A Clean and Simple Thanksgiving Card

Hi!  With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I thought I would create a clean and simple card just for that!  I used Waffle Flower Craft's Tribal Bear Stamp Set along with Holiday Words Die for this card:

There is also a video to accompany this card.  Pop over to the Waffle Flower Crafts blog today to check it out!

-Tess

Fun Fall Cards

Hello!  I'm guest designing over on the Scrapdoodle blog today and thought I'd share my cards here, too!  I chose two cute stamp sets from Darcie's Heart and Home and some adorable patterned papers from Lawn Fawn to create these cards:

This first one uses the Pile of Fun stamp set:

I love this image!  Darcie's Heart and Home gives you so many options- cling rubber or clear acrylic in each of the sets we have at the store.  They also added pigtails to the set so you can make it a boy or a girl- isn't that clever! I made mine a little girl and had so much fun coloring her.  I used my colored pencils and really love how easy they are to blend.  If you have trouble with Copics, these are another great option for coloring!

I chose the Plenty of Fun set for my second card:

Isn't this little turkey cute?  I couldn't walk out of the store without him! lol!  I used colored pencils again to color the image- they worked great on the kraft cardstock.  I chose colors that would go along with the patterned papers from the Into the Woods collection from Lawn Fawn.  Using your patterned papers as inspiration for your colors is a great place to start if you are having a hard time.

I had so much fun stamping with the adorable sets by Darcie's Heart and Home.  I think I'll stop by the store and pick out a couple images for wintertime, too!

Thanks for popping by the blog today!

-tessa

Card Class at Scrapdoodles

Hello!

Next weekend I'll be teaching a card class down at Scrapdoodles in Fredericksburg, VA.  I thought I'd pop on this evening and share my samples:

Lots of fun techniques in these!  Watercoloring, punch art, a fun ruffle technique, heat embossing, stamping, and some Perfect Pearls fun... something for everyone, right?  If you'd like to join me, please call Scrapdoodles at (540) 548-3788 for more information. 

Hope you have a great night!

-tessa

Everyday Gratitude Card

Well, it's Monday again!  Funny how it rolls around each week.  Monday is usually welcome in my book- I love a fresh start to the week- but this weekend was extra fun and it felt like it went by extra fast!  I wish it could have lasted a little longer!  :) 

Today I want to share a card that I had published over the summer in Paper Crafts Magazine's Card Creations  v9 Special Issue.  I am glad they picked it up because I really did love how it turned out.  It has a lot of my favorite elements together- colors, ribbon, brads, stamp set, and paper company... Here it is:

Goodies:
All products by Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Day of Gratitude set
Ink: Basic Gray, Pool Party, More Mustard
Paper: Naturals Ivory, Basic Gray cardstock; Farmhouse collection by October Afternoon
Accessories: Victoria Crochet Trim, Linen Thread, Antique Brads

Nothing but stamping and fussy cutting on this card so pretty easy to recreate.  Sometimes the basics are all you need!  Today though, I'm going to play around with some fun techniques to try in my next class- I hope they turn out! :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

-tessa