9.18.2012

The Year's Last, Loveliest Smile

As I excitedly grabbed the last bag of pumpkin spice bagels off the shelf at the grocery store yesterday, it hit me. Fall is truly here! Of course, the cool crisp New England mornings and the fact that I have a light weight sweater on today were also a pretty strong tip off. Just sayin'. Alas, with that we say goodbye to summer and welcome in the beauty of this season of change! For today's card I decided to celebrate that transition using the beautiful Autumn Leaves Clear Stamp Set from Sweet n' Sassy Stamps as I am guest designing for them this month!

The Year's Last Smile

I stamped the leaves on the background and embossed them with gold enamel from Stampendous!. I stamped the sentiment on a simple banner and added just a touch of coordinating washi tape and some gorgeous burlap string from May Arts - a fall crafting essential!

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Have you begun your fall crafting? If not, pull on some comfy crafting clothes, pour yourself a hot cup of spice tea or yummy cider or pumpkin spice coffee and grab a handful of candy corn because it's time to stamp some leaves and stuff! Just sayin'!

Happy Fall, friends!

22 Happy Thoughts From Readers:

~amy~ said...

absolutely gorgeous...love the leaves!

richardbreaks said...

This is gorgeous! I forget about my gold embossing powder....I really love that sentiment, too!

Lisa Rukin Swift said...

Gorgeous! I love the gold embossing. I'm pretty much into fall crafting here. We've already gone apple picking so I have some fun photos to scrap.

Deb said...

fabulous card, love the embossed leaves and the sweet autumnal quote!
Debxx

Annette said...

very pretty...love those embossed leaves...so awesome

Mary Pat Siehl said...

this is just so beautiful!! I love it!

Diana Waite said...

BEAUTIFUL clean card!

scrappymo! said...

Fabu;lous card. i love the colours you used here. That flag styloe saying is great!

Julia said...

Beautiful card!!

Connie Mercer said...

beautiful card~love the leaves!!!!

Stacey Merrill said...

another wonderful card :) still in the 90s here so not into fall mode but I am pinning Halloween DIYs

Eva said...

What a beautiful card....love how serene it is, just like fall!

Danielle said...

Beautiful! I adore the gold enamel with the green card.

TesaB said...

Ohhh, such a beautiful elegant and totally AWESOME card!!!

Elisa K said...

Simple and elegant. I love it and that quote is fabulous... thanks for sharing.

Megan Aaron said...

gorgeous! that embossing powder really did a great job of picking up the details in the stamps!

Jan Hennings said...

LOVE this Jingle :)

laura said...

Love the embossing powder, makes the leaves really pop

Barb King said...

Nice, I'll have to try this!

Tracy said...

This is such a pretty card :)
Love those leaves :)

Cat Craig said...

A beautiful card.

gale said...

Beautiful card! I love the gold embossing. I had to wear a sweatshirt today. **sob**

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