This is my favorite month and I can hardly even believe it’s here. Truly. Where has the year gone??? I know I say this often ’round these parts, but it’s really hard to believe how time flies so fast.

For me personally, September means another year of my life will pass by (in a couple weeks). It  always meant a new school year, leaves turning, cooler weather and basically the start of fall, which is my favorite season.

And for this September, we have some awesome new stamps at KBS. We have Boo, All Around Spooky, One Of Those Days, Madeleine, Madeleine XL and Madeleine Numbers XXL.

 

 

Let’s talk a little bit about the Madeleines. First off, this alphabet gave off both a storybook and a fashion vibe to me. So when thinking of a name, I thought of one of my favorite books as a child, A Wrinkle In Time and decided to name this alphabet Madeleine (the author’s name) because of the book and because her name is French, a place of fashion. ;) It all just kind of worked well for the vibe of the alphabet.

Now let’s look a little closer at this alphabet. This alphabet is quite unique in that there are two parts to it–one sheet with the regular alphabet and a second sheet with common ligatures. While you could have created similar looks by stamping individual letters, I loved the idea of making some of the popular double letters available to stamp already together to make it easy and clean. I also loved the idea of adding the flair to the alphas as well as the a few smaller-sized letters to give your words so much character.

 

 

And you know I always give the ol’ alpha test using merry+bright. ;)

Next on our list are a couple things in the Halloween category, Boo and All Around Spooky. The latter is another part of the Year Round line, like Round About Christmastime, Playing Around and Wandering Around.

 

 

Those pumpkins, right??? Here’s a nifty bit of art designing. The bottom, non-stamped edge of the pumpkin designs are flat so you know which way they should go. Oh ya. ;)

 

 

This one above also uses the Madeleine Numbers XXL.

Please note: The first run of was mistakenly called  Madeleine Numbers JUMBO on the sticker sheet of the stamp. The label on the packaging is named correctly with XXL.

Last but not least is One Of Those Days. Lots of sentiments to describe your days. These are awesome for memory planners too!

 

 

That about sums it all up. I’m looking forward to seeing what you make with these beauties…and for the awesomeness that September brings. ;)