You’re Invited….

Well, it’s the first official day of Fall, and while I will miss summer, and the easy schedules with the kids, the garden, the trips to the beach and all that BBQ’ing, I have to admit that I truly LOVE fall.

The crisp slightly cooler air, the fresh smell of the wind whipping through the gorgeous fall leaves, and of course, all the celebrations! I love thanksgiving (almost more than  Christmas), and Halloween too.

I decided that since I love thanksgiving so much, why not really celebrate it right? Including sending out some invitations made with the totally gorgeous myStampBox set a Tree for all Seasons? I then took it one step further, and made a little pillow box which I will fill with truffles and use as placetags for each person at dinner.

I’m pretty happy with how they turned out.. Just have 13 more to do now!!

Happy Fall everyone!

Card Recipe:

myStampBox Stamps: A Tree for all Seasons & Floating Leaves

Core’dinations Cardstock cut 7 x 11 3/4

Prism Simply Smooth White Cardstock

Memento Rich Cocoa Ink

Copic Markers:  Assorted Colours

We R Memory Keepers Patterned Paper  cut 2  1/2 x 7″  & buttons

Cut the cardstock and score at:  2 1/2 and 7 1/4 from the left hand side of the paper.  Fold.

Cut 2 pieces of the Simply Smooth cardstock to 2 3/4″.  Cut a mat of cordinating cardstock to 3×3″

Stamp tree trunk using memento ink onto one of the white cardstock pieces.

Stamp the leaves overtop of the trunk, and colour in using copic markers.

Mat the completed Tree image.   Attach the  piece of  patterned paper.  Adhere the matted stamped image so that is centered when the card is closed.    Adhere the second piece of white cardstock behind the attached image on the right hand side of the card.. so that it is hidden when the card is closed.  See photo.

Stamp sentiment.   Attach buttons using glue dots.

Pillow Box Place Cards:

Sizzix Pillow Box Die Cut

myStampBox Floating Leaves Stamps

Copic Markers

Foam Dots

To assemble pillow box, use Sizzix die cut in and cut out.  If you don’t have the die,  you can download the template here from the Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine website which I made for a previous project in last winters issue.

Make a band using matching coodinating patterned paper.  Wrap around the pillow box and attach with adhesive.

Write or print each persons name onto a small piece of cardstock.  Set aside.

Stamp desired leaves from Floating Leaves set onto Prism Simply Smooth Cardstock.   Colour as desired with Copic Markers and cut out.  Adhere using pop dots to give extra dimension and depth.  Attach names and you’re done.