thanksgiving card ideas

Welcome home – Oh, that’s me! In case you’ve been wondering where I’ve been, I’ve spent the last 2 weeks on the road in New York. We had a fun family wedding, spent quality time with several members of our family in upstate and Western NY, and even had fun in New Jersey too! Of course, Michael and I had fun driving up and down the eastern coast! No, seriously, Michael and I love getting on the road together. We leave late at night and drive all through the night. We can usually make it to NY in 17 hours, though we took a leisure trip this time. We’re rather good in the car and love playing games, chatting and just seeing where the road takes us. We love to hit Farm Stands, go to new places and visit friends or memorable places along the way if we have the time. Thankfully both our businesses are mostly virtual and we have the freedom to do this – especially since we added 4 extra days while on the road!

After seeing the beginning of the color change all through the northeast, I thought I’d give you a fall-ish card for my Mojo Monday Challenge card today. I actually made a killer Christmas version that looks nothing like this one, but thought I’d save it for one of my 12 weeks of Christmas cards instead – so if you’re on the Creative Tips list – you’ll see that this week – it’s so cool, that I think I’m going to use it as one of my own Christmas cards this year! If you’d like to get my 12 weeks of Christmas projects free and more click here to subscribe today. So far you’ve only missed one week!

Supplies –

Stamps – Christmas Wishes, Gorgeous Grunge
Ink – Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake
Paper – Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper, Very Vanilla
Tools – Circle Collection Framelits, 1 1/4” Square Punch, Bone Folder
Finishing Touches – Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon (retired), Stamping Dimensionals
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Here is the Mojo Monday sketch and my fall version. Enjoy the tips below!

Creative Tips –

I wanted to use this great plaid from the Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper Collection, so the rest of the card kind of fell into place.
If you want to add a little something to brighten the card up – try the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set as I did here. The lines (my all time favorite stamp) are stamped in Tangerine Tango and the splats are stamped in Crumb Cake stamped off to make it more of the background.
The greeting is from a Christmas set, but honestly – it works for Thanksgiving too! Gotta love versatility, right?
I wanted a larger ribbon for the knot, so I broke out a retired spool – I miss this collection, try anything you have!
To make the Banner Flag, you will want to use a square punch or some paper snips. To get the end to curl up a bit, lightly curl your DSP upward using your bone folder. The trick is not to over-work it. View my video on how to make banner flags
To add a little interest, try popping up the card front and greeting with Stamping Dimensionals.