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						<h1 class="entry-title">Painted Autumn Card During Hurricane Harvey</h1>
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			<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-11749 size-full" title="Painted Autumn Card" src="http://www.karenstamps.com/images/2017/08/Painted-Autumn-Card-e1504026534956.jpg" alt="Painted Autumn Card" width="1000" height="767" />You might think that I&#8217;ve been sitting around stamping a bunch during <strong>Hurricane Harvey</strong> here in<strong> Houston</strong>, but that just didn&#8217;t happen until last night. I thought this <strong>Painted Harvest Stamp Set</strong> might be a good one to make a bright card with since we have not seen the sun in days. This is a new set you will love in the <strong>Holiday Catalog coming September 1st</strong>. Surprisingly, that is just days away!!  You will be able to view the Holiday Catalog online on that date and start ordering. I hope my customers have received catalogs that I ordered for you.  I know there were some problems with addresses and sometimes the catalogs just do not arrive for whatever reason. If you haven&#8217;t gotten yours, let me know or if you do not have a Demonstrator and would like a Holiday Catalog send me your contact information if you are interested in Stampin&#8217; Up! products. If you are new to me, let me know if you would also like the Annual Stampin&#8217; Up! Catalog.</p>
<p>Just a reminder, please periodically check your online account and make sure you have your best address in there. Even if I know you moved, I can&#8217;t go into your account unless I have ordered online for you, but that is still separate from your account.</p>
<p>We have been absolutely fine in our home and neighborhood during Harvey which means we are VERY lucky indeed. No flooding and no loss of power.  The storm is beginning to move off to the east although plenty of people are still affected and being rescued and in shelters and evacuating, etc. etc. It is unbelievable! Equally as unbelievable is how many people have come with boats, or even BOUGHT boats to come and help and get people out of flooded homes and helped in many other ways. It is actually still raining at our house but very lightly. Some places south and east are still getting heavy rain as the storm moves off to Louisiana. We think we have had 35&#8243; of rain where we live but areas east of us that got bigger and heavier bands of rain from Harvey Saturday night got at least 10 more inches and some places will record more than 50&#8243;.  These kinds of storms are so unpredictable as they are approaching, that all you can do is prepare as best you can and hope that the path changes or that it is not as intense as predicted. This one moved so slowly and then backed up, which is unusual. Our worst storm had been Tropical Storm Allison but Harvey is breaking all those records.</p>
<p>But back to stamping! It&#8217;s hard to tear yourself away from all the TV news and updates and trying to keep friends and family updated about our safety, but it&#8217;s good to have something like stamping to take you away for a little while!  This<strong> Painted Autumn Stamp Set</strong> is going to be so fun for you to play with, try out various color combinations and ways of stamping the flowers.</p>
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<p>You might want to just practice on scrap cardstock to see what you like. It&#8217;s really two-step stamping so you can stamp off the first color, then stamp with that full color, or use a different color, or even stamp a third time with another color.  You just have to play!  The photopolymer pattern on these stamps is the watercolor look so it doesn&#8217;t stamp a &#8220;full&#8221; image all around. There&#8217;s nothing wrong with the stamp, it&#8217;s the way it is made for this look.</p>
<p>My card base is <strong>Old Olive</strong> and that is the ink I used to stamp the leaves.  The ribbon on the card is the cool <a href="https://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=144179&amp;dbwsdemoid=54345" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>1/4&#8243; Copper Trim</strong></a>. I stamped my flowers with <strong>Daffodil Delight</strong> first and then <strong>Crushed Curry</strong>.  I didn&#8217;t get too adventurous!  In my practice page I also used <strong>Cajun Craze</strong> as the third color. You could use oranges, too and even unusual colors like blues and purples.</p>
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