Happy Thanksgiving and GO7

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

Happy Thanksgiving to my US friends and a belated

Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends.

I hope you are finding lots of things to be thankful for.

Sometimes it's hard to see those blessings.  I hope that today you can find at least one.

This month the Group of Seven Cardmakers are using die cuts to make

textured backgrounds.

For my first card, I used 2 pieces of Saffron cardstock that's been dabbed with

various Fall colored inks.  I die cut this etched branch from one piece and glued

onto the other piece to create a textured background.

Then I die cut another branch from copper foil, trimmed a bit off and added over top.

A thin frame die cut from foil and some punched dots to add a little bit of

extra pizzazz.

Since Christmas is just around the corner, I used this technique for another

Christmas card.

This time I used a NBUS die and cut it multiple times to add randomly

over a card front.

I die cut another from Mixed Media paper and watercolored with ink pressed

into the top of my ink pads and a waterbrush. 

I die cut Joy from my Twiggy Alphabet three times, sponged color on one,

and stacked them for the sentiment.

I hope you'll go to the Group of Seven blog to see what the fantastic textured

backgrounds my GO7 friends have done. Maybe you'll want to try the technique

yourself and link your card.

Challenges:

Group of Seven Cardmakers - Textured backgrounds

NBUS #68 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Holly Branch)

Rudolph Days - ATG Christmas

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Teeny Tiny Wishes (ret SU)

Ink:   Early Espresso, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, Cherry Cobbler

Paper:   So Saffron, Copper Foil

Other:  Privet Branch Die (SSS), A2 Thin Frames die (SSS), Punches

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   Garden Green, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Mixed Media (Strathmore), Christmas Pine (GKD)

Other:  Red and Greens Die (PB), Twiggy Alphabet dies (MB), Stitched Rectangles die (SSS)

Enjoy!

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