Today is the Autumnal Equinox so here is a First Day of Fall Pumpkin Thinking of You Card to celebrate!  Equinox means equal light so most places will see equal amounts of daylight and night. I was hoping the Autumn Equinox would mean Houston, Texas would cool off to comfortable temperatures with low humidity, but I don’t think that’s what it means!  In fact, it means the opposite! It’s not going to feel like fall here for a long time yet!

My card is one that came out of nowhere. I couldn’t really think of what to make but I knew I wanted to use the pumpkins on the paper in Toil & Trouble.  Eventually, I chose another paper in the package for the background on the card that would go with a few of the cut-out pumpkins. I just cut out a few pumpkins with my Paper Snips.  I chose the Crumb Cake 3/8″ Classic Weave Ribbon to tie around the front of the card. I chose the greeting from the Rooted in Nature Stamp Set because I didn’t want it to be a Halloween card.

Just to make sure I stamped the greeting just right on the designer paper, I used my Stamparatus! I used a piece of vellum over the paper on which I was going to stamp so that I could “test” the stamp to make sure I had it positioned correctly. When it looked okay, I removed the vellum and stamped right on the designer paper.  I wasn’t sure the ink was dark enough, so I just reinked the stamp and stamped again!  You can’t do that without a Stamparatus!  If you don’t have a Stamparatus yet, you might want to get one for yourself!

I hope you will have a lovely first day of fall!  I wish I was going to be seeing colored leaves and wearing a warm flannel shirt and jacket tomorrow!  But I will be starting to think about pumpkins and fall and Halloween decorations that will be coming soon!  I hope this First Day of Fall Pumpkin Thinking of You Card gets you in the mood for a lovely fall season!

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