Free Thanksgiving Card Tutorial

Featuring Fall Leaves Wreath Happy Thanksgiving

The changing colors of leaves in Fall inspired this card design. In this free Thanksgiving card making tutorial, I share two time saving techniques. The first technique is how to make the color on the leaves mimic the real thing. The second technique is on assembling.

Materials

Cardstock: White, Brown and Orange

Sizzix™ BIGkick, Accessory – Multipurpose Platform, and Cutting Pads Die Cuts: Fall Leaves Die Cut Strip and 3 1/4 Oval Die Cut

Stamp: Happy Thanksgiving

Stephanie Barnard Colorbox® Premium Dye Ink Pad : Banana, Tangerine, Artichoke, Spearmint, Strawberry, Chocolate

Color Duster

Cosmetic Sponge

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Instructions

1-Create Card Base. Cut a piece of white cardstock into a rectangle that is 8 1/2″ length X 5 1/2 ” width. Score the card creating a folded card that is 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″.

2-Apply ink to a strip of white cardstock with a color duster in the following order: Banana, Tangerine, Artichoke and Spearmint.

3-Apply ink with cosmetic sponge: Strawberry, Tangerine, and Chocolate. You can apply more of the other colors using the sponge, if you think it needs it.

4-Following the instructions of the die cut machine you own, die cut the leaves out of the paper you just colored. Die cut the 3 1/4″ oval out of brown cardstock.

5-Cut the following: 4″ X 5 1/4″ rectangle from brown cardstock and 3 3/4″ X 5″ from orange cardstock.

6-Stamp Happy Thanksgiving–ink up stamp with chocolate dye. Stamp on white cardstock. Trim creating a 1/4″ border.

Assemble Card

Using paper glue, glue the following:

Brown panel to the white card base

Orange panel to brown panel

Leaves around the oval

Embellished oval onto the orange panel

Happy Thanksgiving on top of the oval

Time saving tip: Apply glue around the edge of the oval and quickly place the leaves around the edge.