Happy Thanksgiving/ Post it holder

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!! No matter who or were you live we should celebrate our Thankfulness everyday for everything. "In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." I Thessalonians 5:18

With this card I started with my colors I wanted to use. I could not decide on just the 2 that I usually do so I decided to step in up and make a mega-layer card and really enjoyed it. The background is done on regular Very Vanilla card stock. I stamped the leaf with versamark and then brayered over with the 3 different colors. Then I used the darkest color, Really Rust and stamped a few leaves on top. After I had mounted that section I used my All in a Row set to add the rows of faux stitching. Boy, did I spend time trying to figure out how to place the sentiment. I tried every punch I own to see what would fit... I still do not know if I am happy with it or not, but it is on there. :) The main leaf is colored with re-inkers and the Aquapen.

Stamps: En Francais, All in a Row, Thankful Season

Paper: Summer Sun, More Mustard, Really Rust, Very Vanilla

Ink: Summer Sun, More Mustard, Really Rust, Black Stazon, Versamark

Accessories: Tool Kit for Piercing, Vintage Brads, Vintage Eyelets, Photo Corner Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Key Tag Punch, Clear Embossing Powder , Brayer

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Cleaning out my craft closet last week I found a lot of stock left over that I had bought for various projects. So I am putting them to use and hopefully giving you ideas that you can use for some nice, easy and inexpensive gifts.

I had a whole stack of 4x6 Acrylic photo holders. I made my design and put it in the frame I then adhered the post in pad to the outside and tied the ribbon underneath. The ribbon is a great place to attach a matching pen.

I first embossed the flower and then punched it with the scallop circle punch. I then took the 1/8" circle punch and went around the edges. I layered it slightly off on a Chocolate Chip Scalloped circle. I used the ticket corner punch on the background.

Stamps: Baroque Motifs

Paper: River Rock, Chocolate Chip, Brocade Background DSP

Ink: Chocolate Chip- Craft Ink

Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Ticket Corner Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 1/8" circle punch, 4x6 Acrylic Frame, Post it pad, River Rock Double stitched ribbon

Fall Pin

Today I did a challenge to do a paper pin. I've always wanted to make one and am so glad this challenge was posted. I stamped the image with black staz-on ink on Whisper white paper. I colored it with re-inkers and aqua pens. After I had cut out the top image I sealed it with versamark and clear embossing powder. I then put 3 layers of Chocolate Chip Cardstock underneath it. I glued them together with Crystal Effects. When they had dried enough to stick together I cut the Chocolate chip to the same shape as the top. I then sealed it one more time with Versamark and Crystal Embossing Powder. I did the same to the back and adhered the pin with Crystal Effects.

Stamps: Thankful Season

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Ink: Black Stazon, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Creamy Caramel, Ruby Red, So Saffron, Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue, Versamark

Accessories: Crystal Effects, Crystal Clear Embossing Powder

Thankful Season

We had, what I consider, a great day at the Doc yesterday. For more information see our family blog of the side bar. So I thought for today's Sketch Challenge card a Thankful card would be great, besides I just got this set so I had to use it!!! I am very thankful beyond what words could express. I have 6 wonderful kids, a beyond great husband, a very supportive and loving extended family, church family and friends. On top of that all is the fact that I know I am in God's hand no matter what is going on in my life. Ok, now that I have wiped away the tears... my card. I was so in a coloring mood yesterday but the color challenge did not give me the opportunity to do so like I wanted to. So this was a great chance. I love this card just because of the colors. I love fall colors!! As you saw in yesterday's post I just got the Crop-a-Dile. How I lived so long with out it, I will never know. I dreaded eyelets before, because they were too much work and loud. This makes it so much easier and more eyelets are now on my wish list!! The Words are embossed. I stamped the leaf under the words off once to lighten it. The leaf was stamped on vellum paper and cut out. I did not want more card stock to take away from the main image, but needed something there to complete the sketch. I colored the image with re-inkers and an Aqua pen.

I hope you are all having a great week and would love to hear what you are thankful for!!!

Stamps: Thankful Season, Sanded Background

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla, Vellum paper

Ink: Creamy Caramel, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip Craft, Basic Brown, For coloring the image I mainly stayed with the Earth Elements family

Accessories: Earth Element Brads, Cutting tool for distressing, Chocolate Chip Taffeta ribbon, Clear embossing powder