Seasonally Sensational October Creations

     

Wisconsin is particularly famous for having only three seasons . . . Fall, Winter, and Summer.  Spring, it seems is non-existent in our part of the country, and our three projects for this month are in honor of that unarguable fact!


With a crisp and earthtone fall upon us, we made our own our Curvy Keepsake version of the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown! 

A Beautiful Bunch bloom helps us remember our short but very sweet Wisconsin summer,

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With winter just around the corner we anticipate it will look a little like our Woundrous Wreath on a Hardwood fence. (The only thing missing is the snow on the fencetops!)

We are hearty souls here in the Grand Old Badger State!

All papers, inks, and accessories used in our projects are from Stampin’ Up! ©

A Bunch of Beautiful

Impressive, sweet, and easy as can be.  The Beautiful Bunch stamps teamed up with whatever In-Color™ you like from the 2013-15 DSP Stack make our cards look like we worked at this all day. Actually though, a whole handful of gorgeous cards for all occasions can be made in short order!  Having some of these on hand could make our up-coming winter doldrums take a hike!

Beautiful Bunch Card

Which '13-15' In-Color™ is your favorite?  We picked ours and for this card it is Coastal Cabana.  Our stampers get a choice though, and it's easy to customize with the In-Color 2013-15 DSP Stack. The ink and layered card stock used for our Beautiful Bloom match, but mixing up some complimentary hues might work too. A simple little score from the top right to just about center of our 4" x 5 1/4" DSP, and a funky little fold reveals both sides of this pretty paper. Our Fun Flower Punch really is fun . . . and it makes short work of our floral creation!  A good old standby, the Bird Builder Punch helps out to make some Baked Brown Sugar leaves.  We used Dimensionals to make things pop, a base of Baked Brown Sugar Card Stock to set things off, and a Pearl to pretty things up.  Our message is from And Many More and there are, indeed, many more great greetings where that one came from.  Easy and impressive at the same time.  All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin’ Up! ©

A Wonderful Wreath on a Picket Fence

We are really wondering why we even hesitated to add the Wonderful Wreath Framelits and coordinating Wondrous Wreath Stampset to our collection.  Using three coordinated stamps to create a gorgeous holiday wreath, this one with a wintery face, couldn't be more fun and easy.  Much to our delight, our Chocolate Chip Hardwood fence is a really nice way to show it off.

Wreath on a Fence Card

It only took a little trimming on our paper trimmer to come up with a set of pickets and some cross pieces to build our fence.  The Hardwood Stamp stamped on Crumb Cake with Chocolate Chip has clearly defined boards which made the cutouts much easier than using a saw on a hunk of wood!  The first panel was cut off and slit in half to make the cross sections.  The Woundrous Wreath stamps have tabs to help line up the layers and they do double duty when it comes to the cutting out part too!  Thank goodness for the Big Shot and Magnetic Platform.  We absolutely love this wreath framelit with its accessories--like the little bow to decorate with.  Dimensionals give us a hand in hanging our handiwork on the fence.  Our Christmas greens are Pear Pizzazz and Mossy Meadow, our reds are Cherry Cobbler of course!  We thought about snow on the fencetops, but we don't want to give Mother Nature any ideas too soon!  All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin’ Up! ©

A Curvy For You Pumpkin

Three-dimensional is the hypenated word of the day!  We are absolutely loving our brand new Curvy Keepsake Box Framelits. Our Pumpkin Pie pumpkin box with an Autumn Wooden Element to top it off is giving us a big jack-o-lantern grin on our faces!

The Great Pumpkin Box

It wasn't hard to make a pretty piece of Pumpkin Pie Card Stock look like it was just picked up at the pumpkin farm with the help of some Pumpkin Pie Ink and our Work of Art Stamp Set.  The Curvy Keepsake Box Framelit cut out twice and glued together with Tombo Glue was easier to make than a pumpkin pie! The Bigz Autumn Accents Die was used to fashion the little Garden Green leafy interest.  Teamed up with a circle tag and tied up with some Linen Thread,  our message is from A Round Array punched with the 7/8" Scallop Punch, and the sweet little fall shape was chosen from the Autumn Wooden Elements.  Doesn't it look just 3-D Delicious?  All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin’ Up! ©