Thanksgiving Cards

Several cards created with an old 

Paper Pumpkin shaker card kit by

Stampin' Up!

I made several different cards with the kit,

using papers from the beautiful Falloween

card stock stack by DCWV on some. 

The top left and bottom right cards in the above photo

are the two shaker cards that were in the predesigned kit.

Alternative ideas with the kit -

and I still have pieces to use!

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Thankful Die Cuts Card

 

LOTS of die cuts were layered onto a 

Naturals Ivory card stock panel for this card.

The images were stamped with coordinating inks 

onto card stocks before being die cut out.

I cut "thankful" twice and glued them

together to make it a bit thicker.

Shiny gold die cut edge under the 

main panel, then all attached to a textured

chocolate brown card base. 

All items used were from Stampin' Up!

and most are no longer available.

Fall Fest stamp set

Thanks for looking =) 

Embellished Leaves Thanksgiving Card

This one started out a bit simpler

and flatter so it would be easy to mail.

Then it evolved to this. 

I like the extras that I added,

even if it seems a bit overdone

and is bulkier ;)

Vanilla card stock run through a trees embossing folder

(Sizzix).

Paper punched leaves - from a paint sample card!

Gold heat embossed sentiment 

(Holiday Best by Stampin' Up!)and die cut.

I decided to pop it up with dimensionals.

I thought it needed a little something extra, so I added

thin gold thread (embroidery type floss thread, unraveled)

 and gold craft sequin accents on the leaves. 

Thanks for looking =) 

Thanksgiving Card CAS

Fairly simple card using supplies

(most are retired) from Stampin' Up!

Autumn Days and Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp sets.

Assorted paper punches

Paper piercer

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Metallic and Smudges Thanksgiving Card

Homemade background paper on this 

fairly simple card.

I smoooshed oxide inks onto an old

plastic scrapbook page sleeve

then smashed the vanilla cardstock

on top. It was an experiment.

I added a few "splatters" of copper metallic ink

by stamping with an Itty Bitty Backgrounds stamp.

Gold heat embossed sentiment.

Die cut pieces from shimmery gold

and copper cardstocks.

Dimensionals.

That's all for this card!

Thanks for looking =)

 

CAS Copper Turkey Card

Are you seeing a theme for my Thanksgiving cards this year?

Most are pretty simple.

This one has a copper heat embossed turkey image.

I did this twice, cutting the lower portion off

and then mounting it over the main turkey image

with dimensionals to pop it up.

I used a "Southwest" corner punch

then ran copper trim through the notches.

This was a popular detail for cards years ago.

This panel is adhered to a copper card stock panel

with thinstrips of chipboard and 

double stick tape to create dimension. 

It also helps mount it evenly due to the

trim running underneath the stamped panel.

All of this is glued to a matching naturals

off white card stock base.

All supplies used were oldies from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Loads of Pumpkins Card

  Loads of Love by Stampin' Up! image

Die Cuts With A View patterned papers

American Crafts twine 

Patterned Papers Thanksgiving Card

Another pretty simple card.

Nice and flat for mailing, too. 

Patterned papers (Die Cuts With A View stack)

Rubber stamp image water colored

(Stampin' Up!)

Stamped greeting (Stampin' Up!)

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Copper Leaves Grateful Card

Another skeleton leaf (leaves!) card.

The leaves on this card were sponge painted with

metallic craft paints by myself. They were originally 

dyed a sort of purple color. 

I stamped "grateful" with a permanent ink

onto twill tape. I lightly frayed the ends

and added leaf eyelets.

Everything is adhered to a wood grain texture 

background with heavy duty double stick tape. 

The card stock is Very Vanilla. 

Rubber stamp image and wood grain

embossing folder were from Stampin' Up!

Eyelets unknown, they were gifted to me.

Skeleton leaves were bought years ago

on after Christmas clearance from Wal Mart. 

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Gold Skeleton Leaf Card

This is the first of the Thanksgiving cards

that I made this year and

you can't get much simpler than this for a card!

The base is a handmade paper.

No, I didn't make it myself ;)

I adhered a gold skeleton leaf with

double stick tape.

A hand stamped and hand cut banner

with leaf eyelet detail was adhered 

over the top of the leaf, hiding the tape.

I hope that the leaf survives the mail system

to get to the recipient in one piece. 

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Wondrous Wreath Easel Card

Happy Thanksgiving !

No matter how tough things get,

there is always something to be thankful for.

No truer words can be written about

the year we've had. I am grateful every single

day that as bad as it got at times in 2019, 

it was not any worse. Events certainly

could have been much more devastating.

I hope that you have a wonderful day,

blessed with spending time with family or friends

to celebrate what you are thankful for. 

Card details: 

All supplies used came from Stampin' Up!

and are no longer available.

Wondrous Wreath stamp and die sets

Canvas background stamp

3 piece die set of words (don't recall the name)

Thanks for looking =) 

Tags and More Leaves Card

All supplies used on this card came from

Stampin' Up!,  several of which are quite old.

stamp sets:

Tags and More (leaf)

Holidays and Wishes

Garden Silhouettes 

Assorted dies

Thanks for looking =) 

Fabulous Friend Wreath Card

Last fall I found this stamp set with matching dies

at a yard sale, lucky me ! 

I found out afterwards that it was made by

Stampin' Up! and that the word dies were missing.

Oh well, it's still useful. 

I've had fun playing with it

and have a couple of cards to share.

You need to wait until December to see a 

neat (time consuming!) one I made for Christmas.

This card also uses the Banners For You

stamp and die set by Stampin' Up! for the banner.

(also found at that yard sale and missing a couple of pieces)

The neat burlap ribbon/bow was easy to make:

ink your stamp with Crumb Cake ink

then ink up the Canvas background stamp

with Baked Brown Sugar ink. Stamp that

inked Canvas stamp on top of the Crumb Cake

inked bow pieces.

Lastly stamp those "over stamped" bow/ribbon images

onto Very Vanilla card stock and cut out. 

I was quite pleased that this idea turned out

so well to make a burlap looking bow. 

Just a photo taken at a slightly different angle to try to show

 the dimension I created with curled up die cut flowers

and dimensionals under the banner as well as the bow. 

The Cajun Craze flowers have little yellow rhinestones in the centers.

The leaves were created by stamping the same flower image

with Old Olive ink then cutting them apart with scissors. 

I almost forgot to include details about the background!

I stamped the Hardwood background stamp with

Tip Top Taupe onto Naturals gray card stock (oh so old!).

It is layered onto Early Espresso textured card stock

and a Baked Brown Sugar card base. 

It was a bit time consuming, but fun to make

for a long time "pen pal"  online friend. 

Thanks for looking =) 

Fall Fest Thanksgiving

I am having the worst time getting photos of my cards.

Maybe one day I'll make a little "booth" to photograph

them with more consistency rather than rely on

whatever light is coming through the windows.

I doubt it ;)

This card has a  Kraft/Crumb Cake base.

The color in the closeup photo is way off.

The stamp images are from Stampin' Up!

Fall Fest and Holiday Home

The inks and card stocks are also from SU!

Thin twine and burlap ribbon are from

my craft supplies stash. 

Thanks for looking =) 

Die Cut Leaves and Canvas Card

I die cut leaf shapes and an acorn from a Triplits die set,

using card stocks from Stampin' Up!

I added a bit of twine then glued them all on top of a piece of

canvas craft ribbon cut into a banner shape.

The edges of the card base were lightly sponged

with ink before adhering all the pieces.

Thanks for looking =) 

Woodgrain Wondrous Wreath

A fairly simple fall card,

all supplies from Stampin' Up! :

Wondrous Wreath stamp set and matching dies

Hardwood stamp

Canvas stamp

Tin Tile embossing folder

all inks and papers

Thanks for looking =) 

Stained Glass Cornucopia Card 2

Here is a stepped up card made with the same image

that I used yesterday.

Twine, burlap ribbon and piercing add fun details.

Thanks for looking =) 

Stained Glass Cornucopia Card -CAS

Simple card !

The most time consuming part was coloring

in the heat embossed image using inks from my

dye ink pads and an aqua painter !

Stained Glass image and inks were from Stampin' Up!

                                                                   Thanks for looking =) 

Leaf Trim Card

This simple card features leaf trim that was

wrapped around a gift my Mother received last year.

She gave me the trim to make something with.

It is layered onto Early Espresso card stock

that I pierced around the edges of.

That is mounted on top of a piece of burlap ribbon

from my crafting supplies,  cut to fit.

The Cajun Craze card stock base

has ink lightly sponged along the edges.

Thanks for looking =) 

Maple Syrup Jar Photo Holder

Today I am happy to share with you

my most recent creation as a design team member

for Love To Craft Challenge.

We are a month long anything crafty goes challenge.

We'd love to see what you've made!

My project is a photo holder made from a leaf shaped jar

that once held maple syrup. My daughter brought it back

from a trip she took to Canada.

I poured metallic acrylic craft paint inside and swirled 

it around to coat it. It took such a long time to dry.

I cut a photo clip from an old photo holder

that my daughter no longer wanted.

I dabbed some alcohol ink onto it
so that it would'n't be as shiny silver.

I then stuck it through a piece of cork

 that fit perfectly in the mouth of the jar.

The tag was made with rubber stamps,

a digital image by Kimeric Kreations,

inks and paint.

Brown satin ribbon and gold metallic cord

are tied into a bow then hot glued on.

Thanks for looking, have a great day =)