One of the things I really enjoy is making and sending cards for the Autumn season, and particularly Thanksgiving. Friends and family love getting them. With a love of pumpkins and all things Autumn, this is a great time to stamp and play with paper. I have a couple of stamp sets that are perfect for Autumn cards, plus adding some stickers is a fun way to dress up and add marvelous detail to designs.
For this simple card, I stamped the sentiment in the lower right from the set So Very Thankful, added a ribbon above and a cute scarecrow dimensional sticker to the top right. A pumpkin sticker completes the card.
For the next card, I used a pumpkin from the same stamp set So Very Thankful. This card will feature a pretty paper too.
I stamped the pumpkin on one bit of cardstock, and a sentiment on another, and mounted both of them on dark brown for a frame. On the patterned paper, I wrapped twine around one edge three times and tied a bow.
The patterned paper is glued to the harvest gold cardstock, then the two stamped and framed elements are added.
Two cards suitable for the season are done. I’m not done stamping cards for Thanksgiving, so more will be coming next month.
I also wanted to decorate this brown paper bag for a gift. The clear stamp set I used is this one, Leaf Set, which has a layered leaf.
Here is how you use this set. The base of the leaf is stamped first in the lightest color you will use. This will be the stamp with the largest ink surface area, the one in the upper left of the set.
Then stamp over the first one, with the second stamp (on the top right) in a slightly darker tone. You’ll know which one is next by the amount it covers. Each one is progressively less ink surface to show detail.
With each stamp use a darker ink so the details begin to emerge.
Clear stamps and clear blocks make it easy to align the next stamp.
When you are done with the five stamps in progressively darker browns, this is the result – a pretty leaf with veining detail.
Stamp Happy Fall on the bag in a couple of spots.
Add stickers to complete the design. I liked the tree with the rake, and the curved “Autumn” banner sticker.
Impression Obsession has wonderful stamps for Thanksgiving and Fall. It is fun to look at all the stamps available. They also have the perfect Sentiments for our Safelight Project, and yes we’ll do that again next year. Plus, they are today’s giveaway sponsor of a $25 gift certificate to their fabulous online store of acrylic and rubber stamps, dies and more!! Take a look at their fun stamps. Then leave a comment and enter today as this drawing is only open until Oct 29th at midnight.
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Are you stamping for Halloween or Thanksgiving?
From My Carolina Home 
How very festive and lovely!!
Carole, you seem to have an unending supply of time and creativity!!!!! thank y ou for all the wonderful ideas!
shoshana
Such cute cards. A handmade card is such a personal and thoughtful gift to send to family and friends, especially this time when we remember to be grateful for them. I’m making some Thanksgiving cards for my family and a few cards for special people who have helped me this year.
My life is too full right now to get into stamping and cards but it is on my bucket list for sure. I enjoyed reading your post.
Good morning, I really enjoyed your post-lovely cards! This year with everything going on, I am not going to make cards-but I will dress up the envelopes with stickers and stamps, perhaps try the wax seals again fingers crossed to win this one-loved the stamp site that leaf was awesome had not seen that before Happy Sunday Kathy
Oh, to have the time! It is so neat that you do, and that you share with us! Thank You!
-Jean ❤
I would make Thanksgiving cards but I don’t have any stamps. It’s been a long time since I’ve done any stamping.
I have never gotten into stamping and making cards but yours sure are lovely
Autumn is the best season to celebrate with stamping. These are lovely cards. Happy Fall!
The second card is so very elegant, I love it, and may have to find myself a stamp so I can copy your idea!
The stamps are available at Impression Obsession, just click on the link.
Love the cards and stamps. You make them look so easy and elegant.
My daughter loves to make stamped cards! Yours are so pretty for the Fall season! Thank you, Susan
Two great cards, that is for sure.
LOVE your cards!! I make my cards too (& envelopes from magazine pages, & junk mail stuff too.. lol) Working on Thanksgiving cards now, even a few Christmas ones too.
I haven’t done stamping in years. I know I love to receive hand-made cards though!! Love yours!!
Lovely cards, Carole. I thoroughly enjoyed making the cards I sent for Safelight.
We don’t do halloween cards with all the fall birthdays in the family, we have plenty of card giving for those events. That said, we plan to entertain guests at care centers with piano and violin music and sing alongs. Card making for Christmas along with gift donations to give to residents would be a great use of stamps.
Your cards are so beautiful but I personally have never stamped and made cards. I may have to start a new hobby if I can figure out where to store the supplies!
Ohboy do I love Impression Obsession! Fast service, good value in that you can just order 1 or 2 items, not a bundle of stuff you won’t likely use. “Discovered” them here, on your blog, Carole!
What beautiful stamps and cards! ! I hadn’t planned on stamping for Halloween or Thanksgiving – I usually just stamp for birthday cards. But now I’m inspired by your autumn themes! Maybe some of my friends will get cards this fall. Thanks for the chance to win a gift certificate!
I stamped cards for Halloween and will be making tags for Thanksgiving.
Carla from Utah
Those stamps would also be fun to use for fabric printing. Your stamping is always so pretty.
Autumn is always fun for design.
Lovely cards. Thanks for sharing.
I haven’t been stamping for Fall but your projects are drawing me in!
Now those are so simple and don’t take much time to make. Very appealing, too. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
I tend to send quilted postcards for the holidays and stamps are great fun to add to them!
Stickers are a lot of fun and great additions to your cards. I use them more when I scrapbook, but thanks for the reminder to use them more often on cards. TFS!
I love your cards , Carole! I checked out their website and found two dies I have to have. The Merry Christmas one and the pinecone with pine branch! Thanks for the giveaway!
Very festive cards. I do plan on making some more cards for the holidays.