In time for Thanksgiving

This is a little project I made with my Hostess Club this month - I found the directions here on Splitcoast. Often we see these unique cards but they can seem a little intimidating...I found the directions were easy to follow though the card assembles differently than you'd expect so be sure to read through to the end. wink, wink!!

I can wait to send this to my parents and one to my sister's family since we won't be able to get together, I know they will enjoy it. I added a second white panel to the back side of the standing panel so that I could write a nice message. This folds flat and is ready to mail!

Card Materials: all stamps and papers from The Angel Company

Stamps: Give Thanks, Ever So Thankful

Accessories: Kraft cardstock, text paper, green Bazzill, ribbon, scrapper's floss, eyelets, BIC markers

For this sample I colored my images with BIC markers but in the end, when the ladies came over, I brought out the COPICS and let them try them out. I was worried they would need a class first but it really worked well for most everyone's first time...in fact, they looked prettier than this sample!

I'm a bit hit or miss right now with my posting because I have been subbing full time for the past three weeks...but when I can, I've been working on some more things to share! The funny thing is my husband is traveling this week and I thought "oh boy, I'll be able to craft into the wee hours of the night"...ha ha...by 10 pm I am wiped out and ready for bed. Hope your week is going well!

Give thanks

Just a very simple fall card. The funny thing was that I stamped the leaves first on the dark bottom panel but you absolutely can not see them in real life, so I went and stamped them again on the top panel to tie in my paper pieced leaf on the quote panel. Now in the photo, they show up so it may look a little busy...



I just adore this look of a quote that then has been stippled with color. I've seen it a lot lately and finally tried it myself. After all, I have quite a few wonderful quote/saying stamps from The Angel Company. I did it by leaving my nestabilities die in place and then swirled on two different colors of palette ink. Start first to the outside of the frame and then work your way inwards...repeating all around the edges. I left the center lighter and then came in with a bordeaux, lightly, at the end.

Card Materials: all stamps and papers from The Angel Company
Stamps: Ever so Thankful
Accessories: Penelope Soar with it Collection and cardstock, ribbon, button, scrappers floss, Nestabilities Label 4, palette ink, color dusters

Wishing you a super week ahead!

Fall Thanks

Yikes, I missed posting on Monday because my son was sick and time got away from me. When my kids are sick they like my company and want to snuggle...the rest of the time it's more like, "oh mom!!" in that impatient tone. sigh...

I had to buy the Customer Appreciation pack because I just loved the sets...especially this one. I used the super cheap glossy print paper from the Dollar Store for this card. You can't emboss I found on it but I sponged on Palette inks from the Lautrec four pack. These packages make it simple to know what colors belong together and in this case, they were perfect colors for fall.

I had to let it dry and then go over the colors one more time for a more vibrant tone and it also helped blend them together. Once they dried again, I stamp my stamp image over the glossy paper with Memento and then let it dry overnight to be safe - I found if I touched it too soon after, the black would have smeared because I did end up with a tad of it on my fingers! The black circle was just laying in my scrap pile from a time I had to trim down a solid circle mat - I thought it went perfectly with the round circles of the word thanks...



All stamps and papers (retired Amelia Soar with it Collection) from The Angel Company

Speaking of fall...I usually show my son's football pictures but here is a picture of my daughter! She made the JV cheerleading team at school as a freshman - and she couldn't even do a cartwheel earlier in the year, just like her mom! She's definately a hard worker.