Along with cleaning for the party on Saturday, I pulled all my Christmas supplies. Here you can see my two boxes of random Christmas card related supplies and the stack of DSP leaned up against my holders.
Smitten Mittens
For today's card, I pulled out my new Smitten Mittens bundle. After perusing the Holiday Catalog, I just knew i had to have these cut little mittens! My favorite part is the die that creates these cute cut-out mittens. For this card, I started with my Winter Wonder Embossing Folder and the mittens. From there, I decided to accent my card with metallics. Thank goodness I bought the Year of Cheer Washi Tape. The three skinny solid metallic rolls were perfect to create a fun shiny embellishment. I went even further by layering my white piece on top of a some copper foil. In person, this card is oh so shiny!
- Stamps: Smitten Mittens
- Inks: Night of Navy
- Cardstock: Copper Foil; Night of Navy; Whisper White
- Accessories: Year of Cheer Washi Tapte
- Tools: Many Mittens Framelits; Winter Wonder Embossing Folder
Currently
Reading: The Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick -- Been meaning to read this one for awhile. Loved his other histories.
Watching: The Good Place Season 2 -- Holy cow! We were worried about where the show-runners were going to go in Season 2, but they have thankfully invented the show. Loving it.
Listening: Lots of Pod Save America podcast. Their anger at the current political climate is very cathartic for me.
Making: Dove into my fall foods this week with chili and cornbread, but more importantly pumpkin bread!
Feeling: Don't know if it's the weather or what, but I've been very stuffy lately.
Planning: Saturday's the big Arthur and Quentin joint birthday party. So much to do before then, but most things can't be done until Friday...
Loving: The cooler temps and fall weather have been great lately.
Apple Cider Time
Today's post is another fun card using my favorite Holiday Catalog stamp set, Merry Cafe! I wanted to make an Apple Cider card to celebrate apple season. I went simple with the accompanying bits with an embossed piece of Delightful Dijon as a great background. I'm loving the color combination of Delightful Dijon, Cherry Cobbler, and Chocolate Chip. Now if I could find some yummy Apple Cider, life would be complete.
- Stamps: Merry Cafe
- Inks: Cherry Cobbler; Crumb Cake; Chocolate Chip
- Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler; Delight Dijon (retired); Chocolate Chip; Very Vanilla
- Accessories:
- Tools: Sweater Embossing Folder; Stitched Shapes Framelits; Coffee Cups Framelits
October Crafting Goals
A recap of last month’s goals:
- Plan/Schedule classes for September and October -- Success! I got around to scheduling my Coffee and Cards, Crop Days, and Christmas Card Classes through November.
- August MP Pages -- Fail... I need to do this next month.
- Plan out club stamps/projects for October, November, and December -- Partial fail. I've got Octobers club projects ready and have November's planned. I still need to make November and decide on December (although I think I'm going to feature at least one Occasions Catalog project).
- September's Cards -- Success! I posted at least one card every MWF in September. Now to keep it up in October!
October's goals:
- Plan out November's 30 Days of Christmas Cards from Sketches! -- I have my plan, I've started laying out my supplies. I'm ready for my big project!
- September MP Pages -- Need to get back on track.
- Start Christmas card designs -- Beyond my 30 Days of Christmas Cards, I need to design a few cards for my holiday classes coming up.
- Craft destash -- My cabinets are getting a little too full right now. I need to do another destash.
- Finish 30 Days of Lists (September project) -- I completely dropped the ball on one of my favorite projects of the year. I need to make this project a priority in October.