Looking to dress up your Thanksgiving table with some papercrafting goodness? Peep this awesome way to use our “Impossible Fold” die and make your table place cards magical!
Did you know Thanksgiving is coming up in a few weeks? Is it just me, or is time going soooo very fast? Today’s card is from our designer, Dominique, who really wow’d us with this darling Thanksgiving creation. We will be showing off ‘Thank You’ cards the entire month of November, so be prepared to be dazzled. Let’s make a 3D fall inspired thank you card! You can also easily modify this to be a placeholder at the dining room table for Thanksgiving dinner! (This post also contains a sneak peek of a new stamp set, 36057 Thank You, that is scheduled to come out TOMORROW 11/6)
How to create this card:
- First things first, pick your color scheme. I wanted to use a color scheme that was inspired by fall. At times, I have trouble coordinating several colors with each other, so to help me choose the best combination of colors, I used my Color Cube Volume 1. Cards 116 and 126.
- Once I had my color scheme narrowed down, I stated to die cut all the elements I needed from papers within my desired color combo.
- Brown: The wooden barrels from 5708-04D Wooden Barrel and Crate Die
- Cream: 5723D Impossible Fold Die
- Orange and Reddish-Orange: 5215-05D Pumpkins and Ivy Die
- Yellow (Flower) and Dark Green (Stem and Leaves): 5726-02D Large Sunflower Die
- Dark Green: 5210-02D – Grass #2 Die
- Now, to add some dimension to your die cut pieces, add some shading using similar ink colors. I used several color fuse inks for this task.
- Assemble all your decor pieces and your card base. But leave the long rectangular piece from the card base, as you will need to stamp on in the next step.
- Using 36057 Thank You stamp (and your stamp positing tool, such as a Misti. Stamp the Thankful stamp onto a scrap piece of paper that matches the color you used for your card base. I used Amaretto from Color Fuse Set #1 . When I made this card, I didn’t have the die set yet for this set, so I fussy cut the Thankful. If fussy cutting is not your jam, I would suggest using the die set, 36057D Thank You Die. Next you will want to stamp the “hug with a fold” stamp using the same color as before. You will be stamping on the skinny long rectangular strip from your card base.
- Now decorate your card base using all your previously assembled pieces.
And there you have it! A 3D card that doubles as a table placeholder for the perfect holiday table scape. Your guests are sure to love this creative idea, AND you get to have fun making it as well! Brilliant!
