Hello Fellow Stampers ~
Oh my goodness!! I didn't realize it had been so long since we shared a Mix-It Up Monday together!! Whew!! It must have been a crazy past month or so!! And now it's Thanksgiving week! So hard to believe, and how fast the time really is passing!
Is everyone else ready for the hecticness of the Thanksgiving holiday this week? I did all my major grocery shopping yesterday; and have the menu and plan laid out; now we'll see. The first son is supposed to come in tomorrow morning -- but we have a major snow storm hitting overnight tonight and so I'm guessing his flight is going to get cancelled. At minimum the drive to the airport to get him is going to be tough!! I'm supposed to drive down to Colorado Springs on Wednesday to pick mom-in-law who will be staying with us the rest of the week; and I'm freaking out a little bit about how the roads will be by Wednesday morning!! It all remains to be seen . . . but I'm moving forward with plans as though all will be alright -- setting up the formal dining room today; and starting to make pies, etc. Whew! So much to to do!! LOL
Today I'm excited to share some Fall/Thanksgiving decor items that I've been wanting to create for over 2 months now!!! Sheesh! THAT should tell you something.
These simple framed "art" - and the cute decorated pumpkin are showcased in our Holiday Occasions catalog - but I've simply had no time until now to sit down and recreate my version of the fun!
Worse yet - I bought this cute "faux" white pumpkin (it's ceramic; not real) in early September - and it's been sitting on my work table ever since! Yikes!
It's about time I get this cute and simple little project done so we can enjoy it before it goes in the Fall decor bin at the end of the week to be stored until next year -- LOL
This simple tag is cut from the Come to Gather DSP at 2" x about 4" - and was punched at the end with the Banner Triple Punch.
The I stamped the wheat image twice from the Gather Together stamp set in Soft Suede ink on Crumb Cake cardstock, and fussy cut them out.
The leaves are cut with the Gathered Leaves Dies - and I'll bet you're wondering how I got the darker color (Soft Suede) in the leaf cut from the Crumb Cake cardstock . . . we'll come back to that in a minute!! LOL
I stamped the sentiment in Pretty Peacock ink on the wood piece from the Tags & Feathers Elements - I haven't used these wooden elements nearly enough this season -- they're really fun! It's all tied with the ribbon and twine from the Come to Gather Ribbon Combo Pack. Don't you love how we used the entire Come to Gather Suite in this one little project?
I think that this is really the piece I've most been wanting to make over the past several months.
I struggled most with what kind of frame I wanted for this art piece.
I ended up getting a 10-1/2" x 6-1/4" frame (that's the frame size itself) that is set up on the inside to hold 3 small size (2-1/2" x 3-1/2") photos across.
So this is not exactly what you'll see in the catalog -- don't be thrown.
You can really do this in almost any size frame you want truth be known!!
The background is that lovely crumb cake/dotted paper from the Come to Gather DSP.
Then you'll see below that I stamped the wheat image from the stamp set right on the paper in the opposite corners.
From there it's mostly about building your "collage" so to speak.
Feathers from the Tags & Feathers Elements are layered over my "special" leaves; then after testing stamping and die cutting pumpkins from the stamp set, I ended up cutting pumpkins out of the designer series paper -- they are just so pretty!!
Just so you know -- the leaves are SNAIL'd flat to the background paper; but the pumpkins were layered together with glue dots and then popped up with dimensionals.
"Gather" was die cut with the pretty Hand-Lettered Prose Dies from Pretty Peacock cardstock.
Attached over these pumpkins with Multi-Purpose Glue; and the rest are popped with mini dimensionals (some of those cut in half so they "hide" and are not seen).
You ready to know more about the secret behind those pretty leaves both on the tag further up and the framed art piece? 😊😊
This is so simple, it's almost unreal!!! LOL
Since these dies "emboss" while they cut out the shape, first press the leaf die into the ink of your choice (in this case above Pear Pizzazz) and then lay it on a "lighter" colored cardstock (in this case Soft Sea Foam) when cutting them out.
Can you believe how pretty this is??!!?? WOW and Easy!
This is the lower right-hand corner of my framed piece.
I fussy cut pumpkins for inside the frame; and added the stamped/die cut ones outside the frame for extra dimension.
Who noticed what got added between the very first picture in today's blog post and the later ones?
I always seem to think about "what's missing" from my projects while I'm working on other tasks!
LOL
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