Fall themed card and almost done Thanksgiving banner

Hi everyone! Ana here with P&P Creations with my project for the week.

I was playing around with my blog yesterday which inspired me to change it up a little. I hope you all like it. I think it is a little more simple but really liked the chevron background that I found online for free!

I started to work on a Happy Thanksgiving banner for my office as planned but did not make time during the week to actually finish it. I wanted it to be my midweek post here on my blog but of course that did not happen. I will eventually increase my posting to twice a week but I do need to get more organized.

Well on to my project for the week.....

Since it is almost Thanksgiving time, I really wanted to make another fall themed card just for the fun of it. I bought a Bazzill patterned paper collection called Grandma's feather bed on sale about 1 year ago and have never used it. I really like the colors which are both fall and spring like colors.

My papertrey ink order arrived this week which included several new dies including the die that coordinates with the Hello Sunshine stamp set. I have seen many carmakers use this die to make great looking cards.

Here is the coordinating stamp set:

I did not use the stamp set but really wanted to use the dies to make a nice ray pattern on a card.

It is not as easy at it looks though but having the dies really helped. I would not attempt to do this type of pattern without it.


Here is my card for the week:

Some of my favorite clear photopolymer stamps are from Technique Tuesday/Studio AE (Ali Edwards). I had bought a fall set called Autumn Afternoons with Ali from 2009 at Joann's on sale.

I had been really wanting to use this stamp set. The leaves on the cards are actually stamped and then I cut out the shape to put on my card.


The sentiment is also from an Ali Edwards stamp set called Celebrate Fall. This was the September 2012 stamp set from Studio AE subscription.

The sentiment is stamped on Papertrey Ink cardstock. I used another new die set to make the oval shape out of the cardstock. I used Jenni Bowlin ink in Brown Sugar for the sentiment and Tim Holtz seasonal distress inks for the leaves.

Cute card, huh?



For the Thanksgiving banner for my office, I used the Simple Stories paper collection called Harvest Lane. The actual banner cuts as well as alphabet cuts were done using my Cricut Expression 2 and American Crafts cardstock.


Here is a sneak peak:

Can't wait to finish it and hang it up in clinic. Will put up pics on my blog once completed :)


Thank you for stopping by and checking out my projects this week. I am actually contemplating doing a December daily journal/scrapbook this year but still not completely sure. I have bought several Christmas themed supplies so would really like to use them.
For those of you that do not know what a December daily is, then you need to check out Ali Edwards blog post:  http://aliedwards.com/2008/10/creating-a-december-daily-album-part-one.html

If I do decide to do a December daily then most likely I will make it part of my Project Life scrapbook. Most people do a whole separate album just for their December daily.
I know what you are all thinking.....Ana, you are not even caught up with your Project Life!
Again I am just contemplating doing this :)

Well stay tuned to see what I end up doing :) I hope you all have a great week! Will be back next weekend with another project.

Happy Veterans Day! A big THANK YOU to all veterans for their service to our country!!