First Frost

Brrrrrrr ! It got mighty chilly here overnight -

it was 25.5 degrees Fahrenheit when I woke up this morning.

The first hard freeze of the year.

I wandered around the yard and took a few photos.

6:05 AM

Sunrise over the front field.

This is the field that was full of water during

the spring floods earlier this year.

There was seven feet of water out there plus three

feet over the road.

Marigolds - so full of blooms now

Mums - they were just starting to fill out nicely

Hydrangea - it was still making new blooms !

Needless to say the new blooms (no photos)

were droopy this morning

Yes, those are blooms on the tomato plant !

And newly forming tomato (right side of photo).

The plants were still producing,

though I quit harvesting them.

I let the last of the tomato horn worms have at

the plants since it was the end of the season.

My guess is this one turned black from the cold.

I took this photo to other evening.

Fire bush

Daisy

Hosta

Daylilly

Canna

I thought it was neat how

the frost formed differently on

each of the plants.

I tried to catch what it sounds like

as the walnuts are falling from the tree

and hitting the steel roof -

something like gunshots !

They've been falling for a few weeks now,

 here and there, but this morning it has been constant.

You'll hear thuds as they hit the ground and

a louder bang when they hit the steel roof.

The kitten is freaked out from the loud noises.

It frightens me at times, too!

The squirrels have will have plenty of food this year :

Walnuts covering the ground

Huge burr oak acorns also cover the ground.

Thanks for looking =)



Best Witches Halloween Card

 

Really old Stampin' Up! stamp set, Stitched Witch
Best Witches is from another old SU! set
Image water colored with ink pads and aquapainter
Lasting Impressions background paper
Scraps of ribbon, unknown (I should have attached them at an angle......)


I'll be sharing another card made with this stamp set tomorrow.

Thanks for looking =)

A Haunting We Will Go - Center Step Card

old Stampin' Up! stamp images, inks and papers.

scraps of black decorative paper leftover from this old

Luminaria frame project, Die Cuts With A View

green brads, unknown

I made this card base from scratch based on the size of my stamped image.

It uses the center step card instructions.

Thanks for looking =)

A Haunting We Will Go Halloween Card

Oh, what an adorable old Halloween stamp set by Stampin' Up !

It was so much fun to color in using ink squished from my ink pads onto the inside of the ink pad lid and an aquapainter.

Scrap of orange / pumpkins decorative paper is from an unknown manufacturer.  I cut it into strips and mounted the strips onto Basic Black card stock. I should have added a ribbon or brads, something else ..... but I wanted it to be mail friendly.

Thanks for looking and stop back by tomorrow to see another card I made with this same image  =)

A Haunting We Will Go Halloween Swing Card

Taking a short break from posting some of the 250 cards I made and donated to Operation Write Home recently to share the Halloween cards I made this year. All of them were made with really old stamp images from Stampin' Up!

This is an image from the old A Haunting We Will Go stamp set by Stampin' Up! The image is colored with inks from my  classic ink pads and an aquapainter.

Here is a link to a swing card tutorial,
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/swing_flip_flop_card/

The HEE HEE HEE image is from Stitched Witch and the stars/moons image is from Halloween Backgrounds set, both of which were also from Stampin' Up!   Best Witches is from Bats About You, Stampin' Up! - all stamp sets are long ago retired.

Pumpkin Pie, Lovely Lilac, Basic Black, Whipser White card stocks

Purple rick rack, unknown

I hand made the swing part of the card, stamping and cutting the image first. After I had that piece complete, I knew how big to make the base portion of the swing area. I measured it out, drew light pencil lines then cut it out with and Xacto blade along a metal edge ruler. I use  this method to create different shape swinging portions, too, such as the star on this patriotic card .

Thanks for looking =)

Punches and Die Christmas Card

Stamp image from Stampin' Up!

 

Die cut shape made with thinlits die 

from Stampin' Up!

Unknown manufacturer, decorative paper.

Martha Stewart fern (?) punch.

1/4" circle punch

Gumball Green ink, Stampin' Up!

I really wish I had done something to the edges

of the die cut shape, such as sponge on some ink and

added more of the paper punch branches. 

These were donated to Operation Write Home.

Thanks for looking =) 

Pennant Punch Christmas Tree Cards

Pretty easy card to make using

the Pennant Punch from Stampin' Up!

Decorative paper, Lasting Impressions.

scraps of card stock

Punch three triangles,

score and fold down the center.

Glue together on the backsides.

These will fold fairly flat.

Star punch, unknown

Stamp image, Stampin' Up!

I made 10 of these and sent them to

Operation Write Home. 

Thanks for looking =)

Bird Punch Cardinal Christmas Card

All supplies, other than the ferny branch punch

and yellow acrylic craft paint for the birds beak and eyes,

were from Stampin' Up!

Petals a Plenty embossing folder

Two Step Bird Punch

Die

Greeting inked with markers

Paper piercer

Grosgrain ribbon

Silver eyelet

I made several of these cards to donate to

Operation Write Home. 

Peace On Earth Christmas Cards

I'm back to sharing cards I made and donated to

Operation Write Home.

Two cards I made with the old 

Peace On Earth 

stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for looking =) 

Double DVD Case - Made From Scratch

I created this box

from 12" x 12" chipboard covered with

decorative paper. I made it to hold two DVD cases.

The embellishments were reused from the

table place cards I made for a wedding

last weekend.

We did the video taping of the wedding

and I took some photos,

making a digital scrapbook album, too.

I also made a  

fall themed wedding card.

My Digital Studio came in handy for the "titles"

that I printed out.

Thanks for looking =)