Surprise someone with a basket of thanks

Thanksgiving is coming soon and I am sure there is someone out there who you could appreciate with a special card. Today I share a Basket of Thanks card - simple to create and fun to color!

Here's what was used to make this beautiful card - click on any of these items to order at my online store:

Basket For You Photopolymer Stamp Set
$10.00

Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack
$10.00

Endless Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set
$16.00

 

Basket of Thanks card 

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Here's what you need to make the card, along with step by step instructions: 

Supplies: 

• Stamp Sets – Basket for you- Hostess (141812); Endless Thanks (138796) 
• Cardstock – Crumb Cake (120953); Pumpkin Pie (105117); Whisper White (100730)
• Stamp Pads – Archival Black (140931); Pumpkin Pie (126945); Real Red (126949); Crushed Curry (131173); Garden Green (126973); Tip Top Taupe (138325)
• Misc. – Serene Scenery DSP stack (141642); Stitched Shapes Framelits (145372); Kraft Rope Trim (141996); Blender Pens (102845); Wink of Stella -Gold (141898);  Dimensionals (104430); Fast Fuse (129026) 

Measurements:  

• Crumb Cake Cardstock- card base 4 ¼” x 11” score at 5 ½” 
• Pumpkin Pie Cardstock- 4” x 4”
• Whisper White Cardstock- 3” x 3” and 2 ¾” x 1”
• Serene Scenery DSP- 4 ¼” x 2”  

Instructions:

1. Fold your card base in half and adhere the designer paper strip to the front of the card with adhesive.  
2. Die cut 4 squares from the Stitched Shapes Framelits (I used the second smallest one) in Pumpkin Pie Cardstock.  
3. Adhere the Pumpkin Pie squares to the front of your card with dimensionals, leaving a little space in between each one. 
4. Stamp the basket image and color with stated colors in supply list using your ink pads and a blender pen. Squeeze your ink pads when closed to get a little ink transfer into the top of the ink pad cover and use that to color your image.   
5. When you are done coloring, cut out the image with the largest Stitched Square framelit. Then adhere to the top of the pumpkin pie squares with dimensionals.  
6. Stamp the banner from Endless Thanks and the optional sentiment from the stamp set. I used grateful but this could very easily be a “Thanks” card as well! Hand cut banner with paper snips. 
7. Take a small piece of the Kraft Rope Twine and take the pieces apart and only use a few (3-4) fibers/strandsb for the messy look behind the sentiment. . 
8. Put a little Fast Fuse behind the sentiment banner and stuck my fibers to the back. Add dimensionals to the back and added the banner/sentiment to the card. 
9. Last step and optional….add a little splatter of Gold Wink of Stella to the entire card. Take off the cap of the Stella and put the tip of the brush in the rim of the cap and then pull out the brush with a downward flick motion over your card. Keep doing this until you get the desired look on your card. Set aside and let dry before touching…. ☺