No frost on the pumpkin....yet.

I love living in Indiana!

There are too many things to even begin to list them all here.

One of my favorite things is most definitely the changing seasons.  Don't get me wrong....I whine and complain about the extremes...."It's so freakin' cold" or "Why does it have to be so blasted hot?"  But then there are days like today.  It's cool, a little breezy, and you can just feel autumn is right around the corner.  Today's weather makes me think about football, our annual trip to the apple orchard, falling leaves, football, fall decor, oh yeah, and football.

Yesterday's Colts' loss was very disappointing not to mention needless.  If the officiating had been even half way decent, we'd be 2-0 instead of 1-1.  Not that I'm still upset or anything.  Oh well, enough about football....for now.  The season is young though so I make no promises there won't be more later.

But for now, on to cards.

Am I the only one happy to see all of the fall themed challenges that are popping up all over the blogosphere?  The colors of autumn make me think of my high school days.  My family lived on a lake in the hills of Brown County, IN which is famous for the artists' colony of Nashville, Indiana along with its number of tourists during the fall.  It really is a beautiful place year-round but late September through October is truly magical.  The scenery always makes me think of the quote:

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."

--Albert Camus

Don't be too impressed with me for quoting Albert Camus.

I knew the quote but had to look up who to attribute it to....

then I had to look up who Albert Camus was.

(He was a French existentialist &  author...who knew?)

The gorgeous digi I used for today's card is by Beary Wishes.  When I saw it, I fell in love.  I think it's pretty different from most images.  Plus, I just love the look of urns filled with pumpkins and gourds in the fall.  Kind of rustic and elegant at the same time....and no need to water them or worry about an early frost like with mums or other fall flowers.

Keeping true to style, I used an unconventional color on this card.  The DSP with the floral print on blue background is from the SEI Botanical stack.  Isn't it beautiful?  I was really drawn to it when I was gathering supplies for this card so all of the other items were worked around it.  The other items I used were:

*Coloring: Done with my ProMarkers

*Cricut Elegant Edges and Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2.  (The "Hello" sentiment was done with Cricut markers using TBBM2.)

*Cardstock: Bazzill and Papertrey Ink

*Beaded stems:  from a garland I got at Michaels

*Rhinestones:  Studio 112

*Ribbon and raffia: my stash

*Brads:  both Recollections.  (There are actually 2 brads: a large flat gold one that I punched a hole in the center of with my Crop-a-dile and a leaf shaped brad that I placed in the center of the larger one.)

And, finally, here's my tribute to today's appearance of cooler temps in my home state:

You can find this card in the following challenges:

Bitten by the Bug 2 -- Anything Fall
Sunday Sketch & Stamp -- Sketch challenge #174
Country View Crafts -- Layers
Designed to Color -- Challenge #20: anything goes
Just for Fun -- Colours of Autumn
613 Avenue Create -- Happy fall, y'all

Crafting When We Can -- Seasons
Great Impressions -- Fall Colors
Hobbycutz Challenges -- Autumnal
One Stitch at a Time -- #181: Autumn