This week’s CCM Saturday Blog Hop theme is “Gratitude”!  After the year I’ve experienced, I have a lot of gratitude just for life and the people in my life.  Especially for my husband who is my rock during my illness!  I’ve learned not to take anything for granted as things can change without notice.  I love the “so grateful” greeting in Soft Seedlings, so built my card around it.

I also wanted “brighter” pumpkins, so colored the pumpkins in this Rustic Harvest DSP with the Light and Dark Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blends.  Along with the leaves in Old Olive and the stems with SU200.  Really makes this DSP pop!

Stampin’ Details:

• The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Pumpkin Pie cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
• The 2-3/4 x 5 piece of Rustic Harvest DSP was colored with Stampin’ Blends and added to the front.
• The coordinating 1-1/2 x 4-1/4 rust stripe print in Rustic Harvest DSP was added across the front.
• Old Olive cardstock was cut with the Stylish Shapes label die and added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• So Grateful from Soft Seedlings stamp set was stamped with Mossy Meadow Ink on 3/4 x 2-1/2 Basic White cardstock and cut with a flag end.   It was adhered to the Old Olive cardstock.
• The acorn and leaf from Fond of Autumn was stamped on scrap Basic White cardstock and colored with the same Blends as the pumpkins, then cut with the Autumn Bouquet Dies.  They were added to the label with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Some gold Simply Elegant Trim was tied in a bow and added to the front with Mini Glue Dots.

 

Doesn’t coloring those pumpkins take the DSP from drab to wow?  I think so!  OK, next up on our blog hop is our Create with Connie and Mary website, then on to creative Mary Brown, or head backwards to see Melissa Davies’ fabulous project and see what everyone did with this challenge!

 

 

 

 

SUPPLIES:
Stamp Sets:  Fond of Autumn, Soft Seedlings
Inks:  Mossy Meadow
Blends:  Pumpkin Pie Combo, Light Old Olive, SU200, SU500
C/S:  Basic White, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Rustic Harvest DSP
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes Dies, Autumn Bouquet Dies, Simply Elegant Gold Trim

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