Thanks is for Giving

Saying "thank you" is such an important thing to do.  One of the best ways I know how is to send a card, or better yet a card and a batch of chocolate chip cookies to show your gratitude.  :)  Thanksgiving is not the only time I reflect on what I'm thankful for.  Every day I am thankful for so many blessings in my life. (including you!)

On Monday I showed you one way to use the burlap ribbon, and this card uses up the pieces of "string" I pulled off the ribbon to make it fray.  Isn't that burlap bow a nice touch to the card?

In the video I will show you some easy things you can do with Stampin' UP!'s burlap ribbon.  It's great for the fall cards I've been making lately, but I've also used it on several masculine cards as well.  The texture is unique and I think that's why I like it so much.

***Note- If you are reading this post in your email you may need to go to my blog to view the video.

After the camera stopped rolling I made another card using the burlap banner.  It's one of my favorite Autumn cards this year.   It was also my Design Team card for StampNation earlier this month.  Originally my card submission was going to be the one in the video, but I like this one even better.

My favorite part of this card has to be the burlap banner with the addition of the brown button.  It just feels like fall to me.

The "thank" comes from an expressions thinlit that spells "thankful"  I just cut off the last three letters and glued it down using my two-way glue pen.  Next I stamped "YOU" from Friendship Preserves to add beneath it.   Adding the "you" took the longest time.  I went through all my stamps to find the right you and had to cut this one out to make it work, but it's worth it.  Now that the card is complete I love the added touch.

These are obviously Fall themed thank you cards because of the autumnal colored leaves stamped in the background, but if you changed up the color and stamp you could send these year round.  Perhaps I will make a snowflake thanks to show you what I mean.  :)

Creative Blessings,
Heather North

Stamps: Friendship Preserves, Magnificent Maple, Seasonal Sayings
Ink & Paper: ??? Summer Starfruit, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso (or was it Chocolate Chip), Soft Suede, Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla (Basically just pull out your fall colors and go to town)
Misc.: Burlap Ribbon, Nuetrals Button, Expressions Thinlits

Happy Thanksgiving Canada!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends out there!!!  I hope you are enjoying a wonderful day with your family.  In honor of Canada I made this Maple leaf card.  Can you see how it is the Canadian flag on its side?  This was the second challenge at StampNation on World Card Making Day.

As you can see the Canadian flag takes center stage in the inspiration photo I was working from.   Since my cards were being made for OWH and I wasn't sure if they had anybody in Canada to send cards to I flipped the card on its side so it could become a generic Fall card.

That is part of the fun of inspiration.  It's not a matter of following directions and copying exactly.  Instead it is meant to be more of a starting point to springboard your imagination.

The Magnificent Maple stamp embossed really well.  All the fine lines show up very crisp.  The little burlap ribbon and Stylish Stripes embossing folder add just the right touch to make the Clean And Simple card not appear boring.  I have more fall/Thanksgiving cards to show you this week along with a video showing you a few things you can do with that burlap ribbon. 

Happy Thanksgiving (again) to all my Canadian friends.  Enjoy your day of gratitude!!!

Creative Blessings,
Heather North

P.S.  Today is the last day  for this week's Weekly Deals.  Tomorrow new deals will be going up. I'm going to get the Squares Collection Framelits.  What are you getting?

Stamps: A Dozen Thoughts, Magnificent Maple
Cardsock: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Accessories: Burlap Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder, Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder




Burlap Ribbon




Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder



Magnificent Maple



World Card Making Day for USA ~ Video & Prizes

In case you are just opening my blog for the first time today, let me fill you in.  :)  Today is World Card Making Day... a day dedicated to making cards.  As part of the fun I am participating in 2 blog hops.

First: Operation Write Home (OWH) Click HERE to go to that post.

Second: StampNation Design Team Blog Hop.  Click HERE to go to that post.

So with these two wonderful posts and the hop along to see many others, why am I posting a third time?  The answer is a Video and a Giveaway.  ;) 

Everyone who leaves a comment on this post and follows my blog will be entered to win a set of card kits for some of the cards I've made for WCMD.  I'll be showing the cards and videos for these cards all week long so check back often. 

The first video (and kit) is for the card  I made for both the USA challenge on StampNation and OWH sketch card.    The kit for this card will include the paper, ribbons, sponge wedge and a sample of gold embossing powder, as well as a copy of the OWH Sketch #163.

***Note: If you are reading this in an email or reader, you may need to go to my blog to view the video.

Here's a closeup so you can see the sponging and embossing a bit better.

Good luck!  I'm excited to be able to send out my 4 kits to 2 lucky winners.  One for comments on this post and another for comments on my SN Blog Hop post.  Yeppers, two chances to win!

*Please Note:  Comments will close on Thursday, October 10th at 11:59 pm Eastern Time. Winners will be announced on Friday, October 11th. You must respond with an email by Friday, October 18th to receive your kits if you are chosen as winner.

Creative Blessings,
Heather North

P.S.  If you are looking for Sew Saturday and the progress on Tyler's quilt come back tomorrow.  I'll have it up for you then.  :)

P.P.S:
Day 2: Clicky
Day 3: Clicky
Day 4: Clicky
Bonus: Coming soon.  :)


Stamps: Magnificent Maple, Another Thank You
Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Pumpkin Pie, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit
Paper: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Witches Brew DSP
Accessories: Baked Brown Sugar Ruffle Stretch Ribbon, Burlap Ribbon, Gold Embossing Powder, Petite Curly Label Punch, Woodgrain Embossing Folder  


Burlap Ribbon



Magnificent Maple



Woodgrain Embossing Folder



World Card Making Day for Operation Write Home

Today is World Card Making Day (WCMD)and I plan to have lots of cards to share with you.  Most of the cards I am making today are going to be shipped out to OWH, so I am starting the day with the OWH challenge.

The challenge is to make a thank you card using one of Operation Write Home's sketches.  You know how I love sketches, so here it is.  Card #1 for WCMD!

It's based on Sketch #163



I'll have a video up in another post along with a giveaway for a card kit to make this card later today.  Click HERE to go there now.  Enjoy your hop and then go make a card for our heroes!

Creative Blessings,
Heather North

Card Recipe:
(All items Stampin' UP! unless otherwise noted.)

Stamps: Magnificent Maple, Another Thank You
Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Pumpkin Pie, Raspberry Ripple, Summer Starfruit
Paper: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Witches Brew DSP
Accessories: Baked Brown Sugar Ruffle Stretch Ribbon, Burlap Ribbon, Gold Embossing Powder, Petite Curly Label Punch, Woodgrain Embossing Folder