I'm giving Thanks today for a great weekend with friends! On Saturday six of us from my stamp team went to Tucson, Arizona to meet with other Demonstrators for a fabulous Unite and Excite event. We had a great time and a safe trip, despite the lightning, thunder and rain!
Something that was fabulously exciting for me was to meet Mary Fish. I've been following her blog since before I became a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. We were even sitting at the same table for all our brainstorming discussions. Thank you Mary for all your inspiration.
Now for today's card. This is actually a Christmas set called White Christmas (135767) in the Holiday Catalog. It is a Photopolymer set which my favorite type of stamp. I just love how they stamp so crisp and clean and you can see exactly where you are placing them. Perfect for when you want to layer your stamps onto a card.
I first tried to ink up the tree with my Baked Brown Sugar Stampin' Write Marker and the ground with my Always Artichoke Marker, but I didn't get good enough coverage on the trees. So, instead I inked the trees above the ground with my Baked Brown Sugar ink pad and then colored in the rest with the markers. It worked perfectly!
There's a great little Autumn Wooden Elements (135846) tied on with Linen Thread (104199)
To make the leaves on trees, I used Q-tips by dabbing them into my inks. I used Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist, Baked Brown Sugar (just a little) and Daffodil delight. There is also a stamp in the set that makes great little dots on the trees as well.
The "give thanks" comes from a Special Hostess Set called Good Greetings. This is an exclusive stamp set available FREE to all hostesses with a qualifying party of $300 or more before October 31, 2014. Contact me to earn your free set!
