Thanksgiving Mice

 The leaves are starting to turn beautiful fall colours where I live and that means fall and Thanksgiving are just around the corner. I feel the leaves are changing early this year but it has inspired me to get my Thanksgiving cards started. White pumpkins are very popular where I live so I stepped out of my comfort zone and coloured the pumpkin on the "Harvest Mice" stamp from High Hopes Rubber Stamps as a white pumpkin instead of the traditional orange for my first Thanksgiving card of the year. How cute are these three!?!

After stamping on to alcohol marker friendly paper, I coloured with Copic markers, added polka dots to the dress with a white gel pen and added some clouds with a cloud die cut and Tumbled Glass Distress ink. Then, I cut the image to size to fit my 5.5" x 5.5" card base and cut the bottom with a stitched edge die. I set that aside and cut some card stock and polka dot paper from Simple Stories to add to the card base. I used the same stitched border die for the card stock to put behind the stamp to help it stand out better. I stamped and cut the sentiment and tucked it under the stamped image. Enamel dots finish off my card. 

Stamp Recipe

Stamps - Harvest Mice (S155)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Happy Thanksgiving (F203)

Patterned Paper - Simple Stories

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, cloud die - Quickutz, Tumbled Glass Distress ink, stitched border die - Pretty Pink Posh, enamel dots

Copic Markers

Pumpkin - E81 E84 V20 G40 G43 G24 B01

Mice - W2 W4 W5 W7 

Noses - N4 N5 N8 

Clothing - B91 B93 B95 B97 E11 E08 E19 E18

Grass - G40 G43 

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First Day of Fall

 Happy first day of fall! Fall means cooler temperatures, pumpkin patches and corn mazes to run through and October and Thanksgiving are just around the corner. To help ring in a new season I have chosen to use "Country Harvest" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps a gorgeous fall stamp and I think perfect for a Thanksgiving card too!

After stamping and colouring the stamp with copic markers, I used a stitched edge die to cut an the bottom of the stamp. The stitches don't show but I wanted a clean curve edge for my design. I wanted to keep the patterned paper for the background and card design simple to keep the focus on the stamp so I chose a simple wood grain paper and put it on a 6x6 card base. After cutting the curve edge I mounted it on matching card stock and cut the edge again. To add a bit of colour I added some pieces of gingham patterned paper. A sentiment, twine and enamel dots finish off the card.

Card Details

Stamps - Country Harvest (T109) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Happy Thanksgiving (F203) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Knock On Wood - Lawn Fawn, Gingham - Simple Stories

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, stitched die - Whimsy Stamps, twine, enamel dots

Copic Markers

 

Pumpkins - YR15 YR16 YR18 E19

Apples - R05 R27 R37 R59 YG01 YG03 YG17 BG99

Straw Bale - Y11 Y15 YR23 Y26

Basket - E23 E27 E29 E34 E35 E29

Sign, Base - E41 E42 E29

Stems, Leaves - YG17 YG67 BG99 B37

Cat - C0 C1 C4 C5 R20 R22

Crow - Y11 Y15 Y25 Y38 T1 T4 T6 T8

Cloth - E50 E53 E42 YG01 YG03 YG17

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