Stampin’ Up! Gilded Gather Together for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop

Happy Thanksgiving!!  Hope you’re getting ready to have a great day – and have your stretchy pants on! 😉

Being that it’s Thursday – it’s ALSO time for another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop!!  We’ve got a sketch challenge, today – and I’m excited to see what everyone brings to the table!  I just know you’re going to see a ton of awesome-ness on the hop today!

I decided to be a little obvious today – with a thankful theme with Fall elements.  Yep – I had to think LOOONG and hard for that one! 🙂  This revolutionary idea gave me free rein to pull out one of my favorite sets – the Gather Together stamp set and bundled Gathered Leaves dies.  A little Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP brought it all together!  Take a look-see:

And here’s our sketch challenge!

I also played along with the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge! I went across the top – across the bottom – across the diagonal – and…if “Early Espresso” is “coffee”….down the right column! 😉

 

It was an easy jump to the TGIF Challenge, too!

I started with a leaf-strewn piece of Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP that I matted on Early Espresso for the card front.

Using another – gold embossed (oh hey! – caught the last square – Yahtzee!!) piece of Mint Macaron Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP – I cut a panel with a Stitched Rectangle Die.  There wasn’t a die that was just the right size that I wanted, so…I chose a narrow one and then ran it thru the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine twice (adjusting the die) to make it a little longer.

I adhered the die cut to the card front with Liquid Glue.

With a Stitched Shapes Die, I cut a Very Vanilla square.  Then I used one of the new Blending Brushes (coming in the Jan – Jun 2021 Mini Catalog on 5 Jan 2021!) to blend on some Mint Macaron ink.

I stamped the Gather Together wheat image on the square in Early Espresso.  Then I added the sentiment in Cajun Craze.

I used a couple of Glue Dots to adhere a Gold Hoop Embellishment (the Glue Dots are at about the 7 o’clock position, under the die cut leaves).

Using the three cut-and-emboss leaf dies in Gathered Leaves, I cut three leaves from the three colors in the Brushed Metallic card stock.

I adhered the larger leaves with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the final – smallest – leaf with Liquid Glue.

I tied a Linen Thread double-loop bow and adhered it with a Glue Dot.

To finish it off, I added some Gold Glitter Enamel Dots and the card front was done!

On the inside, I blended some Mint Macaron ink around the edges of a Very Vanilla panel using the Blending Brush.  I stamped a Gather Together sentiment in Cajun Craze and the wheat stalk in Early Espresso, then added the little splatter image in stamped-off-once Mint Macaron.  Finally, a single Gold Glitter Enamel Dot finished the panel.

I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to an Early Espresso mat and into my Cajun Craze card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done.

My Very Vanilla Medium Envelope got a little more Mint Macaron blending, an Early Espresso wheat stalk and some stamped-off-once Mint Macaron splatters on the front…

…and a little more Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP on the envelope flap.

Et Voila!  I love this set so much – the Gather Together stamp set with its pretty Fall sentiments and the stunning Gathered Leaves dies!  Aren’t they so gorgeous in Brushed Metallic card stock??

I hope you like!

If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts are listed below!

Now that you’ve seen my card, take a minute to hop thru all our projects today.  If you click on the Next Blog button, you’ll go right to Kristi’s page. And you can just click on the names below to go direct to all the blogs!

Amy Koenders

Mary Deatherage – YOU ARE HERE!

Kristi Gray

Jaimie Babarczy

Sue Prather

Karen Finkle

Akiko Sudano

Karen Ksenzakovic

Have fun on the Hop!!

TTFN

M

 

 

 

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No Video today, guys – seeing as how it’s Thanksgiving and all!

I am so grateful for all of YOU each and every day!  Thank you for being part of my life!

I’ll be back with you on Saturday on my Stamps-N-Lingers FB page at 7pm!

I hope you have a most wonderful day!

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January – June 2021 Mini Catalog Coming Soon!

 

I’m making my list and checking it twice so that I can order catalogs for all my customers on 1 December!  Once they arrive, I’ll get them packed up and back out the door as quickly as I’m able!   So….are YOU on my list?

If you’ve placed an order of at least $50 in the past twelve months  – then…yes!  You are!  You’re more than welcome to drop me a line if you want to double check!

If you’re not a customer of mine right now – but you want to get on that mailing list – head over to my Online Store and place a $50 or more order!  Not only will you start to earn Peppermint Rewards Points (the “currency” in my Punkin Heads Customer Rewards Program), you’ll get a $10 ordering gift (that you get to choose!) – but that will ALSO get your name on that mailing list!  Winner Winner Winner!

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Curvy Celebrations

The Curvy Celebrations early release and Limited Time goodies are available for ordering now in my Online Store!  And – I’ve got an extra little bonus for you, too.  Read on!

The Quite Curvy Bundle will also be available in the Jan – Jun 2021 Mini Catalog!

On the other hand, the Curvy Christmas stamp set (which does coordinate with the Curvy Dies – YEAH!) and the Christmas Classic 6″ x 6″ DSP will ONLY BE AVAILABLE DURING THIS PROMOTION (3 Nov – 4 Jan) and are ONLY AVAILABLE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!  Which means – if you want them – you’re going to want to pick them up sooner than later! 😉

You can find all the Curvy Celebration products here in my Online Store – or….below!  Note – if you go to the Online Store – make sure you pick the English version – unless you WANT the French versions – which are listed first.  Just sayin’! 🙂

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EXTRA BONUS!! 

I’ve got a little extra sumpin-sumpin for you when you order the Quite Curvy Bundle OR the Quite Curvy Variety Pack!!  A SPECIAL Curvy Celebrations Class Tutorial!! 🙂

Our team put together FIVE beautiful projects for you and you’ll get all the card cuts, product lists, step-by-step instructions AND….links to VIDEO TUTORIALS on YouTube!  You’ll be able to watch as many times as you like – stop – start – go back to see a step – whatever works the best for you!  The Tutorial will be available to you thru the end of the promotion – 4 January 2021!!  Of course, you’ll also get the current monthly Tutorial (it’s Wishes And Wonder for November!

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Get the Stampin’ Up! Products Used in These Projects: 

Card Cuts Used in This Project:

Cajun Craze Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″)

Early Espresso Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mats for card front and for inner liner)

Very Vanilla Card Stock: 2 5/8″ Square Stitched Shapes Die (sentiment); 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner)

Brushed Metallic Card Stock:  Gathered Leaves die cut leaves

Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP:  3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (card front); 2 1/8″ x 4″ Stitched Rectangle Die (modified to be a little longer); envelope flap

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No FFF’s on Blog Hop Days!

TTFN

M