Be Thankful Card - TMS #479

Hello and happy Tuesday! It's time for this weeks sketch challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches. This weeks sketch was designed by Melissa Craig and features a fun diamond shape focal area. Luckily one of my Cricut cartridges had a diamond shape that was cut at 5" then I hand trimmed the mat. We would love for you to join us this week and I can't wait to see how you use the focal area. For all the challenge details and design team inspiration click HERE.

Sketch #479:

Be Thankful Card Supplies:

• Paper: Fall Friends paper pad by Doodlebug Design Inc. (2015), Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler cardstock by Stampin' Up!
• Stamps: Harvest Tails by Newton's Nook
• Ink & Coloring: Memento black ink and Copic markers
• Other Stuff: Cricut machine, Big Shot and Harvest Tails die cuts by Newton's Nook

Challenges entered:

• Always Fun: Pumpkins
• Brown Sugar: Thankful
• Cute N Crafty: Thanksgiving/Thankful
• Inkspirational: Photo Inspiration
• Simon Says: Thanks/Thanksgiving

Newton Thankful Card

Hello and happy World Card Making Day! This morning I had some fun playing with patterned paper and Newton. To get my card started I found a sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. Instead of making the card square, because I rarely mail my square cards, I went with an A2 size. The image and sentiment are from the stamp set called Autumn Newton by Newton's Nook. Copic markers were used to color the image and then it was die cut with the coordinating dies. I used one of my favorite paper pads by Doodlebug Designs called Flea Market. The polka dot oval was die cut using a cross stitched oval die by My Favorite Things. Fiskars deckle scissors were used to cut the yellow oval mat. An oval punch was used for the sentiment and it was matted to a green apple scalloped oval. The final touch was the three yellow glitter enamel dots by Stampin' Up! and that's it. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to get crafty today!

This Newton Thankful Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2: Sketch
• Shopping Our Stash: Give Thanks
• Cute Card Thursday: Anything Goes
• Aud Sentiments: Use a Die Cut + Sentiment 
• Alphabet Challenge: "O" for Oval

Autumn Newton Thankful Card

Hello and happy Wednesday! Last month Newton's Nook released a new stamp set called Autumn Newton and I decided it was purrfect for my Thanksgiving cards for family this year. The Newton's Nook design team did an amazing job with their inspirational designs, click HERE. I was inspired by all the inky backgrounds and really loved Maria Russell's design that you can check out HERE. Then Jennifer Jackson created two awesome cards for the Simon Says Stamp Blog that you can check out HERE.

With all this wonderful inspiration I was excited to make my own inky background with distress oxide inks. Colors include: Seedless Preserves, Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Fossilized Amber and Vintage Photo. The colors were sponged onto mixed media paper, blended well and then sprayed with water. The heat gun was used to dry the water and set the ink. I let the panel dry overnight before cutting it to the right size. A Birch Tree die cut by Taylored Expressions was added and trimmed and then the panel was matted to Rich Razzleberry cardstock by Stampin' Up!. Next, the Newton image was colored with Copic markers and die cut with the coordinating die. Everything was adhered flat to the card for easy mailing. A few sequins were added for sparkle and that's it!

This Autumn Newton Thankful Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Simon Says Stamp: Stamp It!
• Little Red Wagon: Give Us Your Background
• Tuesday Throwdown: Punches and/or Dies
• Crafty Gals Corner: Favorite Colors (used favorite Fall colors)

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Be Thankful Card

Happy Sunday! I hope you're having a lovely day. This past week was spent finishing up my Thanksgiving cards. Now that they've been mailed I can play along with a couple of weekly challenges. This Be Thankful Card was made for the following challenges:

• Color Throwdown: Color (ctd369)
• Simon Says Stamp: Thanks/Thanksgiving
• Jo's Scrap Shack: Gratitude
• Brown Sugar: Anything Goes 

The color challenge includes: rusty orange, warm burgundy and pear-like green. For the green I used Pear Pizzazz and the warm burgundy is a piece or Core'dinations sandable cardstock. I cut a negative space into the burgundy cardstock, embossed it with the square lattice embossing folder by Stampin' Up! and then added a pear border inside. The image is from the Hello Fall Simon Says Stamp exclusive stamp set by Newton's Nook. I colored the images with Copic markers. A little twine was wrapped around the card for detail. The leaf bag was paper pieced using a recycled kraft shopping bag and adhered with dimensionals. That about sums it up!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Thankful Autumn Birdies Card

Hello! This week I've been working on my Thanksgiving cards. I usually create a couple of different designs and make multiples of each to mail to family and friends. This Thankful Autumn Birdies Card is one of the designs. I love the cheerful image by Doodle Pantry!!! The image comes with a pre-colored version which makes creating multiples really easy. Each card will be a little unique because I will change the patterned papers used. The plaid paper on this card is from the Pumpkin Spice paper stack by Simple Stories and the green background paper is from my scrap bin and retired by Stampin' Up!. The cardstock colors include: Old Olive, Cajun Craze and Early Espresso. A couple of olive glitter brads were used to anchor the focal image on either side. The Thankful sentiment is from the Acorny Thank You by Stampin' Up! and was stamped using Delightful Dijon ink. That's it!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Thankful Autumn Birdies Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Shopping Our Stash: Thanks
• Doodle Pantry: Anything Digital Goes
• Crafty Creations: Give Thanks
• Crafty Gals: Use Scraps (Background dsp, Espresso and Cajun Cardstock)

Vintage Leaves Thankful Card

Good day! It's been raining all day here in Oklahoma so I seized the opportunity to play in my craft room. It's a little sad to admit but I've had these Vintage Leaves stamped and cut out on my desk for at least three weeks. I've been busy sewing and never got around to finishing the intended card. Better late than never I guess! This Vintage Leaves Thankful Card was made with all Stampin' Up! supplies. The patterned papers are retired but all the stamps and twine are currently available.

The stamp sets used include:

• Vintage Leaves (138802)
• Acorny Thank You (139718)  

For the card base a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock was used and the edges were distressed with Crumb Cake ink. A layer of Soft Suede was matted to the patterned paper that was also distressed with Crumb Cake. The stamped pieces were attached and the twine wrapped around the matted panel before the entire piece was attached to the card base. That's it! 

This Vintage Leaves Thankful Card is entered into the following challenges:

• SU-Only: Fall Fun 
• QKR Stampede: Give Thanks
• Dragonfly Dreams: Fall Colours
• Classy Cards 'n Such: Thankful

Birdie Thankful Card

This evening I searched through my digital stamps and found this Pumpkin Birdie image by Doodle Pantry. I love the rich colors in this pre-colored image. I printed the image and sentiment on Very Vanilla cardstock and then decided a woodgrain background would give it a nice rustic feel. To add texture to the card I added some burlap with a brown twine accent. The final touch were the punched leaves and this Birdie Thankful Card was done. Thanks for stopping by!

My Birdie Thankful Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Doodle Pantry: Use Digital Image
• Alphabet Challenge: T for Twine
• Digi Haven: Fall
• QKR Stampede: Anything Goes/Harvest
• Card Makin' Mamas: Thankful Tidings
• Jo's Scrap Shack: Things with Wings 

Gently Falling Thankful Card

Oh boy, today was crazy! The saying is true, "when it rains, it pours". My day didn't go as planned, but I did get to make a card this evening. This Gently Falling Thankful Card has me dreaming of the crisp autumn air. I love the colors autumn brings and this card features some of my favorites:

• Cajun Craze
• Crumb Cake
• Early Espresso
• Garden Green
• Pear Pizzazz
• More Mustard
• Soft Suede
• Very Vanilla

The layout for this card comes from the sketch at The Paper Players from LeAnne Pugliese. I found the narrow image panel challenging for the stamps I have, but I think the Gently Falling* leaves work well. I used the rock-n-roll technique for the bottom stamped image and then heat embossed the accent layer with Early Espresso embossing powder. I fussy cut the smaller leaf to add a little more interest. I used my favorite jute twine and heat embossed the Thankful sentiment from Bo Bunny. The leaf patterned paper is by The Paper Studio and all other papers are by Stampin' Up! The final touch was three antique brass brads and this card was done. Thanks for stopping by and have a great night!

My Gently Falling Thankful Card is entered into the following challenges:

• The Paper Players: Sketch
• Use Your Stuff: Twine
• Craft-Room Challenge: Heat Embossing

*Gently Falling stamp set by Stampin' Up! is available in WOOD or CLEAR stamps.