Not a Turkey!

 Hi friends!  Have you had a chance to check out the Thanksgiving release from Kat Scrappiness yet?  I created a few cards for the release that I haven't shared with you yet, so I thought today was a good day for it. 

This card features some of my favorites from the release!  I used the new 3D Pop Up Box Die to create my card base along with the Grass Add-On Dies. I inked up the grass panels with Distress Ink to add a little bit of depth to them. 

I colored up several images from the Gobble Gobble stamp set with Copic Markers (listed below), die-cut them using the coordinating Gobble Gobble Dies and set them aside.  I die-cut the tree from the Crafters Essentials Fall Dies and I embossed my sentiment in gold and backed the panel with orange card stock.  To assemble the card, I determined where I wanted the elements to go and adhered them to the backs of the grass panels before I put the card together.   The best part is that this card folds flat to go in an envelope.

Colors Used: 

Burgundy - E49, R59, R29, R24

Orange - YR18, YR27, YR24

Gold - YR24, Y26, Y23, Y21

Teal - BG49, BG57, BG53, BG11

Brown - E29, E27, E25, E23, E21

Sign Frame - 100

Eyes - C1, C0, 0

Leaves - YG67, YG63, YG61

Acorn - E35, E34, E31

I literally cannot get enough of these cute turkeys!  I just love them!  I hope you have been inspired to get crafty!

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Xoxo, Kim

Happy Thanksgiving - Eat Chicken!

Hi crafty friends!  Today, I am over on the Kat Scrappiness Blog sharing a project and I wanted to share it here with you!  You may that remember that recently, I participated in a Live Craft & Chat with my crafty friends, @LV Handcrafted and @stamprgrl to celebrate World Card Making Day.  We had an absolute blast and I was able to complete this card.  

During the Craft & Chat, Linh, Dalis and I all worked from the same sketch from CardMaps.  It was so much fun because each one of our cards were drastically different.  I colored the turkey from the Kat Scrappiness Gobble Gobble stamp set with Copics (listed below) during the live.  That was an adventure.  I have never colored in front of people - add having to talk on top of that, and OMG. Once I finished coloring him, I cut him out and set him aside. 

This is the sketch that we used. 

 

I layered 4 different squares from the Gobble Gobble 6 x 6 Paper Pad onto colored cardstock squares and adhered them to my card front.  I die-cut a circle and I stamped one of the sentiments from the Happy Fall Y'all stamp set. I cut the sentiment strip into a banner, along with two strips and adhered them to the underside of the circle before placing it on the card front and trimming off the excess.  

To complete the card, I tied a loopy bow from gold metallic thread and placed it behind the turkey before adhering it to the card front, followed by some strategically placed Chocolate Jewels.

Copics Used: 

Burgundy - E49, R59, R29, R24

Orange - YR18, YR27, YR24

Gold - YR24, Y26, Y23, Y21

Teal - BG49, BG57, BG53, BG11

Brown - E29, E27, E25, E23, E21

Sign Frame - 100

Sign - E25, E23, E21

Eyes - C1, C0, 0

This card was so much fun to create, doubly so, as it was done while spending time with crafty friends!  If you missed out on the Live Craft & Chat, don't fret!  We will be doing it again on October 22, 2022.  This time we will be creating a fun-fold card together!  

Please make sure to head on over to the Kat Scrappiness Shop!  She has absolutely EVERYTHING you could possibly need to create cards for all of the upcoming holidays, and then some!  

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

Xoxo,  Kim

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Give Thanks! - Kat Scrappiness IG Hop

Hi friends!  I am so excited to be sharing my debut project with the Kat Scrappiness Creative Crew! We are celebrating the latest release with an Instagram Hop, so make sure to head over to join in on the fun. 

This release is full of the most amazing products - Halloween, Thanksgiving, shaker bits, and tons of incredible dies!  It made creating my projects so incredibly fun. 

For my card, I used the Goobble Gobble Stamp Set and colored up this cute turkey with Copic markers (listed below). I used the coordinating Gobble Gobble Dies to cut it out and set it aside. 

I created the background using the small stamps from the set and inking them up with Versamark Ink for a tone on tone look.  I die-cut the sentiment using the Give Thanks Word and Shadow Dies, adhered them together and set them aside. 

I layered up my panels and added a strip of the zig zag patterned paper from the Gobble Gobble 6x6 Paper Pad, followed by my sentiment.  I then added a loopy gold bow and popped the turkey up on foam squares.  Lastly, I added some Chocolate Jewels, because everything is better with bling! 

Copics Used: 

Burgundy - E49, R59, R29, R24

Orange - YR18, YR27, YR24

Gold - YR24, Y26, Y23, Y21

Teal - BG49, BG57, BG53, BG11

Brown - E29, E27, E25, E23, E21

Black - 100, N8, N6, N4

Eyes - C1, C0

Make sure to head over to Instagram and join us for the hop! One lucky participant will win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Kat Scrappiness Shop.  Look for this graphic and follow all of the instructions: 

And seriously, you need to head over to the shop and check out the release!  It is just full of so much goodness! 

Thank you for spending part of your day with me!  

Xoxo, Kim

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Sneak Peek! A Harvest Full of Blessings!

 Happy Saturday, everyone!  Two posts from me in one day!  Can you believe it?  

I am so excited to share with you my preview of the soon-to-be-released (like TOMORROW) Thanksgiving Blessings Stamp Set from Artful Angel!  

I love this stamp set - it includes 7 different sentiment stamps with a fall/gratitude/Thanksgiving theme - and they are really so versatile!  

With my card today, I wanted to show you that it can be so quick and easy to create something incredibly beautiful!  I used some gorgeous, patterned papers from the Echo Park Welcome Autumn 6x6 Mega Pad and I inked up the edges of the panels with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.   I die-cut a circle from a dry embossed panel that I had laying around and I inked up the edges of it also. 

I heat embossed my sentiment on white cardstock and I trimmed the sentiment strip into a banner, and then I created two more banners from patterned paper.  I adhered all of my elements to a brown card base and lastly, I created a loopy bow using some thin grosgrain ribbon and some linen thread.  

I wanted a button for the front of the bow, but I didn't have any, so I used one of the Eyelet Outlet Leaf Brads and I cut off the legs of the brad using wire snips and used a hot glue gun to adhere it to the bow.  

Once I had my game plan in place, this card came together so quickly and easily.  I love that this will be easy to mass produce, also! 

Please make sure to join us in the Artful Angel Takes Flight Facebook Group so that you don't miss any of the release day festivities!  Tomorrow, join us for the Release Day Instagram Hop and be entered for a chance to win the entire release!   The entire release will be available in the Artful Angel Shop on 9/25/22.  Use discount code "KIMSIMPSON" at checkout to save 10% on your order!

Thanks so much for sharing part of your day with me!  
Xoxo, Kim