Birds of a Feather Give Thanks Together

Here is another sweet stamp from Birds of a Feather, just in time for Thanksgiving - which will be here before we know it!

Recipe:
Soft Suede - 4 1/4" x 11", scored and folded at 5 1/2"
Cajun Craze - 4" x 5 1/4" - embossed with Subtle Folder
Soft Suede  - 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" (for die cutting two scallops - see hint at the bottom)
Whisper White scraps for turkey and sentiment 
Come to Gather Designer Series Paper - 3" x 2" - trimmed into banner

Stampin Blends: Crumb Cake Combo, Soft Suede, Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Cajun Craze. 

To save on cardstock, cut the smaller circle from inside the larger one.  The hole will be covered, so it won't be seen that there is a piece missing!

Thank you for looking in today!  Happy Tuesday!

~ Donna

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Have a Blessed Thanksgiving with family and friends.  I thought I would share some past Thanksgiving Cards with you.  Click on the titles to see the cards when they were first posted.

Happy Thanksgiving - 2014

One of my Favorites - Eat More Beef

Indian Corn - 2015

Painted Autumn Thanks 

Have a safe and fun Thanksgiving!

~ Donna

Painted Autumn Thanks

I'm not usually that fond of Fall / Thanksgiving cards, but I have to say I'm really loving the papers and and sunflower stamps this year!  There just isn't anything happier than a sunflower.

This was a very simple card to throw together.  Another one that you could make multiples of and then add the sentiments as you need them.

Recipe:

Garden Green - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"

Tangerine Tango - 4 1/8" x 3 1/8"

Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper - 4" x 3"

Very Vanilla - 3 1/2" (depending on sentiment) x 1"   

Very Vanilla - 5 1/4" x 4" (inside)

Stamps:  Painted Harvest

Ink:  Tangerine Tango

Happy Tuesday!  Love me a short week at the office!

~ Donna

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Thankful for Thanksgiving

The Buttermilk Pie is baked and cooling and by the time you read this we'll be enjoying our traditional Breakfast Quiche, unless I sleep in... then Turkey Lurkey will be prepped for the roasting bag and into the roasting oven it goes!  Can't wait for that glorious fragrance through the house.

Do you have any favorite family traditions?  I'd love to hear about them.

For today's posts I thought I'd pull up some of my past Thank You cards and one Thanksgiving Card from last year, that I just love.  I obviously didn't do any Thanksgiving Cards this year with the long hours at the office these last two months.  

To see the original post on each of these, click the title below each picture.

Eat More Beef

Cookie Cutter Christmas Bear

Sweet Sugarplum Baby Bear Thank You

Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends.

Eat More Beef!

Normally I wouldn't make Thanksgiving cards, Christmas cards keep me busy enough, but I had a request for a card with a turkey, so off I went to find a punch art turkey.  After perusing lots and lots of choices, I chose this little turkey!

I used a 2" Scallop Circle Punch and a 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch.  In looking through the catalog, I see the 2" scallop is no longer there and I don't have a "retired" sticker on my punch.  I think though, that one of the Thinlits has a scallop about that size.

I used Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie and Real Red for the colors, oh, and Basic Black for the eyes.

The body, feet, large part of the eye and the little red heart comes from the Owl Builder Punch and the smaller eye part comes from the Cupcake Builder Punch.

The card base is Pumpkin Pie and the Designer Series Paper (DSP) is from Happy Haunting out of the Holiday Mini.  Mr. Turkey's little sign was just hand written by me.  I couldn't resist.

Have a great Friday and thank you for looking in today!

~ Donna

Painting with Bleach

I tried this technique almost three years ago now and haven't tried it again until our Team Meeting this week.  I'd forgotten how fun and beautiful this can be.  If you missed the first attempt, click HERE to see it.

This was our quick Make & Take from our team meeting on Monday night.  

Crushed Curry - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"

Basic Black - 5 1/4" x 4"

Soft Suede - 5" x 3 3/4"

The Soft Suede is stamped and embossed with Basic Black embossing powder and then painted in some areas with bleach.  YES, I said bleach!  Just add basic bleach to your Aqua Painter and gently paint the areas you want to lighten.

Each cardstock will give you a different lighter color, so be sure to experiment first and be absolutely sure you have some newspaper and paper towels under the cardstock you "paint" onto.

Also, before you assemble your dried / painted card, remove the newspaper and paper towels so you don't lay your fresh cardstock in or on the bleach and ruin something you don't want bleached.

Thank you for looking in today!

~ Donna

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Indian Corn in a Basket

Thank goodness for all the talented Stampin' Up! ladies that I can learn from.  I just couldn't resist this one when I saw it on Connie Babbert's Inkspired Treasures.  I think you will love it as well!  Thank you Connie!

I decorated the leftover leaves from the Witching Decor Kit.

Sponge the cut ends and curl them with your bone folder.

Place them inside the Berry Basket made with the BigZ Die

  

Isn't this adorable!?  Think of it sitting on  your Thanksgiving table or perhaps just the "corns" on as a place setting at each plate.  

Have fun with it!

~ Donna

Grateful Heart

When I saw this on LeeAnn Greff's blog, I knew I had to try it and make it with a couple of changes.  Plus, since there weren't any instructions as it's a class she's doing, I had to wing it.  

I began with Very Vanilla (8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4") for the card base and Soft Suede (5 1/4" x 4") for the layer.  The "moon" is cut from the Circles Collection Framelits.  Not the largest circle, but the next to the largest.  I numbered mine from the smallest size out so it's #8 in my set.  I used Hello Honey card stock and used Tangelo Twist to sponge on some color.

The card stock behind the window is Very Vanilla 3 1/4" x 2 1/2".  I stamped the tree with the pumpkins from Happy Scenes and then colored the pumpkins with my Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Markers.  I used our Sponge Daubers with Tangelo Twist and So Saffron to add a little "sunset" on the horizon.

The window is attached directly to the Very Vanilla and then the whole thing is popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Oh, and yes, I stamped the pumpkins and some falling leaves onto the Soft Suede and also the pumpkins onto Tangelo Twist and fussy cut them out.  Whew!  I like how it came out though, don't you?

Thank you for looking in today!

~ Donna

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Curvy Turkey

This cute little Curvy Turkey isn't for Carving, just for enjoying.  I had to think up my own feathers here since I didn't have the Four Feathers and Feathers Framelits Dies (Bundle: w-137629 / c-137630).  So looking through my punches, I noticed my Bird Builder Punch and thought the bird would make some decent tail feathers.

What do you think?  His feathers look a bit ruffled, but that makes perfect sense since Thanksgiving is just days away.  He's probably pretty nervous, even though he's totally safe here (unless the cats take off with him!).

 
To cover his bum (and the view of where all the "feathers" come together), I punched a 2 1/2" circle of Chocolate Chip and attached it over the back.

 

His topnotch is the leaves from the Bird Builder punch.  I put glue on one of the leaves (behind his head where you can't see it) and along the stem and it fit perfectly to the curve of the head which was punched with the 1 3/8" Circle Punch (119860).

His wattle is the bird wing, but not the whole wing.  Just "wing it" and punch as much as you like to get the look you want.  That's what I did.  :)  I had cut his beak and punched the whites of his eyes are the middle size circles from the Owl Builder Punch (118074)

I hope you enjoyed my little Curvy Turkey. 

Don't forget to check out the awesome deals on the Online Extravaganza!  You won't want to miss out!

Thank you for checking in today!  Have a fabulous Monday. 

~ Donna

Curvy Pumpkins Give Thanks

Hubby is going to go visit his Mom and Sister for a couple of days before my extra long hours at the office begin, so I decided it would be a perfect time for him to take some fall decorations for them to add to their house décor.  They both love to decorate for the holidays and these are just perfect!

For full details on putting together the Curvy Keepsake box, check my Curvy Keepsake Santa HERE.

 

 

Thank you for looking in today.  If you would like any of the items I used for these pumpkins, just click on any of the pictures below!

 

Have a great week!  It's MONDAY again!

 

~ Donna

 

 



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