Wonderfall Branches

Morning! Here is a fun, beautiful accent piece that didn't take too long to make. All of the leaves were cut from Watercolor paper using the Autumn Accents Bigz Die. The maple leaves were folded and run through my crimping tool. The Oak leaves were embossed using the Woodgrain Embossing Folder. The leaves with the jagged edge (type? anyone?) were stamped with the Woodgrain Background Stamp in Crumb Cake Classic Ink, and the smallest leaves were left plain. All leaves were adheres to my upcycled Christmas branches using Sticky Strip, then everything was given a good misting with Log Cabin Smooch Spritz (retired). The photos don't really do it justice, Smooch Spritz doesn't really photograph true to is shimmery richness, does it? Hope you enjoy!

Day 2 of School Love Notes (and the journal that inspired them :)

Good afternoon everyone! Is it any wonder that my latest journal features the new Wonderfall stamp set? :o)  I don't think it's a secret how much I LOVE this set!!! I whipped this up last night and as I was putting my supplies away, decided to use them to create adapted cards for my "lunch box love notes" for my kids. On occasion, we could ALL use a reminder to "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams", couldn't we?

Ingredients: (All SU!)
Crumb Cake CS, Wonderfall Stamp Set, Woodgrain Background Stamp, Word Play Stamp Set, Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink, Daffodil Delight Classic Ink, Early Espresso Classic Ink and Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Crystal Effects

Baseball Thanks

Yesterday was the final game of one of Big C's baseball teams, so we made thank you gifts for the coaches and sponsor. I've used 2 retired baseball stamp sets (which considering how big baseball is in our house, will be ones I will always keep :o), the top photo features the Just Baseball set, and the middle one features the Home Run set. I zoomed in for the bottom photo so you could see the Woodgrain Background stamp on the Night of Navy Card Stock, and the Riding Hood Red "stitches" on the Whisper White "THANKS". And since a good baseball is never a clean baseball, I had to age the letters a bit with the Tea Stain from the Distressing Essentials Kit! Super fun, and super fast!

Ingredients: (All SU!)
Home Run (retired), Just Baseball (retired), Woodgrain Background Stamp, Typeset Alphabet Bigz Die, Crumb Cake CS and Classic Ink, Whisper White CS, Night of Navy CS and Classic Ink, Riding Hood Red Stampin' Write, Tea Stain ink from the Distressing Essentials Kit.

Thank you to the best horse back riding instructor!

These photos do not do the projects OR products justice. Sorry all! I was literally waiting for the UPS guy to come so I could stamp the horse, and emboss the pink framelits to assemble and give away. I snapped the pics on the way out the door to L'il C's last riding lesson of the year.

Ingredients: (All SU! unless otherwise mentioned)
Whisper White CS, Pretty in Pink CS, Watercolor Paper, Woodgrain Background Stamp, Horse Frontier Stamp Set, Itty Bitty Banners Stamp Set, Argyle Embossing Folder, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Bitty Banners Framelits, Naturals Designer Buttons, Old Olive Stampin' Write, Early Espresso Classic Ink, Stampin' Dimensionals