Canada Inks Up! Blog Hop – August Thanksgiving or Halloween Blog

It’s time for another Canada Inks Up! Team Blog Hop. We are a group of Canadian Demonstrators that love to share the projects we make and hope you get some ideas and tips from what we share. This month’s Blog Hop is Thanksgiving or Halloween. I decided to make a Thanksgiving card using the Celebrating Sunflowers stamps set and use the masking technique.

Here are the cutting and details to create my card.

1. Card base is Early Espresso card stock cut at 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored and folded at 4 1/4″
2. Layer 1 is Crushed Curry card stock cut at 4″ x 5 1/4″ adhered to the card base
3. Make a couple of masks of the large sunflower and leaves from the Celebrating Sunflowers stamp set using the new Masking Paper from the Annual catalogue
4. Carefully fussy cut the masks out with Paper Snip Scissors, cutting close to the outline of the sunflower and the leaves so as not to create a void around the sunflower and leaves
5. On a piece of Basic White card stock cut at 3 7/8″ x 5″, stamp one sunflower with Memento Black, off setting it in the middle a little
6. Carefully place the mask on the sunflower and stamp another sunflower above the middle one and another one below the middle sunflower
7. While masks are still on the sunflowers, stamp some leaves on the sunflowers
8. Remove the masks and color the sunflowers and leaves with Stampin Blends. I used Light So Saffron, Dark Daffodil Delight and Dark Pumpkin Pie. For the leaves I used Light and Dark Old Olive
9. Re-positioned the masks on the sunflowers and leaves, lightly brush around them using a Blending Brush and Balmy Blue ink, giving a soft blue background around the flowers
10. Stamp the tag sentiment from the Fond of Autumn stamp set in Soft Suede ink, now position the matching sentiment on the sentiment tag and stamp it also in Soft Suede ink.
11. Die cut the sentiment using the Autumn Bouquet dies
12. Pop the sentiment up with dimensionals
13. Add some Brushed Brass Butterflies on the card for some bling

Now that you have seen my card, be sure to check out the other Demonstrators and see what they have created.

Celebrate Sunflowers Cling Stamp Set (English) [152517] $33.00	Fond Of Autumn Bundle (English) [159838] $72.00	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686] $12.75	Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131199] $12.75
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.00	Stampin' Up! Masking Paper [155480] $9.75	So Saffron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154905] $12.25	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $12.25
Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154897] $12.25	Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154906] $12.25	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $11.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25
Brushed Brass Butterflies [158136] $13.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $6.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $17.00
Paper Snips [103579] $15.00