Today was the first day that I was back in My Stampin’ Space since Jenn passed away. Even though a new box of goodies arrived about 2 weeks ago, I just seemed to have lost my desire to stamp, to create, to do much of anything. But I knew I needed to get back to a normal routine again, and that meant getting a class schedule posted, check, and getting my projects for those classes. Today was the day to make those projects!
Since I really felt blah, with no particular plan in mind, other than to use my new Color Your Season bundle that just came in, I thought the best place to start would be with a Paper Pumpkin kit. My July kit came in the mail and was just sitting there unopened. So I opened it up, and made those cute little baskets and the coordinating tags & cards. I have to say that the kit was the best place to start! I didn’t need to ‘create’ anything! I just needed to follow the included directions and I was able to make some really cute gifts that are headed for my co-workers. Paper Pumpkin to the rescue! Take a look at this:
See, I told you! They are really cute aren’t they? Totally what I needed to get me back into the crafting groove again.
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Come back tomorrow to see what I made when I pulled out my Blended Season stamp set, and the coordinating Stitched Season framelits. I was able to design a card, choose a color scheme and get to work on making it. I know you’ll want to see that too.
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Nancy
Stampin’ Write markers were used to color in each of the pineapples. The sentiment is from Thoughtful Banners.
When I saw this sketch challenge from 
The focal point circle was stamped on top of the sunburst image in Sahara Sand ink twice to create a circle. Then I stamped the floral image in Versamark ink and heat embossed using gold embossing powder. Look closely:
If this looks familiar, it’s because I CASE’D it from the catalog! I copied the front layer of the gift bag on page 12 of the 
and the uber cool, coordingating stockings in the November kit:
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