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Monday, September 6, 2010

Thanksgiving Harvest Tyiptych Card

Happy Labor Day everyone!!  Hope you are enjoying the long weekend.  We went to the county fair this weekend.  I completely believe that there is nothing better than cotton candy and funnel cake from the fair!  Oh, if only you could get that just anytime you wanted to.  : )

Today I am sharing with you a card that I just recently discovered how to make.  Isn't this the coolest design?  You know?  You could make a card like this too.  There are free templates available to anyone who is interested in making a card like this HERE.  How cool is that?  I love the fresh new look, and I have been trying to do new things with my cards more frequently.  After awhile, square cards can tend to get boring, and it feels good to switch it up every now and then. 

I decided to make this a Thanksgiving card, because I have not done any of those yet.  I have done Christmas before Thanksgiving, so I at least wanted to get one Thanksgiving card done.  I don't give too many of them out, so it is not a beat the clock thing to get them done, but it is still nice to have one done anyway. 

Sort of a glorified gatefold, don't you think so?


I do love how it looks as if a gate is opening when you open this card.


A look at the back side of the card...

I would like to enter this into the Whimsical Ink Sorority Challenge to make a card like this and to thank them for introducing this type of card to me.  I hope you enjoy my card and that perhaps I have inspired some of you to try this or even just to try something new.  Thanks for coming to visit me today, and I appreciate your comments or thoughts on my card. 

Have a lovely day and end to the holiday weekend.  See you soon my friends.

Hugs,



Some other challenges for this card:

Crafts & Me: Sparkle and gems
Creative Inspirations: Anything but a square
Creative Belli: Old Stamps
PIO: Layers
Polka Doodles: Shaped Card
YNS: Anything goes
Oh Alice: sparkle or shine

26 comments:

Pinklady 68 said...

Gorgeous Card!!!
Love the layout and colors:-)

Hugs Laila.

Lovely Linda said...

Hello Carolyn - this is gorgeous! I am going to check out the site! I love all of your details, they make one DIVINE card! The colours and texture is all amazing - thanks for sharing - it is EYE CANDY to the MAX!! {{{hugs}}}

coldwaters2 said...

WOWZER Carolyn this is absolutely superb what beautiful work you have done here, the colours, card shape and embossing it is all so wonderful.
Hugs
Lorraine x

cheryl said...

oh wow this is just stunning,gosh the detail on this is just amazing,really love the shape of this too wonderful,bless you for playing at creative inspirations,this week,hope too see you again soon love hugs cheryl xxxxx

Karen W said...

Wow, I love this, I can't wait to try this. Thanks so much for the links and your card is just fabulous!!

Thebug415 said...

WOW! Very pretty. Love all the details. Thanks for joining us at the Creative Belli Challenge.

Karen W said...

I made a card using your template, mine is not nearly as fancy but it was fun and now I need to make some more.
http://karensinspirations.blogspot.com/2010/09/triptych-fold-and-crafty-secrets-cut-it.html

Jeni C Slack (^0^) said...

Gorgeous!! I'm going to try to make one like yours. It's So Beautiful! I wanted to ask what diecut did you use for the top of the cover with the scroll like things behind the flowers? xox ~Jeni

Tracy said...

Really gorgeous, Thanks for joining Polkadoodles challenge with this great entry, good luck.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Carolyn said...

Hi Jeni...Thanks! I used the Sizzix Architectural Accents Dies. Can't wait to see what you create :)

Hugs...

Anonymous said...

georgeous card and wowsers what a lot of work!!!

Shelly Schmidt said...

Beautiful! I love the pretty colors- and love the inside but that image is gorgeous! Thanks for the template too. Thanks for joining us at the Creative Belli blog!

Denise @ kc242 said...

Wow what a beautiful fall card. I love the gate opening fold as well as that lovely dp! Thanks so much for sharing!
Denise

Vintage Milly said...

Wow, this is stunning! Thanks for joining in with us at Creative Inspirations. What a great shaped card! You have done a really great job here,
Em.x

Crafteezee said...

Wow, this is such a beautiful card, so well executed. Thanks for joining us at Crafts and Me. Hugs Tracy x

Alexandra Lundgren said...

WOW! This card is absolutely gorgeous! You completely rocked this style! Glad you like it and hope you make more! Just beautiful!

Sammi said...

Lovely sparkly card!
Thanks for joining us at Oh, Alice this week!
Sammi
xxx

Tip Top said...

Stunning and such warm colours too! Thanks for entering the Polkadoodle Challenge - hope you can join us again next week!

Alexandra Lundgren said...

You won the WIS challenge!!! Please send me you email contact info at

blogalex at hotmail dot com so I can get it to queen kat for your coupon code!

Unknown said...

Great card, love all the fabulous details. Thanks for sharing it with us in our shaped card challenge at Creative Inspirations.
Hugs
Dawn x

Claire Phillips said...

Fab shaped card - thanks for playing along at Polkadoodles! Full of great detail - just fab! Cheers Claire x

Unknown said...

awesome card!!! congrats on winning the challenge.

Jenny said...

V Elegant! Thanks for sharing your project with us over at Polka Doodles.

Fliss said...

Just fabulous shaped card. Love the vintage style.
Thanks for joining in with this week's Polka Doodles challenge.
x

BondGirl said...

What lovely colours, they make me feel all autumny - Thanks for joining in the polkadoodles challenge

BettyBee said...

This is a truly lovely card! I have the same stamp, and am inspired to give it a try for this kind of beautiful style! I love the 3D flowers you have added. I invite you to come and share it with us at BettyBeesBuzz.blogspot.com You are very talented, and I have enjoyed your blog!