Christmas Joy

 

Hello Everyone:  Hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are looking forward to the rest of the Holidays.  Here is an easy Joyful Holiday card perfect for creating those last minute cards:

To create this card, begin by stamping "O Christmas Tree (S189) with dark green ink onto a lighter green piece of cardstock.  Cut the tree out and back it with a red cardstock mat cut slightly larger.  

Adhere the tree to a piece of patterned paper which has been backed by a green cardstock mat.  Create a piece to go in the center of the tree by using our Felt Joy from our  Christmas set #63120 to which has been added a Medium White Felt Snowflake (Felt Snowflake #63000) with a Winter  Glimmer Round Paper Fastener (#90904). Adhere this to the tree by poking a hole in the center of the snowflake and threading the brad prongs to the back of the piece.  Then you will add a Gold Metallic 3-D Star (95549)                  to the top of the tree.

To a white card, create a slightly smaller green mat and then a red mat and adhere to the white card.  Finally, you will adhere the patterned paper panel to the red mat.  Now you're done!  Easy and fun!

Enjoy!

Susan

Pieced Paper Thanksgiving Tag

Hello Everyone:  Today I am featuring a fun pieced paper tag (not just for Thanksgiving)  that I would like to share with you .

Patsy Kral taught be how to do this technique which she found on Pinterest,

Isn't this pretty?  Patsy wrote instructions on the back of this tag for this technique:

"Cut paper into Long triangles.  Cut cardstock front to size.  The first piece glued down needs to be very straight.  After that, glue left to right and then right to left.  Trim and enjoy."

To finish the tag I created, I used Creative Impressions stamp # N071and stamped it onto a piece of tan cardstock with dark green ink.  I then cut it out using a circle die.

I adhered my favorite Autumn Leaves Felt Shapes  #63100 behind the location I was to place my sentiment and then finally used foam squares on the back of my stamped sentiment to adhere over the top of the leaves.  To finish, I used our wonderful Autumn Splendor Printed Ribbon #80461for the top of the tag.

Here are the unfinished and finished tags together.

 Hope you enjoyed this mini tutorial!  All of us at Creative Impressions would like to wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving and a joyful day filled with friends and family!

Janet, Susan, Candie and Jo

 

Fun Pocket card for Thanksgiving!

 Hello Everyone:  I just don't know where the time is going!  Can't believe we are almost ready to celebrate Thanksgiving!  Today I would like to share with you a fun and easy Pocket Card:

I designed this card for Thanksgiving, however, it can be used for just about any occasion!  I found the instructions on the internet - easy to find and easy to make!

I began by creating my pocket using 6x12 double sided design  paper.  Once this was done I added Creative Impressions Single Stitched ribbon in Brown with Black Stitching (70925) to either side of the triangular opening.  Then I wrapped a piece of our Grid Ribbon in Brown (70283) -my favorite- around the pocket and tied it off in the center where the Single Stitch Ribbon joins.  To finish that part I added a Maple Leaf Brad (Antique Maple Leaf Assort 95552).

I then added our Felt Shapes (63100 Autumn Leaves, 63110 Halloween and Sm. Felt Blossom (62002 Heritage) along with a bow made from our Thin Jute Twine (80612 Green Apple) towards the bottom of my pocket.

This is what the finished pocket looks like without the inside card:

The inside card  is very simple.  I used Creative Impressions stamp #J366 Thanksgiving Wishes and stamped the sentiment with Sepia Brown ink onto a piece of white cardstock that was backed with a tan mat.  All that's left is to place the card inside the pocket and you have a fun and creative card.  Hint:  I wrote towards the bottom part of the card that would be covered by the bottom portion of the pocket.

Your turn to try it!

Susan

Thankful Always!

  Hello Everyone!  Today I am featuring a card with one of my favorite stamps.  What looks to be just a Thanksgiving stamp actually works as a year-round stamp to remind us to be give thanks always:

This card features not only Creative Impressions' stamp Give Thanks ( N071 ) but also our Cork Paper (89000) which gives this piece a lot of dimension as well as our Leaf Felt Shapes (63100 Autumn Leaves) which are definitely my "go-to"  for Fall cards.  They are so beautiful and add a wonderful dimension to any card - no die cutting necessary!  

I began by adhering a piece of patterned paper to a burgandy card mat which was then adhered to a cream card.  I  cut a strip of burgundy cardstock and adhered a hand torn piece of our Cork Paper over the top.  This piece was attached to the center of the card.

I stamped "Give Thanks "with dark green ink onto a natural piece of cardstock and used a circle die cut (you can use a punch too) to cut out the sentiment.  I then cut a mat for it using another piece of burgundy and adhered them together.  I laid the sentiment circle towards the center of the card and positioned several Felt Leaves in different colors under the circle.  I removed the circle and added some liquid glue to adhere the leaves underneath.  Once I was happy with the placement, I added some of our Thin Jute Twine in Rust ( 80608) and glued it underneath as well before then adding the circle sentiment and adhering it on top of the leaves and twine.

Finally I added a bit of Liquid Pearls to the "berries" on the sentiment.  That's it!  Easy and lovely card suitable to send to anyone.

Enjoy!

Susan