Gina's Little Corner of StampinHeaven

I made this cute little treat bag with the Art Philosophy cricut cartridge and used the So Grateful stamp for the pumpkin and leaves.    I stamped the pumpkin in Honey ink first and rolled the edges in Goldrush to give it some shading.   I used the same technique on a couple of the leaves with Chocolate ink.  Using only chocolate ink, I used 2nd generation stamping and then rolled the leaf in chocolate.     The strip at the top of the bad is a zip strip from the Dreamin' paper pack.  And my tag, of course, is cut from the Art Philosophy cricut!    This is a FAST and EASY bag that I can fill with candy use as a fun little thank you for a special friend.   I'm also submitting this in the Crazy 4 Challenges this week!  Their challenge was to create anything with a pumpkin!  I saw some really cute ideas there so be sure to check them all out here .

The temperature finally cooled down to a 'fall-like' level this week and this has me yearning for the colors of fall to hurry up and get here!  BTW - when the temperature falls below 62 degrees, I absolutely have to make my first batch of the chili of season.  When I headed home from work on Tuesday it was 59 degrees - So we had Chili for supper! This fall like weather has got me in the mood to make some cards and over at the Crazy 4 Challenges blog the colors to use this week are perfect!  I had my colors, now I just needed a sketch to get me going.  I checked out the sketch over at Clean & Simple and immediately I knew what I wanted to do!  So armed with my Close To My Heart colors and my favorite stamp for THIS week - So Grateful , I got started! Here is my card:  Recipe: White Daisy Die-Cut Card & Envelopes - Z1473 Elemental Level 2 Paper - X7141B Neutral Cardstock Combo (Chocolate) - X5921 Autumn Cardstoc...

Close To My Heart posted a video showing the Base and Shade technique using the So Grateful My Acrylix stamp .  (I have included the video at the bottom of this post.) This stamp is in my new collection of stamps but I haven't had a chance to use it.  I have been waiting for inspiration. Today I was browsing through my list of favorite challenge blogs  - doing this usually gets my mojo going - and  4 Crafty Chicks  had a cute sketch I wanted to try out.   I had all the inspiration I needed! For my 6x6 card I used paper from CTMH's new Dreamin' Level 2 kit. The Chocolate and Bamboo cardstock is included in the paper pack.  I LOVE these colors.  They are so rich and great for fall layouts and cards.   The acorn tag was cut out with the Arts Philosophy cricut cartridge.  I slipped a piece of sunset pattern paper behind the cut out acorn. RECIPE: Dreamin' Level 2 Paper pack (X7142B) My Acrylix So Grateful (B1395) An...