Stampin! with Jaydee

Hi Everyone.   Happy Tuesday.

I have a fall card to share with you tonight.   I used the fabulous inspiration photo from JustUsGirls and the really unusual sketch from Casethissketch

The minute I saw the inspiration photo I thought it would work really well for the Altenew Spring Daisy stamp set.   For the sketch, I realized that I could use the nested shape embossing technique.  So pulled out my stitched squares, nested them together and then embossed them onto my card base.  In order to make the flowers work, I needed to turn the sketch on it's side.

Here are the challenges:

I hope you will join the challenges this week and, if you are looking for some inspiration, pop along to the design team and submission cards.  Lots of wonderful inspiration there for you.

On a personal note:

OK.  That's it.  I'm leaving!  It's so cold today - and still raining - that I have been shivering all day.  I swear it is only a couple of weeks ago since the start of summer.  I NEED MORE SUMMER DAYS!  I am SO not ready for these cold days and cold nights.  The fact that we went from temps in the 90s down to the 60s so quickly has meant that more body hasn't had time to adjust.  I suffer from hypothyroidism and my thyroid levels must be off, because I just can't get warm :-)   I see a move to a warmer climate in my future.  Like next week.  Nah.. that means I would have to give up my woodland/wetland and I'm not ready to do that just yet :-)

I caught the squirrel resting on one of the mushrooms growing on our "stump".  Those mushrooms are pretty large and easily accommodate a resting squirrel.

The feeders continue to be a hive of activity - especially now that the weather is getting colder.

Mind you, the flowers and grasses that we planted are providing lots of seeds for the birds.   They love sitting on the grasses and running their beaks down the grass to capture the seeds and perching on the echinacea and pecking out the seeds.  It's wonderful to see the garden coming to live and doing exactly what we had planned that it would do - provide food and shelter for the animals.

I'll be back later in the week with another card and a couple more photos.  In the meantime, warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift tonight.   And... congratulations to the new Great-Grandma in our midst :-)

Hugs

jaydee

Card recipe:

• Cardstock:  Neenah Solar White
• Stamps:  Spring Daisy - Altenew
• Inks:  Altenew
• Stitched Square Dies:  Simon Says Stam