Stampin' Friends Blog Hop Everything Fall

Hey there and welcome to the very first Stampin Friends Blog Hop! If you haven't been to my blog before I am Andrea Tracy-Tucker Demonstrator for Stampin' Up!! I live on the far eastern plains of Colorado! I am the mother of 3 wonderful kids 2 boys and 1 girl! All of them are FINALLY in school! My husband is a veteran and now a blue collar worker. We also have 3 horses and 2 dogs. 

Did you get here by way of my dear friend Tina? Don't just love Tina's Fry Box? I hope that candy is for me!!!

To kick this hop off we have 3 amazing guest hoppers this month! You can find there links below!

 Barbara Welch

Maria Willis

Kim Smith 

I must confess "Fall" is not my bag! I really didn't have a lot of what I would consider fall stamps. Totally weird, I know! So I used what I had in what I felt like was fall like colors! I really love the way everything turned out! Let me get you the details

So the struggle was real! I think I started 3 cards before finally coming up with this. I stamped the Hardwood using Tip Top Taupe Ink on Very Vanilla Card Stock. Kind of a backwards way to start a card but some days I am anything but conventional! I then made the base of the card in Mossy Meadow! It coordinates with bow on the pumpkin below! I then used a piece of the Farmers Market DSP to create a matte for the Hardwood. On the Hardwood layer I stamped the leaves from the Choose Happiness set. I then stamped the lovely little flower in Blackberry bliss then fussy cut it with my Paper Snips. The "Grateful" thinlit is from the Sparkly Seasons bundle in the Holiday catalog! This was adhered to the card using two way glue pen. I still felt like it needed some thing so I stamped the bird from the same set in Delightful Dijon to give it some POP. This too was fussy cut! Then I fastened the flower and the bird using Stampin' Dimensionals. The In-Color Striped cotton ribbon in Mossy Meadow on the right was the perfect finishing touch! Now onto my project!

 I know that I have done this basket before! But I had to do a different spin on it with In Color Striped Ribbon  around the outside. I had stamped it out using the Hardwood Stamp in Soft Suede ink onto a Sahara Sand Card Stock. I then sponge daubed the edges to give somewhat of a barn wood feel. The lacy trim under the scallop edge is the Venetian Crochet Trim. To top off the fall look I added some raffia in the basket for my Curvy Keepsake Pumpkin to set on. This little cuties was made using Tangelo Twist card stock! I then Embossed each part of the box with the Wood grain embossing folder! What pumpkin wouldn't have leaves at the top?? Well instead of leaves I added a lovely little Mossy Meadow DSP Bow using the Bow Builder Punch.

Thank You all so much for stopping by!! We have plethora of amazing talent on this hop so make sure you stop by and see each of us!! I am sure Deana has created something amazing for you to see!

Tina Riddle

Deana Benson

Elizabeth
 Tina
Andrea T. (You are Here!!) 
 Deana  
Maria Willis
Kim Smith 
 Raquelle 
 Mandy Reedyk
Barbara Welch
 Siara Acdal 
 Andrea P 
 Cheryl
 Kirsteen 
 Lisa Altman

OSAT Blog Hop Designers Choice

Welcome back to the September OSAT Blog Hop! I am so glad you stopped by this month because it is a Designers Choice! Did I mention we have some new hoppers with us this month??  Make sure you stop by Dena, Renee, Maria, Raquelle and Jeanna's blog and welcome! I am so tickled to have these ladies on our hop with us! I must say Andrea totally knocked it out of the park this month! I just love her work! We have all worked really hard to put together an amazing hop for you so let's get to it!

I am so excited about my creations this hop... Color wise it is totally outside of my comfort zone!

The card started with a bright base of Watermelon Wonder card stock. I then did a matte in Basic Black to coordinate with tag! The Whisper White is stamped using the sadly retired I Love Lace background stamp in the new In Color Mint Macaron. I softly daubed the edges of this layer with the Mint Macaron as well. The sentiment is from the Friendly Wishes set. I stamped this using Versamark ink then heat embossed Stampin' Emboss White Emboss powder on my favorite Chalk Tag framelit. I then accented the tag with flower embellishments in Mint Macaron and Watermelon Wonder. I added the Watermelon Wonder tag behind the black to really make it pop! Then I finished it off with the Watermelon Wonder Dotted Lace Bow!

My project of course had to coordinate! I cut the pieces used to make the Curvy Keepsake box. Before putting things together I decided to stamp the Whisper White with I Love Lace in Mint Macaron and again daubed the edges. As I put this box together I was thinking that it kind of look like a little sachet. My butterfly I did the clear embossing powder in two layers as I have before to give it that shiny look. I also accented the butterfly with a in color flower and a Watermelon Wonder Dotted Lace Bow!

Phew!!! Done! Feel free to ask questions! Don't forget to tour the whole hop!

Next is my #CBF Over-AchiEva! I am sure she is going to have some seriously cute creations!

Enjoy!

Eva Bussom 
Ginger 
Martie 
Elizabeth Jeanne
Amanda Bodine
Megan
Wynne
Lori Mueller
Dena Rekow
Renee Ondrajka 
Tina Riddle
Diane Squires 
Maria Willis 
Raquelle Clifton
Jeanna Bohanon 
Terri Takashige
Kim Smith 
Maggie
Marisa 
Holly
Andrea P  You came from here!
Andrea T. You are Here!!