Leaf Lineup

Gooooood afternoon, stampy friends!  I forgot to do a Scrappy Monday post this morning, and instead I had a post-op meeting with my surgeon who broke up with me (he says I'm recovering fine and don't need to see him anymore), then I ran by the store (why do I *always* need something from the store), and then I came home and ate yogurt for breakfast (not my favorite but it's part of the recovery stuff) and took Daph-Daph out for her walk.  And then I got *really* extracurricular and did a good clean on the kitchen and put some chicken taco soup in the crockpot.  Except I didn't clean the oven or the microwave, let's not get too crazy here.

Anyway, after consuming a truly concerning amount of Doritos, I made a card to share today!

The trees here are on board with me manifesting fall and finally the temperatures are starting to get into the spirit too, our high today is in the 50s and I am Here For It.  This card came together in 15 minutes or less thanks to the Sunday Stamps sketch:

Paired with the Color Hues challenge:

I used Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry, with Very Vanilla as my neutral.  Love these colors together.  And finally the As You See It challenge:

When I first saw this challenge, I debated a bit about what my very favorite thing about fall (my favorite season) is.  Pumpkin recipes?  (We had pumpkin coffee cake for breakfast yesterday!)  More excuses to drink tea and wear comfy sweaters?  (I do love tea and comfy clothes!)  But when I took Daphne out for our walk today, I decided that you just cannot beat fall colors.

LOVE.  We currently live in COLORado (see what I did there) and the maples in the neighborhood are putting on a show and we are planning to buy one to replace the very dead tree in our front yard.  I also saw this goth tree:

Seriously this one has purpley-black leaves and I was previously unaware of the goth subculture in the tree community.  Hubs and I both grew up in Texas, the land that autumn forgot because everything turns brown in the space of about a week and falls off immediately after, there is no such thing as fall colors where we grew up unless you put on a rust-colored shirt and pretend real hard.  An actual autumn season and having mountains nearby are my two favorite things about living here.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk about why autumn is the best season ever : )  I'm going to go finish my tea, hopefully before it gets cold, and snuggle my girl Daphne while wearing my fleece Halloween pajama pants.  Maybe watch Hocus Pocus again because I fell asleep last time.  Bliss!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Gathering Moments
Ink:  Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze
Paper:  Crushed Curry, Very Vanilla, Gathering Together DSP
Accessories:  Gathering Moments dies, Perennial Postage dies, Dimensionals, Cajun Craze & Gold Dots