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I absolutely love the way this card came together. I have a personal challenge that I set each week for myself. I challenge myself to use one stamp set for an entire week – come what may. If the challenge or class requires additional sentiments or images I will allow myself to select a set that I feels coordinates for the given situation. The chosen stamp set/bundle however must remain the star. Country Home can be seen on page 95 in the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog. I was intimidated by this set at first, maybe for the simplicity of it or maybe for the perceived fussy cutting nightmare. Not real sure – but by the end of the week I was in love with this set and saw all the versatility it had to offer! If you would like more inspiration for this set, or help breaking down a mental block, there are images scrolling below of all the cards on my blog, click one and off you go!

In this case, since I was shooting for a Thanksgiving theme, I didn’t feel the sentiments in the Country Home set gave a warm and fuzzy Holiday Thanks kind of feel, so I leaned to the Come Together Bundle just a bit.

This card begins with a half sheet of Crumb Cake cardstock cut to 4-1/4″ x 11 scored at 5-1/2″ for a top folding card. Now to get all the stamping and coloring completed first. I stamped the milk can and cotton stalk bouquet on a larger scrap piece of Very Vanilla card stock in the Coffee Archival Ink. Living in the south I can speak from experience, cotton stalks are not black though they are brown/dark brown, not quite sure what I was about to do to this image I felt safer using the Archival Ink and the color was far more appropriate. To render this image I just went crazy! The Bouquet is rendered in Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends Marker Combo Pack, Cajun Craze Stampin’ Blends Marker Combo Pack, Light Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Marker and Mango Melody Stampin’ Blends Marker Combo Pack. The Milk can image is rendered with Basic Black Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack, Dark Cajun Craze Stampin’ Blends Marker and….wait for it…. a tiny drop of Celestial Copper Delicata Ink Refill. The Milk can is highlighted and shaded with a bit of Dark Cajun Craze Stampin’ Blends Marker and a white thin tip paint pen. On another piece of Very Vanilla scrap the sentiment “Season of Thanks” from the Gather Together Stamp set is stamped in Early Espresso. On one last piece of Very Vanilla scrap, all 3 pumpkins are stamped in Cajun Craze and rendered with a combination of Cajun Craze Stampin’ Blends Marker Combo Pack and a touch of Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blends Marker Combo Pack.

Heading over to the die cutting, embossing machine of choice, the bouquet in a milk can image is die cut using a Stitched Rectangle Die. A larger piece of Cajun Craze is cut using the Stitched Rectangle dies and acts as the mat for the focal image. A strip of Copper Foil in the Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder is run through the machine. An Early Espresso card stock cut size piece is embossed with the Pinewood Plank Embossing Folder. The sentiment is die cut using the largest frame die from the Merry Christmas Die set from the Annual Catalog. A sentiment mat is created using a scrap of Cajun Craze and the Timeless Label punch. The pumpkins are also die cut with their coordinating die from the Gathered Leaves die set. After I die cut them, I decided I didn’t like the edge around them so I fussy cut them down a bit more. The final touch is a 6″ piece of Burlap Ribbon that will be wrapped around the finished mat before it goes on the front of the card base.

Early Espresso

Cajun Craze

Crumb Cake

Copper Foil

Now everything comes together to make this cohesive, gorgeous whole! Can you tell I love this card? To the back of the Early Espresso embossed mat, adhered with liquid adhesive is a piece of black craft foam. I really love how stable,solid this makes the card front feel, it mails well. Adhered with liquid glue to the front of the Early Espresso mat is the embossed Copper Foil strip. The Very Vanilla stitched rectangle with the Milk Can Bouquet is adhered with liquid glue to the Rectangle Stitched Cajun Craze mat. Once together and centered this unit is attached to the Early Espresso/ Copper Foil panel. Using Tearing Tape on the back of the Burlap Ribbon, I wrap the ends of the ribbon to the back of the Early Espresso mat up and over the foam by a bit. I put the 2 sentiment pieces together and then adhere them on top of the ribbon with dimensionals,

Inside the card is lined with a sheet of Very Vanilla, the colored and die cut pumpkins are then arranged in the bottom corner and adhered with liquid glue. I am so glad you hopped by, don’t forget to leave #stampitcontest in the comment section below and then hop on over to the next designer in our blog hop, Karen Page’s Blog to see what she has waiting for you. Enjoy the hop and thanks so much for joining us.

Congratulations to Marylu Tyger, our randomly selected winner for the Stamp It Group September Blog Hop drawing. Don’t forget to enter #stampitcontest in the comment section below for your chance to win the the Notes of Kindness Card Kit pictured below. Good Luck!

Thanks again for stopping by and spending a bit of your time with me. I hope you enjoyed learning about how this card came together. Hopefully you were even inspired just a bit. Below are pictured links to all the items used for this card, click the link of the item to be taken to my online store where you can learn more about each item. Don’t forget to comment in the comment section below for a chance to win the item pictured above. I will return soon with something new. Until then, stay safe, stay healthy and without doubt, keep on crafting, exploring and creating.

Product List

Country Home Photopolymer Stamp Set [147678] $21.00	Gather Together Bundle [153036] $38.50	Gather Together Photopolymer Stamp Set [150589] $17.00	Gathered Leaves Dies [150662] $26.00
Stitched Rectangle Dies [148551] $35.00	Merry Christmas Dies [147912] $28.00	Timeless Label Punch [149516] $18.00	Hammered Metal 3D Embossing Folder [150646] $9.00
Pinewood Planks 3D Embossing Folder [152320] $10.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [120953] $8.75	Early Espresso 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [119686] $8.75	Copper Foil Sheets [142020] $5.00
Cajun Craze 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [119684] $8.75	Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [101650] $9.75	Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad [147114] $7.50	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin’ Pad [147085] $7.50
Cajun Craze Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends [147931] $9.00	Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [148547] $9.00	Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack [144599] $9.00	Mango Melody Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends [147945] $9.00
Basic Black Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends [147942] $9.00	Smoky Slate Light Stampin’ Blends Marker [145054] $4.50	Celestial Copper Delicata Metallic Ink Pad [150707] $11.00	Celestial Copper Delicata Metallic Ink Refill [150708] $9.00
5/8″ (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon [141487] $7.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $7.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00

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A Brand new Holiday Suite is coming your way called Christmastime is Here – while supplies last. The Video below shows all the products in the Suite. The Stamp set is my absolute favorite.

So many products at such a great price that will brighten up the holidays!

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You will definitely want to keep 2 things in mind while thumbing through this catalog. First, what is the budget? If it looks like you may spend $150 or more DO NOT use the Host Code. You will earn rewards from Stampin’ Up! that you will want to take advantage of and a little Thank You gift from me. Please DO use the Host Code if your order is under $150 so you will receive a little Thank you gift from me and a tutorial. Second, if you are spending enough to use the Host Code, would it be more advantageous to you and your pocket book to join the club? For only $99 including shipping, you can put $125 worth of this gorgeous Holiday product into your starter kit, that is a bargain and a win/win, all the way around. Get more for less. Once you become a member you are now a demonstrator and part of the discount club. You will now save 20% on every order you make. There is no pressure, if your in this for the love of stamping – stamp away and enjoy your discount. If you want to make it a business you can go that route and earn as much as a 25% discount on all of your purchases. Click here to JOIN and enjoy that discount on all of your purchases.