Did you feel the Fall Weather?

Did you feel the fall weather where you live over the Labor Day weekend? There was just a hint of it here at my house! Just perfect for my Fall themed projects that we made at Stamper’s Club Friday night. Overnight Saturday into Sunday I think the temperature dropped below 60 – we have been in the 90s during the day it seems like forever. Saturday was nice and was probably not as hot as it has been. We had a nice day Saturday – Greg and Ryan went to play golf and Tyler and I went shopping and out to lunch. Oh – as we were leaving Kroger we could smell smoke and tried to figure out where it was coming from. Finally saw it coming from under the hood of a parked car. It kept getting worse and since we were parked only a few spaces away on the same aisle – I told Tyler we need to hurry and get our car moved. So we did that real quick as the smoke got worse. I parked the car at the far end of the lot and Tyler got out to go back to the front of the store – I called 911, they already had people on the way. By that time flames were coming out from the bottom of the car and from under the hood. Finally the police and fire truck got there and they put the fire out and ended up using a saw to get the hood of the car open. It even melted the front of the car parked across from it. How awful for those people!

Sorry to get sidetracked it was just one of those things you never expect to see. Greg and Tyler put together a new grill this weekend which we used on Sunday night to cook a delicious dinner. And Sunday I went to go see Kyle for lunch. Today I spent the afternoon making Halloween projects!! I have some cute stuff planned for my class this weekend – you’ll need to plan to attend.

Now that I’ve rambled on enough – let me show you one of my Fall projects.

It is a small wooden box that we decorated. Around the outside I glued 4 pieces of Chocolate Chip card stock – cut to the size of each side of the box. Then I wrapped a piece of the 1-1/4″ Striped Old Olive ribbon around the box and overlapped it on the front. I used a piece of Linen Thread to tie around it and hold it tight.

Using the Big Shot Die Cut machine and the Leaves #2 die to cut a piece of the Autumn Spice Specialty Designer Series paper that you can find in the new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini catalog. After the leaves were cut I sponged the edges with ink and then used the Color Spritzer and the Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker to spritz the leaves. Each leaf was then tied to the front of the box using the linen thread. I tied a knot around the stem for each one individually. Finally I added a large Old Olive button and then tied the Linen Thread in a bow.

I adjusted the leaves to position where I wanted and put Stampin’ Dimensionals behind them to hold them in place. I added another piece of the Designer Paper to the inside of the box.

I was thinking about setting it on my kitchen table and putting my salt and pepper shakers in there. You could fill it with candy and set it on your desk. Or maybe get some nuts and a nutcracker and put those in there. A small pot of fall flowers would work too. It all depends on the size of your box as to what you can put inside.

To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.

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