Season of Thanks - The Paper Players # 462

Thanksgiving - the Season of Thanks - a time to reflect on what we are thankful for.  And this week the theme challenge with The Paper Players is "Grateful, Thankful for You" .

In the note card below, I depict a lot of what I am grateful for - the blue sky, the changing colour of the leaves, pumpkins, and that wonderful turkey dinner shared by family and friends.

The turkey, from "Feathered Friends" was stamped on Whisper White and partially die cut using a square die. After rounding the corners of this die cut, and sponging the edges with Early Espresso ink, the sentiments from "Feathered Friends" and "Gather Together" were stamped in the white space.  Using Stampin' Blends, I coloured the turkey and these colours became the inspiration for the rest of the card.

Doesn't the turkey look like he's calling everyone to dinner?

The sky was brayered  with Balmy Blue ink, and the ground with Crumb Cake with a touch of Cajun Craze. The tree from "Snow Front" was stamped with Early Espresso ink and the colourful leaves were stamped in Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze.  I used the 'falling snow' stamp for the leaves on the trees.

The turkey 'tag' was added to the card front using dimensionals.  But before doing so, the sprig of wheat was stamped multiple times in Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze behind where the tag would be.

Pumpkins, from the stamp set "Gather Together" were stamped on Pumpkin Pie card stock, die cut and added to the card front using dimensionals.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Feathered Friends, Snow Front, Gather Togethetr
Inks;  Black Memento, Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Stampin' Blends
Papers:  Whisper White note card, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories:  Gather Together Dies, Layering square dies, Dimensionals, Brayer, Corner Rounder Punch

Pumpkins and spice - another sneak peak and a colouring tutorial

One of the advantages of being a demonstrator is that you get to play with the new products from the Holiday catalogue before the catalogue is released to the general public. This also helps me get ready for fall and fall classes.

I have always loved fall, a time when the leaves change colour and the air is clear and crisp.   It's what comes after that I don't particularly like.

So today I am making a fall card, a card with colours in shades of dark green and brown highlighted with orange - orange pumpkins.

On a Thick Whisper White card base is layered some Early Espresso card stock followed by Country Harvest DSP that resembles weathered barn board.  Some coordinating ribbon is wrapped around the DSP/Early Espresso before it is added to the card base.

Three pumpkins are added to the bottom of the card front.  Here's a short tutorial on how to colour the pumpkins.

Stamp the pumpkins with Pumpkin Pie ink and colour using both dark and light Pumpkin pie Stampin' Blends.

 Starting with the dark Pumpkin Pie marker, colour along the stamped lines.  Note:  use side of 

marker not tip to prevent premature wear of nib.

Add some dark colour to the bottom and top

Shade with the lighter shade of the Pumpkin Pie marker leaving uncoloured areas in the middle of each section.  This gives dimension and shape to the pumpkin.

Below is a close up of the coloured pumpkins.

The larger pumpkins are punched  using the Apple Builder punch, and the small one die cut using a Gathering Leaves die. The Apple Builder punch also punches out a stem for each of the pumpkins. These were coloured with  a light Mossy Meadow Stampin' blend and adhered to the top of the pumpkins. Several leaves were also stamped and coloured with Mossy Meadow ink, fussy cut and added to the pumpkins. Rather than stamp the tendrils, a tiny strip of Mossy Meadow card stock was fussy cut and coiled around a paint brush.

The pumpkins were added to the bottom of the card using dimensionals.

The sentiment, stamped in Early Espresso ink, is from "Country Harvest"

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Country Home, Gather Together, Harvest Hellos
Inks:  Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, Combo Pumpkin Pie Stampin' blends, Mossy Meadow blend
Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Early Espresso, Come to Gather DSP, Whisper White, Mossy Meadow
Accessories:  Apple Builder Punch, Gather Leaves dies, Come to Gather ribbon, Dimensionals