It was all about Fall this month for stamp club. First we made this card, which I pretty much CASEd from this one. I like my scallops to be on the top of the card, too – so after making the card with the fold at the top, I covered it with a full scallop square, which I had decorated as you see. It’s a bit more card stock, but I like the look of it much better.
Originally my card had an Old Olive leaf, instead of the Pumpkin Pie one. But my daughter thought it didn’t look enough like Fall, and urged me to take off the green one and replace it with this one. I did. I miss the Old Olive leaf – I thought the colors looked great together, but I think she’s right – it looks more Fall now.
Next up is this adorable Tiny Pumpkin Basket, which I found here, complete with great directions. I didn’t have a proper leaf image to add, so I used this Momiji (Japanese Maple) leaf punch my husband bought me in Japan well over a year ago. Isn’t it just adorable? It would not punch through the Garden Green card stock, so I had to use the plain side of some double-sided paper from the retired Hostess Level 1, Patterns Pack II. I free-handed the Close to Cocoa stems.
Then came the challenging project for me, as well as the girls (see below). I had planned on making just a turkey with the Sweet Treat cups, to be used as a small gift or table setting, or something like that. But when I visited my upline, Diane, and I saw her adorable cards, I decided to make a card instead. She showed me how to make a slider for the candy, so one doesn’t have to 
destroy the card in order to get the candy out. I thought it was brilliant! Later I found an idea similar here on another one of my favorite blogs, but I did mine differently. I didn’t want a “mat” behind the turkey in order to facililate the slider, so my husband came up with the idea to have it behind the card instead. Wow, I like it much better!
What I did was add the cup behind the front of the card, instead of placing it on the top. And you’ll put a few glue dots to attach it, rather than using the cup’s adhesive, which you’ll actually leave in tact. Then, you’ll need to make a back panel large enough for the slider piece to fit between the cup and it. You’ll only add glue dots on 3 edges, leaving the end piece free of adhesive for your sliding piece to go in. Don’t forget to punch a hole in the back panel! I had to tear mine off and add that, duh! Make your sliding piece slightly smaller, add the tab to the end to grab it with, and you’re done! I couldn’t decide whether or not I liked the sentiment, which I put on the tab, so I turned it over. It says, “for you”. I just thought it looked funny with it. But if I want to turn it around and use it, I still can.
I made the turkey feathers using the large oval punch, since I don’t have the Sweet Centers stamp set from the Holiday Mini. Man, it would have made it easier I think. I had to determine how much of the oval to cut off, using the 1 3/4″ circle punch so that it would line up around the circle properly. I sponged the edges in matching ink. And to make the brown feathers, I made 5 scallop circles and cut off all but 8 of the scallops, using the same 1 3/4″ circle punch. They will then fit around the circle just right. The feet were made first by punching the Really Rust card stock with the large oval punch, then lining the tips in the smallest flower of the Boho Flowers punch, It works perfectly! One more thing – in order to get the sentiment to fit better inside the Modern Label punch, I made it smaller like you can on the Word Window punch by punching close to one end, then re-inserting the other end carefully back into the opposite end and punch again. Now that it’s on the card though, I think this looks ridiculous, as there is center to the punch, so now it’s actually off-center. I decided to point this out because I know someone out there would have looked at it and realized it’s weird. Oh well.
Come back next time to see another card idea with the Sweet Treat cups that I LOVED from my upline! I hadn’t seen this one done before and I had to make one. These Sweet Treat cups are not only adorable, but very affordable at only $2.95 for 12. Thank you so much for stopping by today, and for leaving your sweet comments!
{Happy Thanksgiving card ingredients}
Stamps: Falling Leaves
Paper: Kraft, Elegant Eggplant & Whisper White card stock
Ink: Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry & Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Scallop Square Bigz Clear die & Big Shot by Sizzix, Soft Suede polka dot ribbon, paper piercer, mat pack, stampin’ dimentionals, 1 1/4″ square punch, sponge, linen thread
{Little Pumpkin Box ingredients}
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, & Close to Cocoa card stock, & Garden Green DSP
Ink: Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: Large Oval punch, gold brads, paper piercing tool, sponge, leaf punch
{Turkey Sweet Treat Cup ingredients}
Stamps: Falling Leaves
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, More Mustard, Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie & Ruby Red card stock
Ink: Same as above, except Close to Cocoa
Accessories: SU! Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plate & Big Shot by Sizzix, Scallop circle, 1 3/4″ circle, Large Oval, Modern Label, Round Tab, & Boho Blossoms punches, Sweet Treat cup, Pumpkin Pie 1/2″ striped grosgrain ribbon, sponge, googlie eyes, glue dots, crystal effects
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