Chat & Challenge Thanksgiving Card

One of the stamping communities, Sudsol,  I belong to has a few standing challenges each week.  I happened to be sitting at my desk when last night’s Chat & Challenge started.  I jumped right in and quickly whipped up this fun little card.  I’m quite excited – as it’s my second Thanksgiving card done – only 8 more to go to hit my Thanksgiving Stamping goal!

Chat & Challenge PM Sketch

This is a perfect Clean and Simple (CAS) card.  I love all the ‘white’ space. 

• I chose More Mustard as my base, and went straight to my Color Coach for my other two colors – Cajun Craze and Night of Navy.  This is the creative combination option.
• I used Lovely as a Tree (only my second time – read my other post here about my history with this great stamp set)
• The oak leaves serve as the stamped Cajun Craze background.  I also stamped the little leaf in Cajun Craze on More Mustard for the perfect little embellishment.
• To kick my card up a notch, I spritzed the Cajun Craze card stock with the Gold Glow Smooch Spritz.
• My perfect finishing touches are to pop the saying and leaf up while adding a little paper piercing to the Night of Navy and the complimenting opposite corners of the Cajun Craze.
• The sides of the greeting was made using my Decorative Label Punch.  I kept one side under and the rest I pulled through so I would only punch one side at a time.  I used the outside guide of the Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack to then add detailing to the sides.
• I stamped my greeting from Seasonal Sayings in Cajun Craze and then just barely rolled the edges in Not Quite Navy.  Did you know that you can order the sayings from this stamp set individually too!  Check out more information here.

Fix it Tip:

• If you mess up your Paper Piercing – for example, a bit crooked, fill in your the reversed side of the paper with your nails. 
• The reversed side will be the bumpy side. 
• You will still see a slight impression, but it’s rather slight.  You can then fix where you intended to punch. 
• This works best if you are only fixing a small amount – if you have 20 holes to fix, you may want to start over. 
• Look at my upper left corner of my Greeting – I ‘fixed’ five holes. 
• It’s hard to see with the naked eye on the actual project because there is so much going on with the card – of course you see it now because you know!

How many Thanksgiving cards will you be making this year?  I think I’ll whip up a batch of these – they are quick, easy and I love the color combination!

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Stamp Sets – Lovely as a Tree (127793), Seasonal Sayings (128009) Paper – Naturals White (102316), More Mustard (100946), Cajun Craze (119684), Night of Navy (100867) Ink – Cajun Craze (126965), Night of Navy (126970) Cool Tools – Paper Piercing Tool (126189), Stampin’ Pierce Mat (126199), Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (126187), Paper Snips (103579), Decorative Label Punch (120907) The Perfect Finish – Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Gold Glow Smooch Spritz (118770)