Halloween has passed, Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and then it'll be Christmas Time! This past weekend, my husband and I went to our grandchildren's home to celebrate "Grandparents Day" at their school. I brought them some handmade fall cards and a fall gift bag. These are the cards I made for each grandchild.
For my two older grandsons I made them each a fox card. I bought this "Finley the Fox" die from Spellbinders. I thought it was so cute, and I love foxes! I've had the pleasure of seeing one running through my yard a few times and that always gets me excited. Of course, I don't own any chickens that I need to worry about 😀
I got the idea for this card from the Spellbinder's website. They always have so many great examples of how to use their products.
To make my card, I found some dark fall paper to use as a background and then I created a frame by using an arched die. I embossed chocolate brown paper with a tree limb embossing folder first, then I cut out the frame and popped it all up on dimensionals. The flowers and butterfly were included with the fox. I just cut all the pieces from the Finley the Fox set out of different shades of card stock, ink blended them, then adhered them to the card. The fox is also popped up on dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment onto a separate piece of card stock because the background paper was too dark to make it pop.
For my Second "Finley the Fox" card I used a similar idea but this time used different papers/colors, and I added leaves instead of using the flower stems from the set.
To make my card, I picked a fall background for the opening and a die to make a rectangular frame. After I cut my frame, I popped it up on dimensionals to create some depth. This time my background was lighter, so I could stamp my sentiment right on the card. I cut some fall leaves using old Cuttlebug dies and adhered them around the frame. This time, I cut my butterfly and fox in different colors, assembled them, and adhered them to the card. I finished the card by embellishing with gem stones in fall colors.
My next card is for my youngest grandson who is about 18 months old. Because he is still a baby, I wanted his card to have some texture so I made his with felt pumpkins and metal leaves.
To make this card, I used a simple layout with polka dot designer paper on the base of the card and then a solid purple strip where I could put my pumpkins and leaves. The pumpkins are felt stickers from Martha Stewart. I added metal leaf brads in-between the pumpkins. The sentiment was stamped separately onto white card stock and bordered with black card stock.
My final card was for my granddaughter and was the most complicated to make. All the detail that went into making this card is ridiculous. I think it took me all afternoon to make. I cased the sketch of this card from Pinterest, but I changed all the paper and stamps.
To make this card I used images from several different sets. The scarecrow is the vintage scarecrow image from the Wizard of Oz from Crafty Secrets. The pumpkin and sentiment are from Hero Arts, and the fence is from Martha Stewart. I stamped, colored, and fussy cut everything out. I picked a fall designer paper for the leafy background. I used a sewing machine to stitch around the card, the circle, and the zig-zag in the designer paper. The sunflower was cut with an MFT die, then ink blended and adhered to the card. The plain off white background was dry embossed using a Cuttlebug tree limb embossing folder. The scarecrow is popped up on dimenionals along with the fence.
The Grandchildren were so excited to get their fall gift bags. They've come to expect presents from Grandma every time she arrives. Little Elisha was asking me when he could open his present for a day and a half before we actually had the time to do so.
Here they are posing with their newly opened cards. Everyone seems super excited except Baby Lazarus. 😀. I think all the attention and excitement was getting to him.
The whole point of our visit was Grandparents Day. Every year their school has the grandparents come to visit to see what they are learning and doing in school. They have a special program involving the whole school, and then we break up and go and visit each of our grandchild's classrooms and meet their teachers.
Alethea was proud to show us her weaving and trojan horse she made. She completed her weaving, but was still working on her horse.
Atticus was thrilled to show us his desk and opened up his binder to show us everything he has done since the beginning of the new year.
I got such a kick out of what he wrote as one of his favorite things to do with his grandparents. It couldn't have made me more proud. 😁
Have A Great Day! Amy
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