Enjoying Autumn with Friday Mashup!

Wow, I cant believe its my turn to host another Friday Mashup challenge. Time flies when you are having fun!

Here in my neck of the woods autumn is in full swing and I am enjoying every minute of it...the kids in school, the crisp air, fresh snow on the mtn peaks, and the leaves changing colors and falling to the ground! I grew up in New England, where some of the prettiest fall colors you'll ever see can be found but here in Alaska we pretty much only see our leaves turn shades of yellow and orange(which is pretty too!), hence the inspiration for this weeks challenge (how awesome is the picture Holly found for the graphic? I love it!).

I've been on a retired set kick, and this week is no different. I love this image from the Sweet Seasons set and made it the focal point of my card, with some bright Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight in the background to set it off.

Make sure you come by The Friday Mashup to play along with us....check out the great cards from the design team, leave them some love and then link up your own card!

 The inspiration I got from my own backyard:

Supplies(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Sweet Seasons, Happy Fall Y'All
Paper: More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Watercolor Paper
Ink: More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green, Night of Navy
Accessories: Brads, Aquapainter, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, sponge, dimensionals

Orange you glad.....

I made this birthday card?

Okay, okay, bad attempt at humor :P 2 cards in 1 day, can you believe it? I must be sick! LOL

This card was made for this weeks clean and simple challenge over at Splitcoast. The challenge was to make a birthday card using the color orange. As soon as I saw the challenge I instantly had someone in mind...my dads girlfriend. She loves anything to do with birds and her birthday is towards the end of October(I'm the middle of Oct...woot woot for Oct birthdays!) so I knew this stamp set and the orange would be a great combo!

I ran the white cardstock through my Cuttlebug with the dots folder and the patterned paper is from S.E.I. (I love their papers!). Everything else is all SU.

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise stated):

Stamps:Spring Song, Warmest Regards

Paper: Whisper White, PP by S.E.I., watercolor paper

Ink: Black StazOn, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun, Ruby Red, Wild Wasabi,Brilliant Blue, Close to Cocoa, Garden Green

Accessories: Cuttlebug w/polka dots folder, Pumpkin Pie ribbon, dimensionals,Aquapainter