Priceless Moment

We had the best experience while vacationing on Lake Erie a few weeks ago! I LOVE herons and here in southern Ohio we have a rare few. We have a heron that lives or feeds in our creek and we often see her fly from the creek in such great elegance but cannot get too close to her. While on Put in Bay Island, we took our golf cart out to the Ohio Division of Wildlife Fisheries and on the pier was this MAGNIFICENT heron! At first we were about 100 feet from her, then we noticed she was accepting fish from others, so we crept closer. Finally, we were about eight feet from her!!! I snapped this shot with my new Nikon and look at what I got!!! I LOVE this pic and I LOVED her!!! So sweet!

Dreaming of Sea Glass

This is a sweet little girl from the late 1800's! The picture of her was taken on Rye Beach in Huron , Ohio. I don't know who she is but I was drawn to the image as I was looking at vintage pictures of Ruggles Beach, Ohio. Soon we will visit the lake for a summer trip and I will get to do one of my favorite things and search for seaglass! LOVE it! Yes, there is seaglass in the lake, though I do not want to advertise this because then there will be less for me! LOL! This ATC uses a stamp from october pumpkin, The Shell Trio Set, as a background. The entire card is spritzed with Tattered Angels and the sand layers are edged with Twinkling H2O's. The seaglass is of course from Ruggles Beach, Ohio!

Penguin Parade

The stamp set above is a NEW stamp too! So cute! I have watercolored the October Pumpkin penguins and matted them on a distressed mat. My polka dot paper was made with a background stamp from Unity Stamps. It all came together nicely I think! You can get your own Penguin Parade at Etsy at www.octoberpumpkin.etsy.com

NEW Rubber Stamp - Leroy Le Lobster

NEW STAMPS! NEW - NEW- NEW!!! This stamp I LOVE! He may be my favorite yet! I had a great time making this card at 1:30am - sudden burst of energy!

I photographed him this AM and here he is - I hope you get one to make your own bright summer card! This is sure to put a smile on anyone's face. Leroy can be purchased at my shop http://www.octoberpumpkin.etsy.com/ Treat yourself this weekend!

Sometimes Crabby!

That's me right now! My blogspot is acting peculiar tonight! I am trying to post an ATC I made from a vintage photo and the pics post sideways! Now, the font keeps changing over from my normal font...SOOOO hang with me, maybe all will be better tomorrow! In the meantime, this ATC seemed appropriate for the occasion! Of course, the crab is from the stamps in the Etsy shop! Check out our NEW lobster too! My mother, the stamp designer, has a new blog at www.octoberpumpkin.typepad.com for more card ideas!

Message in the botlle

Here is a pic of the message inside the card! I did have to put the card inside a small gift bag instead of an envelope, but that was okay since I was not mailing the card!

New Stamp Set

This is a new stamp set designed by my mom for october pumpkin! The message in the bottle is part of the set. I made this card for Dad and it had many layers and textures that were FUN to do! A layer of the sand is Bazzill Bling and I used Twinkling H2O's on the bottle, clouds and the green layer of water. I sure wish these showed up in the photo because it was very pretty on the card! Inside the card is the message from "inside" the bottle. That was a last minute idea that worked out well!