Mini album giveaway winner...

Well, hello friends.
Hope you are having a wonderful weekend! Would you believe I did not get to make a card yesterday for World Card Making Day...just so busy with all of the kids stopping over and a sleepover. I tried to sit down a few times, but kept getting interrupted. But it's ok. I love having all of the kids here, so I know mine are safe and sound and are having fun. And...I make cards every other day of the year, right! :)

Just wanted to pop in with a couple of announcements...

First, check out the Social Saturday over at Fancy Pants Designs, lots of fun things to see! We'll be doing this once a month to show you a few new ideas with Fancy Pants' newest lines.

And second, I've randomly chosen a winner for the "Thankful" mini album giveaway! And it is Susan from a Time to Create blog! Congrats, Susan! Please send me a note with your mailing address to dflanders71@hotmail.com, and I'll get this out to you soon, along with a few other fun goodies. Thank you so much to everyone who left me a sweet note! I wish I had one to send to each of you. 

Gossamer Blue October kits...

The Gossamer Blue kits are up for sale right now, grab one while they are still available, you won't be disappointed! They are GORGEOUS! Full of Teresa Collins' new Nine & Co. line and lots more. You can see them HERE. I wanted to show you a few things I made with the main scrapbook kit and the Life Pages kit, and I'll have more to show you soon.

This card utilizes a PL card on the front from the Life Pages kit, and I added some things from the main kit over the top. The leafy rub-on was added to vellum, so that I could use it on more than one thing!

Forgot how much I love rub-ons. They are so much fun! Here I used a rub-on from the main kit (the type font) and added it to a die cut. Then I added the banner die cut, floral piece and the wood veneer. Simple to make, but all of the patterns together add a lot of interest and detail to the card.

This Nine & Co paper has gold foil in it...a feast for the eyes!

This bold black and white striped paper was irresistible... just added some rub-on stitches, a rub-on thankful saying and a few die cuts and banner stickers.

The friend card is a mix of the main kit (floral die cut) and the Life Pages kit.

The pretty gold string was from my stash.

Really hope you'll check out Gossamer Blue. I'm in LOVE with their kits!! Phenomenal. They are definitely my style and so easy to work with and packed with the most beautiful, newest products out there. I think you'll feel the same way too! You can see more of the design team's pages and cards with the October kits HERE (scrapbook pages), HERE (PL pages), and HERE (cards).

more Monthly Moments: September...

Hello! I'm back with one more project made with the Monthly Moments: September stamps, dies and Journal Card Collection by Papertrey Ink. If you'd like to see all of the products separately, you can see them here. With the cooler nights and all of the back-to-school events lately, I was in a mood to create a fall-ish thankful mini album. I haven't added photos yet, but photos will be easy to insert, just punch holes at the top and add them in between the pages on the binder ring!

Along with the Monthly Moments products, I've also used the Autumn Adornments stamps on the front cover, stamped and embossed it with gold embossing powder onto a Monthly Moments Journal card. I cut a Phrase Play #7 die from watercolor paper and then just painted some color right over the top and used the Monthly Moments: September stamps in the cut out ("falling leaves, harvest, hay rides"). The thankful was cut from gold paper.

The second page is another Monthly Moments: September Journal Card. I stamped "fall" with the stamp set and embossed it in gold again, trimmed it out and added a leaf die cut from the Doodlie-Do dies.

The third page is a little pocket cut with the Journal Pocket 3 die using vellum and is stamped/embossed with gold again ("Autumn"). You could add photos, journaling, etc. in the pocket.

Aren't these journaling cards cute? I love all the sayings on them.

On the fourth page, I made my own little pocket made with two of the Journal Cards and used some of the stamps on the front, also added a tag made from vellum to tuck inside.

The leftover leaf cut out from the "thankful" piece on the front cover works well here.

On this page, I used the Monthly Moments: September die to cut out the word, then glued the word back on over the top, offsetting it slightly. I like how you can see through the cut out word. "Autumn days" was stamped with Dark Chocolate ink.

Here I attached two journaling cards together to make one long page. This would be a good spot for journaling.

On the last page I'm going to show you, I cut an Apple Prints opening in the journal card and backed it with red dot washi tape and added another "thankful" die cut over the top cut with Phrase Play #7 die.

Would anyone like to give this little mini album a home? Please leave a comment if you are interested, and I'll choose a winner by the end of this week. So glad you stopped by!

Thankful Mini Album:
(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)
STAMPS: Monthly Moments: September, Autumn Abundance
INK: Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, Classic Kraft, Versamark
PAPER: Monthly Moments: September Journal Card Collection, gold paper - Luxe Letterpress kit, white and Classic Kraft cardstock, Fine Linen Bitty Dot patterned paper
DIES: Journal Card 3 die, Doodlie-Do dies, Phrase Play #7, Apple Prints
OTHER: vellum, gold twine - Michaels, washi tape by MT, gold dot paper on front cover/gold stars- Heidi Swapp Project Life, watercolor paper, watercolors, corner rounder.
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To see more September projects with the Monthly Moments collection, visit: 

Ashley Cannon Newell, Heather Nichols,  and Melissa Phillips.