Happy Thanksgiving Watercolor Pumpkin

Greetings!  Welcome to the Impression Obsession Challenge, where the theme is 'Give Thanks!'  I love Thanksgiving, and this pumpkin from the fall/winter release is so pretty.

Impression Obsession stamps links:

Fall Pumpkin G20891

Happy Thanksgiving D17301

How I made my card:

• I stamped the Fall Pumpkin onto bristol card stock, and painted it with Gansai Tambi watercolors.
• I added some colored pencil highlights and shading with my Polychromos colored pencils.
• I cut the image with a circle die, and added it to an eggplant A2 card front with foam tape, adding a string and bow.
• I stamped, layered and added the Happy Thanksgiving verse.  

 

I hope you are inspired to play along in this Give Thanks challenge.  We have so much to be thankful for!

 

You can find more inspiration from the other designer's.  Their blog posts are listed HERE.   

 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today.  

 

Blessings,

 

Thanksgiving Pumpkins Card

Hello, and welcome to my blog.  Although we were blasted with nine plus inches of snow yesterday, and another three or so today, it is still fall here.  Granted, it looks like mid-winter outdoors, but I really wanted to make a Thanksgiving card, so, here it is!

I used Technique Junkies stamps:
Pumpkin SD986
Thanksgiving Blessings SS066
A Colorful Life Layered Mandala Stencil 
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I stamped the pumpkins onto white card stock, and colored them with Polychromos colored pencils.  

I brushed some Shabby Shutters distress ink through the stencil, and added some distressing along the bottom and edges of the card. Some orange spatters bring the color outward a bit.

The Happy Thanksgiving is from the Thanksgiving Blessings set.  I also used this set inside the card, where I stamped the cornucopia and one of the four verses that comes with that set.
Inside:
 
I had fun stamping my Thanksgiving card today, and as I look outside, the snow has finally stopped.  

I am adding my card to these challenges:
The Card Concept - Thanksgiving table
Paper Funday Challenge - Anything goes - Thanksgiving twist
The Daily Marker 30 Day Color Challenge 

 


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Thanks so much for visiting.  I appreciate your comments.

Blessings,
 

Impression Obsession Challenge - Give Thanks Card

Welcome to Impression Obsession's challenge, So Thankful!  I have a card to share with you for inspiration for today's challenge.  

IO stamp links:
Leaf 1 D13818 
Leaf 2 E13817 
Leaf 3 D13816 
Grateful Heart D19620 
Special Blessing G20739 

I started with a natural card stock panel, and stamped the three different leaves randomly, using distress inks in Dusty Concord and Vintage Photo.  I added some dots with distress markers.  


I added some gold cording with a bow around the panel, and attached it to an eggplant A2 card.  I stamped the verse with the Vintage Photo distress ink, layered it, and added it to the card with foam tape. 
   
Some Studio Katia gold metallic pearls finish off the card front.

For the inside, I stamped the Special Blessing verse, and added some of the leaves around the panel.

Inside

This was a very quick and easy card to make, and those fabulous leaves make it look so elegant.  And the touch of gold just brings a bright touch to it, don't you think?
   
So, I hope I have inspired you to give the challenge a go.  It's an easy theme, and you can use any IO stamp or stamps.  You just might win a $25 Impression Obsession gift certificate!  You can't win if you don't enter, so come on over and join the fun.  You can join the challenge HERE.

Find more design team inspiration HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Blessings,

Harvest of Happiness

It's a crisp, breezy fall day.  I was in the mood for stamping, and thought I'd better get my Thanksgiving cards finished and out in the mail!  

I couldn't resist the vivid colors for my background.  Stamps are from Printworks.  I am sad that they closed their business this year.  I was a fan of their edgy style.  This was a set of clear stamps with pumpkins and some verses, including this Thanksgiving verse.

I sponged a piece of Arteza watercolor paper with TH distress inks, then stamped pumpkins intermittently, filling up the panel, and overlapping.
I stamped the verse on patterned paper, layering it onto green then onto a gold panel with foam tape for dimension.  I used rectangle stitched dies for the panels. I added the whole shebang to a white A2 card.

A pumpkin charm with twine tied through, and some punched and colored leaves finish off the card.

I really love these little pumpkins, and these colors make me happy.  The leaves are almost gone from our trees, so I'm trying to keep the fall colors alive here.  We had our first 'real' snow yesterday. NOT a huge fan of that!  It's ok for a couple of days, but November through March is a little much.

I am adding my card to these challenges:
The Card Concept - Rustic fall
Dragonfly Journeys - Thanks and Thanksgiving
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge  - Make your own background
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Thanks/Thanksgiving
The Daily Marker 30 Day Color Challenge 

I'm so happy to have your spend some of your time here with me today.  I appreciate your comments.

Blessings,

A Time To Give Thanks - Autumn Card

The siding contractors are just about finished with the house!  I'm so over the noise and interruptions, but thankful for the lovely new exterior on the home we have occupied for 36 years!

I am wrapping up my fall/Thanksgiving cardmaking.  I adore this time of year, and making cards in the deep fall hues and colors.  But, alas, Christmas is creeping ever closer, and I need to get cracking on those projects soon.  

For this card, I used chalk pastels, and Impression-Obsession stamps.  I started with an A2 kraft colored card, and decided I wanted to keep it one layer.  I stamped the berries with VersaMark, then used a cotton applicator to apply the color to them.  The verse was stamped with TH distress inks in walnut stain.  A white spattering of acrylic paint, some white colored pencil on the berries, and a hand-written border of thankful words complete my card today.

My card today is for these challenges:

Impression-Obsession Challenge - Thanksgiving Wishes

Cas-ual Fridays challenge - Orange, brown, and kraft colors

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Thanks/Thanksgiving

Sunday Stamps challenge  - Autumn splendor

The Daily Marker  - 30 day color challenge

Thanks so much for stopping in today.  I hope you are getting the lovely warm days that we are.  It could get up to 70 degrees tomorrow here in upstate New York!  Mid November!  We'll take it!  

Blessings,

lynda




 

Giving Thanks Fall Card With Our Daily Bread Designs Stamps

It's the time of year when we think of family and friends, and the upcoming holidays.  I always feel especially thankful this time of year.  How blessed I am!  

Today's card focuses on thankfulness, and the One who provides us with so much to be thankful for.  The stamps I used are from Our Daily Bread Designs.  I love the simple wreath and the verses that were in this set (Pumpkin Wreath cling set ##386).  I also used an ODBD die.

I stamped the wreath onto a panel of card stock slightly smaller than an A2 card. I colored the image with Copics, then added distressing with Tim Holtz distress inks and blender tool.  

Using the ODBD die, I die cut across the card.  I used a technique I learned from Jennifer McGuire's partial die cutting video to cut just up to the wreath, then resume cutting on the other side of the wreath.  Then I fussy cut the part of the wreath that was below the die cut line.  If you would like to see how Jennifer does partial die cutting, click HERE .  

I used craft foam under the panel to give it dimension, and added it to an A2 patterned card base.  I tucked some feathers under the panel using glue dots to secure them, and some pearls for a little more texture.  I used my Copics to color the pearls to match my card.

I am adding my card to the Our Daily Bread Designs challenge .  I am also adding it to:

The Daily Marker  - 30 day color challenge

The Paper Players - Count your blessings - thankful

Mod Squad Challenge Blog  - Thankful

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Thanks/Thanksgiving

Sunday Stamps - Color challenge

As a crew of guys are busily and noisily pounding on our house, installing much-needed siding this morning, I'm indoors where it's warm and cozy.  I'm thankful for my humble, simple home.  It is not huge, and doesn't boast the latest designer trends, but that's ok....it keeps me warm, secure, and it's a place to call ours.  And I love it, with its' eclectic decor (another word for 'I liked it...or it was free or a great bargain') and it's cozy charm.  My sunporch is my favorite room in the house.  It's sunny and bright, and my books and music are there, and my favorite comfy chair.  My family and I enjoy peace and comfort in our home.  There is no place I would rather be.

What are you thankful for this season?  Please leave a comment.  I would love to hear from you. 

Blessings,

lynda

Thanksgiving Pumpkin

I am spending the evening in my craft room to avoid the tv coverage of the elections.  It's a voluntary and necessary diversion, as I don't think I can take the stress of watching.  I'm just happily stamping and coloring, and playing in my room, and now posting on my blog.  My blood pressure thanks me!

Tonight I made a card featuring embossing and die cutting.....

Stamps:  Our Daily Bread Designs pumpkin 
               Our Daily Bread Designs Thinking of you at                         Thanksgiving from the Pumpkin Wreath set 
               Sugarloaf Products fall background stamp
Dies:  Our Daily Bread Designs pumpkin die
          Our Daily Bread Designs Layered Lace Squares die
White embossing powder
Antique Linen Tim Holtz distress ink

I stamped and embossed the pumpkin onto a scrap piece of white card stock, twice, and used the matching die to cut it out.  I then stamped and embossed the background on an A2 sized white card.  

Using antique linen ink and a Clarity brush, I distressed the outer edges of the card, and the inside square a little more intensely.  I also stamped the Thanksgiving verse, and distressed it, and cut it out into a tag shape.  

I watercolored the leaves with distress ink in greens, fussy-cut them out from the second pumpkin, and glued them onto the first pumpkin.

I cut the frame die twice and layered them together, and added them to the card base over the embossed background, using thin strips of foam tape, then added the pumpkin, using foam tape.  Then I glued the thanksgiving verse, added a crystal which I dyed orange with a permanent pen, and that was it.

Challenges to which I am adding my card:

Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge - Sketch challenge   

Cards in Envy challenge  - Just pumpkins

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Thinking of you

The Daily Marker 30 day color challenge 

So, that's it for tonight.   I have successfully avoided tv, made a card, and had some fun.  Now, it's off to read for a bit, then early to bed for me.  Thanks so much for visiting!

Blessings,

lynda