Bountiful Harvest ~ ATCAS #23; ATSM #65; CASology #64; NBUS #58

Hello! 

Once again we are whooshed back around to Friday!  Here in America we are enjoying cornflower blue October skies, the fall produce is bountiful, and the leaves are putting on their finest dresses!

 

I made another card beflitting the season.  Actually I made two cards.  As I was in the beginning stages, I suddenly got the urge to transition between styles.  First, I made a very CASlicious card and then I stepped outside the produce barrel and layered it up a bit. 

 

First, let me acknowledge today's spotlight challenges:

CASology where the cue card is Harvest.

Addicted to CAS (ATCAS) where the code word is Autumn/Fall.

Addicted to Stamps and More (ATSM) where there is a photo inspiration:

Please do check out the links to the challenges for the details and for the sponsor information.  I hope you get a chance to join in the fun!

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So here is my CAS autumnal (love that word) card:

And here is version two, wherein I applied a lovely plaid blanket layer for a little warmth against the evening chill:

I'm quite partial to plaid and I had this lovely fall plaid sitting on my desk so one thing led to another.  While I like them both, my eye tends to linger longer on the CAS card.  Styles are like people, aren't they?  Quite different but quite beautiful all the same.

 

The basket and produce are more images from the "Fall" set by Technique Tuesday that I used the other day.  There are so many fun autumn/fall images in that set!  I've never used these stamps in the set before so they are NBUS, as are the adorable button leaves from Dress It Up.  I stamped the barrel twice and then fussy-cut all the images (after coloring and winking) to overlap them on my cards.

 

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I hope you'll forgive a little horn-tooting!  I was delighted when Noor Nahdi of the terrific Paperie Designs' Studio asked me to be the featured stamper today for "Fascinating Fridays."  Thank you, Noor, for the compliment!!

 

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We have a new friend rustling through the leaves and up to the door of the Playhouse!  I'm delighted to introduce you today to Grá O'Neill of Paper Learning Curve.  Grá has been posting a few cards a month for the last couple of years, so she has several sensational cards on her site for your inspiration!  Please drop in to take a look and say hello when you get a chance.  Welcome, Grá, and thank you for joining the party!

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For those of you who might not have seen my last post, I'm taking off tomorrow to go to another state to help one of my sisters pack up her belongings to move to yet another state where she will move in with yet another sister.  Did you follow all that?! 

 

It reminds me of that old-timey carnival attraction, "The Musical Chairs Sisters."  Some of you (a lot of you) are too young to remember the lovely ladies of The Musical Chairs Sisters.  Not only did they sing, they danced on the backs and seats of chairs while they smoked cigars and ate spaghetti.  Okay, I made all that up, but you have to admit you were getting the whole visual, weren't you?!

 

It's a blessing that my sister's house sold and I thank you for all the positive vibes you have been sending her way since I visited her in March to help her stage her house.  I'm so happy she won't have to deal with a winter all by herself and I'm so grateful these two widowed sisters will be together.  They are going to have a lot of fun times!

 

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Enjoy your day!  No, seriously, enjoy.  LITS* 

If I finish a QACAS Halloween card I'm working on, I'll schedule a post for sometime next week so I can pop up and say hello.  I hope your week will be great!!  As always, thank you for coming by to visit the Playhouse and special thanks to you if you take the time to leave a comment (which I'll be able to read while at my sister's) and/or join as a follower! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Life Is Too Short!

Paper:  PTI white; unknown paper for

  the barrels and mat

Stamps:  Technique Tuesday "Fall"

Ink:  Kaleidacolor "Autumn Leaves"

  Wink of Stella glitter pens

Buttons: Dress It Up