Whimsical Wednesday - Fall Colors

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Hello sweet friends and welcome to another Whimsical Wednesday Challenge. Today we are making projects using fall colors and a homemade embellishment. I made a card and tried some 'new' things for me. I always like to try different techniques and ideas.

First of all I wanted to mention the ribbon that I used. We were given some to use and it is BEAUTIFUL. The colors are rich and the there is just this shine and shimmer to the ribbon. It is hand died crinkle ribbon from Patsy's Prairie Bird Boutique. It is has a fun shabby chic look and crinkle to it and yet it can also be ironed flat as well for a whole different look. I love the versatility. For this card I was going for a flatter look so I ironed some but I'm excited to try it in its fun crinkly form as well.

My handmade embellishments are my rolled flowers. I hand cut the spiral shape and rolled these up. Pretty simple and easy but it is the first time I've actually done it and I love the way they turned out. I inked them a little and added some glimmer mist.

The beautiful sentiment and the die it is stamped on are by Emma at My Creative Time. They are the Mixed Holiday Greetings and the Stitched Oval Die.

All the cuts came from the Martha Stewart's Seasonal Cake Cricut cartridge. I made the leaf border into a frame by welding it in my Gypsy. The pumpkin is also from this cartridge. I stamped and heat embossed the pumpkin with a background stamp by Market Street Stamps. The background stamp is called Paisley. Other than that I just did a little inking with some Tim Holtz Distress Inks.

Creative Inspiration Paints will be our sponsor for this week. One random winner will get to pick out five colors of their gorgeous paint. HERE is the link to their store.
I hope you will join in the fun and see what the other ladies on the team have in store for you. Click HERE to go to the Whimsical Wednesday Blog. I also wanted to remind you that we will be having a fun Halloween blog hop on October 7th. Have a wonderful day. Hugs- Glora

Items Used:

Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Cricut cartridge
My Creative Time stamps - Mixed Holiday Greetings
My Creative Time Dies - Stitched Oval Die
Market Street Stamps - Paisley
Prairie Bird Boutique Crinkle Ribbon
Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Sakura White Gellyroll Pen
Adhesive pearls

Livestrong Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Livestrong Blog Hop. If you just came from Monica's blog than you are in the right spot, if not, the beginning of the hop starts with Maria.

Our projects for today are to focus on hope and encouragement. I wanted to make some small note cards that were simple, bright and cheerful for my project. I hope you like them. All of them were embossed with clear embossing powder.

This first one uses Follow Your Dreams stamp set by My Creative Time and the Loopy Loo Polka background stamp by Market Street Stamps.

This one uses Turn That Frown Upside Down by My Creative Time and Paisley by Market Street Stamps.

This one is My Favorite Sayings by My Creative Time and Sweet Lace by Market Street Stamps

This one uses Pain Pain Go Away! by My Creative Time and Punched Tin by Market Street Stamps.

Here is a picture of all of them together.

I have a small giveaway of Circle dies for your Cuttlebug (pictured below). All you have to do to have a chance to win is leave a comment on this post by Monday morning and have a US or Canada mailing address. I will pick a random winner on Monday, May 9th.

Your next stop on the hop is to Martha. Click HERE to go to Martha's blog.

I wanted to mention that Emma over at My Creative Time has just released a special stamp set that coincides perfectly with this hop. I wanted to post a picture of it and a link to her blog. By purchasing this stamp set, you are partnering with "My Creative Time" to help stamp out breast cancer. For each set that is purchased, My Creative Time will donate $2 to Susan G. Komen for the cure! Click HERE to check out this stamp set.

I'm glad you could stop by. Have a great day.

Items Used:

*My Creative Time stamps - Follow Your Dreams
*My Creative Time stamps- Turn That Frown Upside Down
*My Creative Time stamps - My Favorite Sayings
*My Creative Time stamps - Pain Pain Go Away!
*Market Street Stamps - Loopy Loo Polkas
*Market Street Stamps - Paisley
*Market Street Stamps - Sweet Lace
*Market Street Stamps - Punched Tin
*Twine from The Twinery
*Grosgrain ribbon