Thanksgiving Placecards

I'm headed out of town this weekend for the final marching band push with my daughter, Katie.  We'll have a 13+ hour bus ride to Fresno, California on Friday.  They will compete in the Western Band Association's Marching Band Championships.  I actually remember going to this event when I marched in high school -tear.  Before I go, I thought I'd share these place cards I made.

The kraft place card base was cut at 2 inches from my Cricut Thanksgiving Seasonal Cartridge. I first printed the names onto the 8 1/2 x 11 paper using my printer.  I do this by cutting a template from scrap paper.  Then I measure using a ruler and place text boxes in Word in the approximately location.  If you look closely- there is variation (look at Tim's name in the upper left corner vs. Michael's name in the foreground. 

The matching frame was cut from brown cardstock at the same 2 inches from the same cart.

The pumpkins were stamped in brown Archival Ink using my new Denami Designs stamp.  I searched their website and either the stamp is sold out and thus not on the website or I'm a dork and I couldn't find it.   The designs are super cute and easy to color- my kind of stamps.  The pumpkins were colored using a waterbrush and some Rusty Hinge, Peeled Paint and Walnut Stain Distress inks.  I fussy cut each pumpkin out and adhered with a piece of foam tape.

Each card was edged with a little Scattered Straw and all is ready for our Thanksgiving feast.  I don't intend to do too much that is fancy for our table.  I found these Pinecone Mushrooms at Cost Plus and couldn't resist a couple for a short (I like to see folks over the table) centerpiece.  Plus, we've not much room so I don't want to take up valuable table space with lots of decoration.  I own the Spode Christmas Tree dinnerware which will go on the table.  Gettin' ready for Christmas...

I'm linking up to the Paper Girls Challenge Blog: Challenge #44: It's Time to Give Thanks.  Come join the fun!