Welcome to the Stampin Friends Thanksgiving 2017 Hop!

You have arrived at Kathie’s (that’s me!) blog.  If you have arrived from Lana Staab’s amazing blog … I’m glad you came for a visit!  Be sure to continue on though the hop until you get back to where you started.  I hope you find lots of inspiration as you hop on through!  The list of participants is at the bottom of this post.

Be sure to read to the end … there is another amazing GIVEAWAY this month … details below!

 Look closely and you may notice that the stamped sentiment says “thankful for”.  The stamp actually says “thankful for you“.   Because I wanted to use “YOU” as my Eclipse technique, I masked the “you” on the stamp with washi tape.  Just be sure to remove the washi tape after inking up your stamp in Early Espresso ink.  I also stamped the tree in Early Espresso.

I used Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Peek A Boo Peach and Lemon Lime Twist re-inkers on the baby wipe to make my “ink pad”.  I inked up the full tree leaves image and stamped it over my tree.  I chose those colors because I wanted to coordinate with the Painted Autumn Designer Series paper (144613) I have layered on the card

After my stamping was complete, I used the Large Letter Framelits  (141712) to cut out YOU using the magnetic platform and Bigshot.  The letters are popped up on our adhesive strips.  The strips are thicker than dimensionals and I like the higher “pop” for this.

As always, I carry the theme from the card front to the inside.

Don’t you think the little rake leaning on the tree is a nice touch?  Don’t forget to add a few fallen leaves using the baby wipe you already have inked up!

Here is my 3-D project … RSVP pens that I bought at Staples …  I rolled up a small piece of the Painted Autumn Designer Series Paper and inserted it into the pen’s barrel.  Then I made a simple box that holds the pen perfectly.  Thank you to Ann Melvin’s YouTube tutorial for the box!

Please click on Cindy Waldroff to continue on with the hop.  Enjoy!

Here is the information for the giveaway.  All commenters who use the hashtag “#SFbloghop2017” will be entered into the giveaway.  Please comment before midnight on Thursday October 26, 2017 to be entered.