Free Day of Gratitude Tutorial

My theme for this month's card class was Fall. The Spice Cake DSP made designing easy with its great color combinations and designs.

The first card I'm sharing is a hybrid, combining digital and card making. I used the MDS Autumn Kit digital download for the Day of Gratitude sentiment and the French Foliage leaf. I enlarged both the digital Day of Gratitude and French Foliage stamp, printing them out on Whisper White cardstock.The Spice Cake DSP background is also a digital printout. If you'd like to make this card for yourself, please Click Here for my FREE step-by-step tutorial, which includes the digital information for this card, along with instructions for putting the card together.

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October Color Challenge #9 + Gift Tag

From Adriel:

It's the beginning of a new month

and that means a new THS color challenge!

Here's the colors for our challenge this month.

Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, River Rock, and More Mustard

I had fun with these colors and made some gift tags

with last year's "Gobble Gobble" stamp from Stampin' Up!'s a la carte.

It's just too cute not to use again! =)

I sent the River Rock CS through the Big Shot

with the Lattice embossing folder.

When you tear it, it almost looks like burlap, which is a great touch.

Now it's your turn! As always, our color challenge

is open to all of our artsy, crafty friends.

You have the whole month to create something fabulous using our color challenge.

Just post it on your blog or a gallery

and link to it using the submission button at the bottom of this post.

You can also send us a picture of your creation and we will submit it for you.

Email us at: twohappystampers@gmail.com

We'll feature 5 of the entries on our blog!

Guidelines:

Color challenge ends October 31st @ midnight Arizona time

Please keep submissions family friendly

Get inspired, get creative, and have fun!

Happy October to you!

Another Thanksgiving Post

From Heidi...

This is a hybrid card I created for one of our upcoming classes...I've used digital stamped leaves along with a hand stamped sentiment and then built the card like I would a hand stamped card. The leaf is one of the digital stamp sets included in My Digital Studio. I am finding myself using MDS more and more...not only for convenience sake, but it allows new avenues of creativity, as well. I shared this program last night at a workshop I hosted...It was fun to share the digital fun with others.
This card is one that we'll be making in our October 5 Tumbleweed class. If you'd like to sign up, visit the City of Chandler's Park and Recreation site to register. (319TW.130 - 10AM-Noon class; 320TW.130 - 7-9 PM class)

More Reversed Masking

From Heidi...

If you saw Adriel's last post, my card today was inspired by her sponged Little Leaves background. She had actually sponged a Little Leaves background on Crumb Cake CS several weeks ago but hadn't gotten any further than that. Every time I went into the craft room, there it was sitting on the table crying out, "Use me!" Well, I didn't use her background (although I was tempted several times), but I went ahead and sponged another one on Crumb Cake and made this Thanksgiving card for one of our upcoming classes in October. We'll try and share our upcoming cards here over the next few weeks. I'm really looking forward to our classes at Tumbleweed and my house (Tuesday, 10/19) in October. We have some very cool looking cards coming up along with a fun technique called Faux Linen. We'd love to have you join us.

Classes and dates at Tumbleweed Recreation Center are as follows:
Thanksgiving-themed cards
319TW.130 - Tuesday, 10/5, 10am-Noon
320TW.130 - Tuesday, 10/5, 7-9 PM
Faux-Linen technique
321TW.130 - Tuesday, 10/12, 10am-Noon
322TW.130 - Tuesday, 10/12, 7-9 PM

A Look Back at Fall

From Heidi...Having just celebrated Thanksgiving and everything Fall, here's a look back at Fall with our Fall Plate Face...or it's a peek forward towards next year's Fall season.
CS: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Close to Cocoa, Pumpkin Pie
Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Stampset: Freshcuts, Fundamental Phrases
Punches: 3-Flower, Wide Oval, Word Window
Accessories: Always Artichoke 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, linen thread
Big Shot: Bigz Dies Scallop

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Here's all 6 of the plate faces. Can't wait to make them again! Thanks for visiting our blog!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hoping all of you have a wonderful day today, doing whatever it is that makes today special for you. =)

Thanksgiving Table and Stamp-A-Technique Classes

Here are the pictures of our upcoming classes.
Thanksgiving Table, Thursday, October 15
12:30-3 PM and 7-9:30 PMStamp-A-Technique with Watercoloring

Tuesday, October 20
1-3 PM and 7-9 PM
Thursday, October 22
7-9 PM