Fall is Dropping By.......FMS253

Thought it was time to make a fall card since we officially said good-bye to summer at the lake this past weekend. The Ring of Fire is a wonderful tradition at the Great Sacandaga Lake.  Sunday night before Labor Day everyone builds a bonfire on the beach as a farewell to summer.  So hard to capture in a photograph but the night is just magical. Hundreds of bonfires and fireworks everywhere!

Saying farewell to summer is a bit sad that means fall is right around the corner.  The leaves are turning, apples are almost ready and the air is crisp.  A fabulous time of year!

I love Jen Brum's sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  I used the set Acorny Thank You along with A Little Foxy DSP on my card.

Stamp Review Crew: Foxy Friends

The possibilities are endless with the Foxy Friends set! I have seen all sorts of animals made from foxy pieces - designers are amazingly creative!  But I decided to just use the trees and the pawprint to make a holiday card with a simple sentiment. Foxy Friends does not include sentiments so I used words from Merry Medley.  It's a new background stamp from SU that contains some fabulous Christmas greetings. I am cutting the stamp apart so I have a lot of sentiments to choose from!

If you are going in order you have already seen Bruno Bertucci's fabulous work so you can hop on to see what delights Valerie has in store.

Spinning in Circles.....PP311, CTS#188

September is a crazy busy month around here!  We are squeezing in one more vacation and celebrating three family birthdays.  The month started off perfectly with a trip to the County Fair.  I drag my family every year - they are so over it - but not me - I love everything about it! I can count on one hand the number of times I have missed the fair in over fifty years! This year the highlight for me (besides the junk food) was seeing twin calves less than an hour old.  Mama was still working on them to get them on their feet. It was amazing - and they are fine!  Fortunately I have found a new fair lover in the family - Emma is already counting the days until next year!

Jaydee's fun challenge will have you spinning in circles at the Paper Players!  Miss E was spinning in circles for sure on all the rides - I stayed on the sidelines and waved as she went by!


                                           

I used a new SU set called It's A Celebration for my fireworks and a sentiment from Sentiment Sampler by Paper Smooches.

And I followed the sketch from Cas(e) this Sketch.

                                                   

Spiders and Sp-eyes......PPA316

I am not a fan of spiders but they sure are fun to put on a Halloween card!  One of the first books I always read to my class each fall was Charlotte's Web....and every year I cried when Charlotte died!  I know that's crazy but it also made me more tolerant of these creepy things.  So instead of smacking it with a newspaper when I find a spider in the house I try to scoop it up and toss it outside onto my hedges.  I do love seeing webs on the hedges covered in dew in the early morning hours! 

Patti designed a great sketch for us this week at Pals Paper Arts!  I used Jar of Haunts for my card today.