Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing you all a happy thanksgiving. May you be spending time with those who are most important to you. I have a houseful, with my in-laws and my sister and her kids. Here are some of the Thanksgiving cards I've made in years past. Everything is Stampin' Up, except the ribbon on the Happy Harvest card and the "Happy Thanksgiving" on the last 2 cards.

Let me know which one(s) you like the best.

Given Away

Back in March, I offered a giveaway on my 250th post. I selected a name, and started working on what I wanted to do. There were little delays here and there, and I'm embarrassed that it took me so long to complete this.

Last Friday, I finally managed to give Christine the prize. I stamped some cards for her. Stamps are Flower Factory and one of the greeting sets. All products are Stampin' Up.

I also turned a piece from the Bride's Tree stitchalong into an ornament. This is the "house" and the image is Liberty's of London. Christine and I both lived in London, so I thought this would be perfect for her. The fabric in the background is what I used to back the ornament. While it's not a Liberty's of London fabric, it reminds me of something they would have. The brown ribbon is from Stampin' Up.

Tri-fold Cards

This month, the swap theme for my stamping group is "designer series paper". I have a lot of DSP and thought this was a perfect challenge to use some of it. I was also inspired by Anna's post on tri-fold cards. Anna was also kind enough to send me some tips on making the cards.

The tutorial for making this card at here, including dimensions. Note that the vertical end panels should be 1-3/4" x 5-1/4" (not 5-1/2" as listed on the site).

Also, you score the base card at 2", 4", 8", and 10" (or if you are using your cutter as your scorer and not one of those fancy scoring bases, 2" and 4", flip the card, and score again at 2" and 4"). The cuts are made between the 2" score and the 10" score at a depth of 1.5" on either side. One thing I discovered is that it is much easier to tape on the smaller pieces before you start folding the card.

Here's a wonky scan of an unfolded card.
I used Chocolate Chip base and the Love Me DSP from a few years ago. 

 

Here's a card folded up.

This one uses Purely Pomegranate as the base. 

To make 12 cards, I used 4 sheets of Purely Pomegranate, 2 sheets of Chocolate Chip, and 5 sheets of the DSP. All sheets were 12"x12", and all I have left are scraps. Oh, I also used a bit of textured Close to Cocoa paper for the larger punched circle on the pomegranate cards. This is a really great project for using up scraps or DSP paper sets that you haven't figured out how to use on other projects.

On the cards going to the swap, on the white panel on the inside, I stamped "Mon Amie" from the Carte Postale set in Close to Cocoa ink. All products are Stampin' Up.