Happy Thanksgiving

Hello and welcome!  My card today is one I made for the current challenge at Just Us Girls, where we are to create a matching envelope.  I'm also joining the Anything Goes challenge at Four Seasons Challenge and the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, where this week's theme is Thanks/Thanksgiving.

JUGS #658

Four Seasons November Challenge

I was just completing the very few Thanksgiving cards that my husband and I send out when I saw the challenge at Just Us Girls, so I created a rather simple matching envelope with gold heat embossing on the front.

I started by stamping the SSS Full of Thanks stamps set on white cardstock, then coloring with Copic markers.  I put a pale halo around the image using my lightest BG marker then put the panel back in my Misti and gold heat embossed it along with the sentiment.  Next, the panel was die cut with a mini slim rectangle die then I applied gold metallic paint around the edges.  Once that dried, the panel was adhered directly to an Early Espresso die cut panel, which was then adhered to the white card base and finishing by adding the die cut sentiment with thin foam squares.

I made five of these cards but had only four pre-made envelopes, so I used an old Memory Keepers Envelope punch board to create an envelope that would fit with the 6"x 3" card.  I popped that into my Misti so I could stamp more than once for good inking, then heat embossed it with Antique Gold embossing powder.  I only embossed part of the image on the envelope so that I'd have plenty of room to add the recipient's address.

Thanks for taking time to stop by, I appreciate it!  Take care and have a wonderful Thanksgiving next week if you celebrate!

Stef

Stamps:  Full of Thanks (SSS)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Early Espresso (SU), CutCardStock Super Smooth White (AMZ/used for the envelope)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

Other:  Pinkfresh Studio Mini Slimline Essential Bundle dies, Waffle Flower Designer Template 1 sentiment label die, Altenew Metallic Gold paint and Antique Gold embossing powder, WR Memory Keepers Envelope Punch board

Copics:  Corn Husk: YG67, 17, 03; Sunflower Greens:  G28, YG45, G21; Corn: Y28, 18, 06, 02; Sunflowers:  YR27, 24, 15, 11, E59, 57, 55; Pumpkin:  E09, YR18, 07, 16, Y17, E29, 37, 33; Leaves #1: YR18, 07, 16, Y17, E33; Apple and Leaves #2: R39, 37, 35; Halo BG000 and 0000; for the grapes I used Sketchmarker Brush Pro markers in V61, 62, 54

Happy Thanksgiving for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Hello friends!  It's time for a new Tic Tac Toe Challenge and this week the lovely Claire has given us this wonderful board for our inspiration!

Tic Tac Toe Challenge

I went down the left row for my card - thankful, brown, die cuts.

I started with the autumn floral that came out during Simon Say Stamp's Stamptember, where Simon releases a new collaboration stamp set nearly every day and when they sell out, they're gone. Fortunately for my pocketbook, I only bought a couple, this sweet stamp set being one from Studio Katia.  I stamped both the sentiment and main image, then colored the florals and pumpkin with alcohol markers.  To get more contrast in the yellow flowers, I used three polychromos colored pencils to deepen the shaded areas, although unfortunately the photos does not fully capture that. :-(  Everything was then die cut with coordinating dies.

The Scallop cover die provided some wonderful white texture over an off-white card base, then a strip of brown textured cardstock was added to ground the image.  The pumpkin floral was added to the front with thin foam squares, then I die cut the sentiment twice more, cutting off the part that overlapped the pumpkin and adhered it to the brown strip, and that finished things off.

Thanks for visiting, I appreciate it.  The link above will take you over to the challenge where you can take a look at the cards by the other DT members and hopefully be inspired to join us this week!

Take care!

Stef

Stamps:  Grateful Florals (SSS/SK)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White and Natural White, Early Espresso textured cardstock (ret. SU)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Other:  Grateful Florals dies, Scallops Cover die (Altenew)

Copics:  E29, 37, 31, YR18, 07, 16, Y17, 08, 06, 02, 00, G28, 09, 02, YG99, 97, 95, 91, 21, 000, V01

Sketchmarker Brush Pro:  V111, 114

PolyChromos:  182 Brown Ochre, 184 Dark Naples Ochre, 185 Naples Yellow

Floral Thanksgiving for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge

 Hello friends and welcome back!  It's Thursday and that means it's time for a new Tic Tac Toe Challenge!  The marvelous Annie is hosting this week and brings us this board with oodles of design options.

Tic Tac Toe Challenge

For my card, I went straight across the top (gold, stencil, floral) using a pretty sunflower grouping from the Big Thanks Autumn stamp set.

I started with a panel of Neenah Desert Storm, using a stencil to mask off the edges so that I could stamp on the inside or negative portion with the floral image. I used Copic Markers to color, then used the interior part of the stencil to mask off the floral image and ink blend around the exterior.  Well, that did not turn out as I hoped and so I went with plan two, which was to die cut the colored portion and then mount it on a separate panel of gold stenciled leaves. 

After heat embossing the sentiment on a strip of Peacock, I decided to use gold metallic paint around the edges of both panels and added a bit of splatter on the colored panel, just for good measure! Once the paint was dry, the stenciled panel was adhered directly to the Ivory base, then the floral panel popped up with fun foam.  With the sentiment adhered with foam tape, my card was complete!

Thank you for visiting, I always appreciate it so much!  I hope you continue to be safe and healthy, and have a great upcoming weekend!

Be sure to use the link above to check out the new Tic Tac Toe challenge and the beautiful cards by the other DT members!

Stef

Stamps:  Big Thanks Autumn, Clean Line Gratitude (sentiment), ( both Simon Says Stamp)

Paper:  Ivory, Peacock (SSS), Neenah Desert Storm

Ink:  Versamark, Delicatta Golden Glitz, Gina K Chocolate Truffle Amalgam

Other:  Autumn Leaves stencil (Pretty Pink Posh), Gansi Tambi Starry Colors Metallic watercolor paints, Hero Arts Gold embossing powder

Falling Leaves for Sunday Stamps

Hi there and welcome back!  It's Sunday, which means it's time for a new challenge at Sunday Stamps!  This week we have a beautiful color board, with luscious autumn colors, to inspire you. 

Sunday Stamps

I'm also joining the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where the current theme is Anything Goes.

For my card, I was inspired by both the colors and the image of the multicolored leaves on the SSC board, so this is what I came up with...

I started with a panel of Bristol paper and used the fabulous Falling Leaves layering stencil.  It has 5 stencils with different leaf images, along with the berries and acorns, which allows you to ink blend individual images without having to mask off those around them.  They worked great, although I still managed to add unwanted ink blending here and there, but I was fine with that, I wasn't after perfection. After the stenciling was complete, the panel was splattered with leftover ink and pearl acrylic paint, which acted to give it more of a water colored, messy look.  Once the panel dried, it was cut with a deckle rectangle die, then gold embossing powder was heat embossed around all the edges.

To put the card together I started with an Ivory base, then added a pumpkin panel also die cut with a deckle rectangle die.  The sentiment was heat embossed with gold embossing powder, cut with a deckle oval die then it too was edged with heat embossed gold embossing.  After wrapping the panel with linen thread, with was added to the card base with foam tape, as was the sentiment to the front with gold die cut foliage and that finished things off!

Thanks so much for visiting, I really appreciate it!  I've link the challenge above, so be sure to head over there to check out all the beautiful creations by the other DT members and hopefully play along with us!

Stef

Stamps:  Full of Thanks (sentiment/Art Impressions)

Paper:  Ivory (Simon Says Stamp), Pumpkin (Hero Arts), Strathmore Bristol

Ink:  Versamark; Walnut Stain, Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick and Aged Mahogany Distress Inks

Other:  Deckle Frames dies (Waffle Flower), Fab Foliage dies (MFT), Linen Thread (SU), Hero Arts Gold embossing powder, Falling Leaves Layering Stencils (SSS), Pearl Metallic Acrylic Paint (Ranger)

Dress the Turkey for The Paper Players

 Hello friends and welcome back!  It's time for a new challenge at The Paper Players.  This week the lovely Laurie has chosen the fun theme of "Turkey Time".

The Paper Players

I'm also joining the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where the current theme is Anything Goes.

For my card I decided to use one of the silly turkeys from the Full of Thanks stamp set from Art Impressions to make a fun and easy card.

This dapper fellow is quite fun to color.  I based the color choices on the pretty plaid paper in the background, similar to Shaded Spruce and Crushed Curry.  Keeping it simple, I added just a bit of a shadow behind him then die cut the panel with an oval die, matting it on a slightly larger oval of Pumpkin Pie.

Next, the sentiment (which always makes me giggle!) was stamped on white card trimmed down and matted on a Crushed Curry square.  I created a card base from Cinnamon Cider, layered on the panel from Plaid Tidings then decided it was too plain with just the main image and the sentiment. I took a leaf stamp from the same set and stamped it on a strip of Crushed Curry, adhered that across the card, then popped up the oval and the sentiment with fun foam to finish things off.

Thank you for visiting, I always appreciate it so much!  I hope you're continuing to remain safe and healthy, and have a great week ahead!

I've added links below to the other DT members blogs so that you can check out their wonderful creations and also a link above to the challenge so you can come play along with us!

Stef

Jaydee
LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater
Joanne James
Laurie Schmidt

Anne Marie Hile
Ann Schach
Allisa Steinlicht

Stef Perry (that's me!)

Mary Deatherage

Stamps: Full of Thanks (Art Impressions)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Cinnamon Cider, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Plaid Tidings dsp

Ink:  Gina K Chocolate Truffle, Versafine Clair Pinecone

Other:  Essential Ovals dies (Ellen Hutson)

Copics:  [G28, 17, 03, R59, 37] [YR24, Y19, Y15] [E29, 27, 23,YR18, 68, 12]

Non-Traditional Thanksgiving

Hello, friends and welcome back!  I'm here to share a new card I've made for two challenges - Color Hues and Freshly Made Sketches.

TCH #4

FMS 457

I haven't made time to play in challenges very much the last few months and decided I would try to do so more often, when time allows.  Both the Color Hues colors (love complementary colors!) and Linda's fabulous sketch for FMS were great inspiration for my non-traditional Thanksgiving card.  Bonus is that these colors are the same as my BIL's favorite college football team, so he should love receiving this!

Starting with a panel of mixed media paper, I used a leaf stencil and Altenew orange dye inks to create the background panel.  Next the maple leaf was die cut from white card and colored with a variety of orange Copic markers to achieve some shading detail.  After both were complete I realized the background was too busy behind the maple leaf, so a panel of vellum was trimmed down and layered on top of the stenciled panel, nicely muting it and letting the big leaf be the star of the card.  I made the vellum longer than the panel and scored it so it could be folded over at the top and adhered on the backside of the panel.  Then, after the leaf and sentiment were added to the vellum layer, I lifted the vellum and added glue directly under the leaf and sentiment to more securely adhere it to the panel.

The sentiment was stamped on a strip of Ivory card in brown pigment ink and die cut with a label die. To assemble the card, I started with an Ivory card base, then layered on a scrap of long retired textured Pacific Point card.  The main image was added with some foam tape, adding a bit under the overhanging ends of the sentiment as well.  Finally, a couple of enamel dots were adhered and the leaf painted with a shimmer pen for a nice bit of sparkle.  I was tempted to add some gold elements but I'm not sure if that considered a neutral for the color challenge, so I restrained myself LOL!

Thanks so much for visiting, I really appreciate it!  I hope you're continuing to stay safe and healthy, and have a wonderful week ahead!

Stef

Stamps:  Thanksgiving Scene (sentiment, Pretty Pink Posh)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Ivory (Simon Says Stamp), Pacific Point (Stampin' Up), Mixed Media (Vicky Boutin), vellum

Ink:  Versafine Claire Pinecone, Firebrick, Autumn Blaze and Orange Cream (Altenew)

Other:  Large Stitched Maple die (SSS), Sentiments Labels die (SSS), Floating Leaves Stencil (SSS), Warm and Cozy Enamel dots (Altenew), Tonic Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen

Copics:  YR18, 07, 16, Y17