Grateful OSW cards

This is how I spent my Saturday -- or at least a part of it. I went to the bank and grocery store in the morning...came home, started a pot of stew, then threw in some laundry before the Badger football game started (Badgers are now 3-0, yay!). Yes, all of these were made while watching football, doing laundry and cooking. I know -- I'm sooo multi-talented.

I wanted to add to my stash of Thanksgiving cards to be sent to troops overseas, and the OSW technique is great for mass-producing cards that are similar but not quite the same. This is a variation of the "one sheet wonder" technique. Traditionally, one would take a white or vanilla piece of 8-1/2 x 11 or 12 x 12 cardstock and, using a variety of stamps, create your own patterned paper, which would then be cut into different lengths or shapes to use in a number of different cards. You can see samples of such in my previous posts here and here.

For today's cards I decided to use a sheet of fall patterned paper instead of using fall stamps, which I haven't much of anyway. I have heaps of patterned paper and no matter how much I use in scrapbooks and cards, the mountain never seems to dwindle. I chose a sheet of yellow and orange leaves, which I admit to not liking very much, part of a bulk pattern pack from Current, Inc received years ago, and set to work, using up scraps of orange and green cardstock as well. All cards measure 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 inches unless otherwise noted and fit an "invitation" size envelope.

Cardstock: SonBurn and Stampin' Up. Patterned paper from Current Inc and Creative Memories.

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black from Stampin' Up.

Stamps: Itty Bitty Backgrounds, Small Script, Petite Patterns, Lovely as a Tree, All Year Cheer III, Fall For All, and Fall Whimsey by Stampin' Up; Square "Thinking of You" by Endless Creations Inc; long "Thinking of You by Savvy Stamps.

Stickers: Sandy Lion; Me & My Big Ideas.

Other: Brads; paper ribbon; diecuts from Creative Memories; deckle scissors from Fiskars.

This card is a bit smaller than the traditional sized card, measuring 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches, and fits a standard size envelope. It opens by lifting it to the left.

Another smaller one, measuring 3-1/2 x 5-1/5 and technically not a OSW, since it uses none of that leaf pattern paper. It does, however, use castoff bits from other cards -- those four deckled squares were cut from the edges of this card and the first one posted.

Not a bad way to spend a cold, blustery afternoon watching football, no? Who knows what I might accomplish during tomorrow's today's Packer game!