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Mr. Brown -- love that guy!! But this time of year he stops at the house later and later... :0(  But late yesterday Mr. Brown stopped at my driveway and dropped off my two new Stampin Up stamp sets that I did not know I NEEDED.... Don't think he was back in his truck before I was in the craft room planning this card......

To begin with I used Stampin Up Real Red card stock for this card and it is a rich red colour but the camera shows it as almost a cherry red:

Hard to photograph foil cards tho..... Card stock base is Real Red card stock cut and scored. Cut a piece of white/GP for the card front and put that onto the card base using the ATG. Wanted the front of the card to have an embossed pattern so I used the Candy Canes embossing folder from Craft Concepts. Usually when I emboss card stock I emboss two pieces at a time - this prevents the card stock from ripping/tearing and it gives it a softer embossed pattern. (The second emboss piece I put with the embossing folder so in the future if I need to make a quick card I already have an embossed piece ready). But for this card front I used silver foil card stock from Mikes and it is thicker so I only embossed one piece for my card front. I had cut the silver foil card stock larger than what I would need for my card front so once it was embossed I trimmed it to the size I needed for the card front. Put it on the white/GP card front using the ATG. The design on this embossing folder has a directional pattern so I was mindful of that when I put it onto the card front.

The greeting is a stamp from the Stampin Up Every Good Wish stamp set. The stamps are designed to stamp and have a watercolour look to them so even tho my greeting looks "splotchy" the stamps are designed to stamp like that. Cut a piece of white/GP larger than what I needed and I stamped it in the MISTI using the Real Red ink. Used a rectangle frame die from the stash and cut out a Real Red frame to go over my greeting piece. Laid the frame over that and used a pencil to trace around the red frame onto the white/GP piece so I would know how much to trim off. With that trimmed I used the ATG to put the frame over the greeting. Used double sided Scotch tape and put a piece of white craft foam behind the greeting and put this onto the card stock base.

Wanted to add just a little pop of colour so I used the Impression Obsession Holly Leaf Cluster die set and cut out two green foil card stock leaves and a red berries piece from red foil card stock. Put the berry piece on the leaves using micro mini glue dots and used glue dots to put this on the frame around the greeting:

Always hard to photograph foil cards but IRL this is a rich red and it looks nice with the silver embossed background. Easy card to put together!  And as for Mr. Brown ?? LOVE that guy!  TFL

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This card is nothing I had planned but am happy my mistake happened!! Haha... usually that is a reason to embellish but that would not have worked with this card -- here it is:

Card stock is on a Real Red card stock base from Stampin Up. Again the gold foil for the card front is from the dollar store. The cream card front is Very Vanilla from Stampin Up. A very light stamping on a separate piece of Very Vanilla card stock in Crumb Cake ink is a sheet music stamp from Gina K Designs.

Cut and scored the red card stock base with the scored line at the top. Cut a piece of the gold foil paper from the dollar store to the size I needed for the card front. Cut a piece of Very Vanilla for the card front. Lightly stamped the music sheet stamp from Gina K onto a second piece of Very Vanilla card stock and just as I was closing the door on the MISTI -- BAM! A sneeze and I dropped the door so the image is slightly crooked... hummmmmmm... what to do? Plan in action -- took the stamped image to the work table and using a ruler I marked the center of the stamped image as if it was straight and made a light pencil mark. Using the ruler I went from corner to that mark at the top and the bottom and marked it with lines for a triangle. Took it to the trimmer and trimmed it off and now I have a triangle that is stamped straight. Problem resolved..... Used the ATG and put the triangle on the Very Vanilla piece for the card front. Then put the Very Vanilla piece on the card stock base. Set it aside.

Using the Memory Box Cabrini Ornament die I cut out the ornament from gold foil card stock, then gold shimmer card stock, green foil card stock, and for the berries red flocked card stock. I used the Stick It sheets behind my pieces before I cut them out so it was easy to put this all together once I had the ornament ring in place on the card front. With that assembled I cut out "merry" from gold foil card stock from Hobby Lobby (again with the Stick It sheet on the back). I put the "merry" at the bottom of the ornament and going across the music sheet triangle. Added two small red crystals to the berries at the top of the ornament. 

Here is a photo to show the different colours and textures of the ornament:

Simple card but it has the holiday sparkle and shine. TFL

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This card was simple to make but has plenty of sparkle and shine for the holiday season:

White card stock base is #110 weight card stock from Mikes. Again I used silver foil thin poster sheets from the dollar store for the silver piece on the card front. The white card stock front piece is GP from Walmart. Used a stamp from a Gina K. Designs stamp set and stamped that at the bottom using Delicata silver ink. Set this aside. Once the ink was dried I put this piece onto the silver foil piece on the card front using the ATG.

Cut and scored the card stock base. Cut a piece of the silver foil thin poster sheet to the size I needed for the card front. Put the silver onto the white card stock base using the ATG. Used the Die D-Lites Shining Star die set for the bow banner. I cut that out of silver foil card stock from Hobby Lobby with Stick It sheet on the back. Peeled off the backing and put this piece onto the card front piece. Using a mini ornament punch from Stampin Up I punched out 5 ornaments from foil card stocks from my stash. Put the ornaments on the card front using a glue dot and lined them up under the bow banners. I used a small star punch and punched out my stars using silver glittered card stock from Hobby Lobby. Put the stars at the tops of the ornament pieces using micro mini glue dots. With those in place this card was complete --

Always hard to photograph foiled card stocks but IRL this is a shiny card. Simple to put together but enough of the bling for holiday time! TFL

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Had seen this video by Bibi C called Pretty Pines using the Stampin Up Pines die set:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5ox6MucXnM

So I kinda, sorta, maybe.... made a card similar to hers and added a few things.... First here is a photo of my card:

For my card I used Sahara Sand card stock for my card stock base. For the card front I used Very Vanilla from SU. I had a holly embossing folder in my stash and I embossed the Very Vanilla piece. I used a LINEN Sahara Sand ink pad, (not the new foam pad), and in a light circle motion I ran the ink pad over the top of the embossed piece to give the embossed pattern colour. With that done I used the ATG and put the embossed piece onto the card stock base.

Cut a smaller piece of Very Vanilla card stock for the card front. Used a stamp from Gina K Designs and stamped the greeting at the bottom of this piece. Put this on top of the embossed holly card front using the ATG. Used the SU Pines die set and cut out branches, berry branches, and pine cones. For the pine cones I used Early Expresso ink and then put the pieces together using TomBow glue. When dried I used a dauber and put Delicata gold ink over those. Cut evergreen leaves using a die from the stash and I also used a bow die from my stash for the bow. Here is a closer photo of this cluster:

The gold ink on the pine cones adds a little shimmer for the holiday. Thanks to Bibi for sharing her card, tips and tricks, and video. TFL

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*** This card was chosen as a Favorites of the Week this week on Splitcoast Stampers. A BIG thank you to Loll Thompson for sharing her technique and project on her video on YouTube. This is a simple technique that is filled with the WOW factor -- Thanks Loll!! ****

This card is inspired by Loll Thompson from this video I had seen on Youtube:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYNnouzX6RU&feature=youtu.be

I had made a card right after I had seen her video and it is so easy to do her tissue technique for a card. When I had made my tissue pieces I had made a few pieces just to see which ones I liked best since they all turned out differently. This Christmas card uses one of the smaller tissue pieces I had made earlier:

For this card I wanted the tissue piece inside a frame and as Loll does I used white card stock for the frame on a white card stock base. My card stock base is #110 weight white card stock from Mikes. I used the same card stock to cut out the rectangle frame. Trimmed my tissue piece to fit behind the frame. Added the snowflake die to the front of the tissue piece and put the frame over these using the ATG. Behind the frame piece is a piece of white craft foam to give the framed piece some dimension on the card front.

Used the Stampin Up stamp set Warmth and Wonder and stamped the greeting stamp below the framed piece using Delicata metallic silver ink. This card really sparkles IRL and although the camera does not truly capture that here is a closer photo of the framed piece:

Thanks to Loll for sharing such and easy technique using tissue paper!! TFL

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This card was inspired by a video on Youtube by "Scrapping Stamping and Stuff" using the Night of Bethlehem stamp set from Stampin Up. She made a watercolor card using salt and it turned out really nice. . . Thanks to her for her video and sharing her card idea!  I had the stamp set, the Stampin Up watercolor card stock, the inks, the same spritzer but I needed a salt shaker of salt. Went to the dollar store, as she suggests, and I bought a full salt shaker for this card.

Watched the video, took notes, and made my first card.... what a mess....

After spritzing the water on the background card front piece and sprinkling the salt on it I let it air dry. Once that was dried I could not get the salt crystals off. Used the Stampin Buddy and embossed the greeting but with the salt still on the card stock it did not emboss well:

You can see the bad embossing in the above photo but also the gritty surface. Certainly not a pretty look for my Christmas card although I still love her card on Youtube.... so decided maybe I should use the Strathmore Mixed Media card stock (thanks Bonnie) and try the technique on that instead.... Better results but still not like her card..... When Plan A and Plan B don't work.... off to Plan C - I used the Strathmore Mixed Media card stock for my card and here it is:

I did everything as suggested in the video except the salt. Once I had the background inked and dried I used the Stampin Up embossing Buddy and embossed the greeting using white embossing powder. For the specks on the background of this card front piece I used Perfect Pearls and a little water and mixed those on a craft mat using a paint brush. Put my card front piece inside a box and then splattered the Perfect Pearls onto the card front by tapping the paint brush. *Used the box so I did not get Perfect Pearls where they do not perfectly belong! Here is a better photo of that on the card front:

Very pretty card IRL and her video is full of tips and tricks -- am wondering now if I had used a different salt - crushed rock salt?? - but either way a simple card to put together for me using the Perfect Pearls. TFL

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This card features the Joyful Noel dies from Concord & 9th. This die cuts well and here is my card:

Used kraft card stock from Taylored Expressions for the card base. For the card front I used Very Vanilla from Stampin Up and I used an evergreen background stamp from Impressions Obsessions for the background on the front using Crumb Cake ink. Here is a better photo to show the stamped front of the card:

I used a doily die from my stash and cut that out of kraft card stock. Used the red foil card stock from Mikes and cut out the "JOY" die and wreath piece. Put the red wreath piece onto the kraft doily using a glue pen. Put the "J" and the "Y" on the card front using red sticky tape. Put the card front onto the card stock base using the ATG.

Cut out a few pieces from the SU Pines die set to decorate my wreath. Used a die for a couple of evergreen pieces. Put the red branch and evergreen pieces at the bottom of the wreath using glue dots. Added a red foil and a kraft card stock bow to the bottom of the wreath to finish it off. Very sparkly IRL but the camera does not really capture that. This die cuts out JOY and NOEL and also has a star die in the set. Went together quickly and like the doily behind the wreath for dimension. TFL

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Cherry Cobbler card stock from Stampin Up for the card stock base. Holly print is from the stash. Used a greeting stamp from a Gina K Designs stamp set and stamped that in Cherry Cobbler ink on the white piece. I cut the white piece to put it against the edge of the holly printed card stock so the front of my card would not be stacked. I laid them on the craft table, face down, and used Scotch tape to keep them together for the card front. Put them onto the card stock base using the ATG.

Used the Stampin Up Good Tidings stamp set for the holly piece. I used one green ink for the holly piece and the "stamp off" method so the image still has detail. Used the Stampin Up Layering Squares die set to cut out the holly piece and scalloped square behind it. Put those pieces together using the ATG. Added glitter pen to the holly berries. Put this on the card front using pop dots and used a Tim Holtz bow punch for my bow. Added a clear crystal to that - here is a better photo of this:

The holly stamps in the Good Tiding stamp set really stamp well and have lots of detail. It is a two step stamp set and very easy to line up. TFL

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This card uses the Memory Box Glowing Candles die:

Used #110 weight white card stock from Mikes for the card base. The gold foil piece for the card front is from the dollar store. Used white/GP for the card front. Cut out the candles die from shiny gold foil card stock. Then cut it out again using a gold glittered card stock and finally cut it out of red foil card stock. Pieced it all back together using a glue pen. Added two evergreen leaves pieces using a glue dot. For the bow I used the Stampin Up Pines die set and cut that out of red foil card stock.

I had originally used red Stickles on the berry pieces... Set it aside to dry... and dry it did before it FELL off.... grrrrrrrrrrr... So I decided to use small red crystals from my stash that have adhesive on the back of them and they are still on!! Happy me.... Here is a better photo of the detail:

For the Merry Christmas I used a die from my stash and cut it out of red foil backed with Stick It sheet by Ken Oliver. Easy card to put together and the two gold finishes sparkle and shine IRL. TFL

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This card all came together quickly once I saw this die from Lil' Inker Designs -- this card will be for DH for Christmas since he is a hunter/fisherman:

Used kraft card stock from Taylored Expressions for the card stock base. Looked through my 6 x 6 card stock pads and found this plaid - reminds me of a flannel shirt so know DH will like that! I ordered this die the day I saw it and already knew what I was going to make with it.

Wanted my "NOEL" to be noticeable so I used red foil card stock and cut that out. For the antlers I cut out a second "NOEL" piece from kraft card stock scraps. Used scissors to trim around the "O" with the antlers and used a glue pen and put the kraft antlers over the red foil antlers -- here is a photo to better show how they are stacked on each other:

I added a red nose like Rudolph... and it was VERY hard not to put a bow or ribbon or even sequins on the antlers or card front haha.... I am sure DH will smile when he sees this card on Christmas Day!! TFL

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Used the Memory Box Snowman Collage Craft die for this card:

Card stock base is #110 weight white card stock from Mikes cut and scored at the top. Here is a photo of this Memory Box Snowman die:

You need to cut your card front piece to the size you want and then center this die, cut side down, onto the white card stock front. Run it through your machine and remove the die and your snowman will be on the left side of your card stock piece. This die cuts and makes a frame for the snowman to be in. I used printed snowflake card stock from my stash behind the snowman/frame piece. Put that behind the frame piece using the ATG. I cut a piece of white craft foam to fit behind this card front piece.

Here is a closer photo to show the details on the snowman and to show the frame the die cuts with your printed card stock under this frame:

With the craft foam on the back of the snowman piece I put this onto the card stock base using double sided tape by Scotch  I added three white glittered snowflakes with blue crystals to the card front. Easy card to put together and another cute snowman card. TFL

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 This card was inspired by Linda Callahan -- using the Lil' Inkers Jingle Bell die set:

Gray card stock base is cut and scored at the top. Stripe card stock is Stampin Up. White card front is Stampin Up Whisper White. First I wanted to use a glittered card stock for the bells but I wanted a smooth texture. Earlier this week I made a trip to Mikes and picked up a sheet of their sparkly foil card stock in red. This card stock feels like fabric rather than a paper and it is not stiff. To give my bells extra stability and not be so flimsy I used the ATG and put adhesive on a scrap piece of white/GP cut larger than the bells die. Also cut out a piece of the red sparkly foil card stock to the same size and stuck that onto the white/GP piece. Ran the die through the machine on this card stock and cut out the large and smaller bell. Ran it through the machine again for a second smaller bell.

Used a corner rounder on the corners of the striped card stock. Put this onto the gray card stock base using the ATG. For the white piece for the card front -- as Linda had done she used a background stamp to stamp beneath the bells. Sounded easy.... what could happen???? I decided I wanted the background stamp to have some sparkle so I used a stamp from the Stampin Up Night in Bethlehem stamp set and metallic silver ink from Delicata. Well... that ink with Whisper White.... not a good combo.. The ink makes the stamp slip and slide so the little stars and dots were not clear images. Had to try this again so this is my second attempt - being sure to stamp straight up and down each time.

Set that aside to dry. Made my silver twine bows for the bells. Stamped "Merry and Bright" in red ink using the MISTI. Again used a corner rounder for the corners of the white piece. Using the ATG I put the stamped white card stock onto the card base. Used the ATG to put the bells on the card front. Glue dots were used to put the bows on the top of the bells. Added three stars using glue dots:

The above photo shows the sparkly of this sparkly foil card stock and the shimmer of the silver stamped background.  Easy card to put together -- a big thank you to Linda for sharing her cute holiday card with bells! TFL

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Have watched many of the videos by Connie Stewart on Youtube and her blog is the Simply Simple Stamping blog. She is an SU demonstrator and this card is soooo simple so I had to make one up for my Christmas cards this year.... but I could not leave well enough alone so I made a second card as well:

She used the longer die from the SU Swirly Scribbles die set. She cut it out of white card stock and again in green and again in red. With your die cut white piece laying face down on your work table you add the red and green pieces from the back and use Scotch tape to hold your pieces in place.

With my scribbles piece all taped together I cut and scored at the top a piece of white #110 weight card stock from Mikes. Cut a piece of matching red card stock for the card front. Then cut a piece of white/GP for the card front a big larger than I would need. Using red ink I stamped a greeting from the Sunny Studios Poinsettia stamp set. Using the ATG I put the pieced swirly piece onto the stamped white card front. Trimmed that to the size I needed for the card. Used the ATG and put the red and stamped white pieces onto the card stock base.  Used glue dots to add three red sequins:

This is such a simple card and I thank Connie for sharing her card. . . .   but... decided  I wanted to made a card with golds and white.... so.... here is my card:

Used both a shiny gold card stock and a glittered gold card stock for my swirly pieces. For the gold foil piece for behind my stamped card front I used foiled sheets from the dollar tree so I am not wasting my foiled card stocks. Here is a closer photo to show the two gold card stocks I used for my pieced swirled piece:

For the sequins I put them on the card front using glue dots. The greeting stamp on this card was stamped using the metallic gold Delicata ink. The camera does not capture the sparkle and shine of this card but IRL it has "holiday" sparkle and shine. Thanks again to Connie Stewart. TFL -- Forgot to add these photos of the silver foil/glittered card stocks:

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Really love this holiday card stock in my stash from Graphic 45. Knew this was going to make a cute card for this holiday season - the card stock base is green from SU and I used SU Very Vanilla for the card front. The Graphic 45 print is directional so I was careful to be sure I was aware of that when I cut it out using a edge die from Pink & Main for the card front.

Cut and scored the card stock base - cut the Very Vanilla card stock for the front of the card. Wanted to use a stamp from the SU stamp set Christmas Punch but did not want to stamp it with the brackets on the image -- here is a stamped sample of what this stamp looks like:

So I used a red marker and the huff method for the greeting on my card front. Using the ATG I put the trimmed print piece on the left card front. Put these onto the green card stock base using the ATG. Using small scissors I fussy cut out one of the candy canes from the printed card stock. Added clear Wink of Stella to the holly leaves and bow on the candy cane. Put micro mini glue dots on the back of the candy cane double stacked and put this onto the card front. Added three green sequins from the stash:

The Wink of Stella adds a little sparkle and shine to the candy cane and IRL it shows up. TFL

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For Halloween this year I decided to make all different cards rather than one card to duplicate. This way I was able to use a lot of the Halloween products I keep stashed in the craft room plus it was fun to use different techniques for the cards. Although I enjoyed using lots of products the craft room became the chaos center for cards in no time.... here is a photo of some of the Halloween cards I had made:

Barely had time to dig out the craft room and Thanksgiving cards were needed -- so I made one card and sent out duplicates:

With the Thanksgiving cards made and mailed out first thing I did was get everything put away that did not have anything to do with Christmas.... then decided I would make all different Christmas cards but I had to have a "controlled chaos" this time.

Went through my stamp sets and decided which ones I would start with. Then went through my dies and decided on which of those I wanted to use. With these products chosen I wrote a list of what cards I wanted to make with the products and so it began. In one day I made 9 cards and that has to be a record for me... haha.... Definitely helped having a list and a plan before I began. I will post some of the cards I have made so far but am still making cards so will post those when they are complete.

First card -- This snowman is the Sam E. Snowman die by Jillian Vance:

Card stock base is SU Cherry Cobbler and the front of the card is SU Sahara Sand card stock. I put two different washi tape patterns across the lower part of the card front. I picked them up at Mikes earlier this week. I used a dotted stamp and SU white craft ink for the falling snow on the card front behind Sam E.:

Sam E. Snowman die also has the snowflake die so I cut out three snowflakes from white glittered card stock and put them on the card front using micro mini glue dots. "Merry Christmas" is stamped using Cherry Cobbler ink and that is a stamp from the SU stamp set Good Greetings. The only thing I changed on Sam E. is he does not have arms so I used a tree die and cut a tree out of kraft card stock and I used scissors to trim off branches for his arms. He is on the card front using pot dots. Fun little guy to make. TFL

Thanksgiving Treat Holders

When I made my Thanksgiving cards this year I did all my die cutting and punching out acorns first for my assembly line card making:

Once all the parts were die cut or punched out and sponged I began the cards. With the cards finished I had some extra pieces left so I decided to use them on my Thanksgiving Treat Holders that I made using the Goodie Bag die from Lawn Fawn - here is a photo of some of the treat bags:

Here is a photo of one of the treat bags:

For these treat bags I used Kraft card stock from Taylored Expressions. Once I put the bags together I sponged the edges of the front of the bag using light brown ink. Again used corrugated card board at the bottom of the bag behind the greeting banner. Added two die cut leaves using a glue pen. Then put the punched acorn on top of the leaves. Added sequins using mini glue dots to the greeting banner and the front of the bag. These bags are free standing and would work well at a holiday table.

With all the products out in the craft room for my Thanksgiving crafting sometimes die pieces can get lost in the maze..... to be sure that does not happen I cut a small piece of magnetic sheet, (vent covers from Lowes home improvement stores), and I put that on the front of the cabinet above my die storage bins. I cut this magnetic sheet piece small so I do not get in the habit of putting all die pieces on it -- it is for "stray" dies or if I just grab one die piece out of a die set. This way when I use dies again from my die storage I can see I have a few pieces to put away first. Here is a photo of this sheet on the cabinet door -- I used double sided Scotch tape to put it on the door:

The leaf die is from the Seasonal die set from Stampin Up -- Sizzix makes their thin metal dies and all the Stampin Up die pieces have a product number on them so if I forgot which set the leaf die went with I could always check the product numbers on the die sets. I also keep my second magnet bar for my MISTI on this sheet.

** Packed some of the treat bags and decided they needed a 'little something' -- used a leaf die set I bought from Tessler Stamps at a stamp show and I cut the leaves out of bronze foil card stock. Put the die cut leaf on a mini clothespin from the stash and added a mini bow and a brown crystal. Now the top of the bag looks complete -- Here is a photo of some of the filled bags:

With a closer look at the clothespin/leaf:

Inside each bag is a three pack of Ferraro Rocher, Brach's Autumn Mix, two mini candy bars along with paper shred from the dollar store. Hoping everyone likes these small treat bags!

With all Thanksgiving cards and projects complete I will finish putting things away and getting ready for the big red and green holiday again --- CHRISTMAS!  TFL

Acorn Thanksgiving Cards

Happy me that my PIC (stamping partner in crime) bought a roll of corrugated card board on clearance at Mikes and I was lucky enough she gave me some! Knew I wanted to use it for Fall cards but then decided to use it on Thanksgiving cards instead.  The card on the left I cut the corrugated card board in one direction and for the card on the right I cut the corrugated card board in the other direction.

Card stock base for the cards is Stampin Up Cajun Craze card stock cut and scored at the top. Used Stampin Up Very Vanilla for the card fronts. Cut those to the size I needed for the card fronts. Using Stampin Up Crumb Cake ink I covered the Stampin Up Canvas background stamp. Laid the Very Vanilla card stock pieces on top of the inked stamp and pressed my hand onto that to transfer the inked canvas pattern to the cream card stock. Cut my corrugated card board to the sizes I needed and put them across the cream background piece using double sided tape.

For the greeting stamp "Happy Thanksgiving" I used a stamp from 1990 by Embossing Arts Co. and stamped that onto scrap Very Vanilla card stock using Cajun Craze ink. Trimmed my greeting piece to the size I wanted and used the Stampin Up banner punch for the one end. Put the greeting banner piece on top of the corrugated card board pieces using red sticky tape. Here is photo of the acorns for the card front and you can see the inked canvas pattern on the background piece as well:

For the acorns I used kraft card stock from Mikes (doubled up) and the plaid print is Authentique card stock I bought at Hobby Lobby. I used the acorn punch from Stampin Up and punched out the kraft card stock acorns and the plaid print acorns and put the tops on different bottoms to give the acorns some interest. Used a small bow punch for the bows at the top of the acorns and added a small brown crystal to the center of the bows. Acorns are on the card front using glue dots.

Here is a photo of the Northwoods Rubber Stamps greeting stamped for the inside of this card. I used a square punch and punched out a square from the plaid card stock. Cut that in half from corner to corner and put these corners on the greeting piece:

For the two leaves -- used the Stampin Up Seasonal Layers detailed leaf die to cut them out. One leaf is cut of bronze foil card stock from Mikes and the glittered bronze card stock is from Hobby Lobby. I tucked the leaves behind the corrugated card board piece and used a small glue dot behind the leaf pieces. TFL

Gourd Goodness Thanksgiving Card

Used the Stampin Up Gourd Goodness stamp set for this card. Card base is green and the white card front is white/GP. For the leaves on the card front background piece I used Stampin Up Pumpkin Pie ink and stamped the detailed leaf stamp randomly over the white/GP piece after I inked the stamp and stamped it off onto scrap card stock. With that piece stamped I set that aside.

Using a pumpkin and white striped piece of card stock from Hobby Lobby I cut that piece to the size I wanted for the card front. Using the two pumpkin stamps from the Stampin Up Gourd Goodness stamp set I stamped the solid pumpkin stamp onto scrap white card stock using Stampin Up Crushed Curry ink. I inked that and stamped it off onto scrap paper and then stamped the white card stock. Using Stampin Up Pumpkin Pie ink I inked the detailed pumpkins stamp and stamped over the Crushed Curry pumpkins image. Then I stamped the stem stamps at the top of the pumpkins.

Using the Layering Squares die set from Stampin Up I cut out the pumpkins piece and also the Pumpkin Pie card stock behind the pumpkins piece. Put the pumpkins piece onto the Pumpkin Pie die cut piece using the ATG. Set this aside.

Cut and scored the green card base. Put the stamped white card stock piece onto the base using the ATG. Added the stripes piece on that. Used pop dots to put the die cut pumpkin pieces onto the card front. The greeting "Happy Thanksgiving" is a stamp from  www.morningstarstamps.com  and I stamped that onto scrap white card stock using Pumpkin Pie ink. Punched that out using a 1 1/8" circle punch. Using a 1 1/4" circle punch I punched out a circle from Pumpkin Pie card stock and put the stamped white circle onto that. Put the circle greeting on the pumpkins piece using glue dots.

The Gourds Goodness is a new 2 Step Stamping stamp set and has a lot of detail. Easy stamps to put together in the set with realistic details both on the pumpkins as well as the gourds in the set. TFL