I absolutely LOVE pumpkins. It started as a child the first time I planted a pumpkin seed and watched it grow. It fascinated me that a seed the size of my thumbnail could grow into a 20 foot plus sprawling vine and months later beautiful pumpkins that I could carve or eat came of it. I think my love of gardening came from that first pumpkin seed as well.
Today was the first day that my air conditioner didn't come on!!!!!!! I also got to wear a sweater. I guess fall is finally here in southern California :) So today I celebrate pumpkins and fall.
I have had this stamp for almost a year and had yet to break it in *gasp* Some of my favorite stamps come from Lockhart Stamp Company. The colors used are pumpkin, burgandy and articoke. I used flannel plaid as the background, watercolor crayons to color the main image, distressed and tore some of my layers. The pumpkins have stickles, a type of glitter glue, to give them an early morning kissing of frost.
As an added bonus here is one of my favorite pumpkin recipes....
Pumpkin Dip
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups pumpkin puree
1 cup dark brown sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
PREPARATION:
Cream together pumpkin and cream cheese. Add in all other ingredients until well blended. Refrigerate overnight. Serve with gingersnaps and graham crackers....YUM!!!!!!!!
Today was the first day that my air conditioner didn't come on!!!!!!! I also got to wear a sweater. I guess fall is finally here in southern California :) So today I celebrate pumpkins and fall.
I have had this stamp for almost a year and had yet to break it in *gasp* Some of my favorite stamps come from Lockhart Stamp Company. The colors used are pumpkin, burgandy and articoke. I used flannel plaid as the background, watercolor crayons to color the main image, distressed and tore some of my layers. The pumpkins have stickles, a type of glitter glue, to give them an early morning kissing of frost.
As an added bonus here is one of my favorite pumpkin recipes....
Pumpkin Dip
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups pumpkin puree
1 cup dark brown sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
PREPARATION:
Cream together pumpkin and cream cheese. Add in all other ingredients until well blended. Refrigerate overnight. Serve with gingersnaps and graham crackers....YUM!!!!!!!!
2 comments:
I've used that dip recipie gave me something to take for Thanksgiving :) it was a big hit! :)
Yummy that dip sounds yummy! And very cute fall card!
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