Each year when I host Thanksgiving, I like to make little cards to set at each place - a special thank you to each person for what they've meant to me through the year. We generally have a house full, so these 13 mini-cards are just a start! I really like these first two. While many of the mini-cards were made using items I found in my stash, I had to make my own focals for these two using JustRite stamps (Autumn Vintage Labels Three) and dies (Vintage Labels Three).
You can't tell it in the picture, but the first one is REALLY sparkly. There is glitter in the background papers, so after created the focal by heat embossing with carmine embossing powder & inking with a brown ink, I sprayed the whole with a gold glittery spray (Shimmer Mist).
The 2nd was stamped with green ink & then I smeared a bit of the green ink around the center to soften it a bit. I inked the edges with a distress oxide ink (Candied Apple) and then used the same two inks with a water brush to color the stamped image before adding it with foam tape. I find I like that it extends beyond the edges of the card.
Next are 3 more in the peach/orange range. These use misc from my stash. The first uses a Copper Color Me tag from HOT - stamped with a sentiment from Autumn Vintage Labels Three (JustRite), fussy cut & added with dimensional tape. The border was a really old piece from HOTP. The middle was from paper I got in a swap. The third uses die cut & embossed elements from my stash to which I added a bit of color. The greeting was stamped & heat embossed using a stamp from JustRite's Antique Autumn Tags One.
Here are some yellow cards - all three stamped with greetings from JustRite stamp sets (either Autumn Vintage Labels Three or Antique Autumn Tags One). The first uses die cut leaves from my stash (not sure where I got them - perhaps cut with my Silohette?) and a small acorn cut from a napkin. The middle one uses misc from a HOTP scrapbooking set. And the third uses scrapbooking images that were printed and cut for this card.
Two more peach-based cards - both use scraps from my stash (probably from DCWV mat stacks). Both also use greeting stamps from Antique Autumn Tags One (JustRite). The cut on the first card was that way in my stash - probably made with my Fiskar's paper cuter. The leaf was also in my stash - no idea where it came from. The 2nd card has another Copper Color Me tag - colored to coordinate with the background.
Three more with a yellow card base round out my first 13 cards. Since I had a few in my stash from last year, I only need to make 8 or 9 more!
Anyway, these all use paper from my stash. The ones on the ends are probably from a DCWV mat stack, but I have no idea where the middle paper came from. For the middle card, I glued more of the paper to a piece of card stock so I could fussy cut another turkey & pop him up on foam tape. The greeting was a Dazzles sticker (HOTP). The outer two cards are made similarly - with black ribbon borders & brown stamped focals on yellow card stock. The first was stamped using stamps from the Autumn Vintage Labels Three set (JustRite) and cut with the matching die. The third was from Antique Autumn Tags One (JustRite) - also cut with matching die. This one was curled a bit and then attached with brads on either side so it had some dimension to it. I DID find I wanted to put some foam tape (with top protective paper left in place) underneath it to help it not get flattened out.
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