Autumn is calling… can you hear it? I was out walking yesterday and saw yellow leaves on the ground. 🙁 I love summer so I’m not ready yet. You know who is ready? Honey Bee Stamps! Its latest release is out and ready to purchase already and it is FILLED with lots of great products that screams the fall season. The design team is celebrating the new release  with an Instagram Hop. My featured card uses the following new products:

Loads of Fall stamp set and coordinating die set

Thinking of You Big Time stamp set and coordinating die set

Inside Thankful Sentiments stamp set and coordinating die set (I used the stamp set only on this card)

Gingham Galore 6″ X 6″ pattern paper pad and matching envelopes (not used on the card, but seen in my photos!)

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Thinking of You Card

To make this 5″ X 7″ card (A7 size), I cut an A7 front panel and 10″ wide X 7″ tall card base from Neenah 80lb Solar White cardstock. I scored the card base down the middle to create the A7 size.

I started with the base pickup die set called, Big Pickup Tailgate stamp and coordinating die set. I stamped the truck using Bee Creative Black Intense Ink on the front panel and colored it using shades of BG Copics. (BG72, BG57, BG23, BG11, and BG10). I added grays in C5, C3, and C1 for the chrome fender and metal body. The tires were colored with darker shades of gray.  The reflector/lights were done in Y19, Y08, R89, R29. I stamped, colored and die cut the leaves, apple barrel, sunflowers, pumpkins and squash on a separate piece of white cardstock using browns, yellow-greens, yellow-oranges/rusts and golds. The items were attached to the front of the card using Honey Bee Stamps Bee Creative Precision Glue, reserving the gourd pile for the inside. I did pop up the apple barrel in the forefront with a foam tab.  I stamped the “harvest” word in the license plate on the truck in black ink. The plate was colored with E40 and E42.

I stamped and die cut the “Thinking Of You” scripted word using Bee Creative Black Intense Ink. Isn’t it beautiful?! I attached the verse using Scrapbook Adhesives .25 Foam Squares in white (cut down to fit) at the top. I added shading around the truck body and tires using warm grays and browns (W5, W3, W2, W1, W0, E43) and added pebbles with a dark black marker. I also added black specks around the scripted words. To finish the front, I added the gingham pennants freehand cut from the Gingham Galore 6″ X 6″ pattern paper and glued them around a hemp twine string that I attached to the tailgate using Bee Creative Precision Glue. I used Gelly Roll white gel pen to add stitching to them, too. I wanted them to look like fabric pennants. This paper is sooooo cute for that look!

Inside the card, I added a thankful sentiment from the set, Inside Thankful Sentiments stamp set. I also had an extra gourd pile that I colored so I attached that to the inside as well as two more sunflowers to complete the card.

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