Thanksgiving Cards

NOT - that I have been a good blogger mind you, but I decided I needed to get back in to blogging -- with a purpose of course.  I have been "pinning" quite a bit over at Pinterest -- not maniac pinning but when I find something I like, or I see something someone else has "pinned" then I pin it too.
So, there I am finding all these things to pin -- but what happens after that?  aaahhh!! That is what I am going to do!  I'm going to create a board on my pinterest of the crafts that I have done and where my inspiration came from ... so here we go .... Thanksgiving cards!

supplies - magazine, stamp, ink and lace

supplies - paper, cards, thread, buttons, craft borders

So to get started - I gathered all my supplies.
The inspiration card:  see page 23 of Stamper's Sample - Take Ten - Autumn 2011 magazine.  I often get inspiration for cards from magazine's.  I never said I thought up designs on my own!
I used my new Technique Tuesday "Give Thanks" which was October's stamp of the month - specifically the sentiment - happy Thanksgiving.
The ink, a brown Versafine.  The lace -- thank you Lori H! for giving me your lace.  I dyed it from the bright white is was to an off white using coffee!
Continuing on ... I just purchased the cards from Hobby Lobby, they are a craft paper brown.
The paper -- 3 odd sheets from my stash.  Two of them are Creative Memories papers and one is a Cosmo Cricket paper.
Buttons from my button stash and some very old DMC off white embroidery thread.

I need 14 Thanksgiving cards to send to parents, siblings and children.  I learned from a friend to make an extra card, so I was planning for 15 cards.  First --- count out the cards, then cut the paper .. 3.5 x 5 inches.  Next stamp and trim the sentiment using a cream color card stock.  Cut the lace into 4 inch pieces and add thread to all the buttons (that took a while).  Here are all the supplies ready to go.

Step 1 - adhere the background paper.
Step 2a - add the lace.
Step 2b - add the craft border -- STOP -- after realize the craft border is not going to work. {sigh - Put the craft borders away.}
Step 3 - start to add the buttons and realize - yeah it needs something more.
Extra step ---- get out the pre-punched leaves and play around a bit and realize --  I need leaves.  Find the right color paper and punch leaves (the punch I used was a Creative Memories punch I have had forever)
Step 3 -- add the leaves --- ahh that looks good.
Step 4 -- add the sentiment
Step 5 -- add the buttons.  Get one card done ... hmmm.... add the buttons to another -- NOPE!  It's not working ..... rip the buttons off.  Dang!  They won't come off  the one -- ok -- one card now has buttons. {sigh -- put the buttons away }

DONE!!!!!!!  Don't they look nice? See the ONE with the buttons?  I think I'll just keep that one.

Happy Thanksgiving!!