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!

21 comments:

  1. ~amy~September 18, 2012 at 8:09 AM

    absolutely gorgeous...love the leaves!

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  2. richardbreaksSeptember 18, 2012 at 8:10 AM

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

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  3. Lisa Rukin SwiftSeptember 18, 2012 at 8:13 AM

    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.

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  4. DebSeptember 18, 2012 at 8:25 AM

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

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  5. Annette AllenSeptember 18, 2012 at 8:44 AM

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

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  6. Mary Pat SiehlSeptember 18, 2012 at 8:59 AM

    this is just so beautiful!! I love it!

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  7. Diana WaiteSeptember 18, 2012 at 9:02 AM

    BEAUTIFUL clean card!

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  8. scrappymo!September 18, 2012 at 9:09 AM

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

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  9. Connie MercerSeptember 18, 2012 at 10:54 AM

    beautiful card~love the leaves!!!!

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  10. ArtsnarkSeptember 18, 2012 at 11:18 AM

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

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  11. EvaSeptember 18, 2012 at 11:30 AM

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

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  12. DanielleSeptember 18, 2012 at 12:00 PM

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

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  13. TesaBSeptember 18, 2012 at 12:13 PM

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

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  14. Elisa KSeptember 18, 2012 at 12:52 PM

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

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  15. Megan AaronSeptember 18, 2012 at 4:28 PM

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

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  16. Jan HenningsSeptember 18, 2012 at 4:37 PM

    LOVE this Jingle :)

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  17. lauraSeptember 18, 2012 at 5:26 PM

    Love the embossing powder, makes the leaves really pop

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  18. Barb KingSeptember 18, 2012 at 7:26 PM

    Nice, I'll have to try this!

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  19. TracySeptember 18, 2012 at 10:01 PM

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

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  20. Cat CraigSeptember 18, 2012 at 11:34 PM

    A beautiful card.

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  21. galeSeptember 19, 2012 at 1:30 AM

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

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