Fab Autumn

#stampinup   There's nothing like waiting until the very last minute of a deadline. I sometimes work better when I pressure myself. When I saw the sketch at this week's Fab Friday challenge blog, I loved it and thought it would make a fun card. But here it is, Wednesday night, just hours before the challenge closes and I'm scrambling to make a card. As usual.



I knew the autumn stamp from the "Among the Branches" set would be the perfect center for the design, so I stamped this in Cajun Craze onto Whisper White and punched it out with the 2" Circle Punch. I wanted to change the sentiment a bit, so I stamped "give thanks" from the "And Many More" set in Mossy Meadow onto a Crushed Curry scrap, punched it out with the Word Window Punch and adhered it to the circle.

Next, I cut a strip of the dotted Mossy Meadow sheet from the English Garden Designer Series Paper and flagged the ends with the Hexagon Punch. I embossed a Crushed Curry mat with the Zig Zag Embossing Folder and adhered it to a Soft Suede card base.

I was temporarily flummoxed by the circlets of Linen Thread behind the circle. I finally put some adhesive onto the card itself--rather than on the circle--and that worked out much better. Once I got the Linen Thread where I like it, I adhered the circle to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

I finished the card by adding some Pumpkin Pie Candy Dots, as show in the sketch.

tams# 4784

Product List

Among The Branches Photopolymer Stamp Set [139823] $17.00	And Many More Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134273] $37.00	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [126965] $6.50	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [133645] $6.50
Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115318] $7.00	Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131199] $7.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $8.50	English Garden Designer Series Paper [138440] $11.00
Zig Zag Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [133738] $7.50	2" Circle Punch [133782] $18.00	Hexagon Punch [130919] $16.00	Linen Thread [104199] $4.50
Regals Candy Dots [130932] $6.00