Fall Pillow Box

One thing I am grateful for are the amazing friends I have.  I truly have surrounded myself with awesome people, all of whom I've known for many years and go as far back as junior high.  Each friendship began at different times in my life and while I've been at different stages in growing as a person.  Each friendship has held strong and I am so thankful for the support they give me in my times of need.  I made my latest SVG Attic design team project with this in mind and of course because of the time of year.

For this pillow box I used SVG Attic's Holiday Cheer Gift Boxes SVG collection which has some really really cute gift boxes.  In it you get the pillow box I used, Santa's sleigh, an ornament bag, and a gift card holder.  Perfect for the holidays.  

I also used the Pumpkin Patch SVG collection from SVG Attic to make the cutout of the pumpkin and the pumpkin die cut.  The cutout is backed with gold vellum.  I used a white gel pen to add "stitching" to the pumpkin die cut.

The right side is adorned with some Orange Truffle twine from Trendy Twine.  You can also find them on Etsy HERE.  Please note that the shop is closed until November 28th (vacation).

The sentiment is from My Thoughts Exactly's Many Thanks stamp set.  MTE stamps are for sure my favorite sentiment stamps around.  The quality is better than other stamps I have tried and they don't get discolored!  Also, the sentiment stamps super sharp and clearly. 

I added some orange buttons I bought for $2 at the Scrapbook Expo last weekend.  The store is called Scrapbuck.  They have some pretty good deals and free shipping right now with a $20 purchase.

The paper is from DCWV's Harvest Gathering Stack.  Did you hear they are opening a DCWV Deals website?  Look for that in the near future.  I am super excited to stock up on paper stacks that they don't sell around here anymore.

Enjoy your weekend and have a great Veteran's Day.  Remember to thank a veteran!

MTE: Guest Designer

Fall is here...well, not in CA exactly.  It's still hot but I'll just pretend we have east coast weather and changing leaves while I post this.  With fall comes the start of the holiday season.  Can you believe it!?  Since fall seems to be on everyone's minds lately I made a card that is quite fitting.  To tell you the truth I'm not exactly ready for summer to be over but oh well, guess no more beach cards for a few months.  Darn!

Awhile back I was invited to be a guest designer for My Thoughts Exactly which is an up and coming stamp company.  I have designed for them once so far back in July.  I made an ice cream cone waterfall card that you can see here.  For today's project I made a card as well.

I used the Sweet Thoughts stamp set from My Thoughts Exactly for the "give thanks" sentiment.  The best thing about these stamps is that you can mix and match words and phrases.  It gives you so many options!  You can even mix and match between the sets.  They stamp so clearly and sharp and clean up so easily.  I highly recommend trying a set out.  I think you'll fall in love!

The paper comes from DCWV's Ghost's and Goblins Stack and the Harvest Gathering Stack.  I used kraft paper for the base.    

I used two different twine colors from Trendy Twine, dark blue with light blue and white and also the Thanksgiving Bakers Twine, as a border or frame.  The colors came together quite well.

I finished of the card with two cute little buttons adorned with some hemp twine.

I hope you enjoyed this card.  Come back tomorrow for the SVG Attic Spook-tacular Blog Hop where you will get to see some great Halloween projects!