Season of Thanks

Here it is sweltering hot in Indiana and my thoughts are in fall.  The new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyzis using stripes or plaids spurred the fall thoughts. I found a plaid in my scrap box that reminded me of fall colors.

I made leaves with a patterned orange paper that I blended yellow and red onto. The leaves die cuts are SU. The sentiment and label die are also SU. 

I used the sketch from Try a Sketch on Tuesday

Sunny Sunflower

 I love sunflowers, they are so bright and cheery. I was excited to find a pack of several sizes sunflowers from Recollections. Here is one of the cards I made with one of them.

I used a Kraft card base. The tan paper was embossed with a swirly E/F by Cuttlebug. I swiped a Tim Holtz Tea Dye ink pad over the raised portions. The vertical strlp of cork looking paper is a retired SU Paper. I found the plaid in the scrap box. I added a butterfly sticker to the sunflower. He sentiment is also SU.

The design is a sketch at Sketch Saturday

Also entering at Can You Handle the Pressure with the addition twist of butterfly.

Shades of Fall

It is actually a hot humid day here. Typical summer weather. And woudn't you know it I have one of those awful summer colds.  This card has taken me all day to make what with 2 naps and 3 different stabs at creating a card. 

This  paper had floated to the top of the scrap box and it made me think of fall leaves. So I blended some yellow and red over it and die cut some leaves. Then shaded the edges with some brown. I attached the 2 outer leaves with a glue dot and then the center one is popped up on a dimensional. 

Here is the original paper.

I think I will go back and die cut another leaf to accent the inside.

The background paper is new to Stampin" Up! The overall design is trees. But sigh, it is too much effort to get up and go look up what it is called.😑  The sentiment is also SU., fussy cut, and popped up on dimensionals.

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches

I think I will go hit the recliner again. 

Graphics

There is a new DSP from Stampin' Up! called Boho Vibes. They are all different graphic and rainbow designs in bright bod colors.

I made this one for Let's Kraft and Create  that has a twist this month of adding  buttons. 

I used two patterns of the DSP and covered the seam with a scalloped strip. I dug out the box of buttons that hasn't seen the light of day in forever. I found some blue buttons in 2 sizes and lined them up on the left side. The hello is as old SU stamp. To mimic the curve of the stripes, I cropped the corner of the card base. 

Since I have used neglected buttons I will link up with The Neglected Stuff

Buttons on a card, requires extra postage but I am adding this to my collection for Send A Smile 4 Kids. They hand them out to hospitalized kids and don't send them in the mail.

Time Out Challenges with this prompt. I chose the word Bold.

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Flower Garden

 The new paper from Stampin' Up! called Florals in Bloom are perfect for the challenge at Card 4 Galz which is Floral Frenzy

This is the card laying flat.

This is the opened view.

And a 3-D view of how it stands up

The inside sentiment is from SU's Charming Sentiments. The Happy Birthday is an old stamp in my stash. The deckle edge circles are a SU die cut. It is popped up with dimensionals. 

I have CASEd Brian King's fun fold card. Check out his blog here to see the dimensions and tips about using the DSP. Thanks Brian for the inspiration.

Upcycled Note Card

 The Paper Players challenge this week is recycling. I call it upcycling. I do a lot of upcycled cards. A good source is the free cards and calendars from charities. This one is a note card I received from a friend.

The card was just a plain floral flowers. I addd a white border and put it on a Bubble Bath card base. The many thanks is a SU die, doubled up for more dimension. I enhanced the flowers by tracing the borders with star gel pens and Nuvo black dots in the centers. A flower garden needs a butterfly. This one is an unlabled sticker.