Stamp Off Harvest Hellos with Apple Builder Punch

Welcome!  Today Buffy, Susan and I are creating

Thankful cards for our Stamp Off Challenge.

I bet you're really glad that I could not incorporate

a moose into my card!

I think of this as a "Thanksgiving" type of card,
so decided to make this for our challenge.
I think that the Harvest Hellos stamp set (Holiday page 49),

with coordinating Apple Builder Punch is a brilliant combo.

You can get a lot of mileage out of being able to make

apples or pumpkins with the same bundle.  

In this example, I ran the Calypso Coral layer through

the Subtles Embossing folder, and layered some Subtles

Designer Series Paper (page 168) over top.

That made a great background for the pumpkin

and sentiment.  The Pumpkin, linen thread and 
enamel dots were all colored with Stampin' Blends.

Thank you for popping by.  Please enjoy the
lovely Stamp Off Challenge cards offered by
Buffy and Susan!

Moose Punch on Mercury Glass

Sorry, but you get Moose both Monday and Wednesday.

Although the punch is now "gone", I have a fistful

of moose cards that I have enjoyed making.  The 

Merry Moose set is still very much available.  I stamped

the moose on to the Mercury Glass Designer Acetate,

using Stazon ink.

Next, is an example of what not to do.  First, I didn't take

the protective plastic off of the Mercury Glass Designer

 Acetate (page 33).  When I went to punch out the moose,

I almost broke my punch because of the acetate and plastic.

I have since removed the protective plastic layer

(use a piece of tape to start it at the corner), but have not

wanted to risk my punch.  I do love the effect of the glimmer

paper behind the Mercury Glass.  It is a very sparkly card!

Moose Punch with Wrapped in Plaid DSP

I guess that it's looking like Moose Monday.

Merry Moose Monday, that is.

I'm sad to say that Stampin' Up! has gone through

it's inventory of the Moose punch (Holiday page 27).

I cut out an oval of the Wrapped in Plaid DSP

(Holiday page 13) with the Stitched Shapes Dies.

Gold Foil was used for the Moose and layer.

Those elements were layered on to a piece of 

Shaded Spruce cardstock, run through the 

Hammered Metal 3D Embossing folder

(Holiday page 31).  

First Frost and Butterfly Gala

I am undeniably drawn to the First Frost stamp set

(page 140) with the coordinating Frosted Bouquet Dies

(page 193).  This combo allows you to create such

delicate, wistful images.  In this example, I paired this

dynamic duo with the Butterfly Gala set on page 46,

and the coordinating Butterfly Duet punch on page 188.

I love coordinating punches because they are a quick

way to cut a precise image. 

The Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder 

(Holiday page 31) seems to work with almost

any image or theme.  Holiday catalog samples show it used 

with SU foil sheets, but it works just as well with a

neutral Whisper White!

Best Catch with Let it Ride

My brother recently purchased lake property in

Wisconsin, which prompted my purchase of the

Best Catch set on page 20, with the coordinating 

Catch of the Day dies (page 191).  This product combination

reminded me so much of the fun we had out on the

lake (see story below).

The trees came from the Let It Ride set (page 154), birds

and grass from High Tide (page 152) and water and

shore from Waterfront (page 125).  I ran the focal

image through the Subtles 3D Embossing folder, layering

it on to some Neutrals Designer Series Paper (page 168).

OK, so on to the story.

Even a dead pontoon boat in the middle of

the lake was a hoot.  It was our first voyage and the

motor was a bit cranky throughout.  Eventually, it

died and would not restart.  First my BIL got out to try

to tow it (with the raft).   Mind you, he'd had a collapsed lung

 about a month prior.  He could barely budge the thing.  So 

my sister, and brother jumped into the lake,
to swim, push and ultimately walk the pontoon

back to the dock.  The rest of us had very comfortable

seats, taking pictures and cheering them on.

Merry Moose with Mercury Glass

Time for another moose, or should I say it's always

a good time for Merry Moose (Holiday page 27).

This was a quick card, given that you just stamp and then

punch with the Moose Punch.  I stamped the tree and

sentiment and then ran that through the Stitched Shapes

dies.   Finally, I added a layer of Mercury Glass 

Designer Acetate (page 33) to add that Christmas glitz.