Stamp Off Country Home Thanksgiving

Welcome to another Stamp Off Challenge.

This week, Buffy, Susan and I are doing fall/Thanksgiving.

This is our last challenge before the Thanksgiving

holiday, so we wish our viewing audience a

wonderful time with turkey, friends and family!

I always enjoy the challenge of combining products, 

so this card features Country Home (Holiday p 43),

with the Everyday Jars Framelits and Jar of Love

Stamp set (pages 217 and 51).  I was going for kind of

a terrarium concept.  I wrapped the jar with some 

Silver Mini Sequin trim (p 201) to add sparkle.  

I love the foliage from

Country Home and enjoy trying to use it in different ways.

I did some masking after stamping the jar, and then colored the foliage with Stampin' Blends! (p 205)

Now please pop on over to see what Buffy and Susan have 

created, to get you into a Thanksgiving mood.

All the Good Things with Stamparatus

I really do enjoy using the All the Good Things (p 151)

set with the Stamparatus (p 207).  It allows you to blend

colors with your markers, until you are happy with

the outcome.  In this example, the tree top combines

Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay.  You just keep coloring

the rubber with your marker and stamping it.   

Since the stamp comes down in the

same location when you use the Stamparatus, you have

the opportunity to create highlighting and low lights,

by using contrasting colors of inks.  

For the pot,  I used Blackberry Bliss, with Basic Gray.

Signs of Santa

This card features the Signs of Santa set,

with coordinating Santa's Signpost Framelits Dies

on page 19 of the Holiday Mini.  It's such a cute set,

with all of the elves and signs!

This suite also has Santa's Workshop Specialty

DSP, so that you can cut out additional images.

Lastly, the Santa's Workshops Enamel Shapes can

also be found on page 19 

Bouquet Bunch Framelits with New Colors

Well, I finally seem to be over the effects of last week's

stomach flu.  Do yourself a favor and stock up on 

electrolyte drinks.  If you get the flu, you will be too

sick to go out for them, and you will be in desperate

need of hydration.  Your main need will be to rehydrate,

trust me.   That is my public service

announcement for today!

I continue to find excuses to pull out my Bouquet Bunch

Framelits on page 216.  It is just such a great product

for creating a quick WOW card.   I also wanted to play

with some of the new colors, so this card features 

Gray Granite, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape,

and Soft Sea Foam.  I really liked how dramatic

these colors looked together.

I ran the background layer through the Subtle 

Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (p 223)

to make this card even more dramatic.  

I hope that you enjoy.

Spirited Snowmen Colored with Stampin' Blends!

I haven't posted many Christmas cards, because I hate to

jump the gun, before we've even celebrated Thanksgiving.

However, I like to squeak one in periodically.

This image and sentiment come from the Spirited Snowmen

set on page 38 of the Holiday mini.  This is a darling set, 

especially for those of us who love a cute snowman.

I colored this snowman with Stampin' Blends 

and embossed the card base with the 

Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions 

Embossing folder (p 43).

Swirly Scribbles with Country Home

This is a Swirly Scribbles Thinlit (page 220), with

some 5/8" ribbon (page 200) layered behind the heart.

The sentiment was taken from Country Home,

on page 43 of the Holiday Mini.