Happy WCMD & Happy Autumn Too!

Welcome to Julie's Open Window !

I hope you are joining in the celebration of

I have plans to create cards for most of the day today and

hope to be back to share more a bit later.

I'm sharing a couple card created today using stamps

and embellishments from teams I love being a part of.

It's time to celebrate autumn here in Northern Illinois

This first card was created with a lot of paper-piecing and yet I

kept it very clean and simple.

I used stamps from TCM's 'Happy Fall'  'Golden Days'

along with fabby paper from Simple Stories 'Harvest Lane'

{which I received from StopandScrap.com}

Boy, Oh Boy . . . was this guy a hoot to create !

I love autumn scarecrows.  I think it's because my grandmother made me

a life-size couple nearly 20 years ago.  Their names are Alice (my grandma)

and Earl (my grandpa) and I adore them.

I simply stamped this guy from the 'Happy Fall' set and embellished

the heck out of him !  LOL

I colored him with Copic markers, used Stickles for the sparkle

and his 'straw' was created using baker's twine in Ocean & Mandarin

from The Twinery.

This last card is just a reminder project.

If you love to play with color and you love a good challenge,

we'd love to invite you to play with us over at

If you would like to see the original post of this card
featuring stamps from Gina K Designs, simply CLICK HERE

Guess who's sponsoring this week . . . ?

 So thankful you stopped by !
I have loads of projects to share and am in the middle of
creating a few more as well, so I hope you will stop by
later on today and enjoy your journey !

Scarecrow Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: So Sophie by My Mind's Eye

Stamps: Happy Fall, Fall Blessings by The Craft's Meow 
Embellishments: baker's twine in Mandarin & Ocean
from The Twinery 
Stickles by Ranger

True Colors Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Harvest Lane by Simple Stories

Stamps: Happy Fall, Golden Days by The Craft's Meow