Happy Fall/Thanksgiving

Hello friends!  Thanksgiving is just around the corner

are you ready?  I have my stretchy pants in the closet just

waiting to jump into them on Thursday morning.

Ohhhh I literally can hardly wait for my favorite dish

PUMPKIN PIE - yum!! I could be happy with just 

that and sweet potatoes and scalloped oysters. 

What's your favorite?

I only made two Fall/Thanksgiving cards this year. 

I thought it would be fun to share them with you

and join a couple challenges too. Hope you like them.

Here's the first:

Details: Stamp set "Grateful Pumpkins" (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps)

Inks: "Mossy Meadow", "Pumpkin Patch" and "Marvellous Mocha"

(all from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps). Cardstock (Stampin UP!)

Designer paper and twine from stash.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

 Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #222 Lots of Layers

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps Challenge #457 Fall Colors

Cardz 4 Gals Challenge #84 Pumpkins

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #318 Holiday

Crafting by Designs - Give Thanks or Autumn Colors

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Mood Board

and here's the second

 Details: Image and sentiment stamped with Marvellous Mocha

hybrid ink (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps) and colored with copic markers.

Stamp set: "Happy Fall Y'All"  (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps)

Designer papers from my stash. Cardstock from Stampin UP!

I'd like to enter this card in these challenges

Through the Purple Haze Challenges #150 Everything Fall

Crafting with an Attitude -Challenge #45 Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenges - November Anything Goes

Thanks so much for letting me share with you. 

I hope that your Thanksgiving holiday is full of love,

blessings and good food (including my favorite pumpkin pie)!

Stenciled Background Sympathy Cards

Hello sweet friends,

I'm sharing a couple sympathy cards I made yesterday

using a beautiful and versatile new stencil called Sweater Weather 

from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. I also used the hybrid inks from 

Kraftin' Kimmie - Bubbly Blue (brand new) for the background, 

Purple Petunia for the setiment, and Purple Pansy for the 

floral image on the second card.  I love these new inks. 

Here's the first card.  I sponged a little "heavier"

on the stencil to get a deeper background color. 

For this card, I wanted the background to be very subtle

so I sponged very lightly through the stencil.

The sentiment on both of these cards is a retired 

rubber stamp set from Kraftin' Kimmie. 

The flower image on the second card is from Stampin' Up.

 I tend to only make sympathy cards as I need to send them out.  

Making sympathy cards seems to be such a struggle for me. The reason 

for them makes me so sad, and yet I know that they are probably

some of the most appreciated cards that I send out. Do you 

struggle with making these as well?   

I was seeking inspiration to help me make these cards and found the 

following card challenge themes to help me 

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C460 "Use less Stuff Day - One layer cards"

Little Red Wagon Challenges #471 "Just A Sentiment"

I'm also entering the Kraftin' Kimmie Release Week Anything Goes Challenge 

and Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #317 Make Your Mark

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today.

Big crafty hugs to each of you! D