A Little Mayflower (TE Sneak Peek Day 1)...

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It's the first week of a new month, which means another fun Release Week at Taylored Expressions! The Baker's Dozen have a ton of fabulous sneakie peekies and I'm sharing my own with today's project. Thanksgiving is one of my favoriate holidays, for both its message of gratitude and reflection and, well, I just love me some marshmallow-covered yams! So, in honor of this most delectable of holidays, I wanted to make a fun and special card that could actually double as a centerpiece for a food-laden table.

I got to play with an adorable new TE set, Gobble, Gobble, which features the singularly sweet Cuppie, this time dressed up for Turkey Day. For the outside of the card, I needed to keep it relatively simple as the card needed to be able to lay flat if used as a centerpiece. When I saw the Pilgrim and Native American Cuppies, I knew I had to commemorate the meeting that first sparked this happy day with something that featured the Mayflower. Lucky for me, I found a template for a pop-up ship card and added a few special touches of my own.

SPILLING THE BEANS

Inside Pop-Up

1. Print ship template on card stock. Trim pieces and card stock for base.
2. Emboss ship piece with impressions plate.
3. Write "Mayflower" with pen on card stock. Trim, sponge, and adhere with glue.
4. Sponge all pieces and assemble according to directions.
5. Draw wake lines. Punch waves and adhere with glue.
6. Trim card stock to form beach. Adhere gravel along shoreline. Stamp sentiment.
7. Hand draw rock shape. Trim, leaving tab. Crumple slightly and write "Plymouth" with white gel pen. Adhere with clue.
8. Stamp Pilgrims and Native American Cuppies on card stock. Color with Copics. Fussy cut and paper piece each. Adhere Pilgrims to ship. Adhere Native American with card stock tab.

Outside

1. Trim two pieces of card stock, large enough to mat inside of card. Adhere back piece with sticky tape.
2. Trim patterned paper. Mat with card stock and adhere to front of card.
3. Die cut white card stock. Stamp sentiment and adhere.
4. Stamp leaves on card stock. Fussy cut and adhere.
5. Adhere entire front panel to card with sticky tape.

BEAN NOTES

• Stamps: Gobble, Gobble (Taylored Expressions)
• Dye Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko); Marina Mist, Dusty Durango, Creamy Caramel (Stampin' Up!)
• Card Stock: Dusty Durango, Marina Mist, Creamy Caramel, Basic Gray, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard and Whisper White (SU!)
• Patterned Paper: Togetherness (Cosmo Cricket)
• Color Medium: Sketch Markers (Copic); Black Multi-liner SP (Copic); White Gel Pen (Signo); Red and Gold Metallic Markers (Sakura)
• Tools: Wave Border Punch (Fiskars); Woodgrain Impression Plate (Papertrey Ink)
• Dies: Bigz Top Note (Sizzix)

HAPPY BEANS

• Accents: Gravel (from my old Minnesota backyard!)
• Template: Ship (robertsabuda.com)

I hope you enjoyed my salute to Turkey Day. Don't forget to check out the amazing projects from the rest of the Baker's Dozen and please join me tomorrow for some wintery goodness (wink*wink*)! Gobble, Gobble and other goodies will be available this Thursday, October 7. Thanks for stopping by!

The Baker's Dozen
Charmaine Ikach
Danielle Lounds
Donna Baker
Jackie Pedro
Jodi Collins
Karen Giron
Karen Motz
Melissa Sauls
Sankari Wegman
Taylor VanBruggen
Tori Wild
Jami Sibley
Nancy McKinney - TE Designer