A PURR-day Gift Card and Tag

Greetings! It's Tuesday, my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week the team is focusing on gift card holders, tags, or containers. Since December is only a few weeks away, I need several of these because there are family birthdays, friends' birthdays, and the winter holidays!

Here's my gift card that has a pull-out tag, made with AALL and Create's Ribboned Whisker Wonders Clear Stamp Set 1214, the Purrfect Gift Clear Stamp Set 121 (retired), the Totally Dotty Stencil 87, the Top of the Pops Die Set 45 and the Tag It Yourself Die Set 27. Brushos, PaperArtsy Infusions, and VersaFine Clair Inks were used as well.

Here's the card by itself:

Here's the card with the gift card pulled out of its hiding place.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Ribboned Whisker Wonders Clear Stamp Set 1214 by AALL and Create

Totally Dotty Stencil 87 by AALL and Create

Top of the Pops Die Set 45 by AALL and Create

Tag It Yourself Die Set 27 by AALL and Create

Ultramarine and Violet Brushos by Colourcraft

Sleight Blue and Rusty Car Infusions by PaperArtsy

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Arctic, Very Peri, Blue Belle, Medieval Blue, Fantasia, and Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Paper

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Avalanche Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

The Purrfect Gift Clear Stamp Set 121 by AALL and Create

Gathered Twigs and Lost Shadow Distress Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Copic Markers:
Left Cat: C6, C6, C4, C2, YG21, YG01

Middle Cat: C6, C5, C4, C3, C2, C1, YR23, YR21

Top Cat: YR27, YR23, YR21, YR20, YR14, YR12, YR02

Cats' Noses and Ears: RV3, RV91, R32, R30

Cats' Tongues: E04, R32

Presents and Ribbons: Y26, Y23, FB2, B16, B06, B04, VF2, YG45, YG41

Nameplates by Spellbinders Paper Arts

Essentials and Elements Tag Set 277 by Studio Light

Arrow Die by Elizabeth Craft Designs

Mister

Make-up Brushes

Red Liner Tape

Repositionable Sticker Paper

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the cats and presents from the Ribboned Whisker Wonders Clear Stamp Set 1214  twice — once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper. 
2. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart on the image panel as a mask.
3. Positon the lounging cat from the Ribboned Whisker Wonders Clear Stamp Set 1214 atop one of the gifts then stampe it twice with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. 
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart.
5. Place a piece of tape under the gifts.
6. Brush Lost Shadow Distress Ink over the tape and masked images to color the background.
7. Reposition the tape to cover the top part of the image panel.
8. Brush Gathered Twigs Distress Ink over the tape onto the bottom of the image panel.
9. Use the plain flag die from the Top of the Pops Die Set 45 to cut the image panel. 
10. Lift the masks and color the images with Copic markers. Set aside when done.
11. Mist a piece of Bristol paper with water. Sprinkle Sleight Blue and Rusty Car Infusions onto the wet paper.
12. Mist the paper again to activate the dyes and get them to move around a bit. 
13. To get more of a blue and purple background, sprinkle Ultramarine and Violet Brushos onto the wet paper, mist the powders with water to activate them, then heat set. 
14. Repeat this process with both the Infusions and the Brushos until the background is pleasing.
15. Thoroughly heat set the paper, cut it with the second largest flag die from the Top of the Pops Die Set 45, then place it under a heavy box to flatten it completely. 
16. When flat, use Fantasia VersaFine Clair Ink to edge the flag. 
17. Mat the image panel flag with the inked flag. Set aside.
18. Start the background panel by using a make-up brush to apply Arctic, Very Peri, Blue Belle, and Medieval Blue VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko onto another piece of Bristol paper working from the heaviest application of the lighter blues to the lightest application of the dark blues. The paper was heat set. 
19. Place the background panel onto the STAY-tion, place the Totally Dotty Stencil 87 over the inked panel, and brush Fantasia and Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair Inks over the stencil onto the background panel. 
20. Trim the inked and stenciled background panel to 4.75" x 6.75" and edge it with Fantasia VersaFine Clair Ink. Heat set the panel and set it aside to make the gift tag.
21. Brush Arctic, Very Peri, and Blue Belle VersaFine Clair Inks onto another piece of Bristol paper and heat set.
22. Use the smallest tag die from the Tag It Yourself Die Set 27 and a pocket die from the Essentials and Elements Tag Set 277 to cut the inked paper from Step 21.
23. Use the slot die from the Top of the Pops Die Set 45 to cut a slot on the top of the tag.
24. Edge the tag and the pocket with Fantasia VersaFine Clair Ink.
25. Brush Fantasia VersaFine Clair Ink onto a scrap of leftover Bristol paper, then cut the scrap with one of the fancy slot dies from the Top of the Pops Die Set 45 and the arrow die. 
26. Apply adhesive and red-liner tape to the bottom and sides of the pocket. Do NOT use adhesive on the top of the pocket!!!
27. Adhere the pocket to the tag as shown. 
28. Adhere the fancy slot die  over the slot at the top of the tag. 
29. Thread a strip of left-over blue-inked paper into the slot, fold, and adhere to itself.
30. Adhere the arrow die-cut to the strip. 
31. Place a gift card into the pocket of the tag.
32. Create a 5" x 7" card from white cardstock.
33. Brush Fantasia VersaFine Clair Ink around the outer .5" of the card. Heat set. This step ensures that your card will match the rest of the elements perfectly.
34. Adhere the stenciled and inked background panel to the card.
35. The matted flag die (Step 17) will be used upside down to create a pocket for the pocket tag.
36. Apply adhesive and red-liner tape to the bottom and sides of the matted flag die. Leave the v-shaped top adhesive free so that the tag can be slipped into it.
37. Adhere the matted flag to the background panel/card front as shown.
38. Slip the completed tag (Step 31) into the matted flag as shown.
39. Use Fantasia VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the sentiment from the Purrfect Gift Clear Stamp Set 121 onto leftover blue-inked paper. 
40. Use a nameplate die to cut the sentiment.
41. Edge the sentiment with Fantasia VersaFine Clair Ink.
42. Adhere the sentiment die-cut to the card to finish it up!

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You Rock

Here's my second card for Gnome-Vember over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. I've created a scene where the Mini ZZ Top Gnomes from the Mini Gnomes 2 Rubber Stamp Set by Lost Coast Designs have just finished their performance to a standing ovation and is telling the audience "You Rock!

Here's the card.

Products Used:

Mini Gnomes 2 Rubber Stamp Set by Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven (Black) Texured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Purple Velvet Paper from Ye Olde Stash

Patterned Paper from some 6x6 Pad from Ye Olde Stash

Silver Metallic Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Tuxedo Black, London Fog, and Dandelion Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Deco Glitz Stencil by Funky Fossil Designs

Take the Stage Die Die-namics Die Set by My Favorite Things

Vintage Alpha Die by Top Dog Dies (what an unfortunate name!)

Circle Nestabilities by Spellbinders Paper Arts

Copic Markers:

Noses: BV000, E50, E21, E11, E000, R02, R01, R00

Sunglasses: N6, N4, G99, G46, G48

Left ZZ Top Gnome's Hair/Beard for : E59, E57, E55

Left ZZ Top Gnome's Hat, Guitar, Shoes: R39, R27, R24

Left ZZ Top Gnome's Pants: B97, B93

Left ZZ Top Gnome's Guitar Strap: B16, B04, R27, R24

Right ZZ Top Gnome's Hat: E79, E77, E74, E71

Right ZZ Top Gnome's Guitar and Shoes: B16, B04, B02

Right ZZ Top Gnome's Pants: C6, C4

Right ZZ Top Gnome's Guitar Strap: B16, Y04

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura of America

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Repositionable Scotch Tape by 3M

Low-tack Tape

Two Sided Tape by Sookwang

Foam Tape: Source unknown

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Note:

There are larger versions of the ZZ Top Gnome 1 and ZZ Top Gnome 2 Rubber Stamps available as well. 

Instructions:

1. Create an A6 card from Raven cardstock. Set aside.
2. Place a piece of white cardstock onto the stamping platform.
3. Position the ZZ Top gnomes from the Mini Gnomes 2 Rubber Stamp Set facedown about an inch from the bottom of the cardstock.
4. Ink both stamps with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and stamp twice — once onto the image panel and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
5. Fussy-cut the sticker paper versions of the gnomes and place them over their counterparts on the image panel as masks.
6. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform and place it onto the STAY-tion.
7. Place a piece of low-tack tape across the bottom of the image panel.
8. Sponge or brush London Fog Memento ink over the tape and the stamped images to create a grey background.
9. Place the Deco Glitz Stencil over the masked gnomes and sponge or brush London Fog Memento ink over the masked gnomes and the stencil to create a subtle tone on tone background.
10. Remove the low-tack tape and reposition it so that it's covering the gnomes.
11. Sponge or brush Desert Sand Memento ink over the tape onto the base of the image panel to create the "floor".
12. Use small circle dies from the Nestabilities die set to cut repositionable sticker paper.
13. Trim the repositionable sticker paper to leave semi-circles apertures on the sticker paper.
14. Place the apertures under the gnomes' feet, but covering the rest of the stage.
15. Place Repositionable Scotch Tape on a diagonal from the top of the image panel to the edges of each circle.
16. Sponge or brush Dandelion Memento ink over the tape and the sticker paper to create a yellow spotlight.
17. Remove the tape, sticker paper, and masks.
18. Use Copic markers to color the Mini Gnomes.
19. Use a white gel pen to add white highlights to their guitars.
20. Back a 2" wide strip of velvet paper with two-sided tape.
21. Use the curtains and swag dies from the Take the Stage die set to cut the velvet paper.
22. Back a scrap of silver metallic paper with two-sided tape.
23. Use the tie-back die from the Take the Stage die set to cut the silver cardstock.
24. Adhere the curtains and swags to dimensional tape.
25. Adhere the curtains die-cuts to either side of the image panel.
26. Adhere the swag die-cuts over the curtains.
27. Adhere the tie-backs to the curtains.
28. Adhere the image panel to a piece of 4.25" x 6" patterned paper.
29. Back silver metallic cardstock with two-sided tape.
30. Use the alphabet die to cut the silver cardstock.
31. Adhere the "You Rock" sentiment to the card front. Try to make it straighter than my version!
32. Adhere the card front to the reserved black card to finish it.

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I hope you get a chance to play with our Gnome-Vember Challenge 191!

Hello Tag

Hi again! I'm back with a second project created for Topflight Stamps this week. This time I've made a tag with products by AALL and Create including the Lens and Lines Clear Stamp Set 1225 by Bipasha BK, Tag It Yourself Die Set 27, and Tagggletastic Die Set 30.

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Lens and Lines Clear Stamp Set 1225 by Bipasha BK for AALL and Create

Tag It Yourself Die Set 27 by AALL and Create

Starbolted Sentiments Die Set 70 by AALL and Create

Tagggletastic Die Set 30 by AALL and Create

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Paradise and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Blue and Raven Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Silver Metallic Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Copic Markers:
Phone: B37, B24, B23, B21, T7, T5, T3, T1, E99, E97, E18

Flower: YR18, YR16, YR15, Y23, Y21, Y11, RV99, RV69, RV66, RV29

Lost Shadow Distress Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Desert Sand Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Miscellaneous Fibers and Ribbon from Ye Olde Stash

Removable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Hole Punch that is older than my daughter

Note:

I'd be remiss if I didn't tell you how much I love AALL and Create's Dies. Each set includes several dies which are unique, versatile, and can be mixed and matched with each other! 

Instructions:

1. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the phone stamp from the Lens and Lines Clear Stamp Set 1225 thrice — once onto the image panel, once onto a piece of white scrap, and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
2. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it atop its counterpart on the image panel. 
3. Place ruler was placed horizontally across the image panel covering the bottom of the image panel. 
4. Brush Lost Shadow Distress Ink over the ruler and the masked image to create a grey background. 
5. Move the ruler to cover to top part of the the image panel and brush Desert Sand Memento Ink over the ruler onto the base of the image panel.
6. Cut the image panel with one of the dies from the Tag It Yourself Die Set 27
7. Remove the ruler and mask and color the image with Copic markers.
8. Remember the third image? Fussy-cut the flower, color it with Copic markers, edge it with a black marker, and adhere it atop its counterpart with thin dimensional adhesives. 
9. Trim the top of the image panel tag die-cut then use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to lightly edge it.
10. Use the two other larger tag dies from the Tag It Yourself Die Set 27 to cut blue and black cardstock. 
11. Adhere the blue tag to the black tag.
12. Adhere the image panel die-cut on top.
13. Use a hole punch to punch a hole in the top of the tag.
14. Select the "Hello" nameplate die from the Starbolted Sentiments Die Set 70 and place it onto low-tack tape so that the tape is on the back of the die. 
15. Press the face of the die onto the Paradise VersaFine Clair Inkpad,  quickly tape the die facedown onto silver metallic cardstock, then run the combo through a die-cut machine. This imprinted "Hello" and other details in lovely blue ink onto the metallic cardstock. Heat set the sentiment nameplate.
16. Adhere the sentiment nameplate to the image panel as shown.
17. Cut black cardstock with the star circle die from the Starbolted Sentiments Die Set 70  two times, then adhere the circles to cover the holes on the sentiment nameplate. 
18. Cut metallic silver and black cardstock with circle dies from the Tagggletastic Die Set 30 .
19. Layer the circles over the hole on the top of the tag. 
20. Thread multiple fibers and ribbon through the hole in the tag to finish it off.

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Have a Purr-fect Birthday!

 It's Tuesday, my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week is an "Anything Goes" theme for me and my teammates and I decided to make a CAS birthday card with the super-cute, super-versatile Purr-fect Birthday Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Visible Image.

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Purr-fect Birthday Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Visible Image

Nocturne, Sand Dune, Portabello, Avocado, and Grass Green VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Premier Blending Tool by Hunkydory Crafts

Premier Ink Blending Sponges by Hunkydory Crafts

Other Products Used:

Desert Storm Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Kraft Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Rough Stippling Tool, formerly known as the pouncy tool

Yellow Green and May Green Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers by Kuretake

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura of America

Post-It Notes by 3M

Low-Tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create an A2 card from Kraft Cardstock by Bazzill Basics.
2. Cut a piece of Desert Storm cardstock to 4" x 5.25" and place it on the base of a stamping platform and secure with magnets. 
3. Place a piece of low-tack tape horizontally across the cardstock panel about 1.5" from the bottom. 
4. Position the right facing cat stamp from the Purr-fect Birthday Clear Polymer Stamp Set facedown on the top left border and the cat-in-the-box stamp from the same stamp set on the tape in the center of the image panel. 
5. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamps. Lift the lid.
6. Ink both stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp the images. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression.
7. Remove the panel from the stamping platform and place it onto the STAY-tion.
8. Re-position the low-tack tape so that it covers the stamped box. 
9. Use Premier Blending Tool to sponge Sand Dune VersaFine Clair Ink over the tape onto the bottom of the image panel. 
10. Place Post-It Notes on a diagonal from the bottom edges of the box to the bottom of the image panel. 
11. Use a second Premier Blending Tool to sponge Portabello VersaFine Clair Ink over the tape and Post-It Notes to create a shadow.
12. Remove the tape and Post-It Notes and heat set the image panel. 
13. Place the image panel back onto the stamping platform and secure with magnets.
14. Position the left-facing cat stamp from the Purr-fect Birthday stamp set facedown on the right border of the image panel as shown. 
15. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamps. Lift the lid.
16. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink b and stamp. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression.
17. Position the "Surprise!" stamp facedown on the box on the image panel. 
18. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamps. Lift the lid.
19. Ink the stamp with Avocado VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. 
20. Lightly ink the stamp with Grass Green VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp to deepen the color a bit.
21. Position the "purr-fect birthday" stamp facedown on the image panel as shown.
22. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamps. Lift the lid.
23. Ink the sentiment stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.
24. Remove the panel from the stamping platform and thoroughtly heat set it. 
25. Use watercolor markers to color the cat's eyes.
26. Use the white Gelly Roll pen to add highlights to the cats' eyes.
27. Use a black marker to edge the image pane.
28. Adhere the image panel to the reserved A2 Kraft card.

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Go Away

Greetings! It's Gnome-Vember over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. I've created a snarky card with the Gnome Go Away Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs. You might think he's crude and rude. I think he's funny, sad about the end of daylight savings time, and needs some time to chill. Kind of Definitely like me.

Here's my card.

Products Used:

Gnome Go Away Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Raven Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Vellum: Source unknown

Tuxedo Black*, London Fog, and Lulu Lavender Memento Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers:

Skin: BV0000, E50, Ew21, E11, R01, R00, R000

Beard: C3, C2, C1, C0

Hat: YG67, YG63, YG61, B34, B32

Shirt: B37, B34, B32

Pants: N6, N4

Boots: E89, E79, E77, E74, E71

Sign: E23, E21, W1, W00

Dreamy Manor Die Set 66 by AALL and Create *

Sharp Tongues 4 White Ephemera by AALL and Create *

Iron Fence Die by Spellbinders

Grass Green, Oasis Green, and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko *

Light Indigo, Warm Grey 1, Warm Grey III, Gold Grey I, Lilac, Light Skin, and Ice Blue Pitt Artist Pens by Faber Castell

Silver Ingot Metallic Marker by Spectrum Noir

Cloud Stencil by My Favorite Things

Dimensional Foam Adhesive

Instructions:

1. Create a 5" x 7" card from Raven (black) cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp  Gnome Go Away onto white cardstock.
3. Fussy-cut the Gnome Go Away.
4. Color him with Copic markers, edge him with a black marker, and set him aside. He'll be perfectly happy on his own and will use that time to meditate.
5. Cut a panel of Bristol Paper with the Dreamy Manor Die Set 66.
6. Use Pitt Artist Pens and the Silver Ingot Metallic marker to color the die-cut.
7. Adhere patterned white vellum to the reverse of the Dreamy Manor die-cut to cover the windows.
8. Smoosh Grass Green VersaFine Clair Ink onto white cardstock.
9. Tear three times and edge the torn top of each strip with Oasis Green VersaFine Clair Ink.
10. Use the gate die to cut white cardstock. 
11. Color the gate die-cut with Silver Ingot Metallic marker.
12. Cut a piece of white cardstock to 5" x 7" to create the background panel.
13. Place the Cloud Stencil towards the top of the white cardstock and sponge London Fog, then Lulu Lavender Memento Ink over the top of the stencil onto the background panel.
14. Rotate the stencil, move it downwards, and sponge London Fog and Lulu Lavender Memento Inks over the stencil onto the background panel.
15. Repeat Step 12 until the panel is covered with ink and looks like a cloudy sky.
16. Layer the three green strips of paper onto the bottom of the background panel.
17. Adhere the Dreamy Manor Die-cut to the background panel.
18. Adhere the silver fence die-cuts to the bottom of the background panel.
19. Trim the background panel to 4.75" x 6.75". **
20. Use foam adhesives to adhere the gnome over the fence and house die-cuts, taking care to cover the Memory-dex holes with the gnome. 
21. Choose three sentiments from the Sharp Tongues 4 White Ephemera, color with the Light Indigo Pitt Artist Pen, and edge with a black marker.
22. Adhere the sentiments to the top left, not as shown. Make them straight. Unlike mine. Which are crooked. Alas.
23. Use a scissor blade to distress and tatter the edges of the background panel.
24. Apply Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to the tattered edges.
25. Adhere the background panel to the reserved black 5" x 7" card.

I hope you get a chance to play with our Gnome-Vember Challenge 191!

Notes:

• Products marked with asterisks (*) are hot linked and can be purchased at Topflight Stamps.
• When I trimmed the cardstock, my trimmer did not cut cleanly.  Hence I resorted to tattering/distressing the edges to camouflage the wonky cuts.

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Happy Thanksgiving

Here’s a quick and easy Thanksgiving card, created for Imagine Crafts, using the Memento Dew Drop Inks, a beautiful pumpkin stencil, and a sticker! 

Imagine Crafts Supplies:

Rich Cocoa, Toffee Crunch, Bamboo Leaes, New Sprout, Dandelion, Morocco, Tangelo, Cantaloupe, Rubarb Stalk, and Elderberry Memento Dew Drop Ink 

Sponge Daubers

Fantastix

Tear It! Tape

Craft Mat

Other Supplies:

Brown Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Pumpkin Flourish Stencil by Miss Ink Stamps

DIY Shop Patterned Paper Pad by American Crafts

Small Talk: Occasions Idea-ology Stickers by Tim Holtz for Adventus

Low-Tack Tape

Post-It Notes

Instructions:

Step 1:

Use low-tack tape to adhere the Pumpkin Flourish stencil to the top of a piece of text cardstock and the craft mat. Run a stylus tool along the tape seam between the stencil and the cardstock to create a hinge so that you can pick up the stencil to check your ink coverage.

Step 2:

Use Post-It Notes to cover the leaves and the pumpkin on the Pumpkin Flourish stencil. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Rich Cocoa Memento Ink along the edges of the pumpkin’s stem onto the text paper. Use another Sponge Dauber to apply Toffee Crunch Memento Ink over the Rich Cocoa Ink and onto the rest of the stem.

Step 3:

Use Post-It Notes to cover the stem and the pumpkin on the Pumpkin Flourish stencil. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Bamboo Leaves Memento Ink around the outside of the leaf flourishes on the stencil onto the text paper. Use another Sponge Dauber to apply New Sprout Memento Ink fill in the open areas of the leaf flourishes on the stencil.

Step 4: 

Use Post-It Notes to cover the stem and the stem on the Pumpkin Flourish stencil. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Dandelion  Memento Ink over the pumpkin area of the stencil onto the text paper.

Step 5: 

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Morocco Memento Ink over the outside edges of the pumpkin stencil onto the text paper. Working from the outside of the pumpkin stencil towards the center of the pumpkin stencil, use separate Sponge Daubers to apply Tangelo Memento Ink, then Canteloupe Memento Ink over the stencil onto the text paper. 

Step 6:

Use a Fantastix to apply Rhubarb Stalk Memento Ink over the flower on the stencil onto the text paper. Apply the ink more heavily on the outer and inner edges of the flower stencil.  Apply the Rhubarb Stalk Memento Ink very heavily on the center of the flower. Use a second Fantastix to apply Elderberry Memento Ink to the outer dot circle in the center of the flower stencil.

Step 7:

Remove the low-tack tape and the stencil from the panel. Position a piece of low-tack tape horizontally across the bottom of the image panel right below the stenciled pumpkin. Use Sponge Daubers to apply Rich Cocoa and Toffee Crunch Memento Inks  over the tape and onto the text paper.

 Use the Rich Cocoa Memento Ink and its Sponge Dauber to tint a “Happy Thanksgiving” Idea-ology Small Talk-Occasion sticker. Trim the image panel to 4.75” square, edge with the Rich Cocoa Memento Ink, and adhere the sentiment sticker to the upper right of the image panel.

Step 8:

Use Tear It! Tape to adhere the layers of the card.

Finished Card

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