Thanksgiving will
be here before you know it, and I am grateful for family, dear friends and the opportunity
to design with Nuvo sparkle and Tonic Studios dies. I recently pulled out my
Nuvo Glimmer Pastes, Sparkle Dust fine glitters, Pure Sheen Glitters,
Embellishment Mousse and Crystal Drops to create some Thanksgiving sparkle. I
am fascinated with the different looks easily achieved with the Nuvo glitters
and Glimmer Pastes. I die cut four red maples leaves using a die from the September
Harvest Die set. The two on the left were die cut out of two sided tape paper
from Sookang, and I applied Nuvo’s Hollywood Red Sparkle Dust fine glitter to
one and Nuvo’s Pure Sheen Ruby Red glitter to the other. I used an inexpensive large brush to add
Golden Crystal and Garnet Red Glimmer Paste to the leaves on the right. Each leaf
is beautiful in its own sparkly way! I continued to play with different dies
and colors of Nuvo sparkle and shine and created a Blessings card and a
Thanksgiving centerpiece.
For both my
Thanksgiving projects, I die cut a multitude of different kinds of leaves from
Tonic’s three Autumn Die Collections out of fall colored cardstock and two
sided tape sheets. Then I “colored” them with Nuvo Glimmer Pastes, Sparkle Dust
fine glitters and Pure Sheen glitters. I also die cut some acorns and twigs and
“colored” those with brown Nuvo Embellishment Mousse.
I die cut my wreath
card out of gold cardstock using several circular layering die sets from Tonic.
Then I attached a fall harvest of sparkly leaves and a couple acorns all around
the wreath front using my Nuvo and Tonic glue pens.
Through the open
center of the wreath, you can see a digital stamp of one of my favorite sayings
“when I count my BLESSINGS, I count you twice” that I found shared
here. I printed it on orange cardstock, cut it out with one of Tonic’s
Scalloped Circle Layering Basics dies and added some English Mustard Crystal
Drops.
I used the rest of
my sparkly leaves, twigs and acorns in a Thanksgiving centerpiece for my table.
Using an inexpensive large brush, I brushed Golden Crystal and Garnet Red
Glimmer Pastes on the edges of many pinecones found in a friend’s woods. The
glittery leaves fill the center of the centerpiece and twigs and other elements
from the three Autumn Die Collections are mixed in at different heights. I die
cut a Thanksgiving sentiment using Tonic’s Mixed Edge Rectangle, Miniature
Moments Many Thanks and the Clarice Lowercase Alphabet die sets and attached it
to the centerpiece handle.
My Thanksgiving
table is all set – it just needs the turkey, pumpkin pie and loved ones
gathered around.
Here is the list of
the supplies I used in these Thanksgiving projects:
DIES: Circle dies
from 481E Circle Layering Die Set and 1455E Scalloped Circle Layering Basic Die
Set, 1457E Mixed Edge Rectangles Basic Layering Set; Leaves, acorns, twigs etc.
from 1430E Pinecone Season, 1431E Autumnal Oak and 1432E September Harvest;
1252E Many Thanks Miniature Moments Die, 1123E Clarice Lower Case Alphabet Set.
NUVO: Glimmer
Pastes Garnet Red, Emerald Green, Golden Crystal; Sparkle Dust Fresh Kiwi,
Cinnamon Spice, Hollywood Red; Pure Sheen Glitter Spiced Apricot, Ruby Red; Embellishment
Mousse Cosmic Brown, Fresh Copper; Crystal Drops English Mustard.
TOOLS & MISC.: Tonic
Tangerine Die Machine, Tonic Advantage V Blade Trimmer, Tonic Funky Glue Pen,
Nuvo Glue Pen; Other: Digital Blessings Sentiment by Desert Diva, Sookang two
sided tape sheets, pine cones.
Wishing you and yours
a blessed and peaceful Thanksgiving!
