Blackberry & Apples

Mornin' y'all!  Another super-quick post for me today, I have to get out the door for a mammogram.  Oh yay.  It was supposed to be next Monday but they called yesterday afternoon and rescheduled for today.

So here's the card I just made, hot off the craft table:

I was pondering the colors from CAS Colours & Sketches and noticed the Apple Harvest stamp set on my shelf, and it's carrying over to the Occasions catalog.  (Also I did a rather large order from the Occasions catalog yesterday because it's my birthday month and it's Sale-a-Bration and I do love me some new stamps and don't talk to me about the four stamp sets I haven't used yet from my last order.)  So here's the color palette:

I would have been tempted to go with cherries but Joanne got there first ; ) so apples it is! (Also that's a gorgeous card, Joanne!)  I stamped everything with Blackberry Bliss ink, which is lovely because it's a bit softer than using black ink, and then used my Blends to color in the image (except the flowers, which are very lightly watercolored with Blackberry Bliss).  When I was die-cutting the patterned paper, I accidentally got the die too close to the edge and ended up with one corner of the square snipped off, so I put the sentiment strip over it : ) No mistakes in crafting, just an opportunity for embellishment!  Also I have a lot of trouble getting those super long, skinny dies to cut straight if I do the stamping first, so I cut out the shape, adhered it to my grid paper with removable adhesive, and then stamped the sentiment.

Aaaaand there goes my timer.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Apple Harvest
Ink:  Blackberry Bliss, Stampin' Blends in Cherry Cobbler, Granny Apple Green, Bronze, Ivory
Paper:  Blackberry Bliss, Thick Basic White, Blackberry Bliss DSP
Accessories:  Apple Blossoms dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Wink of Stella, Dimensionals