Hellloooooo and Happy Saturday! Happy first weekend of Fall!!! YIPPEEEEE! I have college football on in the craft room and it's a beautiful crisp day outside. My hubs is home from his business trip and it's good to see the old guy! LOL. We got up super early and headed up to Apple Hill and got apple donuts and apple cider. The donuts were fabulous with our coffee outside by the lake and we brought some home to enjoy all weekend. And, we escaped before the crowds came up to hang out (it's a destination area). I finished the card I started last night and wanted to share it right away! It finally feels like Fall around here. What are you doing this weekend?? I hope you're out enjoying the weather and having fun!
I went to the scrapbook and stamp store last week and fell IN LOVE with a new Prima paper collection called Amber Moon! It's absolutely swooooon worthy! I bought the stamp set, the paper pad, some flowers and some gems. Really really pretty! (And I just saw that it is all ON SALE this weekend when I went to do my product links)! The stamp set is only $5.39! Score. Anyhooo, I digressed. I have been participating in the Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge and have been trying out different techniques. I thought that these stamps would make a cute chalkboard card so I used white pigment ink and colored with colored pencils. Super fun.
This card is a super clean layout with some pretty new patterned papers from Pebbles and Lawn Fawn in rich autumn colors. I never met a plaid I didn't like! The black panel is smooth cardstock. I stamped in white pigment ink and then dried the ink with my heat tool. I used colored pencils to color in the images (went very quickly) with orange, yellow and brown. I used a paint brush dipped into the ink pad to make smudges on the black part to make it look more like a chalkboard. I forgot how much I love this technique!
I added a couple of those beautiful gems from Prima to the top of the card (because of course I had to use them!) Do you like pumpkin spice everything? I do! Obsessed actually to the point that my friends make fun of me…but it's okay. This year the new thing was pumpkin spice Frosted Mini Wheats! And muffins, and coffee, and and and… It's just for a couple of months! Until I switch over to peppermint everything! Ha.
In process shot I took to post on Instagram!
Some pictures from this morning! I wanted to take some nice apple photos and brought my camera and lenses and gear…. But, I forgot to bring my SD Card!!! So, only iPhone photos today. We'll get back up there on a less crowded day to take some pix. I wish this photo had smell-o-vision, because the smell of all those apples is really wonderful.
Donuts by the lake! This birds in the lake were a big flock of Canadian Geese – so pretty!!
Have a fabulous Fall weekend everyone! I'm not sure what I'll be blogging next…Hmmmm. We will all have to wait to find out! Take care! XOXO
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9 responses to “Pumpkin Spice Everything!”
Great photos–can you believe we’ve never been to Apple Hill?
Loving this cooler weather, but our 90s return next week. Hope that’s it for summer.
Love your fall-themed card. Make it and it will come, say I.
Looks Super and LOVE the card!!
Darling card!! I love ALL things pumpkin!! Your enthusiasm for life comes through on the blog! I always look forward to your posts!!
Would you be willing to do a post someday on “your favorite cards”. You have done so many and it would be fun to see what you liked over time? Just a thought. Have a lovely weekend!
Julie L, GA
This is just fabulous Wanda! I love the idea of coloring on black cardstock and may have to try this with my pigment ink and colored pencils. Thank you for sharing!
Be still my pumpkin spice loving heart… that plaid, oh my. This is really fall! We have been in the mid 90’s all week in Michigan. The trees are so stressed and are trying to change colors now. Did you know that Twinkies has pumpkin spice also??? Thanks for the wonderful pics, the place looks really lovely.
Love fall, your blog, card & photos.
Such s cute card. Ordered the stamp & paper.
Wanda, your color combo and paper selection is right on with fall. The chalk technique and colored pencils on dark cardstock makes this card pop! Your card sings, “bring it on, fall” ❤️
Happy Fall!!! Love this card, Wanda! You are Amazing, I do hope that you know that. I haven’t blogged in such a looooong time due to some changes. But I enjoy your posts so much.xo
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I fell in love with the new Prima paper collection, Amber Moon, also!!! It is so pretty and Autumn feeling ^___^ I have to use up more of my current paper before I can add this to my collection…Like everyone else it’s so much paper with so little space XD LOL. Thanks for sharing your morning experience and this beautiful clean and simple card!