More fall cards

The sketch at Try Stampin' on Tuesday also includes a fall theme. This is a very popular theme right now at many challenges. Fortunately I have quite few autumn type stamps. This tree stamp and die from Memory Box is one of my favorites. Depending on how you color it, it can be for any season. Last August I used this stamp for a card for a friend. Gives you an idea how you can change up the stamp.

Please join us Try Stampin' on Tuesday and share your creation!

Blessings

Oh my, where does the time go? Just yesterday we were looking forward to summer, now I am looking  forward to the fall, Halloween and Thanksgiving. 

This stamp was a found treasure. I have had it for a few years and rarely let it get inky. I stumbled across it a week or so back and now I keep coming back to it. I used it in this post  and when I saw the sketch at Try Stampin' on Tuesday, I knew that this wreath would be the ideal stamp. I went with a Fall/Thanksgiving theme and kept to my one layer CAS card.

Susan at Simplicity, my one layer CAS guru is hosting the Thanksgiving Crusade to remind us that Thanksgiving isn't about food, drink and football (try telling my family that!! :)) but it is about remembering our blessings. I am entering it at her Crusade Site also.

Blessings

I have been following the blog Simplicity for the last several months. It amazes me, because Susan ( and believe it or not, not only do we share the same name but her husband's name is George like my guy, but those are the only ways we are similar!!:)) creates the most creative cards with either no layers or minimal layers. It fascinates me how she designs the most pleasing card with massive amounts of white space. 

Empty space just plain scares the bejeezus out of me. I mean on a one layer card if you make a mistake you can't cover it up with another layer.You have to start over. I am a layer girl, the more the merrier. But I am trying to embrace the white space. So when Susan issues a challenge, I have to answer the call.

Today her challenge for One Layer Wednesday is to create a one layer card gratitude card. Susan has started a campaign to save Thanksgiving from the excesses of food and football and she wants us to remember the people in our lives whom we are grateful for.

Last year, I started sending out Thanksgiving cards to those I am grateful for, so I have a few stamps that answer the call. I thought about making this card on white card stock, but felt kraft would wouldn't be quite so stark and would blend better with a warm Thanksgivingy (is that a word?) feel. You all are seeing the final card. I am not showing the 5 others that are in the trash. (remember- no where to hide!!)

So answer Susan's call, start your own Gratitude campaign and let the folks that are important to you know it.

Have a blessed day!