AUTUMN DAYS THINKING OF YOU

Autumn Days is a wonderful stamp set as you can see from previous posts. It easily spans the Autumn and the Christmas seasons.  For this one, I colored the pheasant stamp with markers and stamped it on Whisper White, then cut it out and adhered it to the card using Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up.
The stamp set includes a pine cone "bouquet" as well as the autumn themed stamps so it is especially useful for the winter holidays. You can purchase it either with wood mounts or clear mount.  It is a Must Have in my stamp inventory for this time of the year.

The sentiment is from the Sincere Salutations set - another Go-To set that I use all the time.

The ribbon used here is retired, but there are so many excellent choices in the new catalog, you will find just the right one to enhance your card.

EXTREME SKATEBOARDER

Doesn't he look like he is having a great time?  No question that that my 11 year old grandson does.  In fact, his father built a half pipe in the driveway for him.  It's fun to watch him, especially when I wouldn't even be able to stand on a skateboard, much less perform on one.

The skateboarder here is stamped with the now retired Brilliant Blue ink; Night of Navy would work well.  Except for the Whisper White, all the cardstock is of retired colors, but there are plenty of wonderful new colors to create a stunning card for your favorite skateboarder. I used brads for the embellishment, thinking that an 11 year old boy who had a Fear Factor birthday party probably wouldn't appreciate ribbon!.