Monday, October 24, 2011

Fall Fun Place Card

There is an Inspiration Challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments this week.  Here is your Inspiration....



When I was looking at this photo, I saw a beautiful display for the dishes for a nice Thanksgiving meal.  What could go better (with my rarely used Fine China) than a nice, handmade place card?!  I did the "rock and roll" technique on the leaves to give it more dimension with colors.  I inked it with More Mustard first, then rolled it in Pumpkin pie then last in a little dab of Cherry Cobbler.  Here is the result:


For the rosettes, I punched out a 1 3/4" Circle then cut it into a spiral starting from the outside to the center.  I coiled it in to the center and dropped a glob of glue and held it in shape to form the little flower.  Here is a close up of the little rosettes that are topped with the Champagne Fine Glitter:


Oh yeah, my mom's name is Marlene and she hosts a lovely Thanksgiving dinner, so I thought her name on my project is fitting.  A beautiful place card for a beautiful hostess.


Ingredients
Colors:  Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
Stamps:  Gently Falling
Accessories:  Scallop Circle Die #2, 2 1/2" Circle punch, 1 3/4" Circle punch (for the rosettes), Word Window and Modern Label Punches.  Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon, Linen Thread, Champagne fine glitter

Happy Stamping,
Krista

7 comments:

Rachel @ The Little Blue Room said...

So pretty. Love the rolled flowers and all the other great details!

inkedx2 said...

Great place cards! They look fabulous on the white plates.

Just a Thought... said...

What a beautiful place card!! Love the colors on the leaves!!! GREAT JOB!!! Amy

Bada-Bing Creations said...

Wow, these are fabulous! Can I come to dinner? LOL! We eat on paper plates...but there are over 50 of us at our dinner, haha! These are really elegant and I love the leaves and the rosettes! Wonderful!

Margaret said...

This is beautiful and such a nice addition to the table! Our family Thanksgiving is very large and we have a buffet style table, but I'm thinking Christmas would be the perfect time to recreate this!!

LeroyLime said...

This is just BEAUTIFUL! I love your paper rosettes, ribbon tied off to the side, pretty much everything. I'm thinking these would make fun housewarming gifts for friends!

Anonymous said...

WOW! Love it! You did a fabulous job. So pretty! Thanks for the inspiration!