Thanksgiving
Mandala Tea
It’s time for the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop (or in my case, a nice cup of tea). I chose to pair Gina K. Designs Crescent Mandala Cover Plate with a cup of Tea from Gina K. Designs You Are So Loved. I’m also linking-up at Gina K. Designs November Tag Team! #monthlymixchallenge, which is … Read more
Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice
Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice is the newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash. We’re asking you to make cards the feature however you interpret the changing Autumn Season (Pumpkin Spice Latte, Thanksgiving, Changing Leaves, etc.) I started my card with a Doodlebug Design Inc. Thankful For You Shaker-Pops sticker. I started with a Sketch from … Read more
Let’s Get Sauced!
The newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is a color challenge. I cut 1/2" strips in each color using the Quick Strips Die Cut from The Stamp Market and covered my background. Next, I used the same colors for the Turkey Time Die from Scrapbook.com replacing the die cut eyes with … Read more
All Things Fall
The September Challenge at Unity Stamp Company is All Things Fall. I started by using Orange Foil on the Unity/Therm-o-Web Circles a Plenty Card Front (so hard to photogram, but you can see a bit of the sparkle where the light hit it at the top of the card). I went through my … Read more
Let’s Get Sauced
I love the colors in the Joy Clair November Mood Board (it's been the palette of my fall wardrobe as well). #joyclairdesignsmoodboard #joyclairmoodboard I decided to use the inspiration for a Thanksgiving card. I went shopping my stash for a pink & Orange plaid inspired by the table cloth under the place setting, … Read more
Happy Harvest
The current challenge at The Paper Players is to create a clean & simple card featuring a scarecrow and/or leaves. I had one piece of Mica Stain Sprayed paper left, so I paired it with some wooden leaves for my card. I added a few wraps of neutral twine and a sentiment from … Read more
Thanksgiving Feast
When I was turning my studio upside down looking for a typewriter stamp (can you believe I don't have one), I found this never-been-inked Thanksgiving Set from Technique Tuesday. It was perfect for The Paper Players Give Thanks Challenge (I also used some older foam adhesive squares I found on my typewriter quest, … Read more
Count Your Blessings
The current Impression Obsession Challenge is all about Giving Thanks. I found the sentiment I wanted to use from Impression Obsession Holiday Words, and then decided to use the layout from the TGIF Challenges to create an Autumn Leaf Wreath with the Leaves Reverse die from Serendipity by Impression Obsession. I die cut … Read more
Appreciate Everything (especially pie)
The Card Concept is all about Thanksgiving. I won't lie, the only reason I volunteer to slice the turkey is so I can eat all of the crispy bits of turkey skin … and I am also all about the pie. I incorporated the pumpkins from the inspiration picture as well as the … Read more