Thank You

Chevrons are in! And Washi tape. And bling. This card has it all. ;-) The little strip of paper is from an old paper packet called Claire.

Month of Thank Yous

I had the idea to help me focus on having a thankful heart to post a Thank You card each day of November. Well, it's already the third and I have only posted one. Realistically, I don't think I can be counted on to post daily. But I will post the correct amount of cards for the days of the month. There just might be a couple that show up on the same day. So here's two cards for yesterday and today.

I hope you enjoy seeing these cards this month and that you are inspired to create. I hope you remember some little things you can be thankful for as well. (like being able to check out homemade cards without leaving your warm house!) See you tomorrow. ;)

Pineapple Paper Artists Blog Hop (SOTM)

 Welcome to the Pineapple Paper Artists Blog Hop. We are featuring the It's the Little Things November Stamp of the Month. I hope you will click the link at the end of the post to continue on the next consultant's post. Maybe you have found your way here from http://www.gstumme.blogspot.com/Welcome!  I'm sure you will find it interesting to see how we have used the same stamp set in different ways.

The card on the left uses Glacier carstock as its base. I added silver Glitter paper, White Daisy and Cranberry cardstock. I centered the flowers with the tiniest gray opaques.                 The card on the left features Pathfinding paper on Champagne cardstock. I stamped in the featured colors to coordinate with the B&T paper. The sentiment is cut from Cricut Artiste and mounted on a piece of Barn Red cardstock that I ran through the Cuddlebug with the Quatrefoil folder.             

Happy Birthday, Bro!

I made this card for my Precious Little Brother (PLB). I used Scaredy Cat paper on Slate cardstock, a retired Happy Birthday stamp set with 1 1/4 inch circles and some Washi tape. I added some "manly" bling and used the Dots embossing folder to add some dimension.

Scaredy Cat layout

 This is the layout we did at Club using Scaredy Cat paper. As many of you know, I am not a fan of Halloween so I was pleased to come up with a layout using "Halloween" paper that doesn't have to be covered in trick or treaters. :-)

 

We made our banners using the Bodacious Banners stamp set with Slate, Thistle and Sunset inks. We used the glossy side of the Sunset paper from the Whimsy Fundamentals. Accents include Sunset chevron and slate Washi tapes. Also Purple Shimmer trim and Black stripe twill ribbon. We added bling with Clear sparkles and Purple glitter gems. I added my title with the Circus Alphabet which was a stamp of the month in the last catalog.

Pineapple Paper Artists Blog Hop

Welcome to my entry of the Autumn Beauty Blog Hop. Maybe you are beginning here or coming from Harriet's blog. http://harrietsbutterflykisses.blogspot.com/ Once you have checked out my entry you can continue in the Hop by clicking on the link below.

This is a wreath I made using Pathfinding paper. I covered an 8 inch styrofoam wreath with ribbon and then used a hot glue gun to adhere 2 1/2 inch leaves to the wreath. I cut the leaves with the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge using the Petal shape. I folded the tip of the leaf that I glued just to give it a bit of dimension. I also used a pencil to curl the ends of the leaves. Along with Pathfinding paper I used a bit of Barn Red cardstock. I added some Baker's Twine and Rosewood Mini-medley accents. The wooden acorns are no longer available but I couldn't resist sponging them and adding them in.
Now you can hop on over to Gretchen's blog http://www.gstumme.blogspot.com/ for some more inspiration.

Pathfinding Layout

This is the layout we did at Club using Pathfinding paper. For our embellishments we stamped and cut out images from the Lifetime of Happiness stamp set. On the bottom of page 2 we stamped Season of Thanks in Barn Red. We also used the cork shapes from the Pathfinding assortment and gold or silver sequins. I added a little bronze glitter trim ribbon and Topiary mini-chevron ribbon.