Holidays SAS

Hi Friends

It's starting to seem more and more like the holidays.  Even here in toasty southern California we've had some rain and cooler temperatures... yay!!  Last Saturday I went to my friends SAS where we made cards for the upcoming holidays...

I love this cute Halloween card.  It uses the new woodland embossing folder and the super cute spider web doilies.  They are already cut out for you... so easy!

For this card we used the new stamp set 'Thankful Forest Friends',  the big tree from 'Lovely as a Tree' and the sentiment is from 'For all Things'.

Isn't this pretty?  It uses the new 'Lighthearted Leaves' and the coordinating Leaflets framelits... makes this card so fun and easy

We used some of this darling dsp 'Home for Christmas' and 'Cup of Cheer'.  We also got to play with the new fine tipped glue pen and some dazzling diamonds.  It sparkles!!

This is another new stamp set 'All ye Faithful' which we stamped with silver ink and then heat set with silver embossing powder.  A lovely card.

Love the new 'Embellished Ornaments' bundled with the Delicate Ornament thinlits dies.  All topped off with the bow punch and a sparkly platinum ribbon.

This adorable card uses the new 'Sleigh Ride Edgelits dies'.  These are very delicate and a little tricky but if you use the dryer sheet it is a snap.  Do you remember the sandwich I talked about in an earlier post?  Here it is again. 

 Starting from the bottom.... magnetic plate, clear plate, dryer sheet, card stock, waxed paper, thinlit or edgelit, and your top clear plate.  It works beautifully!

That's it from me today... stay tuned as more and more holiday cards will be featured.  I'm working on my crazy card for October... which is a pretty cute Christmas card... think hedgehogs!  

See you soon... thanks for the visit

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Thanksgiving poem

              


TWAS THE NIGHT OF THANKSGIVING,
BUT I JUST COULDN'T SLEEP.
I TRIED COUNTING BACKWARDS,
I TRIED COUNTING SHEEP.

THE LEFTOVERS BECKONED -
THE DARK MEAT AND WHITE,
BUT I FOUGHT THE TEMPTATION
WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT.

TOSSING AND TURNING WITH ANTICIPATION,
THE THOUGHT OF A SNACK BECAME INFATUATION.
SO, I RACED TO THE KITCHEN, FLUNG OPEN THE DOOR,
AND GAZED AT THE FRIDGE, FULL OF GOODIES GALORE.
GOBBLED UP TURKEY AND BUTTERED POTATOES,
PICKLES AND CARROTS, BEANS AND TOMATOES.

I FELT MYSELF SWELLING SO PLUMP AND SO ROUND,
TIL ALL OF A SUDDEN, I ROSE OFF THE GROUND.
I CRASHED THROUGH THE CEILING, FLOATING INTO THE SKY,
WITH A MOUTHFUL OF PUDDING AND A HANDFUL OF PIE.

BUT, I MANAGED TO YELL AS I SOARED PAST THE TREES....
HAPPY EATING TO ALL - PASS THE CRANBERRIES, PLEASE.

MAY YOUR STUFFING BE TASTY,
MAY YOUR TURKEY BE PLUMP.
MAY YOUR POTATOES 'N GRAVY HAVE NARY A LUMP.
MAY YOUR YAMS BE DELICIOUS.
MAY YOUR PIES TAKE THE PRIZE,

and, mostly ...
MAY YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER STAY OFF OF YOUR THIGHS!!

                                                   ENJOY YOUR DAY...
                                     HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Give Thanks

Hi Everyone

Are you all ready for Thanksgiving? 

Here is another card I wanted to share.  I love the flip cards, but I really like to extend it out to give it a little more substance... and that is what has been done here.  It's pretty simple really, just place the extended part of the cs over the die so as not to cut that part. You can always just run it part way through your Big Shot as well.

Here is a circle flip card that uses last years' Sweater Weather dsp - it remains one of my very favorites.  

and here is it opened up...

This one will be going with me to Thanksgiving dinner at our daughter's house in San Diego where the temperature is supposed to be in the low 80's.   We'll probably spend most of the day out on the deck.  I'll try to get a few pictures to share with you on Friday.

Thanks for stopping by ... come back tomorrow for a cute poem!

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Hi Friends

I hope you're having fun getting ready for your Thanksgiving celebration.  I love the sentiment on this card as it refers to the harvest feast concept.  It is actually a tag card which I'm thinking could be fun as a place card at the table too.  Well, too late this year, but maybe next year I'll make a few of these to place on the table ... I like the basic design idea.

I hope you'll try this card ... I think you'll enjoy creating it.

Thanks for stopping by

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So Thankful

Hi Stampers

Today I'd like to share a couple of pretty Thanksgiving cards that celebrate the changing seasons when summer brights turn to deeper hues and harvest golds ... even the sky becomes a crisper, deeper blue. These cards seem to fit that mood.

I love this time of year although here in soCal we don't really get massive leaf color, there are some trees that give us that show ... the liquid amber (aka sweetgum) provides lots of color and grows well here.  

Come back tomorrow when I will have a darling flip card to share.

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Why not ham?

Hi friends

I'm almost embarrassed to come on here and have to say 'sorry for my absence' but here we go again. I've just been swamped with Christmas preparations since we are having house guests the beginning of December and then our kids from Indianapolis arrive just a week or so later.  It just seemed prudent to get the show on the road (so to speak) since the days just fly by.  But, fair warning, my blogging may be somewhat hit and miss in the next month as time does get away from me.

Meanwhile, poor little Thanksgiving!  It has just sort of gone unnoticed with all the early Christmas plans for December... sorry Turkey Day ... I do love you!!!

For the next several days I'll be posting cards appropriate for the Thanksgiving week... here are a couple that "honor" the turkey... they seem to have "attitude", don't you think?

The little turkey was stamped on whisper white and then colored with markers.  The sentiment "why not try HAM this year" was computer generated.  Just a bit of whimsy to start off Thanksgiving week.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll come back next week for a few more Thanksgiving/Grateful cards.

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Autumn's Bounty

Hi Stampers

Here's the card that inspired my crazy card club submission for this month - "harvest blessings" posted Monday.  This is the one we made in class and it's pretty awesome, don't you think?  I really do like this fold ... this one opens left to right whereas my ccc opens right to left.  Both quite 'do-able'. This image is from Sweet and Sassy Stamps entitled Autumn Bounty.  Once again it was stamped with Memento black and colored with Copics. The cardstock is SU crumb cake layered on chocolate brown - once again it looks grey in my photo - but it's a kraft color.  

The DSP is by Bo Bunny ... it is Apple Cider Stripe and Apple Cider Autumn.  Sorry to say I don't know the name or brand of the edge punch we used.  We also sponged the edges around the bouquet to soften the harsh contrast.  It's pretty, isn't it?  Sherry does very nice designs for us to play with.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.  We're going to a high school play Saturday night.  They are putting on Agatha Christie's "And then there were None".  Should be fun!

Happy Stamping

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Harvest Blessings

Hi Stampers

Here we go with another Monday.  But, we're well into my favorite season with the days getting cooler with all the Fall Festivals, decorations, and anticipation for the holidays ahead.  All good things!!

That said, I have a "fun fold" Fall card for you today... that's a mouthful.  I made this for our crazy card club for October.  The flap fold might be a little difficult to describe but let's give it a try.

Here it is closed ... what you see when you take it out of the envelope

Then you lift up the little flap that has your image and greeting on it

voila... the inside of the card

Not too big a deal, right?  Here are some measurements if you'd like to copy this design ...

A2 card -- base is 5 1/2 x 4 1/4  -- standard

Next you want to trim off about 1/2 - 3/4" from the front right side opening and punch that edge

The "flap" strip is cut at 3" x 7" and scored at 3 1/8 and 3 1/4

I used a Verve 'plain Jane' stamp for the outside image and Verve's Harvest Blessings for the small wheat inside as well as the sentiment on the front.  I also used the solid stamp from SU's Happy Watercolor behind the wheat.  The papers I used are all retired Sweater Weather from last year but any pleasing combination of dsp with coordinating inks will work.  

I hope my explanation is clear ... do you like the card?  Leave me a comment, I enjoy your input.  If you have any questions please just ask and I will reply to help you.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great week!  I will have some fun cards from a recent SAS to share with you this week.

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