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You know what time it is? Time for the Tour de Freaks Blog Hop! Our theme this month is Fall Holidays! We have a fun lineup for you today! You’ve probably just come from Jan Tinklenberg’s blog…aren’t her ideas fantastic? Follow the next buttons until you complete the tour and come back here!

I’m always excited to decorate for fall. And, even though it is early, I start thinking about the favor I will put on my table settings at Thanksgiving! My project this month serves a dual purpose…I can enjoy the favors as a centerpiece in the Sunflower Berry Basket right now…then place the individual Indian Corn favors on the plates at Thanksgiving! I’ve got several photos and hope you can appreciate the FUN-NESS of this project from the photos! They look great in person!

The first photo shows the Berry Basket Die decorated with the sunflower punched with the Festive Flower Builder Punch. It also shows a couple of the Indian Corn favors with the A Little Something Greeting stamped on leaves cut with the Leaflet Framelits, plus a little Gold Glimmer Paper bling!

A closeup of the tags. I’ll also write the name of each person on the leaf at the table setting.

A closeup of the Sunflower on the Berry Basket holder made with the Festive Flower Punch in the Holiday Catalog and a 1-3/4″ Circle Punch!

Close-up of one of the ears of Indian Corn.

And the favors placed in the Berry Basket to use as a centerpiece!

Isn’t that fun? I love how it turned out and it will be a great addition to my fall home decor! If you are curious, I was able to get 5 favors from one bag of fall colored M&Ms…and I was very generous with my portion…you could make them a little smaller and get 7-8 out of one bag easily! I have a short and sweet tutorial on how to make these Indian Corn favors in my blog post dated 9/21/15…I’ll add a link here as soon as I’m able (need to follow the Tour guidelines!)

Next up on the Tour de Freaks lineup is Mindy Backes…she always has wonderful ideas, too!

WOOHOO!!! Today is the day that we publish August projects over on Create with Connie and Mary! Our subscribers get to see ALL 5 projects all at once! And…we think they are pretty awesome this month! Have you signed up? Here’s the information!

A mini session includes the tutorials for FIVE projects (full step-by-step tutorials for THREE card sets and TWO 3D items)
All FIVE projects are available once the mini collection opens so you immediately have all projects (and tutorials) right there at your fingertips, AND you’ll have access for up to a year!
PLUS, Mary and I are each doing a BONUS two cards throughout the rest of the month with the fun Howl-o-ween Treat stamp set!
All this for only $8.95! We open TODAY…Wednesday, August 19th! So head over to Create with Connie and Mary to sign up now!

Here’s a sneak peek of this month’s projects!

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I wonder how many of you demos have noticed the set A Little Something in the Holiday Catalog? It is SO cute, but kind of gets overlooked with many of the OTHER great sets in there, don’t you think? So…today’s card features this adorable little set on my card!

Here are the details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Tangelo Twist cardstock.
On top is a 3-3/4 x 5 layer of Basic Black cardstock with a 3-5/8 x 4-7/8 layer of the Happy Haunting Designer Paper on top of it. Love that spider web pattern.
A coordinating 1 x 4-7/8 strip of the striped pattern in Happy Haunting was added down the left side.
The Spider Web Doilies was cut in half and bumped up against the strip of DSP. (TIP: I also cut off those little extra wrought-iron looking pieces on the ends to make it fit a little better.)
Trick or Treat from A Little Something was stamped on Very Vanilla with Tuxedo Black Ink and punched with the 1-3/8 Circle Punch, then layered on a 1-1/2 Circle Punch of Basic Black. The words and pumpkins were colored with the Tangelo Twist Stampin’ Write Marker. It is popped up on the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
For a finishing touch, the Basic Black Button was tied with Linen thread and added along the bottom left of the greeting.

Like it? I really do! OK…don’t forget to go over to Create with Connie and Mary to sign up for our August Mini Session!

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Stamps: A Little Something

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tangelo Twist Stampin’ Write Marker

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Tangelo Twist, Basic Black

Accessories: Spider Web Doilies, 1-3/8 & 1-1/2 Circle Punches, Neutrals Buttons, Linen Thread, Happy Hauntings Designer Paper