Well Thanksgiving is over and the holidays are right here! If you are pressed for time, Stampin’ Up! has so many easy, fast projects to help you. From Paper Pumpkin to kits, there is always an answer to creativity calling when you don’t have much time! Today’s card uses the Night Before Christmas suite’s Cards & Envelopes as well as the Night Before Christmas Memories & More Card pack. It was super easy to take out these few items and some supplies on hand to create about 30 cards while watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!!!

The card above was one of my favorite designs, but I think they all looked great! And they were fast. I even used the cards & stickers from the Memories & More Pack to create sentiments inside the cards. It was a fun way to just sit down and craft. I love doing that!

Below are two collages of some of the other cards I created.  Most I just made up by arranging the cards. I also CASED a few ideas I found on Pinterest. And I used the Night Before Christmas DSP on a few and added Red Rhinestones to every card! As I have said many times before, what I love about crafting with Stampin’ Up! is that they use a color system to match everything. When you have bought something, it is going to coordinate with all your Memories & More card packs, all the Designer Series Paper, all your inks, card stock and other embellishments. You never waste money or time!  I love that about Stampin’ Up!

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Today’s card was created in the spirit of thankfulness. I am thankful for a lot today. But this card celebrates all of you who read my blog. I appreciate you take the time to look through what I create. And I am especially grateful for all my loyal readers who take some of their valuable time to leave me a comment. Your comments mean a lot and it it is so nice to have some feedback and know people are noticing what I create! I wish all of my readers a very Happy Thanksgiving!

For this card, I used the last of my stash of Come to Gather DSP and the Painted Harvest set. I love the striped paper in this DSP set and I thought it worked well with the gingham pattern. The sunflowers are two step stamping and I think they create beautiful sunflowers. I left the centers unstamped because I liked how the open centers looked on the striped paper.

The hardest part of this design was where to put the sentiment. I did not want to cover up any of the sunflowers! I finally settled on a space in the middle. The sentiment was die cut with a Stitched Rectangle. The design really didn’t need the bow, but I added it because I liked it!

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This is the week many of us will be “gathering together” to feast, visit with family or just relax and watch a lot of football! This card will be sent to those I won’t see this week, but who I will be thinking about as I list all the things I am grateful about!

The card today is CASED from a beautiful card I got recently in a Demonstrator swap I was in. My Upline, Nancy made the card and it featured the Mercury Glass Designer Acetate you see on this card. I loved the look so much I had to try a version!

I started out with several colors under the Mercury Glass, but I really liked the Cajun Craze. It seemed to work well with the Come to Gather DSP, which I also wanted to use. After that, I really just started layering “stuff” on top of the Mercury Glass piece and the DSP that featured Cajun Craze and Merry Merlot. Because the Acetate is such a rich, elegant look, I embossed all the layering pieces with the Subtle 3D Embossing Folder. Its hard to see in the photo, but the embossing adds a really rich look to the card, especially on the Gray Granite punched Leaves and Springs.

If you are going away this week, safe travels. If you are lucky enough to stay home,  have a peaceful holiday!  But most of all, enjoy stuffing yourself silly!

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