PP653 Fruitful Blessings

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Hope you're having a great weekend!  Anne Marie is our Paper Players challenge hostess this week and she has an interesting color challenge for us:

These colors really challenged me this week---I am all about those warm colors but Blackberry Bliss is not one that I normally gravitate to!  Usually when there is a color like that, I tend to use just a wee little bit of it!  But today I decided to go whole hog and featured Blackberry Bliss as my main color! Here we go:

I used the sketch from Try Stampin on Tuesday:

and a new stamp set that will be in the upcoming Holiday Mini catalog called Fruitful Blessings.  I stamped it in Blackberry Bliss ink while in my Stamparatus, then cleaned the stamp, leaving it on the plate, and inked it again with Versamark.  Then I heat-embossed the image with clear embossing powder and used an Aquapainter to color in the image.  I used watercolor paper and I think the ink bled a little bit, but I used it anyway!  I added some speckles and a little shading around the outside, then used a Deckle Edge die to cut it out.  I embossed a Blackberry Bliss card with the Leaf Fall embossing folder, added some various DSPs and a wee bit of stitched Daffodil Delight ribbon for the horizontal elements in the sketch, and finally, stamped the sentiment in Poppy Parade for the circular element.  A couple of yellow rhinestones finished the front:

I diecut another deckle-edged piece and added a sentiment and a pretty leaf on the inside to complete my card. This is a really pretty set of fall images and I look forward to playing with it more in the future!

The design team has done a fabulous job with these colors---they came up with some really original designs, so if you're looking for some inspiration, check out the Paper Players blog and see what inspires you!  Can't wait to see your creations!  

Last week Cassidy and I went down to our neighbor's pasture to give his donkey and horse some carrots.  Paco the donkey has been around for a while and in his old age, he's not real keen on people, and it took him a while to come close to the fence:

Even when Cassidy held out the carrot, he would not come all the way up to her, so she finally threw it in the pasture to see if he'd pick it up.  The doleful look on his face cracks me up!

Eventually, he deigned to pick it up and trotted off to eat it in peace.  I wish I had gotten a video of him trotting away, it was pretty funny!  Despite his fat little tummy, he was pretty spry!

The horse, on the other hand, was quite eager to take whatever we gave him...he cleaned us out of carrots!!  They're on our grocery list to be replenished!

Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

The Lord created the heavens by his command, the sun, moon, and stars by his spoken word.  He gathered all the seas into one place; he shut up the ocean depths in storerooms.  Worship the Lord, all the earth!  Honor him, all peoples of the world!  When he spoke, the world was created; at his command everything appeared.     Psalm 33:6-7

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Fruitful Blessings, Itty Bitty Backgrounds (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Blackberry Bliss, Watercolor, Sweet Sorbet, Blackberry Bliss DSP (ret), Country Gingham DSP (ret)
Ink	Versamark, Blackberry Bliss, Sweet Sorbet, Daffodil Delight, Calpyso Coral, Sahara Sand (ret)
Accessories	Daffodil Delight Stitched Ribbon (ret), Dimensionals, Clear Embossing Powder, Pretty Peacock Rhinestones (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Leaf Fall EF (available via Online Exclusives), Heat Tool, Deckle Edge Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret)