Pumpkins, Pumpkins! Where are the pumpkins?

They are here! My husband likes to plant pumpkins, tomatoes, and watermelons each year. He has a couple of small gardens and likes to get as much as possible planted. His tomatoes were late this year, but boy are they coming in now! The watermelon didn't fare as well. We think the horses or deer kept eating whatever was growing outside the fence line. These vines would take over everything! But the pumpkins did great! He did have a few jumbo pumpkins going but only one survived. We do have many small pumpkins which are great for making pumpkin pie and bread.

Over the weekend my son and his girlfriend picked the pumpkins and gathered them up. Here is a picture of all the pumpkins. Surprisingly his girlfriend had never gone pumpkin picking as a kid so this was a real treat for her.

Then they carved one of the pumpkins. What a great job!

Here are some gourds I plants along with more tomatoes! The grape size tomatoes, I think there is at least 2 lbs in that basket!

Happy Stamping!
Cyndy

Happy World Card Making Day!

Yes, I'm a bit late posting today. I've been working still, on typing up instructions for my projects for next weekend. I got the easy ones out of the way and now for typing up the directions for the tissue box. The box itself is very easy, it's how you decorate it, and as you can see from the two sides (from the previous post) each side is a bit involved. I will be making a couple more, less involved ones and will post when they are complete. But as for now, let's stick to a card.

I actually did this card at Fall Fest, but thought it was a cute card for today. Simple and easy. Are you a washi tape horder? I love the stuff but don't seem to use it much. Here is an easy way to use it.

Just take strips of washi tape and adhere it to your card stock. Lining up the edges gives it a smooth surface to stamp on and then stamp your image! It's that easy! Make sure your ink is darker then the washi tape you're using. I've also used washi tape to secure photos or anything else you want to secure. Using it as a piece of ribbon or embellishment on a card or scrapbook page. I'm working on another way to use it that I saw on another blog but it isn't working for me so for now, that will wait. Enjoy this sample and this beautiful fall weather we are having!

Happy Stamping!
Cyndy

Preparing for Octoberfest

If you haven't been to the Girl Scout Adult weekend, Octoberfest, you're missing a lot! It's a great time to get away, relax, hike, ride a horse, stamp, get a message, or just read. This is an adult only weekend and we have a great time. I've been doing this weekend for many years. I teach a stamp class that's usually geared toward home decor. This year we're going to do several projects. One is something I've been wanting to do for a long time. Several years ago I saw someone cover a tissue box. I thought this was great, you could make one for the different seasons or holidays. Here is a picture of the one I had started back then and like a bunch of things, never got to finish.

 I just did two different sides. I felt like I was killing myself by overthinking what it should look like. What was nice that the paper on the two sides had the bird printed on it. This paper coordinated with Nature's Walk (retired), along with the embossing folder that I used.

Here is the other side. I used more of the DSP with the stamp set. All is retired :( . I really liked this set. On this side I stamped the bird and the background.

Here is the box they're going to make next weekend. I did all sides different, so here you can see two of the sides. I had a lot of fun making this box cover. What's nice is you can just pop off one and replace it with another. I'm going to try and make some for the other seasons, to give them some ideas of other designs. This box has a lot to it. You can keep this as simple or more involved as you want. Check back in a couple of weeks to see the rest of the box and other samples.

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Cyndy

Painted!

The hallway walls are painted! The windows still need to be purchased and put in and the trim work still needs to be done, but I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel! Here a few of how it looks now.

Looking at this first picture, the walls look like two different colors, but it isn't. I'm still debating on painting the trim around the doors and windows or just re-staining.

Here is where the new windows will go. Hoping that will happen next week.

 The pull down stairs still need some finishing work and the sconces have to be put back up.

I just have a light bulb hanging where the chandelier will go, which I still have to buy. Yes, it's still another week at least of work but it's feeling so much closer to done. We'll also be changing out all the switches and outlets, new doorknobs and doorbell! Hopefully I'll have completed pictures next week.

Project Life

At our Fall Fest event we had a contest for using the Project Life by Stampin' Up! to make a card. I love this new product. There are so many different things you can do with this besides memory keeping. Here are a few of the cards.

and here is one that's not a card but a scrap page

And here are samples I had made for display at the event. This first sample is using a small clipboard as the base. I stamped directly on the board and added washi tape (from accessory pack) at the top. I also used some card stock and ribbon along with other cards within the set to embellish. The other embellishments were also from the accessory pack.

This next sample is one of the bags in the annual catalog that I made into a bag-a-lope and used one of the cards with a pocket and another to go inside. The stamp set is For All Things.

Next up is this is a matchbook made out of DSP and used the stickers from the accessory pack to embellish. The bottom "dots" are brads and the inside I used some of the smaller cards.

This next little "pad" I made was using one of the larger cards and I cut in half to make two smaller cards for the front and back. It's embellished with a stamp and punches.

This is a gift card holder. I used a small card for the front and a piece of card stock for the back. The stamp is from Perfect Pennants. This was super easy.

 This box was using the larger card I believe. Again super simple. Just some scoring, a few snips, glue and you have a box!

Here are some Project Life by Stampin' Up! cards is did for the display. This first card is a shaker card. After making I thought I should have used the smaller punches from the edge punches, but it turned out ok.

This next card is also using the Blendabilities. Out of all the cards I with the Project Life by Stampin' Up! this card took the longest to make. The others were so quick and easy, I couldn't believe how fast it went.

I hope you enjoyed this rather long post and all the ways you can use the cards. Next week I'll post some of the pages I made with Project Life by Stampin' Up!  cards.  If you would like to purchase any of the product or have a question, please email me and I'd be more then happy to help. Now I'm off to finish painting my hall! Hoping this project will be done this weekend!

Happy Stamping,
Cyndy

Feathers, Feathers, Feathers

I was over my upline Tina's house today and we made a couple of cards with one of the new sets in the Holiday Mini, Four Feathers and Feathers Framelit dies. You can purchase this as a bundle. This is such a fun set and have seen so many samples with this bundle. I'm really lovin' this set. This first card Dale found, she actually found both of these cards, but the first card was one that a fellow demonstrator who had gone to Founder's Circle. This was her swap card. It uses a technique that I haven't used in a while, masking and emboss resist.

This second card is much simpler. It's just stamped and die cut and then use the piece cut out on the card as well.