Painted Pheasant

 Are you ready for fall? I am! I love sweaters, pumpkin spice and the change in the air! With our recent move to Tennessee, we should see a real change in seasons, and I am excited about it. 

This or That Stampin' choices this week were: 

Painted Pheasant won. I got some good use out of the Stamparatus with the step stamping, and even on the pheasant, being able to stamp him more than once to mute some of the colors that I added. 

Here is what I did with this cute pheasant:

Pheasants bring back memories of my grandmother. We called her Granga. She had a pheasant that would visit her and eat out of her hand. I never met it, but remember seeing the pictures. Isn't it funny what can trigger memories sometimes?

Until next time...
Happy Craftin'!

ICS Blog Hop: Birds of a Feather

Welcome to the Inspire, Create, & Share Blog Hop! Our September theme is "Fabulous Fall" and is just that....all things fall, which is my favorite season and, is also, fabulous!!

Changing leaf colors, back to school, though most kids start so early nowadays, sweaters, pumpkin everything, football, and Thanksgiving, to name a few things, are what I think of when I think of fall. I love the cute birds in the Birds of a Feather Stamp Set, so chose to focus on the Thanksgiving one!

I used some paper from Mosaic Mood Designer Series Paper, which has Crushed Curry, Terracotta Tile, Garden Green and Mint Macaron in it. These are very fallish colors for me. So here is my little turkey:

This went together pretty easy. The turkey was colored with Stampin' Blends...I love them!! The greeting is from Itty Bitty Greetings. 

Are you ready for your turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie now?

I appreciate you visiting my blog! Thanks for joining us our on our creative journey! Click on the next box below to see what the fabulous Darla has in store for you! 

Until next time...

Happy Craftin'!

IDEAS Blog Hop: To Every Season

Welcome to the monthly IDEAS Blog Hop. We are a group of international demonstrators who create a monthly bundle of tutorials for our customers and team members. The September bundle theme features "Giving Thanks." 

I chose to use the new To Every Seasons Bundle from the soon to be released Holiday Catalog. This bundle includes a cute seasonal stamp set and 4 mini punches! It is perfect for Halloween, Fall, Christmas and Valentine's Day. My project could be changed to any of them, just by changing the stamp, sentiment and color scheme. 

While I am not going to show you my actual projects, here is a sneak peek of some of the included projects:

And I will show you an alternate project using the same set, so you can see the type of projects you can expect: 

The tutorials include current Stampin' Up! products, have color photos, supply lists, step by step instructions, and feature both imperial and metric measurements! There are over 20 projects included, both cards and 3D items included. Would you like a copy of the instructions of all the projects to use for your personal use, or even to use in your classes? Contact me, or your participating demonstrator, to find out how to get your tutorial bundle! They are available for a very low cost or even better, for FREE! 

Once you have received the tutorials, please remember not to share or distribute the printed or electronic copies of these bundles. We have worked hard to provide these exclusive projects for your use. If you know someone that would like to purchase the bundle, please direct them to me, or their participating demonstrator, to obtain their copy. Thanks for your support.

Leave me a comment before you hop on over to Sandra's blog to see what fabulous projects she has to share with us!

Hope you enjoy the hop and our projects! Until next time....

Happy Craftin'!

The Holiday Catalog goes live on 9/4, do you have yours yet?? Contact your demonstrator to get one!