Greetings everyone and to my friends in the United States, Happy Thanksgiving! I have much to be thankful for today--family, friends and the ability to share with you all, a craft that I love! I am so thankful for your continued visits to the Canopy, your supportive comments and the friends that I have made through blog-land! So for today's Create with Connie & Mary challenge, I had to make a Thanksgiving card even though today's colors are a bit non-traditional for this holiday:
Lovely aren't they? Greens and blues are some of my favorite colors and paired with River Rock they just sing! Take a look:
I've been wanting to try sponge daubers with the medallion from Day of Gratitude so I did just that starting with the lightest color, River Rock in the center and proceeding with Lucky Limeade and finally Night of Navy on the edges. I stamped onto Very Vanilla cardstock and then did some fussy cutting.
I inked and stamped another one, punching out the center with a 1 3/8" circle punch and decorating the center with pearls! I carried the medallion into the inside:
stamping in River Rock and although the Night of Navy sentiment stamp I used is retired, it is available as a digital file in My Digital Studio. Remember you don't need MDS to use a digital file--just download and use in any word processing or graphics program!
I chose this sentiment because it perfectly sums up my thoughts for you today...thank you! Please be sure to stop by Create with Connie & Mary to see all the wonderful creations from the rest of the design team. Thanks for stopping by today, friends!
supplies:
stamps: day of gratitude; hand-penned holidays; seasonal sentiments (MDS)
ink: river rock, lucky limeade, night of navy
paper: river rock, night of navy, very vanilla
xtras: filial press embossing folder; chantilly lace crochet trim; basic pearls; 1 3/8" circle punch; sponge daubers
Beautiful, Nance! I love that medallion stamp so much. Happy Thanksgiving my friend! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful! I love how you punched the centre and the little rosette of pearls is lovely. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and thank YOU for sharing your talents with us.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, Happy Thanksgiving!! Enjoy your time with family and friends and eat some goodies for me :)
ReplyDeleteGreat colour combo and a fabulous card. Love the embossing in the BG and the focal medallion.
Super sponge-daubering Nance and Happy Turkey Day!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful Thanksgiving card! I love the ruffled ribbon and the pearls! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful Thanksgiving card! I love the ruffled ribbon and the pearls! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving Nance! Your card is just gorgeous. The Medallion is the perfect stamp to show off your sponging. And the pearls in the center are a great way to finish it off!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! The medallion is a show stopper! very classy! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteNance beautiful card. Love your colors too and the touch of pearls is always a winner for me.
ReplyDeleteI just LOVE using daubers love how your blended the images. Hugs.
Absolutely gorgeous, Nance! I love the pearls and the embossing! You inked the medallion stamp perfectly!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful as always! I love how you used all three colors on the medallion and then popped up the middle - so clever!!
ReplyDeleteI love this, Nance! I commend your fussy-cutting skills because I am like Edward Scissor-Hands when I try to cut out images...maybe that is a bad reference because he was actually GOOD at cutting. I was more referrring to me with crazy hair and a realy sullen expression on my face when I try to cut out detailed things. Lol! The ruffled lace and the pearls are a beautiful touch. Hugs! :)
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