Saturday, September 20, 2008

Autumn Greetings!

We've sorta been in the summer/fall transition at our house for a few weeks, but I'm still amazed at how fast the summer flew by! Summer was lots of fun and full of playdates and trips to the zoo but I'm glad to be back into more of a routine schedule now. Fall is actually one of my favorite times of the year. I love all of the rich earthy colors and the cool weather. DRS Designs has a lot of really great Fall/Thanksgiving themed stamps! Even if you don't typically send Thanksgiving cards, all of these stamps would work great for fall birthdays or for those "just because" kind of cards.
If you like to color, the Thanksgiving/Harvest section of their catalog will be a dream come true for you, check it out HERE. They have so many beautiful fall stamps just waiting for you to color!

Here is one of the fall cards I made using stamps from the Thanksgiving/Harvest section of their catalog. I'm disappointed in the photo quality of this card because it is WAY prettier in real life, IMO. I took TONS of pictures and I just couldn't get a shot that showed how pretty this card really is. After about 30 tries I decided this was the best that I could get. The main image is colored with Prismacolor markers and highlighted with Koh-i-noor colored pencils. I then painted the entire image with coordinating colors of Shimmerz paint (you can't tell this at all by the picture).

Supplies used: Stamps from DRS Designs, SU CS, Bazzill Bling CS, SU wide grogain ribbon, Prismacolor markers, Koh-i-noor colored pencils/OMS, Shimmerz paint, Michael's self adhesive rhinestones.

Thanks for stopping by! We have Annabelle's birthday party this afternoon so I have tons of last minute errands to get done...cake...balloons...etc, etc. Wish me luck!

13 comments:

Unknown said...

This is lovely Heather ... oh and Good Luck X

Jennifer_GlitterInMyHair said...

Fantabulous! I love the coloring and the fall colors and the BLING.

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous card! The colors are incredible!! Love the layout and the bling!

Jennifer E. said...

Awesome with Great coloring!

Kari said...

Gorgeous card!! The fall colors are fantastic!!! Love it!

Linda Anderson said...

Absolutely gorgeous card Heather!! Such rich, wonderful colors!!

Linda

nessy said...

just gorgeous heather ~ ideal card ~just love the colours and layout
vanessa xx

jo said...

oh its sooo stunning hun. i love the image and backing you have used. huggs jo x

Etha said...

beautiful! Love the richness of colors, so warm!

Lesley said...

Beautifull card xx

Delia said...

Beautiful Heather, you did a great job coloring the image and the colors are just gorgeous. Love it!!

Shirley said...

The perfect beautiful Autumn card! The colors are just so vibrant and the design is wonderful.

Angie C said...

Such a beautiful card Heather, love the autumn colours and your layout is great too