fall and Christmas adventures

Too early for Christmas?  Some of the bloggers I read think it's too early to start Christmas cards - how can that be?  I'm pretty sure I started Christmas cards in January.  But I did think I'd take a little break and try that second idea I had for the prompt at Less is More to use a rubber stamp, and possibly also watercolours.  I'm not sure it's truly clean and simple enough to qualify, but I do quite like it.  I used the end of summer - colors of sunset prompt from 365 Cards Saturday (isn't it fabulous - a challenge every day!) and this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

stamp sets - Wetlands, Woodgrain; ink - Always Artichoke, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, Versamark; Aquapainter; Stampin' Spritzer; Stampin' Write markers - Always Artichoke, blender pen, Soft Suede; card stock - Always Artichoke, Natural Composition (specialty), Naturals White, watercolor; 7/16" Natural trim; Big Shot with Ovals collection framelit

Whew - it really took a lot of supplies - I don't think I forgot any.  Of course, I couldn't give up without one more day of making Christmas cards for my own little record (twelve days, yesterday), and I had to try again with the wonderful prompt from Merry Monday - Red, Green and Kraft with ribbon, twine, or burlap:

stamp set - Tag It; Stampin' Write markers - Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive; card stock - textured Crumb Cake (retired), Old Olive; designer series paper - Season of Style; 7/16" Natural trim; Big Shot with Chalk Talk framelit and Tasteful Trim die

I was inspired by Shana Gaff's card here) to mount this stamp set; I hadn't really liked this design until I saw her card.  I finally decided it just isn't cute enough in one color, it really needs to be done with markers.  I didn't do as well with the markers as Shana did, but I can practice a bit more {grin}.