Bountiful Autumn & Turkey Day Thanksgiving Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some fall cards featuring our Bountiful Autumn Stamps and Turkey Day Stamps.

For my first card today, I created a mini slimline card measuring 3-1/2" wide x 6-3/8" high using the stitched mat die from the Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies. I was able to shorten the length by running it through my die-cutting machine a second time. Since we don't have any patterned papers that exceed 6" wide, I decided to use the repeating polka-dot border from the Background Basics 2 Stamps (pictured above) with Gina K Sweet Mango Ink. I love how these can be used to stamp a card background of almost any size. To frame my two mini scenes, I cut two circles from white cardstock using the Stitched Circle Large Dies and then grounded the scenes with pennants from the Notebook Photo Corners Dies, which I had also shortened a bit by running them through my die-cutting machine a second time. I embellished my small scenes using the turkeys, cornucopia, vegetables, and pie from the Bountiful Autumn Stamps and then heat-embossed the greetings from the Turkey Day Stamps.

 

For my second card, I created a larger slimline card sized 8-1/2" wide x 4" high. Because once again, a single sheet of 6x6 Sweater Weather Paper wouldn't adequately cover my full background, I decided to die-cut several different colors into 5/8" wide stitched strips using the smallest pennant die from the Slimline Pennant Dies set. I then found the center of the card (cutting 14 strips in total) and positioned the green and teal strips on either side of the center line, working out towards both ends until my entire card front was covered with a striped print. At that point, it was super easy to use my paper trimmer to trim off any excess overhang, which is always so satisfying!

To create the look of three polaroid photos, I used the smallest rectangle in the Stitched Rectangle Dies, shortening them again with a second pass through the die-cutting machine, at the same time as positioning a 2" square die from the Stitched Square Dies to form an opening for each little "picture." I added some 1/8" scor-tape around the perimeter, behind each polaroid, and backed the window openings with a teal vine print from the same Sweater Weather Paper pack. I decorated each picture using all the darling images from our Turkey Day Stamps and heat embossed the curved greeting from the set onto a Brilliant Banner 1 Die.

That wraps up my projects for today. Don't forget to check out the Bountiful Autumn Stamps, Bountiful Autumn Dies, and Sweater Weather Paper in our online shop, which are all currently on sale!

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Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread happiness by sending a card to someone you love. 💛

Supplies Used: 

Bountiful Autumn Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bountiful Autumn Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Turkey Day Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Turkey Day Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sweater Weather Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio

Autumn Garland & Elegant Leaves Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some fall cards featuring the Autumn Garland Stamps and Elegant Leaves Stamps.

My first card showcases all the images from the Autumn Garland Stamps which I heat embossed using Hero Arts Copper Embossing Powder and colored with Copic markers. I arranged all the extra pinecones and fir tree sprigs around my main garland image to form a cresent shape across the bottom of my card, adding the "Autumn Blessings" greeting from the same set.

Both of my cards today were an opportunity for me to play with some of the Distress Embossing Glaze powders I had purchased awhile back. This was my first time experimenting with them. So many of the colors in my stash are earthtones so I thought they would be perfect for playing with today's stamp sets. 

For this card, I started by inking a white cardstock panel with Scattered Straw Distress Ink and then used the Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils to apply the striped background by pressing my Versamark pad directly into the surface of my tacked down stencil and paper. It was difficult for me to capture here, but the stripes have a very pretty transparent and glossy appearance when they catch the light.

For my second card, I started by blending an inky background using various Distress Inks before stamping the polka-dot background over the top using the Background Basics 2 Stamps with a taupe colored ink from my stash. I then pulled out the Elegant Leaves Stamps to stamp a border of leaves around the edge of my card using clear VersaMark Ink. I took turns stamping them one at a time so that I could sprinkle on different colors of Distress Embossing glaze and heat set them as I went around the four sides.

I borrowed the brilliant idea to layer the polka-dot background with the stamp leaf images from Jennifer McGuire. By layering the two, it really shows off the translucent quality of these amazing glazes! I completed my card by trimming down the panel and centering it on a white notecard and heat embossing the word "thankful" and "for your kindness" on black cardstock using white embossing powder. I tried so many different combinations and in the end, I love the way the white over black popped against all the other rich colors in my background.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Don't forget to check out our Elegant Leaves Stamps and Elegant Leaves Dies in our online shop, which are currently on sale!  Also, make sure to check out the loads of other card ideas on the Elegant Leaves Stamps product page, as there are so many other beautiful ways to use these stamps!

Supplies Used:

Elegant Leaves Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Elegant Leaves Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Garland Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Garland Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Woodsy Autumn Fall Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some fall cards featuring our Woodsy Autumn Stamps.

For my first card showcasing the Woodsy Autumn Stamps, I created a mini slimline card measuring 4" wide x 7" high. I started by repeatedly stamping a full polka-dot background from the Background Basics 2 Stamps. I love how these polka-dot stamps can fit a card of almost any size or dimension! I then die-cut and stacked three stitched frames from our Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies and inked the center of each with some Broken China distress ink. I assembled three small scenes for each mat, mostly using elements from the Woodsy Autumn set and a couple of mushroom images from our Home Sweet Gnome Stamps in the last panel. I completed my card by stamping greetings onto the pennant strips from the Notebook Photo Corners Dies onto yellow and orange tone-on-tone patterned paper from our Striped Silly Paper pack.

For my second card, I used the raccoon holding the apple from the Woodsy Autumn Stamps. I paired him with the basket and apple tree from the Happy Harvest Stamps, utilizing the optional happy face images to give the tree and apples some personality. I stamped a tone-on-tone diagonal grid print using our Background Basics 2 Stamps for my background. I then layered it with a 2.75" wide x 5.5" white cardstock panel with stitching on each edge using the die from the Ribbon & Lace Border Dies and a scalloped edge from the Slimline Basic Border Dies. I completed my card by heat-embossing a sentiment from the Punny Apple Greetings Stamps onto a red banner die-cut using the Brilliant Banner 1 Dies.

Don't forget to check out our Woodsy Autumn Stamps, Happy Harvest Stamps, and Home Sweet Gnome Stamps in our online shop, which are currently on sale!

Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image so there are lots of ideas to scroll through there organized by set.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Supplies Used:

Happy Harvest Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Harvest Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Home Sweet Gnome Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Home Sweet Gnome Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Woodsy Autumn Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woodsy Autumn Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Basic Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Striped Silly 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Punny Apple Greetings Shop at: Sunny Studio
Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio
VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio