Painted Quilt Card...

Oh, the wonder of a new season and the joys it brings...

Not to mention the fun blog hops it inspires as well!

And today is not exception with a great FALL theme!

When the 2017 Holiday catalog came out

I decide to get some of the Quilted Christmas suite...

but had other colors in mind for it rather than the colors in the catalog.

Especially warm, rich fall colors!

Autumn Pumpkins...

Along with some Pumpkin Spice Latte!

Autumn is a wonderful time of the year...

definitely my favorite time, as I believe it is for many of us!

I love the colors, decorations, cooling weather, and pumpkins!

Today's card showcases the season to me...

 and is great for a fall birthday...

especially for someone that enjoys these things this time of year too!

Along with a Product Spotlight Blog Hop...

More details a little further down in the post...

Thank You Card Sets...

Showing gratitude is always a wonderful trait to practice,

and it is a great encouragement to the recipient of the thankfulness.

A great way to show thankfulness is giving (sending) someone a card.

Another way is to give someone a package of thank you cards for them to use!

Ways to use paper pumpkin...

Today, I'm going to do another post about paper pumpkin!

Sign up by September 10th to get paper pumpkin at HALF OFF!

What a great deal!

Just click on the picture to head over to sign-up!

and don't forget to enter the promo code: HALFOFF0917

You can check out the great benefits of Paper Pumpkin in my weekend post, Paper Pumpkin.

So, I did a few more alternative projects with the August 2017 Paper Pumpkin.

Home in the City...

Welcome to the Anything but the Holidays Blog Hop!

Thank you for visiting me, Amanda Dickson, here at Home Designs by Amanda.

In this blog hop, Stampin' Up! demonstrators are using new product from the just released 2017 Holiday catalog to share ways of using the products that are not holiday in nature.

There is a long list of participants, so a ton of inspiration is awaiting you!

Paper Pumpkin...

Welcome to an "extra" blog post!

I'm spending today of My Autumn Launch Party focusing 

on sharing Paper Pumpkin with you!

The biggest thing to share with you is the great sale

that is going on right now...

At 50% off, you can get your first month for less than $10 (USA)!

Shipping is also included with that price!

My August Paper Pumpkin got to me a little later than normal this month,

but I have had a chance to work on it some today...

Figgy Birthday Card...

Today's card features the NEW Painted Harvest stamp set 

(Available in the NEW 2017 Holiday catalog that is coming out TOMORROW!),

along with a 2017-2019 In-color and a 2016-2018 In-color.

I love this Painted Harvest stamp set!

I have made quite a few cards with it already...

some I will share with you as this month goes along.

I also used it for some other decorative needs...

In the Box...

It's been a little while since I have been here to share my paper-crafting fun with you,

but this Summer just seemed to require an impromptu break from blogging and video making.

 I've missed my work here and on YouTube,

but in some ways, not really...

The break afforded me a time of less pressure 

on myself to produce projects to share with you,

and that was kind of nice.

I just made things as needed and rested from major surgery.

The thing is, I really like being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator...