Thanksgiving Wishes

Hello Blogger friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog today. 

It's a rainy Saturday here in Pittsburgh and we also had our first snowfall of the season yesterday. I woke up to snow covered trees, housetops and our lawn. It was such a beautiful and serene sight. Then the rain moved in and some cold and damp weather. 

Today I went with a couple of other women from our church, and we got the Christmas decorations put up at our church. Everything looks so pretty and now I can't wait to do my own home. I will start that the day after Thanksgiving. 

But for now, I am still about Thanksgiving, and I am showing another one of the cards I made. I created a simple gatefold card using the Stampin' Up "autumn abundance" Paper Pumpkin Kit. This card was a quick and easy one to put together since all of the elements were in this kit. The card base came in the kit, and I scored the front at 2 1/8" on each side. 

I die cut a circle from vanilla cardstock and added the navy and copper leaves that were also part of the kit. The sentiment is tamped in cajun craze ink. To finish off this card I scattered some cajun craze sequins.

This photo shows the card inside. I used a navy panel and then cut my "give thanks" phrase in white along with some white leaves. 

Well, that's it for me for this post. So, until next time.......God bless. 

I am also entering:

1.  Alphabet Challenge has a "q" for quick and easy card. 

2.  Creative Inspirations has an anything goes challenge.

3.  Fab 'n' Funky has a dies/punches challenge. 

4.  Creative Fingers has an anything goes challenge.  

5.  Crafts Galore Encore has an anything goes challenge. 

Happy Thanksgiving

Hello Blogger friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog today. 

Here we are almost halfway through the month of November. Thanksgiving is just 2 weeks away. I am still making Thanksgiving cards. I usually send out at least 10 cards to family and friends. So, I need to get them finished so I can get my Christmas cards done. Since Thanksgiving is late this year it's just a short time till we reach Christmas. 

These 2 holidays are my favorite ones of the year. I love the family time, cooking for the big days, decorating and making my handmade cards. So, let's get started with some details of my card today. 

This one I made for this week's color challenge #1026 on Splitcoaststampers. We were to use daffodil delight, granny apple green and crushed curry for our color trio. Neutrals are also allowed. Optional this week is flowers.

daffodil delight, granny apple green, crushed curry

For my Thanksgiving card I used the Turkey Day die from Spellbinders. I cut his feathers in daffodil delight and pecan pie. The body in crumb cake, feathers in chocolate chip and for the wattle I used copper. All these additional colors are neutrals.  

My leaves are cute from Bristol smooth card stock, and I sponged fossilized amber, granny apple green and pecan pie to get a Fall look. I added some sunflowers to cover the optional item.

That's my card for today. So until next time.......God bless. 

Card Details:

Stamps: gift of fall (Paper Pumpkin 2019)

Paper: daffodil delight, granny apple green, pecan pie, copper clay, choc chip, crumb cake, soft suede (Stampin' Up), dsp (Paper Studio), bristol smooth (Canson)

Paper Size: A2

Ink: daffodil delight, granny apple green, pecan pie (Stampin' Up), wild honey distress, fossilized amber distress (Ranger)

Accessories: Happy Turkey Day die (Spellbinders), oval die, build a grapevine wreath die -leaves & acorns, fall gate w/flowers die -sunflowers die (CottageCutz)

I am also entering:

1.  I Spy With My Little Eye has a colors of the season challenge. 

2.  Simon Says Stamp has a Thanksgiving challenge. 

3.  The Paper Funday has an anything goes challenge w/optional of tags. 

4.  Crafty Animals has an anything goes challenge. 

5.  Critter Crazy Challenge is anything goes. 

Thankful For You

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Well, I think our summer weather is coming to an end. We had a frost last night and today even though the sun is out it's a bit cold outside. And even inside I had to turn the furnace up a couple of degrees. We usually keep it on 67° but today that's just not warm enough. It is mid November so I just need to adjust to the cooling temps (LOL)!!!

We just had new equipment sent to us from Verizon for our Fios service. The old set top box and DVR are being discontinued. I looked through the directions and honestly, I am not sure how to install the new boxes. I asked one of my neighbors who has helped us in the past. If he isn't able to come, I may have to pay for a Verizon installer to come out. Don't know why they would upgrade equipment and then expect the average person to be able to install it. 

Anyway, onto my card for today. This fun fold design I made using the contents of the Stampin' September Paper Pumpkin kit. It's all about Autumn card making and I think it's perfect for Thanksgiving cards. Everything I used on this card came in the kit except for the sentiments and the November phrase. 

The fold is titled an "inside out flip card". I found this tutorial on Tami White's Blog and used it for this card.

This photo shows the card inside. The November phrase is from a CottageCutz die and the stamped sentiment is from Divinity Designs. 

Card Inside

This photo shows the front sentiment flipping over. Hence the reason for the title of the fun fold.

 

Well, that's it for me for this post. So until next time......God bless. 

Card Details:

Stamps: painted harvest (Stampin' Up)

Paper: early espresso, copper foil (Stampin' Up)

Paper Size: A2

Ink: early espresso (Stampin' Up)

Accessories: Autumn Abundance Paper Pumpkin Kit (September 2024), Calendar Months die (CottageCutz)

Techniques: inside out flip fold

I am also entering:

1.  A Cut Above Challenge is ATG using a die cut and optional of "warm it up" theme. 

2.  A Place to Start Challenge is ATG w/option of sentiment of thanks. 

3.  A Perfect Time to Craft challenge is ATG.

4.  Crafts Galore Encore Challenge is ATG. 

5.  Die Cut Divas has an any holiday challenge.

6.  Four Seasons Challenge is celebrating Fall. 

  

Gather Together

Hello Blogger friends. Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog. 

Hope this Fall season is finding you well. Can you believe that we are about 2 weeks away from Thanksgiving? We have had such beautiful warm weather here for November that it seems like September. 

I host Thanksgiving at my home each year. It's a tradition that I want to hold onto for as long as I can. I love cooking for this holiday and sharing the day with my family. I also enjoy making and sending Thanksgiving cards. 

The card I am featuring today is one that I made from the Stampin' Up September Paper Pumpkin Kit- "Autumn Abundance" in an alternative design.  I used the colors from the color challenge #1023.

I was the hostess, and I chose wild wheat, night of navy and poppy parade for my color trio. The optional item was to use designer paper.

 

wild wheat, night of navy, poppy parade

My fun fold is a double triangle design. There is a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers to create it. Click here for instructions. I saw a card on the Paper Pumpkin Facebook group and used it for my inspiration. Of course I changed it up to make it my own design.

The card front is one of the card bases in the kit. I cut it in half to use it as designer paper for my fun fold card.

The sentiment is from the Stampin' Up "painted harvest" set and is stamped in night of navy. I added some die cut greenery cut in wild wheat and poppy parade. The night of navy die cut leaves are from the kit.

Added a few night of navy rhinestones to finish off my card.

Well, that's it for me for this post. So until next time.....God bless. 

Card Details:

Stamps: painted harvest (Stampin' Up)

Paper: night of navy, poppy parade, wild wheat (Stampin' Up)

Paper Size: A2

Ink: night of navy (Stampin' Up)

Accessories: Autumn Abundance PP Kit, Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels (Stampin' Up), Circle die, Holiday Greenery die (CottageCutz)

Techniques: double triangle fold

 

I am also entering:

1. A Place to Start is anything goes w/option of adding sentiments of thanks. 

2.  Love Those Prety Papers Challenge is anything goes using patterned paper. 

3.  Creative Creases is anything goes with a fun fold. 

4.  Cut It Up has a grateful/thankful challenge using die cuts. 

5.  Cardz for Galz has a patterned paper challenge.