Pumpkin Patch with Pan Pastels

Welcome fall, it has been a long hot summer! Today's card was created with Pan Pastels and a variety of stamps.  I began with Stampscapes "soft light" and my very favorite Stampscape stamp called "pebbles". I stamped with VersaMark and then blended several colors of Pan Pastels to create the background above and below the fenced area.  The ivy background leaves is a stamp from All Night Media.  The pumpkin isThe picket fence is a Martha Stewart punch. The pumpkin was also stamped with VersaMark with Pan Pastels blending and then I fussy cut around the pumpkin and leaves.The Fluorish is a Cricut cut out.  This card follows the sketch posted on Lisa Somerville's Friday challenge.

Embossed Lily watercolor

Yesterday I finished a card that I started at the Stampin Chix Saturday meeting.  Thanks Marianne for teaching us these card layouts and reminding me how much I enjoy embossing!

Love Card

Stampin Chix met for our monthly card and scrapbooking event and we worked on several different cards.  It was great to have new visitors from Malaysia!  Our three new friends embraced paper crafting with a lot of talent and energy.  Everyone enjoyed the day and had a great time.

I did more teaching than crafting on this particular day which was fun. 

I made a card for my husband, it has a flower made using the new Petal Blossom Punches from McGill.  These punches were a big hit and I expect to use them often.

Now and then, you get a paper combination that is just good enough to eat...I think this one could taste like black cherries!!!
The flower is coredinations gemstones pink diamond. Paper Pizazz Burgundy Suede and Pink Flouishes from Hot Off the Press.

The punches work best with two sided paper as the flowers are three dimensional and you can see the backside of the paper.  I want to try some patterened paper next!

 Family Camp will be coming in July and I am already thinking of fun projects for this year! Next post, I will announce the theme for camp and the speakers.  I'm truly excited about our morning speaker.  He is exceptional and I look forward to hearing him again.

Handmade Paper used in Card

I used a piece of my handmade paper for the first layer on this card. This paper consisted of junk mail envelopes, parsley, potpourri, grape hyacinth, and peanut shells! It has a very natural look to it so I paired it up with greens and browns and used nature stamps and and a bird punch to keep the simple look. I inked the edges of the scallop square with Distress inks. The punch is a Martha Stewart stamp and punch. The square and scallop puncheds are Marvy. The paper was purchased at Joanns, but I do not have the name of the line or manufacturer.