Autumn Bookmarks & Thanksgiving Tea Party

I have two projects again this week. First up are these really cute bookmarks.

You get 1 of each bookmark, a total of 4 and you can print as many as you need.

 

Deena's files are so easy to work with, you can print, cut and assemble these in about 30 minutes. After printing them out (I went a little out of the lines on the last one) I inked up the edges then I used up some scraps of fall papers to back the bookmarks with (one is mounted on black so you can't see it in the picture). I also punch holes in the tops, add an eyelet and a piece of twine.

These would make nice teacher or hostess gifts.

Now it is time for a Thanksgiving Tea Party, actually more of a Black Friday Tea to give everyone time to take a break and get revived by tea, scones w/lemon curd, tea sandwiches, fresh fruit, tiny deserts and chocolates. I'm going to stay home and make tea while everyone else is out fighting the crowds.

 

 

 

You get 2 tea bags on a page and you can print as many as you need.

 

For this simple invitation is very easy to make, I used a sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" brown cardstock, I cut it in half so that I had two pieces of 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". I scored it at 4 1/4", then I added a scrap of dark pumpkin which I embossed with a Cuttlebug folder from my stash. I chomped all 4 corners of both the card base and the pumpkin layer then I added a Thanksgiving Greetings Tea Bag on top, added some sequins and pearls. The sentiment was an extra that I had previously printed on vellum with my printer then layered onto a scrap of Kraft paper and adhered with foam pads.

 

Thank you for stopping by to take a look.

 

Sue

www.suek86401.blogspot.com



 

Magnets/Ornaments Using Bottle Cap Image Inserts

Today I had the pleasure of using Fall Leaves Two Bottle Cap Image Inserts, these are very, very easy to work with. 

You get 36 bottle cap inserts, 6 of each design. I made all of these and have a full row of 6 left. I also had some boo-boos, some trial and error items.

First I made some magnets.

Printable adhered to inside of bottle cap.

Printable adhered to outside of bottle cap.

Doubled up bottle caps.

A 1" circle punch is perfect for cutting these out. Since I can't find my 1" circle punch I just cut them out freehand, it didn't take long at all. I inked my edges then glued to the bottle caps.

Inner and outer.

The images seemed to want to curl up a bit on the outer edges so I weighted them down with magnets.

After the images are totally dry turn the bottle caps over and glue the magnets onto the opposite sides that the images are on.

The double sided magnets were made very similar to the ornaments, minus the alpaca wool for hanging and the additional image on the other side.

I used my glue gun to attach the wool to the bottle caps, making sure to pile up enough hot glue to attach an additional bottle cap to the backside, insides matching.

 Can you see the bit of a ridge behind the bottle cap? That is the other side, both sides are showing red when you turn them around. I did both the ornaments and double sided magnets this way.

Sue Kracker

www.suek86401.blogspot.com

Thanksgiving Greetings Cocoa Envelope

Happy Wednesday!

We're expecting a bit of snow today so what could be better than to snuggle up with a good book and a mug of hot cocoa! With that in mind, today I'm featuring a tutorial for Cocoa/Treat Envelope - Thanksgiving Greetings.

The downloadable comes with both the image and an instruction page. It's super easy and image is just gorgeous.

I printed it out on an 8.5"x 11" piece of white cardstock.

I cut out the image and scored the areas where you need to fold.

After folding the flaps in, I used double-sided tape to attach the front and back panels together.

These packets are just lovely, aren't they! They'd make great gifts for co-workers or friends!!

For more downloadable cocoa/treat envelopes, visit the Ewe-N-Me Website here.

Enjoy the fall season everyone! Thanks for stopping by!

Beth

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Thanksgiving Greetings

Thanksgiving was celebrated recently in Canada, but it's yet to be celebrated in the United States, so I still have time to share some crafty ideas for it. We don't celebrate Thanksgiving where I leave, but we used to do some abundant and fun dinners at the american school where I studied... Good old days!

Today I have a card I made using a cute vintage collage from Ewe-N-Me Printables called Collage Sheet - Thanksgiving 102. I used the image of the girl holding a mirror for the turkey that simply blew my mind... How adorable and vintage is that image!

I made a card with lots and lots of layers and though this is a Fall card the color palette is very different. I picked the colors on the image for my card's color combination. I framed the image and made it the focal point of the card. I added a rosette, embellished with Fall leaves I die cut, colored with pigment and distress inks, and with Inkagold in yellow gold, to give them a nice shimmer. Other elements added were a die cut doily folded in half, gold cording and some crystals.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my card and if you need to make some cards I highly suggest you visit Ewe-N-Me Printables' store, because they have lots and lots of beautiful files for you.

Thanks so much for stopping by!