A Lil' Halloween Gal

Well, I guess this is the start of Fall.  I've been hanging on to Spring and the last bits of warm sun by posting Summer cards, but I'm afraid it's a losing battle, lol.  Today is crisp and misty.  That's OK, though, because it means I can start planning for the Fall holidays.

Here is an adorable card made by a fellow swapper that uses a stamp set I just love...Greeting Card Kids.  Isn't she adorable? 

Now that I've admitted it's Fall, I'm started to get excited about it!  I can't wait to go to the Pumpkin Patch like we do every year and pick out our pumpkins.  Speaking of pumpkins, I can almost taste my homemade pumpkin pie...

Birthday Card for Alzheimer's Dad with lots of Texture

This was a special Birthday card I made for my dad who is an Alzheimer's patient.  He loves to touch (and take apart) cards, so I tried to use as much texture as I could.  I used some retired textured Bermuda Bay (turquoise) paper for the sky and some Certainly Celery striped DSP for the grass.  I used some retired Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon for the dirt (lots of texture here!) and a retired metal star brad (these are really heavy!).  I attached the sentiment with two antique silver brads to look like nails (my dad loved woodworking).  And of course, I included his favorite of all things, a running dog (from the D is for Dog stamp set), stamped in More Mustard, to look like a yellow lab.  I think he liked it.