Fall Themed Cards

Happy Thanksgiving!! Hope you are enjoying this great day of thanks and praise and are taking time to think about your many blessings.

We had our whole immediate family here today for a traditional Thanksgiving meal with all of the trimmings. Almost 28 years ago, when we were first married, there was just the two of us around the table, and then there were four of us after we had our two boys. Three years ago my oldest son blessed us with a lovely daughter-in-law! Last year, we were blessed by a sweet little granddaughter who brings us so much joy!! And...we are expecting our second grandbaby in April of next year!! We are truly blessed!!

I'm hanging on to this day of Thanksgiving for the entire day today. The hustle and bustle of Christmas will swoop in on us tomorrow, but for today, it's still a day to give thanks to my God for who he is and all that he does. With all the beauty of autumn in mind, I'm posting a few cards that share this theme.

This Thanksgiving card was Pinterest inspired using the SU grunge stamp.

 Another super simple design of layered scraps.

 I dug out my SU layered photo corner punch to make this super simple Chevron design on Kraft.

 This is another Pinterest inspired design that I made into a sympathy card.

 Love the beautiful leaves on this SU set...I'm sad to put it away until next fall. =(

 Another Pinterest inspired Sympathy card.

 This is the birthday card I created for my Mom. She loves all the beauty of autumn.

 Another super simple sympathy card. I love to use texture folders. I can't get enough of them.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Hope you will find that you have so many blessings, that you can't even count them all. :)

Cards - WHoooo loves owls!!! and some burlap

Hello! Here's a quick post to share some fun and simple cards.

Owls have been a big trend for awhile now, and I'm definitely hooked. 

A couple of border punched strips down the side and a little twine added a cute finishing touch. I tried something new with the 7Gypsies washi tape. I left the backing on the right edge, in order to let it hang off the side of the card. The woodgrain layer is popped up a little bit to look like a hole in a tree.

Pinterest inspired me to try a little burlap under the sentiment. Super simple, but unique.

Another cute little owl card for a young intern who helped out in our department over the summer. I enjoyed making this card for her. Loved the texture folder and how it matched so well with the circle scraps of patterned paper.

Have a great rest of the week. Friday is coming!

Fall cards: Trees, Flower, & Owl

Time sure has flown since my last post. Life is so good, and very busy! Unfortunately, not much time for craftiness lately.

Purchased the above tree trunk stamp at my BSBFF's garage sale. WIN! Love the way this turned out. Could be used in so many different ways for all of the different seasons. Simple recipe: Stamp 3 different fall colors with a grungy splotch stamp; stamp tree trunks in foreground; dab on clear crackle distressing medium (Tim Holtz) for texture; dry with heat gun.

I made this one awhile back, but never posted. Used one of my favorite new dry embossing folders for the background texture. The stamp, punches, and decorative brad are all SU products. I like all of the layers, and the partial bracket punch in matching cardstock for the sentiment.

This one is actually a baby card, but would also be great for fall. Whooooo doesn't love owls?? The owl and branch are from Hoot n Holler cartridge.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a fantastic fall weekend. I'm heading to BSU to enjoy a possibly rainy football game with my family.