Season of Thanks and a Blog Hop

Happy Sunday! Are you surprised to hear from me today? I don't normally post on Sundays, but today is the 15th of the month, which means it is time for another Stamping Symphony Blog Hop!

This month we are featuring our favourites from the new Holiday Catalogue. My project uses some of my most-loved items...check it out:

It is no secret how much I love fall and the Come to Gather Suite is one of my absolute favourite fall suites ever. The patterns and colours in that gorgeous paper are perfect, not just for fall, but for almost any season. Here I have used two patterns from the Come to Gather DSP, as well as images from the Gather Together stamp set and paired them with the beautiful Frosted Frames dies. The beautiful die-cut frame is too pretty to use just for Christmas and winter! I die-cut the frame from Early Espresso card stock and then added springs and branches cut from fall colours. The result is a decidedly fall thank you card.

The pumpkins are stamped in Cajun Craze ink and then coloured using the Light Cajun Craze and Light Crumb Cake Blends. I love that the Cajun Craze Classic ink doesn't run with the alcohol markers! Discovering this pretty much made my day...it doesn't take much to make me happy ;)
The only embellishment on this card is a pretty double bow tied from Cajun Craze Linen Thread. With so many pretty images and die-cuts...it doesn't need anything more!

On the inside I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped another sentiment from the Gather Together stamp set in Early Espresso ink. I also stamped and coloured another pumpkin, as I did on the front, as well as some wheat sheaves in Early Espresso ink, stamped off once.

I have to say, I am in no hurry to work on Christmas cards...I'm having too much fun with this gorgeous fall suite!  Be sure to hop on over to Sandy's blog and see what she's been up to...

1. Leena (You are here)

2. Sandy

3. Barb

4. Jennifer

5. Steph

Have a fabulous day and a great week.

Product List

Gather Together Photopolymer Stamp Set [150589] $22.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $10.25	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $10.25	Cajun Craze Light Stampin' Blends [147907] $6.00
Crumb Cake Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144582] $6.00	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686] $12.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131199] $12.00
Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100702] $12.00	Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146979] $12.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $12.00	Come To Gather Designer Series Paper [150454] $15.75
Frosted Frames Dies [150658] $39.00	Gathered Leaves Dies [150662] $35.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies [148551] $48.00	Come To Gather Ribbon Combo Pack [150456] $12.25

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians! I hope you are having a wonderful celebration with those you love!  We had our feast yesterday...and now leftovers for the rest of the week, which is OK with me...it means I don't have to cook :)

Today I want to show you a project I designed way back in the summer. I photographed it before I got my new backdrop ;)

Thanksgiving card featuring the Wondrous Wreath stamp set with sentiment from Merry Everything

To stamp the wreath I began by inking it with Crushed Curry ink and them I added Cajun Craze around the outside edge using a sponge dauber. The accent leaves were heat embossed in gold and the berries are stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink.  The wreath is die-cut using the coordinating Wonderful Wreath Framelits.

The sentiment, from the Merry Everything stamp set, is heat embossed in gold and punched using the Note Tag punch. The background panel is Kraft card stock that is embossed using the Woodgrain TIEF and then layered on a piece of Cajun Craze card stock. The card is built on a Kraft card base. By way of embellishment I used a bit of gold Baker's twine, a few gold sequins and a bit of Burlap ribbon.

On the inside I stamped the accent leaves again, randomly, using Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze and Cherry Cobbler inks.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Here are the products used to create this card:

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Thinking about fall at the Twist

Well the weather here this week has been so chilly folks have taken to calling it "Aug-tober".  The cooler temperatures and the arrival of my Holiday Catalogue pre-order have put me in the mood for Fall and Holiday projects, so I decided to use one of my favourite new bundles for my project for this week's challenge at The Technique Twist.  We are all about partial die cutting this time...a cool trick to create interestingly shaped cards.  Check it out:

Thanksgiving card featuring the Partial Die Cutting Technique and using the new Wondrous Wreath stamp set and Wonderful Wreath and Fun Fall Framelits.

Here is a side-view shot so you can see how it is cut:

Cool, huh?  To learn how to do this check out Debby Hughes' great tutorial over on Splitcoast Stampers.
I used a few new products that will be available in just a couple of weeks in the Holiday Catalogue.  The wreath is from the Wondrous Wreath set and features different layered images that can be stamped overtop of eachother to create the different coloured leaves and berries.  SO easy and very cool.  The set also has a coordinating set of Framelits which have a marker on them to make lining up the framelit with the stamped wreath image a breeze.  No more fussing with the framelit to try and get it right!  Yippee!!

The sentiment is from an upcoming Hostess promotion set called Good Greetings and it is AWESOME!  There are 24 sentiments, all in the same fun handwritten font, that cover just about every fall/winter occasion you can think of.  You'll definitely want to plan to host an event so you can receive this one for FREE!  More details about this will be coming at the end of the month...stay tuned!
The little leaves behind the sentiment were die cut using another new set of framelits called Fun Fall.  They also have a coordinating stamp set with lots of leaf, pumpkin and even a little ghost image, all of which have a matching framelit to cut them out.  Love it!  To add depth to my wee leaves I sponged the edges lightly with Crumb Cake ink before adhering them to the back of my sentiment banner.  I also added a bit of linen thread to complete my arrangement.

On the inside I stamped the little leaf images from the Fall Fest stamp set several times along the bottom edge, leaving plenty of space for a note of gratitude.
So, now it's your turn!  Get out your favourite dies and Big Shot and give this technique a try.  You'll stretch your creativity and discover a new (slightly adictive) syle of card! 

Now for a little business...
All this week I have been celebrating my Blog-aversary and have offered a draw for some free Blog Candy.  Well today I get to announce the randomly selected winner....drumroll please....
 

The winner is Lindy!

Leena your website looks awesome!! I'm still trying to figure out how you did that header!? I love the little jewels and all the textures which is so what stampin up is all about! :D I am SUPER excited to be a part of the blendabilities club :) I love blending and adding depth and 3d to the pictures. That calypso coral flower with the grey looks amazing! eeeek so excited that you are doing this!! - See more at: http://alacards.blogspot.ca/2014/08/its-my-blog-aversary.html#sthash.MPu7MaMR.dpuf

Leena your website looks awesome!! I'm still trying to figure out how you did that header!? I love the little jewels and all the textures which is so what stampin up is all about! :D I am SUPER excited to be a part of the blendabilities club :) I love blending and adding depth and 3d to the pictures. That calypso coral flower with the grey looks amazing! eeeek so excited that you are doing this!! - See more at: http://alacards.blogspot.ca/2014/08/its-my-blog-aversary.html#sthash.MPu7MaMR.dpuf

Leena your website looks awesome!! I'm still trying to figure out how you did that header!? I love the little jewels and all the textures which is so what stampin up is all about! :D I am SUPER excited to be a part of the blendabilities club :) I love blending and adding depth and 3d to the pictures. That calypso coral flower with the grey looks amazing! eeeek so excited that you are doing this!! - See more at: http://alacards.blogspot.ca/2014/08/its-my-blog-aversary.html#sthash.MPu7MaMR.dpuf

Thanks for you kind comments Lindy and congratulations on winning.  I'll be in touch about delivering your new loot.
Have a great weekend eveyone!