Assembly Video for Connie's Splendid Autumn Card

 Hi again!  In my last post, I mentioned I'd created a video of myself assembling the card kit Connie gave me for her card at our open house!  Well, it turns out that video is a little too big for me to upload directly here, but I can share a link so you can view it on my Facebook business page!  Here is the link.  Please let me know if that doesn't work, and I'll work on figuring out a different way to share it!  

Connie's Splendid Autumn Cards

Today I'm sharing the stunning cards Connie created for our Open House on Saturday with the Splendid Autumn Suite Collection, plus daisies cut from the Cheerful Daisies Dies.  Connie had three different designs for attendees to choose from. 

I finally had a chance to put together my kit today (and made a video of myself doing that, which I will share shortly), but one thing I was excited to learn is that the frame die in the Autumn Expressions Dies cuts pieces that will layer on each other!  Not sure why I hadn't picked up on that before!  Luckily, Connie had figured that out already!  :) 

Also, you'll see in the video that Connie ended up stamping the center strip of designer paper with the Sketched Plaid Background Stamp. 

Thanks for visiting my blog!

- Michelle

A Friend Like You Brings Me Happiness

 Busy times at our house, as our youngest gets ready to head off to college, but I couldn't resist playing along with this month's Stampin' Through the Catalog case the designer challenge!  I love the card Melissa Faust created for the challenge, as well as the beautiful cards created by the Stampin' Through the Catalog team!  

For my card, I decided to use Melissa's layout, including the use of the plaid embossing folder in the backround!  I also used many of the same colors (Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Blackberry Bliss, Pecan Pie, Peach Pie).  I chose the Winterly TreeTops Bundle for my stamped images, as well as the Autumn Expressions Bundle for the die cut leaves behind the birds.  That is metallic card stock framing the Crumb Cake layer behind the birds and leaves!  

This was a fun challenge!  Would love to know if you end up playing along with it, too, and see what you create!

Mystery Monday: Getting a Little Messy with Autumn Expressions

 Finished my homework from Mystery Monday Stamping already!  

Tonight's challenge was to create what I thought would be a one sheet wonder style card with some faux tile lines, so went crazy with stamping images on my first card, using the Autumn Expressions stamps.  (That's my portrait card.)  After seeing Sharon's mystery card revealed and her inspiration from the holiday catalog, I did my homework of making a second card more like those cards, with some more purposefully arranged stamping!  

I still wasn't totally happy with either of my cards after that.  I decided that the colors I'd used (Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, and Wild Wheat) just weren't making me happy by themselves.  So, I decided to blend in first some Boho Blue on the background, and then some Peach Parfait on the leaves.  (I wish I'd taken a before and after so you could see which you'd like better!)  

I used strips of the Splendid Autumn Designer Series Paper behind my greetngs and embellished with the Faux Glass Dots. 

Thanks for visiting my blog!

- Michelle