Saturday, September 5, 2009

{With Thanks}

Good morning! YEA! for a long weekend!! I'm so excited to have nothing to do today---yes, I should mow my lawn, and do some laundry and all sorts of other household duties, but right now, I'm not! I'm just enjoying a leisurely morning of stamping and Law & Order repeats---gotta love it!

I wanted to play in Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge. The colors this time are screaming "FALL!!" I have other things to work on, so I'll keep this short! This simple card starts with a Kraft cardstock base that I stamped with Polka Dot Basics II in dark chocolate. I also stamped the image from 2009 Autumn Tags in dark chocolate on rustic cream and layered it with a scallop punch of the dark chocolate cardstock! I added some Bitty Box paper in Summer Sunrise, punched it with a scallop punch and tied jute around it. I added a Rustic Wood button to the bow.

I'm working on some things for a demonstration I have later this month (my first and it makes me want to throw up---that's lovely on a Saturday morning, isn't it?) ---we'll see how much I get done.

Have a good one~
Kathleen

Stamps: 2009 Autumn Tags, Polka Dot Basics II (PTI)
Paper: Kraft, Rustic Cream, Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise Bitty Box (PTI)
Ink: Dark Chocolate
Accessories/Tools: 1 3/4" circle punch, dimensionals (SU!), rustic jute twine, Rustic Wood Vintage button (PTI), Threading Water punch (Fiskars), scallop circle punch (Marvy)

8 comments:

Laura :) said...

I LOVE your take on this challenge! Great balance with all the colors.

Thanks for stopping by my blog:) I do live in Japan! Different from the US, but I love it here :) hard to get my scrappy supplies though lol :)

LeAnne said...

Lovely fall card!

Dandy said...

Your cards make me so excited for the seasons!

Cat said...

I love the chocolate spots on the kraft, very effective. I really like the rustic feel, it definately says autumn.:)

Amy Liz Schultz said...

great card! I love twine with buttons, you did a great job with this combo!

Winter said...

So pretty! I love the polka dots! :)

Amy said...

Your polka dot background is terrific! Great card!

Windy Robinson Life Handmade said...

I love the dots- very elegant!