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Thankfulness and Gratitude

Welcome

For all of my American friends, Happy Thanksgiving! All of us should remember to have an attitude of thankfulness and to be truly grateful for what we have and for those in our lives.

The Project

A friend asked if I would make him a card to give to his wife, to let her know how much he appreciated her and her support during a rough season. What better way to let someone know how much they mean to you than to send a handmade card? This is one of the ways we can use our craft for good.

I made this pretty floral card, using Don’t Give Up, that is loosely watercolored. It’s a pretty quick way to whip out a fast card. I love this sentiment kit. Not only a gorgeous image, but really thoughtful sentiments to accompany it.

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The Challenge

I challenge you to make a card to send to someone showing your gratitude. It’s a tangible way to tap into the thankfulness in your heart. This challenge will be open for one week, until December 4th. Be sure to upload your project to the Unity Show & Tell group to be in the running for a prize. Next week I will have a new month long challenge, so be sure to tune in then! Until then, happy stamping!

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Full of Blessings Autumn Card

 

Hello Friends!

It’s Mandi here with another Mix It Up post for you today.

The first signs of Autumn are here in Scotland already!

Yesterday I sat at my window, watching golden yellow leaves dance through the air

as they fell from my tree in the garden.

They were so pretty!

They inspired me to make this Autumn card.

I dug out all of my Fall themed stamps and had a wee rummage through them.

I found the Give Thanks stamp set.

The leaves with text stamp caught my eye, I thought they would make a pretty background.

To make my card I started off with a piece of white card.

  I stamped a few leaves randomly on the card using Versamark ink.

Then I used some white embossing powder over the top and heat set it with my heat tool.

Next I took three different colours of Brusho – Yellow, Orange & Scarlet.

I sprinkled them on the card and then sprayed some water and let all of the colours mix together.

Then I used my heat tool to dry that off.

 I love the way that Brusho produces a lovely organic pattern and it really makes those leaves pop.

If you are not familiar with Brusho they are small pots of watercolour powders.

I ran the card through my die cutting machine using my Stitched Rectangle Die to create that nice border.

Then I made the sentiment by stamping with Versamark ink on to a strip of black card.

Then used white embossing powder over the top and heat set that with my heat tool.

I used some foam tape to adhere that to the card.

I then glued the card to a white base to finish.

I really love the way it turned out.

Fall cards are my absolute favourite cards to make.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!