Counting My Blessings

Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. We spent it with family, as my parents were down for a family photo shoot we had planned for their 50th anniversary gift. They actually celebrated the 51st (!) this summer...it has taken this long to find a date that worked for everyone where the weather was half decent. We've had three failed attempts before this one! Thankfully, we finally pulled it off and I can't wait to see the proofs.

Today I have another fall-themed project for you. This one uses the Count My Blessings stamp set from the new Holiday Catalogue...

This stamp set is simply beautiful, but it is easy to miss amid all of the fabulous new holiday products. Here I heat embossed in copper the vine image several times on a piece of Painted Autumn DSP. I love the way the copper works with the warm autumn tones in the paper.

The sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso ink on a label I cut with the Lots of Labels framelits from Wood Textures DSP. I added a Foil Snowflake behind the label, flipping it over so the vanilla side was showing. I added some litle die-cut sprigs in Very Vanilla and copper foil cut with the Christmas Staircase and Pretty Pines thinlits respectively.

I added some Burlap Ribbon, tied with Linen Thread as well as some copper metallic thread behind the label. This card truly does shine!

On the inside I added some more heat embossed copper vines along the bottom edge, leaving lots of space for expressing my gratitude.

Have a marvelous week!


Product List

Count My Blessings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [144790] $26.00	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [144237] $9.25	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650] $11.25	Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper [144613] $14.50
Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177] $12.50	Copper Foil Sheets [142020] $5.25	Foil Snowflakes [144642] $8.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974] $8.50
Versamark Pad [102283] $11.25	Embossing Buddy [103083] $8.00	Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636] $6.75	Heat Tool [129053] $40.00
Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies [138281] $35.00	Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies [144679] $51.00	Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies [141851] $34.00
5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon [141487] $9.25	Linen Thread [104199] $6.25	Copper Metallic Thread [141696] $4.00