Season of Thanks

This is the Season of Thanks and I’m so thankful for all of the people I’ve met through stamping and card making. That’s you! It’s so much fun to introduce people to stamping or share a new technique or new stamp set. I wish that laundry and other chores could just disappear to allow for more creative time!

Here is a card that we made at the Open house on September 8, 2019. I’ve been meaning to post it and  the “recipe” for quite some time. Here it is…. read on past the recipe and see how I changed up some of the leftovers to make Thinking Of You cards!

Season Of Thanks

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Supplies: 

• Stamp Sets– Gather Together Bundle (153036) Stamps and Framelits
• Card Stock – Very Vanilla Thick Card Stock (144237); Pretty Peacock Card Stock (150880); Sahara Sand Card Stock (121043) Pumpkin Pie (150117)
• Stamp Pads– Pretty Peacock Ink (150083); Celestial Copper Ink (150707)
• Misc. – Come to Gather DSP (150454);  Subtle 3D Embossing Folder (151775); Copper Foil Sheets (142020); Stiched Shape Dies (145372); Dimensionals (104430); Glue Dots (103683); Come to Gather Ribbon Combo Pack (150456)

            
Measurements:   

• Card Stock 1: Very Vanilla   8 ½ ” x 5 ½ ”                        
• Card Stock 2: Sahara Sand 2 ¾ ” x  3 ½” 
• Card Stock 3: Pumpkin Pie  2” x 3 1/2 ”                                     
• DSP: Come to Gather     5 ¼ “ x  2 ½ “”            
• Copper Foil : 2’ x 2”            

             
Instructions:

1. Score Very Vanilla Card base at 4 ¼” and fold.
2. Run Pretty Peacock piece of card stock through die cut and embossing machine using the Subtle 3D embossing folder. 
3. Adhere the piece of DSP to the Pretty Peacock piece.
4. Wrap the ribbon around these two pieces.
5. Adhere to the card base.
6. Cut the largest stitched oval from the Stitched Shape Dies.
7. Stamp the wheat from Come to Gather stamp set on the left hand side using Celestial Copper ink on the oval..
8. Stamp “Season of Thanks” using Pretty Peacock on the same oval.
9. Using the dies cut out the largest “veined” leaf (maple) from the piece of copper foil.
10. Stamp the double pumpkin and large pumpkin on the Pumpkin Pie cardstock using the Celestial Copper ink.
11. Die cut the pumpkins with the pumpkins dies.
12.  Using glue dots, adhere the leaf and pumpkins to the bottom of the oval.
13. Using dimensionals attach the oval to the card.
14.  Stamp a pumpkin in the lower left hand corner of the inside of the card using Celestial Copper ink.

This card was made by using the “back side” of one of the designer series papers, flipping the oval on it’s side and using the “thinking of you” from the  Rooted in Nature stamp set. Easy Peasy!

I hope that you take the time to let friends and family know that you are thinking of them and thankful for them! Go make a card and make someone’s day by mailing it!  (No card hoarding allowed!)