Happy Thanksgiving

Therapy through crafting is always a great thing!  I needed a pick-me-up last night, and sat down to play with my Gelatos from Faber Castell.  Checking out challenges around the web sometimes, almost always helps get my creative juices flowing. 

With Thanksgiving right around the corner and the fall colors in their full glory around here I decided to make an elegant Thanksgiving card.  It also reminds me of all that I am thankful for during this time of year!

Directions:

1.     I started with Strathmore Smooth Bristol weight board in 100 lb.  I wanted to play with the very pigmented Gelatos and water and wanted something that would handle the technique.  (Found the Bristol board in my cleaning/purging of the craft cave.)  Using a lot of pigment from Lemon, Mango, Tangerine, and Red Cherry I colored randomly on the sheet then sprayed with water.  I moved the pigment around a bit with a stipple brush.  I was little impatient so I used the heat gun to speed up the drying process.

2.     The process was repeated with brown card stock.

3.     The surface is a little waxy, so StazOn Timber brown ink was used to stamp the Heartfelt Creations Leaf Medley Precut set.  The leaves were die cut with the coordinating Spellbinders Foliage die set.

4.     A stamp positioner will place the “Happy” and “Thanksgiving” images from Think Ink in the right place inside the label shape from Spellbinders Blossom Tags and Accents set.  The shape was die cut and stippled with more of the Gelatos pigments.  First color on a recycled packaging sheet and spritz with a little water.  Trim cream card stock to 5.25” x 6.25” and use same technique around the edges.

5.     To add texture a piece of Coordinations brown card stock was trimmed to 5” x 6” and pressure embossed with Cuttlebug Basket Weave.  Sand with a sanding block to bring out the white color core.

6.     Then I decided to add a little something-something and dug out Recollections pearls.  Not the right color?  No problem!  StazOn Orange Zest dabbed on changed the hue to match the card!

7.     The final finishing touch?  A bow made with three types of matching fiber.  I have a Simple Bows tool that I used to make the pretty little bow by wrapping the loop part around three times before tying the bow. 

8.     Trim the card base to 11” x 6.5” and fold in half.  Ink the edges with StazOn Timber Brown.

9.     The card was assembled using adhesive, glue dots, and dimensional foam.

I hope you enjoy this crafting therapy session creation!  The pleasing results definitely did the trick to cheer me up and was great fun! 

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

 Scrap It Girl Gelatos (thanks for the inspiration!)

Cardabilities Challenge 110 Sketch
Avenue 613 challenge 97 Anything Goes
Party time Tuesdays challenge189 Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Anything Goes
Vandicrafts challenge 16 Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps challenge 121 Anything Goes

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