Thanksgiving Cards

It may be still October but I am getting ready for next month.  I made a few Thanksgiving cards for my Fall Card Workshop that turned out very nice.

I just love leaves. I used the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge to cut these leaves (page 34 of the AP booklet).  Since I need a lot of leaves for another project too, I used the auto fill key on the Cricut. I pushed a few buttons and walked away, letting the Cricut do its work. I came back to a whole sheet of 1 1/2 inch leaves cut. What a time saver!

I have said it before-- if you don't have a Cricut, get one. Learn how to use it. It will take your paper crafting to a new level and make things easier on you. And then of course, you need the Art Philosophy and Artiste cartridges. Just click on my shop with me button for that.

Enough with my commercial. Let's get back to this card. Using chocolate ink and a sponge, I inked the edges and a little on the top of the leaves to give them some dimension. Then I used a little liquid glass on one leaf.

Supplies:
Flirty paper pack (X7160B) plus a  little bit of chocolate paper
A Friend Like You stamp set (B1410)
Liquid Glass (Z679)
Chocolate Ink (Z2111)
Art Philosophy Cricut Collection (Z1686)
Colonial White Value Pack cards and envelopes (X1410)

This stamp set is from the Workshop on the Go Flirty Scrapbooking Kit. Every paper pack also comes as a workshop on the go kit which has a stamp set that you can only get as part of the kit. I always tell people that if you are planning on buying the paper pack, look at the stamp in the workshop on the go. If you like that stamp, get the whole kit. You actually receive a little discount getting everything all together. Plus you get that stamp and an idea booklet.

I really love this stamp set. It all came together so effortlessly. The branch is stamped once with autumn terracotta then again without reinking, giving the lighter image above the darker one. This is called a second generation stamp.

To get the look of the "gratitude" image, I inked the stamp in creme brulee then using a sponge dabbed the sides of the stamp with new england ivy and autumn terracotta. To reactivate the ink that has sat on the stamp for about 30 seconds, I give the stamp a warm breath before stamping the image.

Supplies:
Workshop on the Go Flirty Scrapbooking Kit (G1050)
Colonial White Paper (1388)
Autumn Terracotta Ink (Z2101)
Creme Brulee Ink (Z2167)
New England Ivy Ink (Z2135)
Sponge (Z697)
Bakers Twine - Paradise Assortment (Z1702)
Colonial White Value Pack cards and envelopes (X1410)