Hi, Stampers! Thanks for joining me today for another CAS the Catty (short for catalog) post.  Today's post features the Garden Birdhouses Photopolymer set on page 107 of the 2021 - 2022 Annual Catalog.  Now I know that everyone is just about to--if you haven't started already-- get cracking on our holiday cards....lucky for me, some of my stamping friends and I started in January making at least three cards per month...so it shouldn't be so overwhelming (yeah, right...).  Me, I'm not ready for the nice weather to end so I'm holding on... I find that this set is a hidden gem in the catalog.  Truth be told, it was probably on one of the first--maybe second or third--orders from the then "new" Catalog and I'm so glad I finally have the opportunity to use it.  Take a look at the cards we created tonight on the YouTube Live. We incorporated a couple of techniques to include: second generation stamping, tip to tip watercoloring, and fussy cutting. Overall ...

  Welcome and Happy Fall Y'all! Thanks for stopping by Sweets' Stampin' Creations, where I share card  projects created using Stampin' Up! products.  It's time for another Stamping With Friends blog hop!  I'm hopping with some awesome paper crafters and stampers from the Stamping With Friends Facebook Group.  For this post, it's all about Fall. I love this time of year...although I live in Texas and don't get to experience the changing of the seasons as dramatically as my college years when I lived in Worcester, MA...I still remember the colors of the season and the changing of temperatures from hot to cool (not cold).    Fall, the time of the year between Summer and Winter (usually between September and December) heralds in pumpkin season (pumpkin spice, pumpkin pie...you get the drift), soup season, leaves changing colors, cooler weather, apple picking (I've never done that), etc. T here are so many ways to celebrate this season of the year.  ...