What to write in a thanksgiving card to a friend
3 Easy DIY Thanksgiving Cards To Share With Family And Friends
hi it's me JD and welcome back to my
channel today's video is going to be all
about Thanksgiving cards Thanksgiving is
a perfect day to send out a handmade
card number one because it is literally
the day of giving thanks
so all those thank you stamps and dies
that you've accumulated but haven't used
it's now time to get them out number two
there's bound to be a loved one or a
friend that you're not able to see
during this holiday so sending them a
handmade greeting card is a perfect way
to express your gratitude
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what you see now onto the card making
this first Thanksgiving card starts off
with some ink blending and a stencil
using my ink pad I'm going to add the
first base layer of ink on my card front
just to speed things up and quickly
cover it up then I'll lay this stencil
over top which reminds me of a sunflower
so that's why I'm using it here I'll
attach it to the back with some painters
tape and then I'll proceed to get my
fingers really really inky I'm using
distress oxide inks and some Bristol
papers to get this blend as smooth as
possible I'm going back and forth
between the layers to help get a better
blend and build up the color to really
deepen it and now my favorite part of
using a stencil or a mask is the peel
reveal ooh
peel reveal I like that that's trademark
now property of its me JD thank you
after setting this bad boy aside to dry
for a little bit I'm going to die-cut
the word thankful and its shadow from
this die set and going over to add some
some of my favorite adhesive to that and
marvel at my inky fingers I also heat
emboss a sub sentiment just because well
I just thought it do need a sub
sentiment why don't we do the things we
do I don't know next I'll add it here no
here yep on top for sure I could have
used some foam tape but I really wanted
to keep this card as simple as possible
or so I thought see at first I started
by
a few gems in the middle of my sunflower
stencil and then well yeah I kind of
went overboard I couldn't help myself
all right they were so pretty I'm going
to hear these last few gems and this
card is complete these subscribers that
have been here before know that I love
me a good shaker card so we're going to
make a pumpkin spice latte shaker card
even though I don't like pumpkin spice
or all this ink on my fingers still I
really don't care for pumpkin spice I
don't know why so many people like it
it's not appealing to me like at all so
yeah I don't really like anything
pumpkin pumpkin spice latte nope don't
know or pumpkin seeds maybe if I'm in
the mood so it makes perfect sense that
I would make a car that says you're the
pumpkin spice in my latte you've caught
me I'm a card-making fraud on the inside
of the card I'll just write not really
or just kidding and then I'll be fine
I've got all my pieces ready to go now
I'm adding some double-sided tape to my
card front
then I will peel the backing off of all
this tape then lay my piece of acetate
right over the back of my card front so
it creates a nice shaker window after
that I'll get out some foam tape I like
to double up on my foam tape because I
like my shakers to shake to help save on
supplies I'll cut this piece in half so
now I have double the amount I need and
then I'll take one strip and then kind
of manipulate it around my circle just
so it creates a reservoir for all of my
shaker sequins and I'm thinking
hopefully I make it all the way around
without having to get more and I do
thank goodness I'll just trim off the
excess that's hanging off of the card
front and then dust it with some
anti-static powder now I'm adding the
rest of that doubled up foam tape to
help create an even layer for my card
front when I
my note card this is so it doesn't make
your card look all wonky when you send
it through the mail I've got some
sequins from the dollar store that I'm
going to use for my shaker I'm going to
add different shades of thanksgiving cuz
that's literally what it looks like just
different shades of fall and
thanksgiving in this the sequins set and
some sequins are trying to escape oh no
you don't then I'll peel off the backing
of the foam tape of the card front and
layer that over now just making sure
that my shaker can shake now I'm going
to add some double-sided tape to my
little mug as well as my little what do
you call that
oh the actual pumpkin spice hello the
man I'll pop up my sentiment with some
foam tape and I'd hear it right across
the center of my shaker card and this
card is finished fabulous even though it
has pumpkin spice now if you're
wondering why my fingers got so inky
after some ink blending well it's
because I made a mess now I use the
excess from that ink blending to do some
ink smooshing with the leftover ink on
my craft mat and so I'm just adding some
more ink to the craft mat spritzing it
with water and then putting my card
front down on it to help cover it up
with some really cool looking effects
and colors I wanted to create the effect
of a really organic like fall leaf
looking thing although it did get kind
of muddy we really supposed to heat heat
it up between layers but oh well I
didn't it so came out cool next I'll use
this really fun leaf die set from
Concord 1/9 to cut into some Kraft
cardstock I'm going to create a window
without the outline first I'm going to
pop out all the excess pieces and then I
go to die cut a circle from that really
fun you know ink smushed cardstock I use
from earlier and that's what happened
thankfully this is a really easy
technique to replicate and hide any
mistakes so I just Inc smoosh some more
to cover all that up and it's like it
never even happened even though you guys
saw it happen like 10 seconds ago okay
moving on so next I'm going to trace a
line perpendicular lines on the back of
this circle to find the center then I'm
gonna use my pokey tool to poke a hole
through it I'll do the same for another
die-cut circle the circle can be any
size as long as it's smaller than your
your spinning circle and I'll push a
brad through the backside so the prongs
are on the front side of the pretty side
that all makes sense
side sides if he thought yeah I'll add
some foam squares to the little circle
on the back side then I'll get out
another card panel the pooch will be my
back card panel and after I peel off the
backing of the film squares I'm gonna
put my card front on top to get a to get
the placement of it and then I'll place
the whole thing on the my new card panel
to get the rights position of my
spinning wheel and on my card front I'll
die cut a little notch so people will
know where to spin the card using their
finger and then I'll add a whole bunch
of foam squares to the rest of my panel
just to make sure that the my card is
pretty even when it goes through the
mail and then after peeling off all the
backing I'll place my card front on top
I never do it right because there's that
extra sliver of white cardstock on the
right there but I don't mind it I don't
mind it for now and then I'll go back to
that same leaf die set and cut out the
outline leaf part I had enough inks on
my craft mat to make two different
panels so that's where this outline
piece came from and I'll adhere that
with some glue wipe off any excess and
make sure my wheel works and then using
the remnants of that card stock that
same cardstock I'm going to die cut out
my sentiments I'm using my favorite
paper trimmer to make sure all of my
sides of the sentiment are straight
I'm just using some scissors to cut off
any excess so make sure it fits and then
I'll add some glue to the back of my
sentiment I decided to attach a white
strip to the back of these pieces just
to help coordinate that that white
corner as well as the sliver of white
cardstock on the right in this case I
decided to incorporate my mistake
instead of cutting it off or hiding it
now I'll attach my sentiment strips with
some more adhesive and then I realized
like I needed something in that corner
as well so I got out an aero die set
from lawn fawn from the actual reveal
wheel die and that really pulls this
whole Thanksgiving card together I
noticed that I didn't pop out that
remaining piece of this leaf die-cut so
I just did that really quickly and that
added more glue to help seal that in and
now playing with my review wheel because
it's just so cool and that card is
finished thank you guys so much for
watching I hope you and your family your
friends your loved ones have a very
happy Thanksgiving
