SUper Friends Saturday: Fall/Halloween and Thanksgiving Swaps

Happy Saturday!  I have a wonderful assortment of cards to share with you today -- at long last!!!  I've actually had these cards for a couple months, from our SUper Friends September and October swaps!  However, it has taken me a while to learn how to use a new device and some new watermarking software, which is why I have been a bit quiet on my blog the past few months.   Anyway, these cards are so amazing, I think you'll agree with me, that it is better late than never to share them!!!   Also, because I am still learning my new device and haven't quite figured out how to rearrange pictures, I apologize because there isn't a whole lot of rhyme or reason to the order in which I am sharing these!   

Cathy joined us for the first time for our Thanksgiving swap, and here is her beautiful fall card, created with the Gather Together stamp set:

Shawna chose the Harvest Hello stamp set, Apple Builder Punch, and Perfectly Plaid designer series paper for her fabulously country chic card:

Jana artfully watercolored a fall scene for her stunning gatefold card, which also features birch images from the Winter Woods stamp set and the Buffalo Check Background stamp:

For the Halloween swap, Margery created this awesome window card using the Garden Gateway Dies, Stacked Stone Background and Have a Hoot Bundle:

For the Thanksgiving swap, Margery chose the Rooted in Nature stamp set and Nature Roots Dies to create her elegant card (look closely at the card front, and you will see leaves embossed in the Very Vanilla layer, as well as the gleam from the foil layer under it):

Judy-Ann's Halloween card artfully showcases elements from the Hallows Night Magic Bundle on a slimline card (hard to capture in a photo, but this card has a lot of magical shimmer in real life -- the bats are cut from Black Foil, the "lace" is cut from Black Glitter Paper, there are beautiful Iridescent Pearls, and there is a layer of the gorgeous Metallic Mesh Ribbon behind the elements):

For her Thanksgiving card, Judy-Ann created this beauty with the Recessed Panel Technique, Love of Leaves Bundle, and Perfectly Plaid Designer Series Paper:

For her Thanksgiving card, Kallien created this gorgeous slimline card using the Celebrate Sunflowers Bundle and Old World Paper 3D embossing folder:

Kallien created her terrific Halloween Card with the Double Triangle Fold technique, and I like how she used the spider web embossing folder on one side, and for the other, made her own designer paper by repeatedly stamping spiders in coordinating colors on Whisper White Cardstock:

For the September fall/Halloween swap, I created this double gate fold card, featuring the Love of Leaves Bundle and Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper:

For the interior panel, I stamped images from the Life Is Beautiful stamp set (I used the "thumping" technique of inking up the stamp and then tapping different colors of Stampin' Write Markers onto the stamp before applying it to paper):

 

Nancy cleverly used vellum to layer the two parts of her card's greeting on top of each other:

Lifting the vellum layer more fully reveals the beautiful watercoloring on the "FALL" part of the card:

For her other card, Nancy created a chic slimline card, featuring three beautiful flowers created with the Daisy punch:

For my Thanksgiving card, I again used the Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper, but this time, paired it with the Arrange a Wreath Bundle:

For her Thanksgiving card, Shawna created this elegant trifold slimline card, featuring the Vintage Leaves stamps:
 

For one of our swaps, Judy-Ann made these fabulous treat boxes using elements from the Hello Pumpkin Paper Pumpkin kit and the Little Treats Box dies:

For her Thanksgiving swap card, Agnes created this lovely card using elements from the Layered Leaves Paper Pumpkin kit:

Thanks so much to the SUper Friends for these gorgeous cards and projects!!!  I have another set of swap cards to share with you from out December swap . . . so please stay tuned for that.  We're also looking forward to swapping again soon!  Always so fun and inspiring to see the designs everyone creates!  

Would you like to join us?  If so, please contact me for more information.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!

- Michelle