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November 8, 2013 ·

Thanksgiving Place Card and Greeting Card

Craft· Handmade Gifts· Holidays· Paper

Thanksgiving Place Card The Holiday season is upon us.  Which means lots of parties and lots of food.  Thanksgiving is the ultimate foodie holiday!  I wanted to show you a pretty rustic place card that doubles as a greeting card.  As many of you know I LOVE creating with paper and what better way then by making a holiday card!

This place card/greeting card took me about 30 minutes to make.  I did use several techniques and tools to make this card.  I just love pairing rustic with sophisticated.  It really shines with all the add gold details.

Material I used:

  • Cardstock
  • Paper cutter
  • Cricut machine with the doodlebug charm cartridge
  • Sizzix Texture Boutique embosser and wood grain embossing folder
  • Feather
  • Gold spray paint
  • Ink pad
  • Eyelets and a eyelet tool kit
  • Gold and sparkle pens
  • Ribbon
  • Twine

First I started by making a 4 x 4 card out of white cardstock.  Then I took a piece of brown cardstock and placed it into my wood grain embossing folder and ran it through the embossing machine.

Card Making

How to use a embossing machine

Next I used my Cricut machine using the Doodlebug Charm cartridge to cut a 3 inch leaf using white cardstock.  Then I stamped the cutout leaf with a burnt orange color ink pad.

Leaf cutout using Cricut

Then I took a artificial white feather and spray painted the tip using a can of metallic gold spray paint.

Gold tip feather

After the leaf and feather had time to dry, I adhered them to the top of the brown cardstock using adhesive tape.

Next I cut a small piece of white cardstock to use for the placement of the name.  I add two small eyelets to each side of the paper using a eyelet kit.  Then I wrapped some gold twine through the eyelets.

I add some orange ribbon and secured the ribbon and twine to the back of the wood grain embossed brown paper with adhesive tape.

Place Card

I adhered the brown cardstock to the white cardstock then added a simple message inside the card.

Thanksgiving Place Card

Thanksgiving Place Card that doubles as a greeting card

I love all the different elements to this card.  So simple yet it makes a statement.  All the gold touches really makes this card shine.

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Comments

  1. Amie @ Pinkapotamus says

    November 10, 2013 at 1:42 pm

    Love this! What a sweet way to decorate your table and welcome your guests~
    xoxo
    Amie @ Pinkapotamus

    • The Casual Craftlete says

      November 10, 2013 at 8:56 pm

      Awe, thanks Amie! SO glad you stopped by! Hope you have a wonderful evening!

  2. Barb says

    November 12, 2013 at 11:22 pm

    Such a clever dual purpose turkey! My fav feature is the wood grain embossing. Love it! I am visiting via Lovely Ladies Linky from over at http://www.ritewhileucan.com where I gush over all things stationery and the lost art of letter writing. I think you might enjoy it.

  3. JaneEllen says

    November 14, 2013 at 12:42 am

    Very nice place card. They look so sophisticated and colorful. Just the right touch. Love the painted feather. Great post.

    • The Casual Craftlete says

      November 15, 2013 at 10:51 am

      Thank you for the lovely comment, JaneEllen! You just made my day. Have a great weekend!

  4. angie says

    November 14, 2013 at 10:08 am

    so creative love the display and colors
    come see us at http://shopannies.blogspot.com

    • The Casual Craftlete says

      November 15, 2013 at 10:50 am

      Thanks for stopping by! I’m on my way over to check your blog out.

  5. Susan @ Oh My! Creative says

    November 18, 2013 at 8:00 am

    So pretty! I featured your placecard from Whimsy Wednesday!

    You can see the post here In this Easy Thanksgiving Table Setting Ideas http://www.ohmy-creative.com/holiday-crafts/thanksgiving/easy-thanksgiving-table-setting-ideas/

    Thanks for linking each week!
    Susan

    • The Casual Craftlete says

      November 18, 2013 at 12:59 pm

      Thanks SO much for hosting every week, Susan! Also, thanks for including my Place Card! Have a great week!!

  6. Bobbie (@avisiontorememb) says

    November 18, 2013 at 5:00 pm

    So Cute! I would love for you to stop by and add your link to Check Me Out Saturdays on A Vision to Remember: http://iamonly1woman.blogspot.com/2013/11/check-me-out-saturday-craft-link-party_15.html

    • The Casual Craftlete says

      November 19, 2013 at 10:45 pm

      Thanks for stopping by, Bobbie! I’ll make sure to check your page on Saturday. Have a great night!

  7. Chelsea Day says

    November 19, 2013 at 11:59 am

    Love it!! If you haven’t already I would love for you to link up to this weeks linky party on my blog so you can share it. http://www.somedayilllearn.com/2013/11/18/teach-tuesday-42/

    • The Casual Craftlete says

      November 19, 2013 at 10:43 pm

      Thanks SO much for the invite, Chelsea! I just added my link. Have a great night!

  8. Bonnie @ The Pin Junkie says

    November 20, 2013 at 7:42 am

    Thanks for sharing your Thanksgiving place cards. They were featured in today’s fall craft roundup. Don’t forget to link up your Christmas decorating ideas tomorrow for another chance to be featured! http://www.thepinjunkie.com/2013/11/fall-crafts-roundup.html

    • The Casual Craftlete says

      November 20, 2013 at 1:13 pm

      YAY! Thanks SO much for featuring me, Bonnie! Hope you are having a great week!

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