The Card Concept: Thanksgiving Table

Happy Holiday Greeting to you!

With the holidays around the corner, I love to send autumn card to an inner

circle of aunts, and close friends.

My card today is an inspiration for the Card Concept Challenge which features this

photo and begins today.

Isn't this a gorgeous photo? And you can take your inspiration from

any of the elements for your card. I used the colors from the vase of 

flowers for my Layered and Elegant card.

Hope you're off to a good start with all your holiday projects. And hope you play 

along with this week's Card Concept Challenge.

PapertreyInk: Text & Texture:Leaves,  Penned Elegance Christmas,

Seasonal Borders: Autumn

Poppystamps: Brilliant Leaf Frame

The Card Concept #123 {Thanksgiving Table} 

So Very Thankful

Greetings C9 fans! 

Playing along with their latest challenge:

A Color Challenge!

I had so much fun playing with C9's new set Thankful Leaves Turnabout.

Are you familiar with their turnabout stamps? Using a misti or other stamping device, you

stamp the aligned image and turning the stamped cardstock, stamp again, and 

again, achieving an all over pattern.

My first stamping was with versa mark and bronze embossing powder.

Next came Catherine Pooler's Sauna Ink, followed by the Ton's Peach Blossom.

Finally the 4th stamping was with PTI's Melon Berry.

The leaf, (Thankful Leaves dies) was cut with it's skeleton image in place, embossed 

several times with colors from Lindy's Stamp Gang,

Mermaid Seashells Set, and finally on the stem with bronze ep.

(Lindy's Midnight Copper)

I cut the leaf again, minus the veins, with vellum, and sponge inked the back, then,

clear embossed it.

The sentiment and several others come with the Turnabout set.

Play along on the challenge blog, Where Creativity Meets C9, here:

Challenge #25 – Color Inspiration

Thanks for the visit, and Happy Crafting!

So Thankful

Good Monday Morning!

I did a card for The Card Concept, and had no sun to photograph

until this morning. Getting in under the wire 

with my freestylecollage card.

PTI: Paper Clippings: So Thankful, Chevron Cover Plate, Leaf Prints

PTI Cardstocks & felt

Ranger Distress Inks: Spiced Marmalade, Cracked Pistachio

Card Concept #60 {Chevron Pumpkin}

Thanks

While I had Botanical Blocks (PTI), out on the work table, 

decided to do another watercolor card for the

DT call at Happy Little Stampers.

So excited to see the watercolor craze on so many challenge blogs!

PTI: Botanical Blocks, Color Pop Autumn, Bloomin' Cute Sentiments

Windsor Newton watercolors, Ranger Distress Inks

Stampendous White Embossing Powder

My Craft Spot Metallic Sequins

Happy Little Stampers feature several monthly challenges,

and will begin a watercolor challenge starting in 2017.