Bringing Dessert for Thanksgiving

     I found this delightful, pre-colored, image on Dearie Dolls where every day there are new freebies.   It's called "Pumpkin Everything" and it so reminded me of myself.  In recent years, Thanksgiving dinners have been at my daughter's house, partly because they have the biggest dining room table and partly because my SIL loves to cook for everyone.  I have to beg and grovel to be allowed to bring anything (he loves to do it all and never expects anyone else to help out, bless him) and what I bring usually ends up being dessert.

     To say that I love all things pumpkin is an understatement!  Whether I bake them myself or find them at the bakery, each year I try to find or make something a little bit different, but I always end up with at least three different pumpkin-somethings.  :-D

     Because I used the pre-colored image, I had plenty of time to do other fussy details on this card and that somehow turned into creating as much dimension as possible.  The image is printed onto plain white CS but I printed it three times.  The base image was cut to 5.25 x 5.25 inches.  I added the polka dot ribbon before layering that onto polka dot dp which made up the card front, 5.5 x 5.5 inches.

     I grabbed the other two printed images and hand cut the pie, the "I Love Pumpkin" flag, the pumpkin sign, the bag of pumpkin cookies, and her coffee cup.  I layered them up, using Pop Dots and that gave some really wonderful depth and dimension.  Here's a close up photo from the side.

     I added one of my bowtie bows, this one made from burlap ribbon and without the fancy dovetails I usually do, then layered the sentiment onto three layers of white CS, fussy cut it, and inked the edges before adding it on top of the ribbon.  It was a time consuming process for a rather CAS design but my granddaughter will love it.  She's the one who collects all the cards I make for members of her family, and that includes Thanksgiving cards for each person.  Regardless of who originally is given the card, they all end up in her stash of "Nana-made" cards.  I do believe she has cards from as far back as 6 or 7 years ago.  This one will serve as my Thank You card for the Host & Hostess.  :-D

     Challenges:
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Card Mania
Craft-Dee Bowz
Crafty Ribbons
Creative Fingers
Creative Ladybirds Creations
Hiding in My Craft Room
My Crafting Stories
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     I'll have a second post later today so I hope you check back.  :-D  Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie  

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