Some final Thanksgiving cards...

Last night, as I was planning this post, I was sitting in front of a roaring fire in the fireplace. The warmth of a fire always feels so cozy on a chilly Autumn night.

This will be my last post of Thanksgiving cards this year, even though there are several more that I have made. It seems I would have to post every day to share all the cards I make, and I'm not willing to do that right now.

This card was made with an intricate AI image of a maple leaf. I loved the colors in it and tried to use some gems to highlight them.

Here;s a closer look at this unique design. 

I added a computer-generated sentiment on the inside.

This card came together because I had the embossed panel and the pumpkins on my desk. I lightly sponged some gold metallic ink onto the embossed dots. The embossed panel was a little narrow, so I added a matte gold strip to each side. I also heat embossed the stamped sentiment.

The biggest pumpkin was glued directly to the embossed panel and the other one was popped up on dimensionals.

I cut a leafy vine from the matte gold paper to accent the pumpkins.

The sentiment on the inside was stamped with gold metallic ink.

The blue-gray DSP and the solid CS on each of these cards is a nontraditional color for Thanksgiving, but I liked the contrast with the copper-colored maple leaf, which was die-cut.

This is a top-folding card where the top is 1/2" shorter than the back. The sentiment was glued directly to the card front and three flat-backed, blue-gray pearls were added.

When you open the card, you still see the strip of CS at the bottom.

I've added a couple of punched leaves to accent the stamped sentiment.

This cardbase is the same as the previous card, except that it is side-folding. I popped the sentiment up on some thin foam strips. I didn't have any more pearls in a blue-gray color, so I used a couple of single hole punches to punch some little circles from the copper cardstock. After I glued them to my card front, I added some clear Nuvo Drops to give them dimension. They look just like enamel dots IRL.

On the inside, I added a stamped sentiment and a smaller die-cut leaf.

I am in the final stretch of getting Christmas cards made for my personal use, so I will have lots to show you in the coming weeks. I will continue making them to donate to the thrift store, but I will no longer feel pressured to get them done for myself! Yay!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl