Calendar of Cards November & December plus bonus card

Well, hello again :) 

I took off and met my husband down South for the weekend. We had a fabulous time, but now it's time to get back to posting. 

Today I'm sharing the last two cards from our Calendar of Cards day. This beautiful card was designed by fellow Stray Duckling, Lynn Brinker. Lynn used the Sheltering Tree Stamp Set and the Leaflits Framelit Dies. Lynn embellished the card with Gold Satin Ribbon. Isn't it beautiful?

Our December card was designed by Bonnie Alexander at http://aliveandstamping.blogspot.com

Bonnie used Santa's Sleigh & Hang Your Stocking stamp sets. She also used This Christmas DSP and the finishing touch is the bow she made with the 1/4" Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon.

                                                    

The bonus card I want to share today was made by Sheryl Diemer from http://stampingclassroom.blogspot.com Sheryl used the Reverse Words (Now retired) Sale-A-Bration stamp set.

Fall Scarecrow Card

The end of September/beginning of October is always a whirlwind for me. I try to cram as much riding in as possible before the snow flies. Hubby & I meet our friends down in the Missouri Ozarks for 10 days of riding and camping at the beginning of the October every year.

Here's one of the pics we had taken with our friend, Jill, this year. I love how the photographer placed us in front of the water so she could get our reflection in the shot.

I tend to ride and camp locally as often as I can. This year has been different though. The weather hasn't been cooperative in the Midwest and I've had other obligations and had to place riding (and crafting) on the back burner. It's been tough for me since riding is my fair-weather passion and crafting is my not-so-great weather passion. Please bear with me as I start to settle back into my non-riding hobby as the temps lead into Winter.

This is the first card that we created in September's class. I just love that li'l scarecrow from the Halloween Cookie Cutter set. The card base is Cajun Craze. The layer is Sahara Sand. I cut the leaf out with the Leaflet Framelit dies and stamped the leaves on the card front and the envelope with the coordinating Vintage Leaves set. The Scarecrow is colored with my Many Marvelous Markers. The sentiment is from the Acorny Thank You stamp set.The finishing touch is the Kraft Rope Trim tied across the front.

I hope you've enjoyed today's card. I will try to be more consistent in the near future :)