Flowers are a bloom

I spent a good bit of the day outside getting things put away from the summer, and cleaning out the garden for winter. It is sad alittle. I do like fall. But in the midst of my thoughts about all the clean up I had, there were three flowers, outside of my mums, that were still in bloom, looking at me to almost say.."hey, I am still here."

When the chores were done, and I was able to get back into my craft cave, I put this together. If it hadn't been getting so dark I would have taken a picture of the card with the flowers that inspired me so.

I used the LNS Challenge 42 - Color challenge to complete the card. Its unbelieveable how many scraps I 'used' to put this together, but I am liking it.

Ingredients: Scalloped Circle Punch- Ruby Red CS, Boho flowers Punch- Ruby Red CS, Scalloped oval Punch- Old Olive CS, Kraft flower pot base.

Ruby Red, Old Olive and Real Rust...

... was the color challenge for Latenightstampers, a Yahoo Group I belong to.

I was confident that this was going to be easy.. simple enough, afterall those are fall colors... colors in which I had limited supply of... so yes a challenge it was!

First please excuse the pictures, since its getting dark out so early, I wasn't able to capture it in great light. Still working on getting a photobox.

So here is Upsy daisy water misted with Ruby Red and Real Rust markers. I added brads since I thought it needed something. The Old Olive ribbon was included in the Elements pack of ribbon, which I wrapped around the Real Rust CS after I rolled the specklers roller across it in Real Rust.

Second, I did about a dozen of these alternating the base color. I am not crazy about the glitter that I added, so I only added it to one. This is the acorn from Autumn Splendor. Again, I used the specklers roller on the bottom cardstock althought you cannot see that in these photos. I popped the acorns up on dimensionals and turned the ribbon over for the plain side on the other cards.

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Stamps: Autumn Splendor, Sandy specklers roller, Upsy Daisy

CS: Ruby Red, Real Rust, Old Olive, Whisper White

Ink: Real Rust, Versamark; Markers- Real Rust, Ruby Red, Old Olive

Old Olive Ribbon (Elements), dimensionals, 1 1/2 circle punch, 1 3/8 circle punch, glitter, silver brads, water spritzer

Thank you for visiting.

Gifts.. who doesn't like gifts?

I saw something like this... had to make it and now wish I wouldn't have started .. Its so simple, that anything goes... everything except for my bows that look great until I take my finger off them to take picture. Its was straight - I promise you!

This it a great idea.. its a present and a gift card holder all in one... HOW GREAT IS THAT? Its like "here is your card and your present at the same time" theory. Versitile for any occason, I just wanted to try the new ribbon out from the mini catty... I like it... alot!

Its pretty simple on the inside, since I didn't have an immediate use for it. I made some other colors for Birthday cards/gift card holders to have on hand.. since I multiple all I do by atleast 2 when I make them... just because at some point in time there is a moment where I hear the "Mom, I need..." and I know that I do not have time to put it all together in a snap... so I just whip the box out and allow them to make the decisions, while I mentally remember to make another to replace.. its an odd system, but it works for now... LOL

As I am about to sign off and leave you to do some other fabulous creating of your own, I need to put one final word out there. Today, here in the US, maybe even other parts of the world, we are celebrating Patriotic day... its today 8 years ago that we lost our hundreds of men and woman thru a 'planned attack'. I will not stand on my soap box, but its a day that brings me sadness for many reasons. Its beyond the lives lost that day, and the days following, but the obsorbant amount of lives that remain to be tested and defeated. I don my American Flag at half staff today, to honor all of those who have lost lives and fight for us to have our freedom, safety and protect us. Thank you.