Autumn Leaves - a Thanksgiving Card

This is my last Thanksgiving card - for today anyway.  This morning I die cut two pieces of Very Vanilla card stock with the Autumn Accents die so I had more than enough leaves to make 2 cards.
See previous post for how I prepared the leaves.  The only thing different is that I placed Crystal Effects on the acorn, and spritzed the leaves with my homemade glitter spritz.
I did not have a Happy Thanksgiving sentiment, so I took the work "Happy" for one stamp, and "Thanksgiving" from another stamp.

Stamps: Four Feathers, Mingle All the Way
Inks: Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Soft Suede, SU markers (Soft Suede, Tangerine Tango)
Papers: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Color Me Autumn DSP
Accessories: Autumn Accents die, Four Feathers framelit, Crystal Effects, Stylish Strips embossing folder, Square lattice embossing folder, Natural 5/8" Chevron ribbon (reverse side), dimensionals, homemade glitter spritz

Falling Leaves Happy Thanksgiving

Today is the day for making Thanksgiving Cards.  I think I'm finished now as I have enough for my craft shows.
For this card I used the Autumn Accents die with Very Vanilla card stock, and the stamp set "Four Feathers"

After die cutting the leaves, I sponged them with several colours (Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip) and sponged the edges with Soft Suede.  Each leaf was then slightly spritzed with water and crumpled up - and restraightened but leaving a lot of the creases in them.
While they were drying, I stamped and die cut two of the feathers, and sponged the edges with Soft Suede.
The basic card is Soft Suede, layered with Very Vanilla embossed with the Woodgrain embossing folder.  This layer was sponged on the edges and lightly all over.

Once dry, I arranged the leaves in the upper left hand corner and adhered them with an Antique brad.  A bow of twine was adhered just under this brad.

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Four Feathers
Inks: Real Red, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Papers: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso (top of acorn)
Accessories: Autumn Accents die, Four Feathers framelit, Antique Brad, twine, square lattice embossing folder (top of acorn), Woodgrain embossing folder

Designer Shoes with candy in cello packs for Thanksgiving

In my previous blog post I showed you a picture of some paper shoes I had made for Halloween.  Unfortunately you didn't really get a good look at the shoe (I was too enthusiastic about decorating it).  I made some shoes for Thanksgiving and I think this time the picture shows the shoe a little better, as well as the 3 cello packs filled with candy.

I again used retired designer Thanksgiving paper, and decorated the shoe with autumn leaves die cut using the  Autumn Accents  die.  The acorn and two of the leaves I covered with orange glitter and 
 attached the leave on the cello candy, and the acorn on the decoration of one of the cello packs. The remaining leaf was left with the cluster on the shoe top.  On top of the leaves I placed an orange rose made using the spiral flower die.  An Olive Green leaf die cut using the mini leaf sizzlet die was placed just under the rose.

The Chevron ribbon was tied around the shoe and also near the top of the cello packs.

The cello packs were decorated using the For All Things  Stamp Set.

Wonderfall Thanks - Hand Stamped Sentiments # 167

It's not quite fall here yet!  First of all it's too hot and muggy; second the leaves on the trees are just starting to turn different colours; third it's not even September; fourth I'm not ready for the end of summer.
However, that doesn't stop me from making fall cards as I have done today for the sketch challenge with Hand Stamped Sentiments here

 

Technique:

First I die cut some leaves using Very Vanilla card stock and the Autumn Accents die.  These leaves I stamped using the Waterfall stamp set - after which the edges were sponged with Soft Suede ink.  In addition I put some Crystal Effects on the acorn.

The moon was die cut using the circles framelits.  I coloured the pearls dark brown with a copic marker to coordinate with the rest of the card.

The sentiment is from the Harvest of Thanks stamp set.  I just cut out the word I needed.

The background is Early Espresso Core-dination card stock which I embossed with the words embossing folder and then sanded.

Stamps: Waterfall, Harvest of Thanks

Inks: Early Espresso, Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Soft Sueded, Cajun Craze

Papers:Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso Core-dination card stock, So Saffron

Accessories: Autumn Accents die, Expression folder, Circles Framelits, 1 1/4" Burlap ribbon, Natural fiber ribbon, Crystal Effects, dimensionals

Thankful Thoughts of You - Technostamper #275

It's crazy how fast the summer is going.  We are past the midway point and starting to slide into Autumn.  Already the night time temperatures are reflecting this.  There's still plenty of summer left, so enjoy it.  However, I couldn't help but start making some Autumn cards for the Technostamper challenge here

I am off to Vancouver today, so this will be my last post until I get back on Aug. 21st.

 

Techniques:

The leaves were die cut using Very Vanilla and the Autumn Accents die.  I then put them through the paper crimper and sponged them with various colours.  A spritz of water on the coloured leaves helped the colours to blend.  When dry I sprayed them with gold smooch.

The 1/8" taffeta ribbon I coloured with a Baked Brown sugar marker.

Stamp: Grateful Greetings

Inks: Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Tangerine Tango, Baked Brown sugar marker, Baked brown sugar ink

Papers: Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Sweater Weather DSP, Baked Brown Sugar

Accessories: 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, Scallop border punch, Autumn Accents die, Paper Crimper, 1/8" vanilla taffeta ribbon, gold smooch, dimensionals

Autumn Accents Thanksgiving - Challenge 197 LNS

The challenge (Challenge 197) this week is to make a Thanksgiving Card.  In Canada we have had our Thanksgiving, so I used some leaves I had left over from making these cards.

Technique: The base card is Crumb Cake, layered with Crumb Cake embossed with The Holiday Frame folder.  The edges were then sponged with Early Espresso ink.
Leaves: These were leaves left over from another project, but here is how I made them.  First I die cut the leaves using the Autumn Accents die and Very Vanilla card stock. Each leaf  was then folded in half. laid on the Woodgrain folder at a 45 degree angle and run through the Big shot.  Each leaf was then sponged with Riding Hood Red, Daffodil Delight, Cajun Craze and Lucky Limeade.  The edges were sponged with Soft Suede.  Two acorns were die cut - one in Very Vanilla and one in Soft Suede.  The Soft Suede one was embossed with the Square Lattice folder, the top cut off and adhered to the Very Vanilla one which had been sponged with Cajun Craze ink.
The leaves were then spritzed with gold smooch and allowed to dry.  They were adhered together using dimensionals in the middle of the Holiday folder.
I then attached  Very Vanilla seam binding around the lower card and attached a Brushed Bronze button.

Stamps: Teeny Tiny wishes
Inks: Riding Hood Red, Daffodil delight, Cajun Craze, Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede, Early Espresso
Papers: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede
Accessories: Holiday frame, Square lattice frame, Autumn Accents die, Very Vanilla seam binding, Brushed Bronze button, dimensionals, Word Window punch, gold smooch

Leaves Falling for You - Unscripted Sketches #180

Again, since I had a lot of leaves left over from a previous project, this card uses some of these leaves in its design.  It is made for the sketch challenge with Unscripted Sketches here

 

Technique:

The card base is Early Espresso layered with Crumb Cake card stock which is embossed with the Brocade folder.  Using a dauber, the embossed cardstock was painted with Champagne shimmer paint.  This makes it look like gold paper.

Image: Three pieces of Very Vanilla card stock were cut and sponged with Early Espresso ink.  They were mounted on a piece of Champagne glitter paper.

The leaves were mounted on the various size pieces with dimensionals.  Crystal effects was applied to the acorn.

Embellishment: A piece of Early Espresso Baker's twine was wrapped around the crumb cake layer 3 times and a button was attached to the string.

Stamp: Itty Bitty Banners

Inks: Early Espresso, Riding Hood Red, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight (for the leaves)

Papers: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Champagne glitter paper, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Itty Bitty framelits, Autumn Accents die, Woodgrain folder, Brocade folder, Square lattice folder, Gold Smooch, Champagne shimmer paint, Early Espresso baker's twine, Neutrals button, dimensionals, Crystal Effects.

Falling Leaves - Thank You - Technostamper #241

I'm finally caught up getting my products ready for the next craft show- which is this weekend.  I sold out of a lot of things the last show (1 week ago) so I had to get my gear in action and create, create, create!!  Today it is so nice to say, I'm caught up - and now I can get caught up with my challenges.
This card is for the Technostamper sketch challenge here
I wanted to make a fall card as I had leaves left over from another project.

 

Technique:   The leaves were die cut using Very Vanilla card stock and the Autumn Accents die.  Each leaf was folded in half and laid on the Woodgrain folded at a 45 degree angle and run through the big shot.  After carefully opening each leaf (they tear easily), each was sponged with Riding Hood Red, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, and the edges sponged with Soft suede.  They were then spritzed with gold smooch.  The acorn was made in 2 stages.  Two acorns were die cut - one in Very Vanilla, and one in Soft Suede.  The Soft Suede acorn was embossed with the Square lattice folder, and the top cut off.  The Very Vanilla one was sponged and the Soft Suede top was adhered to it. The entire acorn was then spritzed with gold smooch.

The leaves were attached to the card with dimensionals.

Stamps: Perfectly Penned

Inks: Riding Hood Red, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede

Papers: Island Indigo, Orchard Harvest DSP, Very Vanilla

Accessories:  Autumn Accents die, woodgrain folder, Square lattice folder, Gold smooch, dimensionals

Gently Falling Collage Thank You - Challenge 192 LNS

With the cool nights and the warm days the leaves on the trees are really starting to turn to brilliant red, yellows, oranges and some brown.  It's absolutely breath taking.
The challenge with the Late Night Stamper's Group is "tearing" and I try to emulate some of the colors I have seen.

Technique:
The Early Espresso card base is layered with Whisper White, and then Core'dination Early Espresso card stock embossed with the Wood grain folder.  The latter was lightly sanded.
Panel:
I took a panel of Whisper White and sponged the following colors on it:  Riding Hood Red, Cajun Craze, Lucky Limeade, Tangerine Tango, and Daffodil Delight.
Then, using Soft Suede ink, the images of the stamp set "Gently Falling" were stamped all over the panel in a random fashion.
Now comes the tearing part.  I tore both long sides of the panel and then sponged the edges with Soft Suede ink.  The panel was matted with Crumb Cake card stock, which was also torn down the long sides and sponged with Soft Suede ink.
Embellishment: 
Three leaves were die cut using the Autumn Accents die, folded in half and embossed with the Woodgrain folder.  They were then sponged with the same colors was the panel, and spritzed with gold smooch.  Stampin' Dimensionals were used to adhere the leaves together.
The ribbon is Crumb Cake seam binding held in place by a ribbon slide, and adhered to the embellishment with a dimensional.

Stamps  Gently Falling, Perfectly Penned
Inks: Riding Hood Red, Cajun Craze, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede
Papers: Early Espresso, Whisper White, Early Espresso Core'dination card stock, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Ribbon slide, 3/8" Crumb Cake seam binding, Autumn Accents die, Woodgrain folder, Gold smooch

Autumn Colors - Unscripted Sketches #176

The leaves are changing colors rapidly.  In some parts of the city the trees present as a sea of color.  I tried to mimic this cacaphony of colour in the card I make for the sketch challenge with Unscripted Sketches here.  This month there is also a piggy back challenge i.e. to actually use the card.
My plan is to donate the card to the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children for one of the older children.  I am a member of SendaSmile4Kids, an organization that donates hand made cards to this particular hospital in Ontario.  I was instrumental in bringing this to Ontario.There are similar branches in British Columbia and Alberta, and many in the United States.

 

Technique: 

I turned the sketch on its side for this card.

The base card of Lucky Limeade is matted with Very Vanilla, and then a layer of Orchard Harvest designer paper.  The latter had its corners rounded with the corner rounder punch.

To make the "sea of color" panel, the following colors were sponged randomly on a piece of Whisper White card stock : Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede, Cajun Craze and Lucky Limeade.  The paper was then crumples and when straightened out the wrinkles were sponged with Soft suede ink.  Then it was spritzed lightly with water to blend the colors.  When dry  it was spritzed with gold smooch.

It was matted with Island Indigo card stock, the lower edge of which was punched with a scallop border punch.

Leaves:

First they were die cut using the Autumn Accents die.  The acorn was die cut twice, the second time with Soft Suede card stock.  The leaves were then stamped using the Wonderfall stamp set - the oal leaf in Cajun Craze; the poplar in Daffodil Delight, and the acorn in Soft Suede. They were then sponged with 3 different colors and the edges with Soft suede.  Then they were given the same treatment as the panel - crumpled, sponged, spritzed with water and then with gold smooch.

For the acorn, the top was cut off the soft suede acorn (which had been embossed with the Square lattice embossing folder) and attached to the stamped acorn, which had been sponged with Cajun Craze ink.  The top was then sponged with soft suede ink, and Crystal Effects was applied to the bottom portion.

The leaves were layered and attached to each other with stampin dimensionals.

The panel was made a little larger than in the sketch to accommodate the leaves.

Embellishment:

Island Indigo ruffled ribbon was inserted through 2 holes in a brushed bronze button and tied into a knot at the top.  Two glue dots were used to attach the button to the card.

Stamps: Wonderfall, Tiny Tags
Inks: Daffodil Delight, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede, Lucky Limeade
Papers: Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Island Indigo, Orchard Harvest designer paper
Accessories: Autumn Accents die, Scallop border punch, Jewellry Punch, Brushed Bronze button, 3/8" Island Indigo ruffled ribbon, Square lattice folder, Crystal effects, Gold smooch, Corner rounder punch, dimensionals, glue dots.