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Team Stamp-it November Blog Hop – Thanksgiving Theme

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Hey all, welcome to my little happy spot! I am Shannon Hatch coming to you from Birmingham Alabama.
Thanks for joining The Team Stamp-It Blog hop this month, hope you are enjoying everything you have seen so far. Below is a list of Blog Hoppers, click on their name to continue on to their blog and experience the inspiration they have created for you. At each stop, be sure to leave a comment in the comment section of each post. For each comment, you will be entered into a random drawing for the opportunity to win the prize pictured below. Good luck to you all and enjoy the hop.

I am absolutely in love with this card! First off, I love the look, colors and smell of lavender. So much so that I have anything and everything connected to it. Lavender shower gel and lotion, essential oil for my laundry, diffusers, candles, etc. So it is a natural progression that I had to have the Lavender Suite. I personally don’t do much with patterned paper unless I can connect with the majority of the patterns in the pack, this set is a success with me – purple is always welcome, I adore the natural rustic feel of crumb cake – this entire suite has won me over. For this card, I had the overwhelming need to add in the Simply Zinnia bundle – for an additional touch of color. It feels more like a flower garden with that addition which also works perfectly for a birthday card. The Crumb cake gingham patterned paper works so well for the background – and I simply love the pattern. The colors are what makes me the happiest with Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape for the lavender. Berry Burst, Lofty Lemon, Pumpkin Pie, Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape cardstock for the Zinnia. The leaves are Mossy Meadow and Old Olive cardstock. The flowers and leaves are cut with the coordinating Simply Zinnia die set. The sentiment is from the Notes of Nature stamp set, stamped in Crumb Cake on Basic White cardstock and die cut with the Tailor Made Tags die set. The final touches of the Natural Wavy Trim – which is hands down my favorite ribbon/trim of all, and a dash of purple and sparkle on the tag with the Purple Fine Shimmer Gems (another piece to the Painted Lavender Suite.)

Now we enter the season of reflection! What are you most grateful/thankful for? I am thankful I am able to craft, paint, and/or draw just about every day. I am thankful my husband and kids are mostly happy and healthy (my kids are teenagers – 100% happy all the time is unattainable!) My son is a senior this year, I am grateful I have the spare time to spend as much time with him as possible (mama’s boy) before he is off to college in less than a year now. He gets out of school by 11:00 every day so once a week -My husband and I meet up with the boy somewhere to have lunch together. Another little special memory to take with him. I chose to go with a grateful theme for this card –

I used a little of this and a little of that for this card, I start with an Early Espresso standard side folding card base. Crumb cake card stock matt embossed with the Timeworn Type 3D embossing folder, attached to the card base with Stampin’ Seal. Gold Brushed Metallic card stock die cut with the Labels Aglow dies. The Evening Evergreen and Garden Green Wreath die cuts are from the Cottage Wreath Bundle – Country Wreaths dies. They are glued together and then attached to the Gold Brushed Metallic Cardstock. They are attached to the matt with glue. The wreath berries are the Festive Pearls. The bow is Linen Thread quadrupled to make a heftier presence. The sentiment tag is Very Vanilla Cardstock die cut from the Tailor Made Tags Dies and is gold heat embossed with the sentiment “grateful” from the Cottage Wreath Stamp set.

Inside the card is lined with Very Vanilla cardstock, and the lower left corner as the wreath image from the Cottage Wreath Stamp set, stamped in Evening Evergreen, die cut with the coordinating die and backed with the left over gold brushed metallic center from the card front. This is a very masculine card – but I absolutely adore it.

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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

Cottage Wreaths Bundle (English) [159659] $52.00	Cottage Wreaths Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [159652] $19.00	Country Wreaths Dies [160238] $39.00	Brightest Glow Bundle (English) [159552] $52.00
Labels Aglow Dies [159551] $33.00	Tailor Made Tags Dies [155563] $22.00	Timeworn Type 3 D Embossing Folder [156505] $10.00	Brushed Metallic 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock [163103] $15.00
Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [120953] $9.25	Early Espresso 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [119686] $9.25	Evening Evergreen 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [155574] $9.25	Garden Green 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [102584] $9.25
Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [101650] $10.25	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin’ Pad [155576] $8.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $18.00
Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $30.00	Embossing Additions Tool Kit [159971] $27.00	Festive Pearls [159963] $7.00	Linen Thread [104199] $5.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00	Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $125.00	Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $63.00	Stampin’ Seal [152813] $8.00
Stampin’ Seal Refill [152814] $5.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Clear Block D [118485] $9.00

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