Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends and family! Pumpkin pie is baked and I will be putting the turkey in the oven in the next while. I am so grateful to be able to get together with family and friends this weekend. Sunday’s Swap Share celebrates this fact!
This card was created by Selina Merali and features the Gather Together stamp set and Come to Gather Designer Series Paper. The pumpkin image is die cut with the Gathered Leaves Dies, which also comes with the Gather Together stamp set in a discounted bundle. You could get all these products plus the Come to Gather Ribbon Combo and Tags & Feathers Elements by grabbing the Come To Gather Suite Bundle – it’s like pressing the “Easy” button for these items! Selina’s done a beautiful job on this elegant card, don’t you think?
A tip if you are creating multiples of one design but want to use Designer Series Paper as part of the project – copy this card design – use smaller pieces as accents. You’ll be able to stretch your sheets a little further. For this demonstrator card swap, we had to make 21 cards. If you have a standard Designer Series Paper package, it will have two 12″ x 12″ sheets of each of the double sided designs. You could cut six 2″ strips and then cut them down further – if you make the pieces 2″ x 3″, you’ll get 24 pieces for example. If you’re trying to be super efficient and thrifty, I’d just recommend doing any number that divides into 12, if you’re trying not to tax your brain too much, I’d recommend doing whole numbers rather than fractions!
I’m looking forward to our family Thanksgiving dinner tonight, and will work it off by walking alongside the Burlington Teen Tour Band at the Kitchener Waterloo Oktoberfest Parade tomorrow! Happy Thanksgiving!
