Autumn Greetings

If I had to choose a patronus (like Harry Potter) you know.. a mysterious charm conjures a magical guardian, a projection of all your most positive feelings I think it would be a turkey. I sort of feel like they've been associated with me since my birthday is the same week as Thanksgiving and I've been called a turkey lots and lots of times!

These Turkey Friends from Pretty Pink Posh couldn't be any cuter. This set is an upgrade of the older turkey stamp set because it includes three different turkeys in different sizes and lots of accessories perfect for scene making.

I always lay out my images on a piece of clear plastic the size of my card base to help me get a preview of my card design. In this case it was really helpful because it guided me on inking the grass and sky.

The set even includes a few sentiments. I stamped one directly on the inky card base for a fun clean design.

I'm linking up to Crafty Animals Challenge Blog where it's always about ANIMALS!! I hope you find some time to play along!

Finished size: 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps | Pretty Pink Posh Turkey Friends Dies | Pretty Pink Posh Turkey Friends

PPP = Pretty Pink Posh
SSS = Simon Says Stamp
SCB = Scrapbook Dot Com

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Turkey Friends PPP | SSS | SCB

Turkey Friends PPP | SSS | SCB

Halloween Treat Buckets and SALE!

The wait is over! Halloween has arrived! I hope you've got your costume on and a big bowl of treats near the front door!

My card today features Pretty Pink Posh Halloween Treat Buckets. I wanted to fit all four buckets on my card so I decided to break the front panel into quarters using the Rounded Stitch Rectangle dies.

I adhered one bucket over each of the squares and then added a Greetings sentiment banner through the center. The Banner Greetings 4 die set has some new funky cut banners perfect for Halloween Greetings!

The finishing touch was a scatter of treats that are overflowing the buckets and a few sparkly gems!

I'm linking up to Creative Knockouts Challenge Blog where they're looking for Halloween/Fall designs!

All Halloween is on sale at Pretty Pink Posh too!

Finished Size: 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps | Pretty Pink Posh Halloween Treat Buckets, Halloween Banner Greetings
Dies | Pretty Pink Posh Halloween Treat Buckets, Banner Greetings 4, Rounded Stitched Rectangles

PPP = Pretty Pink Posh
SSS = Simon Says Stamp
SCB = Scrapbook Dot Com

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Halloween Treat Buckets PPP | SSS | SCB	Halloween Treat Buckets PPP | SSS | SCB	Halloween Banner PPP | SSS | SCB	Banner Greetings 4 PPP | SSS | SCB	Rounded Stitched Rectangles PPP | SSS | SCB

Scenic Kyoto BetterPress

Today I'm playing at We Love To Create blog challenge where Anything Goes Any Crafter World Wide. I'm playing along with a simple BetterPress Letterpress Plate design from Spellbinders called Scenic Kyoto.

This plate is available with a coloring stencil or can be used "as is" to make a clean letterpress design. If you're not familiar with letterpress its similar to foiling. You use a die cut, ink it and run it through your die cut machine. The ink is pressed into the plate for a elegant feel print. I used cotton paper with Ruby Red ink. If you run your hand across it you can feel the depression in the paper.

I chose red because when I think of Japan I think of their flag, or the red accents on a pagoda. TO make it a little more fussy I added a die cut gold Emerald Cut Label matt.

The finishing touch was a few gold enamel dots, and another matt or deep red to coordinate with the inked impression.

I think CAS is best with a letterpress design because you can make a whole stack of notecards quickly and they have such an elegant look and feel. I hope you find some time to play along.

Finished Size: 4.25 x 535"
Betterpress Letterpress Plate | Spellbinders Scenic Kyoto
Dies | Spellbinders Emerald Cut Labels
Ink | Spellbinders Festive Ruby

SPB = Spellbinders
SCB = Scrapbook Dot Com
SSS = Simon Says Stamp

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Scenic Kyoto Shop at: SPB | SCB | SSS	Emerald Cut Labels Shop at: SPB | SCB | SSS	Festive Shop at: SPB | SCB | SSS	BetterPress Shop at: SPB | SCB | SSS