Stampin' Friends October - Thanksgiving/Thankfulness/Grateful Hop!

It's a Thanksgiving/Grateful Hop - and I hope you like all the projects you see.  Be sure to go to the bottom and hop on through the other links after you've checked out my post.  I so love fall - leaves changing colors - hot coffee (I like this all year long) - sweater weather - it is my FAVORITE time of year.  This year it seemed to go directly from warm to cold here - but for now I'm loving it.  So this is a fun time for crafting for me.  My projects this month are great for this time of year - but I went a little unconventional in my color scheme.

No oranges for me - I went with Basic Gray, Slate Gray, Basic Black and Crumb Cake for an added layer of interest.  

My card is made with the Country Lane suite from the Holiday catalog page 43.  Hands down my favorite items in the entire Holiday Catalog - first thing on my list to be ordered.  The large layer in Slate Gray in back is embossed with the Tin Tile Dynamic Folder; and the stamped image is from the Country Home Set.  The background behind the milk can was made using the colors above (sans black) using the crumpled Saran Wrap technique on glossy cardstock and then stamped with Memento ink.

After stamping, the milk can and flowers were colored with Stampin' Write Markers, I added a bow of three strands of linen thread and glued on tiny bits of cotton with multipurpose glue to really make those cotton plant branches pop.

Then I added one of the sentiments and images from the same set to the inside of the card.  I love this for a fall Thankfulness card - so thankful for all my blessings!  Next my 3D project is a pumpkin in the same color scheme.

It starts with 9 - 6" x 3/4" strips of cardstock that I ran through the Big Shot with the Swirls and Curls from Pg 5 of the Holiday catalog.  I punched a hole on each end of each strip about a 1/4" in with a 1/8" punch.  Then threaded all holes on one end with our black glitter ribbon - tying a knot to hold in place.  The circle above was placed on the bottom with glue dots over the knot to help the pumpkin stand better.

Then I threaded the other end of the 6" ribbon through the other holes on the other ends of the strips; and gently squished to get a pumpkin shape; and tied another knot at the top to hold.  I then cut out some fun leaves with the Detailed Leaves Thinlits on Pg 45 of the Holiday catalog - gluing them to the top; then added a few color gems for some bling.

Here's a close-up of the top of the pumpkin so you can see the leaves and bling better.  I hope you liked my projects and got some inspiration.  I would love it if you left me a comment below.  Don't forget to click through on each name below to see even more wonderful Thankful Posts.  See you soon! ~Maureen 
 
Check out these Awesome Bloggers

1.	Sue Vine - Australia
2.	Sandra Mastello - Australia
3.	Katja Ettig
4.	Kim Jolley
5.	Maureen Rauchfuss
6.	Jenny Hall
7.	Melissa Thomas

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Stampin' Friends Blog Hop October - Thanksgiving Theme!

 

Fall is such a wonderful season - full of cool weather, wonderful golden and red colors, and lots of THANKFUL thoughts.  For this month's hop I decided to use my very favorite set from the SU Holiday catalog - "Painted Harvest."  I love everything about this set - but most of all how forgiving it is.   My projects were a card with a "thankful" thought inside, and a "thankful" notebook - where you can write daily thankful thoughts of affirmation.

First my card - I used Tranquil Tide, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight and Early Espresso to create this beauty.  I used the eclipse technique to "pop" the word FALL.  Then added some matching ribbon to finish it.

Here's the card a little more from the side so you can see how the letters literally do POP off the card.  I added a flower on the inside (see the first picture) and one on the envelope to match (see the picture directly above).

Then to match I covered a small magnetic notebook that I had gotten for the purpose of altering.  On this I used the same sentiment, but eliminated the word "you", so I can record what I am thankful for....   It's a wonderful way to daily remember all the blessings in my life.  When I concentrate on all the positives - the negatives just seem to blow away in those fall breezes!

This last picture isn't great (a bit of a blur) - but I wanted to show how it opens and closes - the piece to the right of the picture folds down on top of the notebook, and the piece from the left of the picture clicks down on top because of the magnets in each section.  The paper in the notepad is a lighter shade of the espresso - so matches perfectly!

Congratulations to our Blog Hop winner in September - Sue Lovejoy!  Now it's  your chance to win this month's amazing prize giveaway - just follow the instructions in the graphic below!

Now hop along to see all the other wonderful "Thanksgiving" projects this month!  See you soon - Maureen

1.	Maureen Rauchfuss
2.	Lana Staab
3.	Kathie Rotti
4.	Cindy Waldroff
5.	Kirsteen Gill
6.	Raquelle Clifton
7.	Sue Vine
8.	Barbara Welch
9.	Steph Jandrow
10.	Kim Lamos
11.	Lynn Streifert
12.	Twila Davis
13.	Melissa Thomas

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Painted Harvest Photopolymer Stamp Set

$21.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$9.00

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes

$6.50

Tranquil Tide 1/2" Finely Woven Ribbon

$7.00

Foam Adhesive Strips

$8.00

Mini Glue Dots

$5.25

Paper Snips

$10.00

Stampin' Trimmer

$30.00

Big Shot

$110.00

Large Letters Framelits Dies

$99.00