Yes, I will say it out loud. I love, love Love of Leaves! Its such a pretty set and who can resist a new leaves stamp set for fall crafting? Not only are the stamps beautiful, but you can do so much by just using the matching die cuts.  In fact my card today has only a sentiment stamped. Everything else is paper and die cuts. The stitched background is perfect for a fall card and I love the way you can die cut the leaves with the same stitched look.

This card was a snap to do using the die cuts and a sentiment from the Banner Year set with the coordinating Banners Pick A Punch.  I will let you in on a little secret about this years Holiday Mini catalog. Look carefully at the stamp sets offered and you will see that many sets have sentiments and artwork for many seasons, not just fall and holiday.

For example, the Banner Year stamp set covers everything from Halloween to Thanksgiving and on to Valentine’s Day. You can make cards, tags and packaging with this one set for so many occasions. So, when looking through the holiday mini catalog, look carefully at all the sentiments some of the stamp sets have. If you choose carefully, you will be crafting all year long!

And look carefully through the paper and embellishments. You will see that many of those have designs and colors that will take you further than just the holidays. This attention to putting so much thought and value into products is one of the reasons I love using Stampin’ Up! exclusively.

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Paper Pumpkin – Perfect for September! Subscribe by September 10th to get September’s Kit! 

Here we go! Summer is winding down in a month and fall will be here! While I love the early sunshine of summer mornings and the late sunsets, I will be happy to see cooler days ahead.

The thought of fall on the way got me motivated to work on a Halloween card using one of my favorite sets, Harvest Hellos. If you want one stamp set that will do it all for fall cards, this is it. From back-to-school teacher gifts to Halloween to Thanksgiving, this stamp set covers it all. With the matching punch you can create pumpkins or apples, your choice!

As you can see, I stamped pumpkins with a Jack o’ Lantern face and punched those out along with a plaid pumpkin for the sentiment. This card could easily be redesigned for a Thanksgiving – Harvest card and even the sentiment would still work!

I layered them all on a strip of Plaid from the Plaid Tidings DSP on a Pumpkin Pie embossed with the Tasteful Textiles Embossing Folder to give the card some interest. Then, I added in a few die cut leaves in Shaded Spruce to make the card pop.

With a punch and a paper cutter, this card was a snap to make. And with a few changes, it can be Halloween, Harvest, Teacher or Thanksgiving. Your choice!

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I spy some pretty cute die cuts in September’s Paper Pumpkin kit!

My poor craft room has been in a disarray for a few weeks while my basement has been dug up to make way for an unexpected plumbing repair. So, I haven’t been stamping nearly as much as I would like this summer! Thank goodness for online events, or I wouldn’t have done much stamping at all.

This card was my take on a design from an all day craft “online” retreat I was on a few weeks ago. I have done a few of these events and they have been fun! For me, the good thing is,  once I sign up for the retreat, I get a nice kit in the mail that was all ready to go. All I needed to do was find some ink and some stamps that would work and I was good to go!

This card was based on a masculine card design in the event’s kit. I just rearranged a few things and added my own embellishments to “customize” it for what I wanted to do. I simply can’t get enough of the In Good Taste suite of products with the textured, natural embellishments. They add so much interest and dimension to a card. This card uses some of the Faux Suede trim and pulls in a few of the copper color Star Design Elements. And all this this interest and dimension in the embellishments is perfect with a Tasteful Textile embossed background. It all comes together for a rich look and feel.

And I am happy to be putting my craft area back together again! Whew! What a mess. Stamping is so much more fun.

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Want A Fun Kit For Halloween and Thanksgiving Crafting?

Take a look at the picture to see all the wonderful die cuts in t he September Paper Pumpkin! Next month’s kit is a box full of fun! The kit includes treat boxes you can make, embellish and fill with your own treats for the harvest season. Make a few for Halloween and then save a few for your Thanksgiving table. It’s all going to be fun and you can make it yourself!  Learn more by clicking on the image above.