Thanksgiving Cards for Grandchildren and Daughter

I had an order for a grandson Thanksgiving card. I think he is around 6 yoa but not positive. I sent her several images and she picked this one. This is a FREE image from Dearie Dolls.

I used Atlantic Heart Sketch #182 that is sketch #4 in the November Card Sketch Challenge. I turned it on it’s side and used the fence as my strip.

CHALLENGES:
1) November Card Sketch Challenge @ Scrapbook.com – sketch #4.
2) November Inspirational Card Challenge – Theme – Thanksgiving, fall, thank you

SUPPLIES:
Digital Image: Scarecrow and Hay @ Free Dearie Dolls Digi Stamps
Cardstock: Bazzill (Pumpkin Patch, Pauly Poo, Glow, white)
Inks: Pre colored digital image printed on Canon Inkjet Printer
Accents/Tools: Martha Stewart fence punch, Taylored Expressions Cloudy Days embossing folder, EK Success 1/16 pop dots, Cutter Bee Scissors, Darice Embossing Folder – Brick wall,

I also had to make a card for a granddaughter. Not sure her age but believe it is fairly young. Grandma picked this image and this is what I came up with. I used sketch #5 of the November Card Sketch Challenge as my inspiration. Original sketch is My Favorite Things Sketch #280.

CHALLENGES:
1) November Inspirational Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com – Theme Category – Thanksgiving, thanks, fall
2) November Card Sketch Challenge @ Scrapbook.com – Sketch #5
3) Imagine That Digi Stamp – Customer Gallery – link up your cards for a chance at free digis.

SUPPLIES:
Digital Image: Pumpkin Kitties @ Imagine That Digi Stamp
Cardstock: Bazzill (parakeet, French Vanilla)
Patterned Paper: Crate Paper (Lemon Grass Collection – Straw)
Inks: pre-colored digital image printed on Canon Inkjet Printer
Accents/Tools: Fiskars scallop border punch, Cutter bee scissors, EK Success 1/16 pop dots

And then the lady wanted a card for her daughter (the mother of the grandchildren). She picked this image and this is what I came up with. My first time using the tiny brads from The Paper Studio…they were perfect for the little flowers. Super old paper….wonder if I’m the only one that still has this!!

Paper Play Sketches #19 used as my inspiration.

CHALLENGES:
1) November Inspirational Card Challenge – Punch category – flowers punch
2) Gerda Steiner Designs – Share your Design Challenge – Share your design created with a GSD Clear Stamp, Rubber Stamp or Digital Stamp and you could win $15 Store Credit.

SUPPLIES:
Digital Image: Squirrel with Acorns @ Gerda Steiner Designs
Cardstock: Bazzill (Raven, Yam, Kraft)
Patterned Paper: EK SUccess Inspirables Simply Seasonal (Harvest-Floral, Harvest-Stripes)
Inks: colored in Photoshop by my husband. Printed on a Canon Inkjet Printer
Accents/Tools: EK Success flower punch, The Paper Studio brads, Micro glue dots, EK Success 1/16 pop dots

 

Pumpkin Patch Girl

I didn’t get to use this image last month during the Digi of the Month Challenge at From the Heart Stamps because I just ran out of time. Well this month I thought she would be perfect to match the color scheme over at Scrapbook.com October Card Challenge. So my hubby colored her in photoshop for me to match the color challenge. I used I [heart} card sketches #123 at From the Heart Stamps as my inspiration. The paper had some green dots so I decided to use jewels to cover them up.

I have a lady at the retirement home that has a secret pal so she has a standing order for each holiday. So this will be the Thanksgiving card.
Inside: Wishing you the blessings of the Season. Happy Thanksgiving.

CHALLENGES:
1) October Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com – color category – purple, orange, teal, brown, cream/white.
2) I {heart} Card Sketches #123 – use the sketch provided as inspiration.

SUPPLIES:
Digital Image: Pumpkin Patch Girl @ From the Heart Stamps
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: old paper from my scrap drawer
Inks: colored in photoshop and printed on Canon Inkjet Printer
Accents/Tools: gems, glue dots, xyron X sticker maker

Cornucopia

I’m so glad I have a wonderful husband!! He took time out of his day off to digitally color this image, Cornucopia, in photoshop for me so I could play in the Digi of the Month Challenge at From the Heart Stamps. You can’t tell since the image is small but he even got the weave look inside of the basket.

CHALLENGES:

1. October Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com – Sketch Category – use the sketch provided as your inspiration. Sketch is from Viva la Verve Sketches

SUPPLIES:

Image: Cornucopia @ From the Heart Stamps

Cardstock: Bazzill

Patterned Paper: very old stuff in my stash… I think it is Carolee’s Creations

Inks: colored in Photoshop by my husband and printed on a Canon Inkjet Printer

Accents/Tools: cutterbee scissors, pop dots

4 days left in WCMD Challenge

Just wanting to remind you that there is only 4 days left to get a project done and entered into Deedee’s Digis World Card Making Day Challenge. It is a tic-tac-toe board and depending on what row you do depends on what free digital stamp you get! And there is also a chance to win a $10.00 gift code to the store with a random drawing.

I played along and completed row 8 – Clean & Simple, Send to someone right away, use a non-freebie image.

I used Autumn Praises Digital Image from Deedee’s Digis.

CHALLENGES:

1. October Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com – Favorite Category – Recreate a card or sketch you’ve saved in your favorites either on this site, a blog, or Pinterest.  I was inspired by the sketch on the top left of this group – http://studiocalico.typepad.com/studio_calico/2011/12/su.html

SUPPLIES:

Digital Image: Autumn Praises Digital Image @ Deedee’s Digis

Cardstock: Bazzill (yam, rainforest)

Patterned Paper: The Paper Studio (Natural Botanical)

Inks: pre-colored digital image printed on Canon Inkjet Printer

Accents/Tools: Twine, EK Success stapler and staples, pop dots, scor-tape

Happy World Card Making Day!!

Happy World Card Making Day (“WCMD”)!!! Today is a day set aside worldwide to celebrate our craft. Naturally Deedee’s Digis couldn’t let it pass us by without a special event to celebrate! So here’s what we’ve got for you today: “Pick Your Pal” Tic-Tac-Toe!

As you can see, we’ve created a fun game board for you. (Click on it to enlarge it if you need to!) How do you play? Easy-peasy!

Go to Deedee’s Digis to find out all the details to win these AWESOME sets!!

Aren’t the stocking pals the cutest thing EVER!!

So what are you waiting for?! Head over to Deedee’s to the details and then make a card that fits a row on the board. Can’t wait to see what you make.

I will be back on Oct 12th for some more inspiration case your like me and wait till the last week to do your project!!

Love the Colors of Autumn

Deedee’s Digis is sponsoring Sister Act card Challenge that starts today and runs till Oct 16th. The theme is anything goes so come play with us!

Oh I love the colors of Autumn….my house is decorated in them!! So I am loving all the challenges out there right now that let me play with orange, brown, rust, and gold. So I decided to make an autumn card to feature Deedee’s Digis Autumn Blessing Image.

I left the inside blank because it could not only be used for a Thanksgiving card but it could be a Thinking of You card or a Sympathy card.

CHALLENGES:

1) Sister Act Card Challenge #78 – Anything Goes

2) Use your Stuff Challenge #156 – Fall. The 2 patterned papers are from my scrap drawers. That creamy peach background paper is at least 10 years old and not made anymore.

3) Aloha Friday Challenge #33 – Fall Colors

4) Shopping Your Stash Challenge 172 – Fall Colors
5) Pile it On #40 – Autumn

6) Digi Sketch Challenge – Use the theme – Make me Laugh or the sketch or BOTH! I went with the sketch only this time.

SUPPLIES:

Digital Image: Autumn Blessings @ Deedee’s Digis

Cardstock: Bazzill (Brown)

Patterned Paper: Bo Bunny (brown)

Inks: pre-colored digital image printed on Canon Inkjet Printer

Accents/Tools: brads, pop dots,

Apple Cider Friendship

When I first saw this digital stamp I loved the Friendship quote because it is so true! Last year friends of ours brought over Apple Cider to one of our marriage groups and my husband loved it! So it reminded me of our dear friends that shared their apple cider. I thought it would make a cute gift to package it and have that saying on there. That is how this pocket card gift came about. I used the Pocket Card Tutorial on Splitcoaststampers. I include the paper slip along with the packet of cider so a note could be written to the recipient (see 2nd photo). And yes that is the yummy cider packet my husband now loves!

I decided instead of the apple I would turn mine into a cup.  I printed out the outline image on patterned paper and cut the “cup” out. Then I printed the colored version of image and cut the cider and the leaves out. I glued them together to get the completed look.

CHALLENGES:

1) Simply Create Too Challenge #70 – Fall/Autumn

2) Come and Get It Challenge – Use a digi with an Autumn theme

3) Daring Cardmakers – Food Glorious Food

SUPPLIES:

Digital Image: Fall Warm Up @ Deedee’s Digis

Cardstock: Bazzill

Patterned Paper:

Accents/Tools: pop dots, Xyron X-sticker maker,

PigWit Halloween Style

I got this adorable stamp FREE since I played in last months Stamp of the Month Challenge @ From the Heart Stamps. I decided to make him Halloween so I could put the sentiment “Hope your Halloween is filled with squeals of delight”. I thought that would make a good Secret Pal Halloween Card for the lady at the retirement home. I then saw Anna’s totally cute Halloween card done with this sketch and knew I wanted to lift it for this card.

CHALLENGES:
1) August Card Sketch Challenge – Sketch #4 – original sketch was Sketch-N-Scrap Card Sketch #5.  I also used Anna’s card too to influence my design
2) August Stamp of the Month Challenge @ From the Heart Stamps – use the image provided and get next months image FREE.

SUPPLIES:
Image: Pumpkin PigWit @ From the Heart Stamps
Cardstock: Bazzill (Intense Kiwi, orange discontinued), Hobby Lobby (purple)

Patterned Paper: Reminisce (Boo Bash)
Inks: colored in Adobe Photoshop and printed on Canon inkjet printer
Accents/Tools: brads, pop dots, cutter bee scissors

Thanksgiving card for a Secret Pal

This card was inspired by the November Card Challenge I’m hosting on Scrapbook.com and the fact that I needed to make a lady a Happy Thanksgiving card for her Secret Pal. The Card Challenge has different categories and one of them is a Color category. The colors for November were Orange, Brown and Green so I was super excited to find this image, Autumn Critters, at Doodle Pantry. When I saw the sketch at Sketch Saturday #284 I thought it was perfect….I just turned it vertical.

CHALLENGES:

1) Crafty Creations Challenge #249 – Ready for the Holidays- American Thanksgiving or Christmas

2) Papertake Weekly Challenge – Giving Thanks. Thanksgiving is 28th so a card or project for that this week please or you can just make something that says ‘thank you’.

3) Twist of Faith Card Challenge #64 – With Thanks

4) Kitty Bee Designs Challenge #12 – Fall Colors

5) Creative Inspirations Challenge #241 – Thanksgiving – Thank you

SUPPLIES:

Image: Autumn Critters @ Doodle Pantry

Cardstock: Bazzill

Patterned Paper: American Crafts (Orange), Simple Stories (Green)

Accents/Tools: pop dots

Fall Harvest

This is another card we will make in the Card Class at church on Friday.

CHALLENGES:
1) October Card Challenge – Theme category – Fall – You can interpret fall to mean the season, the holiday(s) that happen in the fall, or just anything fall.

2) 2 Sisters Challenge #164 – Fall Fun

SUPPLIES:
Cardstock: Bazzill (Kraft, brown)
Patterned Paper: Reminisce (Harvest- Autumn’s Palette), American Crafts (Pumpkin patch)
Sketch: The Sweet Stop #230 (SSS230)