The TGIF Challenges inspiration challenge this week is "Thankful". I was inspired by the Fall colors in the inspiration piece and by the Country Home stamp set (#147678). It has some of my favorite "Thankful" sentiments, but the other stamps in the set haven't seen much ink lately. Time to use a couple of these neglected stamps for this challenge:
The card base is Crumb Cake splattered with a bit of ink from my Early Espresso Stampin' Write Marker. Next is a two inch wide layer of Cajun Craze card stock embossed with the Tin Tile 3D embossing folder (#151801). I masked off part of the sentiment stamp image, then stamped it in Early Espresso ink onto another piece of splattered Crumb Cake card stock. It was die cut with a Stitched Rectangles die (#151820).
The focal point is a floral arrangement in the pitcher. The pitcher was stamped in Crushed Curry ink on to Very Vanilla card stock, then colored with the So Saffron Combo Stampin' Blends (#154905). The top of the pitcher was masked off with a pre-stamped post-a-note and then the cotton branch arrangement was stamped in Early Espresso ink over it. The cotton branch arrangement was stamped twice more on Very Vanilla card stock scraps. The arrangement on the pitcher was colored with Granny Apple Green Combo (#154885), Old Olive Combo (#154892), Poppy Parade Combo (#154958), Cajun Craze Combo (#154879) and Cinnamon Cider Combo (#153105) Stampin' Blends. Once colored, the arrangement was die cut with the largest circle in the Stitched Shapes dies (#152323).
The seed pods in the second stamped arrangement were colored with Cinnamon Cider Combo Stampin' Blends, fussy cut and popped over the seed pods in the pitcher arrangement with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals. The cotton branches that extended outside the die cut circle were fussy cut out of the third stamped arrangement and glued over the corresponding images in the pitcher arrangement.
You will be truly inspired by the projects this week over at the TGIF Challenges Blog. Check them out here.
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