Thanksgiving

Okay, now let's travel back a few months and revisit that wonderful day of eating ourselves into oblivion, you know that day-THANKSGIVING.  I made quite a few cards to send out to my church people and cards to add to the food baskets. The stamp set is from Papertrey Ink. These are just a few of them I hope you like them and thanks for stopping by.

Happy Thanksgiving

I'm running late posting these cards since we've been so busy.  I've actually been making cards (along with a million other things I have going on) and just have not had time to photo them and get them posted.  I made a 20 of these cards using Papertrey Ink's Gobble Gobble set and their Fall Prints and Patterns DP.  I decided to go with the idea of a camouflage turkey for my cards.  After all what turkey wouldn't want to blend into the background when it comes to this time of year.  I used the Gobble Gobble dies to cut out my turkeys from the DP's from the paper set and also for the layering on the card.  All in all they turned out to be quite colorful.
Hope you like them and thanks for stopping by.

Thank You Notes

One of the fun things we did on our vacation was to go out to dinner at a 'Fine Dining' restaurant courtesy of my family. We were celebrating our 25th anniversary and my sisters, bro-in-laws nieces and nephews all chipped in to give us a gift certificate for a fun night out. Dinner was great.

When we returned I set about making these thank you cards. All of the card stock is from Memory Box and the images are PaperTrey Ink Year of Flowers. I saw this idea on a blog somewhere and I didn't write it down, my bad, but just loved the cards so I copied. I embossed the flowers and sentiment in Martha Stewart's white (I think it's Dove) and it makes a elegantly simple card. (My sister said at first she wondered why I went out and bought cards, then notice my stamp on the back, compliment???)

Anyway I love how they truned out, what do you think? Thanks for stopping by.

Thanksgiving Leftovers

Mmmmm! Leftovers from Thanksgiving are one of life's greatest treats. Nothing is better than a turkey sandwich with homemade cranberry sauce, or hot turkey sandwiches with dressing and gravy. Now I'm hungry.

But this post is about a card I made using leftover bits and pieces. It all started with this scrap of Thanksgiving paper, I had just found this leaf (Cuttlebug I think) and the plaid scrap and felt it would all go together very well.

I'm still working my way through the card stock I used earlier in the year for my nieces baby show so that is the card base and the green was also part of the leftover pile. So this card is all about leftovers, don't you love it?

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a terrific holiday.

A Simple Thanksgiving

When I got a chance to make some cards I pulled out my Papertrey Gobble Gobble set. I wanted to design a set that I could make very quickly and this is what I came up with.

First of all I just stamped directly onto the card base and I kept the stamping to a minimum. I stamped the turkey's body first then masked it and stamped the feathers. The masking was simply onto a post-it note, making sure that I had the feet on the sticky part, than cutting it out. For the feathers I used the Memento tear drop pads in Cantaloupe and Potters Clay. I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of orange textured paper and cut it out with a Nestabilities ribbon tag and used some ribbon from my stash. Last but not least I stamped the acorn across the bottom with Memento Desert Sand.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

A Turkey Wall Hanging

I had this last base for a wall hanging sitting on my desk and it was grumbling about being left out. So I decided to make a Thanksgiving wall hanging with it. I also decided to enter in the Stamp Simply challenge #155, which is to incorporate fall leaves in your card or project.

I used the Gobble, Gobble set from Papertrey for this one. I used the die to cut out some kraft and DP turkeys. I used the two sets of kraft feathers as a backdrop for my sentiment. The sentiment is part of the set and I stamped it Memento Rich Cocoa and cut it out with an oval Nestabilities. The pomegranate layer makes a nice layer for the focal images and the copper foil leaf border fits nicely across the top. The ribbon I used for the hanger is a freebie I received with an order from Ellen Hutson.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Gobble, Gobble

My first Card Ministry meeting of the fall is coming up soon and I needed to get going on the cards needed. Since I had just received my order from Papertrey, Thanksgiving was the way to go. I had ordered the Gobble, Gobble set along with the co-ordinating die and what a fun set this is.

Doing a production line set of cards is so easy with these sets.

I decided to use kraft as my card base and for the turkeys. I used the die to cut out the bird and feathers then used the stamps and Memento Tear Drop pads to color them. Talk about easy, wow.

I had this DCWV Thanksgiving paper in my stash so I just needed another DP and some ribbon to finish them off with. After I had them all assembled I decided to add the border stamp, on the left side set I curved the stamp on my block and stamped around the turkey, on the right side set I just stamped below the focal image.

It took me longer to photograph the cards than it did to make them.

Hope you like them and thanks for stopping by.

Thanksgiving Cornucopia

This is another card done for my Church group. When I was looking for stamps for this project I had a great deal of trouble finding stamps of a more traditional nature. My friend Rene and I were on the hunt and we went to Michael's, JoAnn's and Hobby Lobby. Mostly we found cartoonish type stamps or modern. Really nothing that suited what I wanted to do. I gave up but luckily Rene didn't. When we were checking out of Hobby Lobby she wouldn't let me see what she bought at first. Then she presented me with this stamp from Cynthia Elmore that she'd found in the sale bin. It's perfect. I stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it with Copics. The sentiment is Northwood Rubber Stamps. I cut out with a Nestabilities and added some glitter to give it some punch. Hope you like it.

Thanksgiving Paper Pieced

This is another of my attempts at holiday humor. I tried some paper piecing with this card. I stamped the chair and lamp first then I stamped the turkey. I then stamped the chair and lamp on DP and cut them out. After adhering the chair I took a marker and just highlighted the edges. Doesn't this chair look like something that should have been put out by the curb along time ago??? I just felt that this DP would work for a frumpy chair. You'd be so blinded by it the turkey would just fade away. All stamps are from Rosie Roadshow. The sentiment is computer generated and the sticker is from the dollar bin at Michael's. Hope you like it.

Thanksgiving Ham

This turkey is really trying to save itself. Do you think it's a little self centered to throw the pig into the forefront of a big dinner??? I know my sense of humor can be a little warped at times but really---ham is good. I like a nice sugar cured ham with a little scalloped potatoes. Throw in a nice salad, but hmm I think that's Easter.
Well back to this card. Stamps are Rosie Roadshow, colored with Copics and the sentiments are computer generated. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Thanksgiving Chicken

I'm making some Thanksgiving cards for a church group and since I like to be a little irreverent about some Holidays I decided to have some fun with a few of the cards. These stamps are all from Rosie Roadshow. The combination possibilities with her stamps are infinite. I colored with Copics and the sentiment is computer generated. Thanksgiving can be such a fun Holiday, of course it really is important to be grateful for the blessings in our lives, but these days it is also important to have a sense of humor.

Anyway, after coloring the image I cut it out with a Nestabilities and same for the mat. The sentiment just had the corners rounded and I ran the Pumpkin Orange around the edge. The little acorn is a sticker found in the dollar bin at Michaels. Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by.