Harvesting an apology... it was the little monsters

How is that for a title?  It gives you a little hint at what I'll be blabbing about today.  Today I am back after a 19 day absence.  It felt like an eternity... and I have a long list of reasons why, but I'll spare you the book and just give you a condensed version.  Ready?  

Family trip, girls at cheer camp, son at 2-a-day football practices, get kids ready for school, school starts, girls promptly get sick... who get my hubby sick... who get ME sick.  Night owl turned exhausted sick woman, went to bed EARLY every night since school started 2 weeks ago.  That about covers it.  LOL  So, what have YOU been doing for the last 19 days?  :)

When I sat down to stamp a couple days ago, I really felt like I forgot how.  LOL  Luckily, the stamps I was working with lend themselves to simple designs and clean lines.  Speaking of STAMPS, today marks day one of MFTeasers!  It's teaser time!  I'll post some info about the coming release at the end of the post, so be sure to scroll down when you are done looking at the pics. :)

I started with Clearly Sentimental about Harvest and 2 of the new Die-namics dies being released on September 1st: Perfect Petal Trio and Perfect Bracket Edge.  

What makes the Perfect Bracket Edge perfect, you ask?  (even if you didn't ask, just roll with it)  Well... it was uniquely and geniously designed to work with various widths of paper.  It has several levels of lumps and bumps, which translate to a beautiful design for the edge of your paper, from 6 inches, down to 3 1/2 inches.

To demonstrate it, I made a trio of cards, all with a different length of Perfect Bracket Edge.  

For this card, I die cut the actual edge of the card, which was 5 1/2" wide:

For this card, I die-cut a strip of paper and adhered it to the bottom of the white card base, which is 4 1/4 inches long.

For this one, I die-cut a strip of paper that was 3 1/2 inches long and used it along the bottom of my sentiment panel.

3 different looks, all from one edge die!  Pretty nifty, huh? 

Did you notice all my patterned paper flowers?  Those were made with the new Perfect Petals Trio Die-namics die.  They are a nice scalloped shape, with deeper petals, for easy curling and manipulating the petals.  I like that!

In an effort to show you I'm REALLY sorry for leaving you high and dry for 19 days... I stamped even MORE cards to show you today for teasers.  :)  

I used another stamp set that will be released on September 1st, Tiny Town Halloween.  As the name suggests, the images in this set are tiny and perfect for simple cards and small Halloween treats. 

Aren't the little characters so cute?  You get 4 characters and elements to build a cute little Halloween scene.  Fun stuff.  :) 

Well that's it for my teasers... now on to the details you have been waiting for:

The MFT release is on September 1st at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes!



The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.


If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog at 11 AM EST. Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of 2 sets being given away, just for leaving a comment. :)  Check Kim's blog every day for the winners.
 
Thanks for stopping by.  I'll see you tomorrow for another teaser.  :)