like.I used a candied orange slice but you could put in dried fruit like cranberry's if you like.For those of you who might be scratching your heads over Bugles they are in the snack isle by the pretzels and chips.
I hope you have fun making this and giving it.
Make time to play today.
Donna Polley

" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

Justrite fall fun

I have had fun playing with Justrite fall stamps and some projects I will be doing with the girls in my daughters 7th grade youth group.We will be making favor box's for the senior Fall dinner.
I could not help but play with some more ideas. I love the apple basket in this set!
I die cut the fry box and match box's with Accucut die's. I colored the images with copic markers.All of the mats and stamped images were cut out with spellbinders die's.
Make time to play today.
Donna



" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

Fall Bag topper

I stamped the bird with brown momento ink and then colored it with copic markers. I die cut the bag topper with an accucut die, sewing the plaid around the edges. I sanded the edged of the bag topper.The bird and mat were cut with nestibilitie die's as well as the leaf tag.

Make some time to play today!
Donna

" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

Fall fun

I played a bit this weekend on some fun fall cards.I hope you like them.
Donna
" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer