TCC143 Happy Thanksgiving

 

Hi Friends!

Welcome to the  #143 {Give Thanks} Challenge at The Card Concept!

I love the Thanksgiving holiday with all of the yummy food plus family/fellowship and this table setting looks so inviting, doesn’t it?

 I was inspired by the overall theme as well as the colors to create a Shabby and Vintage Thanksgiving card!

I pulled out one of my long ago retired Stampin’ Up! sets, Grand Cornucopia and paired the main image with a retired Verve stamp set, Autumn Blessings for the sentiment (this is the first time I was able to use the Verve sentiment).  

As many of you know that follow my blog, I have a personal goal of creating a card for each of the Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenges and this card was designed using the SC824 Sketch for the layout. 

I am also participating with the Tic-Tac-Toe #088 Challenge  (left column down- Thanksgiving, Autumn, Rust as well as diagonal- Thanksgiving, Any Color, Free) .

If you have not had a chance to visit The Card Concept or the other challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- fabulous inspiration from all! 

The main focal image was stamped with Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink onto white cardstock and colored with water-based markers.  The paper was “aged” with distress ink before die-cutting with a stitched oval die.

The  woodgrain designer paper is from the Studio Light Wonderful Autumn paper pad (available at the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store) and the paper used for the banner is from the retired Soho Subway from Stampin' Up!  

The polished hemp twine along with the pumpkin button were from my stash and an extra fine white paint pen plus a clear glitter pen were used for highlights to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Grand Cornucopia (retired Stampin’ Up!), Autumn Blessings (retired Verve Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black; Tim Holtz™  Antique Linen Distress Oxide; various Arteza and Stampin’ Write Markers- Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede; Wink of Stella™ Clear Glitter Pen, Sharpie® Extra Fine White Paint Pen

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Studio Light Wonderful Autumn paper pad, Soho Subway Designer Series Paper (retired Stampin’ Up!)

Tools/Accessories: Gemini, Jr™, My Favorite Things™ Dies- Stitched Rectangle A2 STAX Set 1, Stitched Oval STAX,  Fishtail Banner STAX; AquaPainter™, Heat Tool, Distressing Tool, from my stash:Polished Hemp Twine, Pumpkin Pie button

Thanks again for taking the time to visit!  I hope you can find the time to create a card based on our {Give Thanks } photo and link up to our gallery at The Card Concept- we would love to see what inspired you! The challenge is open until November 16th  at noon EST.

TCC122 Give Thanks

Hi Friends!

Welcome to the #122 {Bountiful Blessings} Challenge at The Card Concept!  I was inspired by the deep, rich colors of the door, fruit and vegetables along with the texture to create a Shabby and Vintage/Mixed Media card!

With Thanksgiving on the horizon, I decided to ink up the retired Stampin’ Up! Grand Cornucopia for the main image and use the retired Verve Stamps sentiment from Autumn Blessings along with some older designer papers.  I have not used the Grand Cornucopia in years and wanted to give that stamp set some "love" :-)

I am also linking this card to the Make My Monday #107 “Fruit and/or Vegetable” Challenge, the IN{K}spire_ME#403 “Autumn/Halloween” Challenge and the SC298 Sketch Challenge from Splitcoaststampers (this sketch was from 2010, but thankfully, SCS challenges never end:-)).

If you have not had a chance to visit us at The Card Concept or the other challenge sites yet, I hope you will find time to do so- such wonderful inspiration from all!

Stamp the cornucopia image with Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Once the embossing has cooled, watercolor with Stampin’ Write markers (see below for colors) and die cut with an oval stitched die.

Mount onto another oval die cut from espresso cardstock.  

Stamp the sentiment onto espresso cardstock with Versamark™ ink, apply gold embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Die cut with a banner die.

Emboss a piece of designer paper with the Tin Tile Detailed Embossing Folder, lightly sand with a sanding block, trim and onto a piece of espresso cardstock.  Layer the other pieces of designer paper onto espresso cardstock and position onto the panel per the sketch.

Add the rust satin ribbon strip (wrapping the ends behind the panel) and mount the panel onto a piece of rust cardstock.  Adhere the entire panel onto a white card base.

Add the die cut oval image along with the sentiment using dimensional foam (or chipboard).

Add the triple satin ribbon bow along with the antique brad.

Use a white paint pen to add highlights to the grapes and a few pearls in the upper right hand corner to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Grand Cornucopia (retired Stampin’ Up!), Autumn Blessings (retired Verve Stamps)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Versamark™, Stampin’ Write Markers- Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso, Highland Heather, Mossy Meadow, Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie, retired Bravo Burgundy, Taken with Teal; Extra Fine White Sharpie® Paint Pen

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso; misc. retired designer papers

Tools/Accessories: Big Shot™, My Favorite Things™ Dies- Stitched Oval STAX, Sixxiz™ Oval Dies, Banner Dies ; Stampin’ Up! Tin Tile Detailed Embossing Folder; Sanding Block, AquaPainter™, Embossing Buddy®, Clear and Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, 5/8” Rust Satin Ribbon (Offray), retired Stampin’ Up! Antique Brad, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to visit!  I hope I have inspired you to create your own card based on our {Bountiful Blessings}  photo and link up to our gallery at The Card Concept- we would love to see your interpretation!! The challenge is open until Monday, November 4^th at noon, EDT.