So Grateful - a Thanksgiving Card

 Greetings! It's Tuesday so it's time to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week is "Anything Goes" for the TFS team. Since Thanksgiving is Thursday, I made a card which can be used for Thanksgiving or other special occasions.

But before I get to my card, I wanted to remind you that Topflight Stamps' Black Friday Sale Week is going on right now! There are so many wonderful products (both new and old) that make wonderful holiday gifts for family, friends, and yourself!

***Back to today's project***

So back when I saw the truck filled with critters in the Warm Hugs Clear Stamp Set by Jane's Doodles for Creative Expressions, I immediately thought of the holiday song "Over the River and Through the Woods" and knew that I wanted to use it on a holiday card. So here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Warm Hugs Clear Stamp Set by Jane's Doodles for Creative Expressions

Acetate Hills Masks by Lavinia Stamps

Distress Plaid Paper Pad by Creative Expressions

Wood Textures 6x6 Paper Pad by Craft Consortium

More Classic Sentiments by Heffy Doodle

Artist Trading Coin Stamp Set 11 by That's Crafty

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Morning Mist and Blue Belle VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts

Other Products Used:
Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Grey Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Chipped Sapphire, Blueprint Sketch, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Hickory Smoke, and Black Soot Distress Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Bleed Proof White Opaque Watercolor by Dr. Ph Martin

Copic Markers:
Pie and Tin: E23, E21, T5, T2, T0

Pumpkins: YR02, YR04, YR18; YR 12, YR15, YR16; YR65, YR68

Truck: B91, B52

Trucks's Bumpers, Lights, and Hubcaps: T5, T, T2, T0

Truck's Tires: N6, N6, N5

Truck's Lights: Y23, Y21, YR31

Bears' Fur: E79, E77, E74, E71, E70

Owl: E74, E71, E70

Owl's Beak: Y28, Y26, Y04

Owl's Eyes: Y38, Y35, YR31

Moose: E59, E57, E55, E47, E44, E43

Fox: E99, E97, E17, E15, YR02, YR000

Rabbit's Fur: E44, E35, E33, E31

Rabbit's Eye: YG67, YG63

Raccoon: C7, C6, C5, C4, C3

Coffee Cups: C2, C1, C0

Clothing and Bunting on the Truck: R59, R56; B16, B04, B02; YG67, YG63

A7 Rectangle Frames Die Set by Waffle Flower 

Arrow Sign: Source Unknown

Sentiment Flag: Source Unknown

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the critter-filled truck stamp from the Warm Hugs Clear Stamp Sets twice — once onto a 5" x 7" panel of 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. Place the acetate rolling hills mask from the Acetate Hills Mask Set towards the top of the image panel and the flattish masover the truck covering the bottom of the image panel. 
4. Brush Chipped Sapphire and Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink over the top of the mask to create a night sky. 
5. Keep the mask in place so the rest of the image panel remains covered and splatter Bleed-proof White paint onto the top of the panel to add some stars.
6. Place a previously traced and fussy-cut cardstock mask to cover the sky. *
7. Brush Rustic Wilderness Distress ink over the paper mask to create the top hills.
8. Brush the same ink over the acetate rolling hills mask to add the tops of additional hills. 
9. When done, brush Mowed Lawn Distress ink between the cardstock mask and the flattish acetate mask to complete the hilly background behind the masked truck.
10. Place another previously traced and fussy-cut piece of cardstock  to cover the hilly area of the image panel. *
11. Brush Hickory Smoke and Black Soot Distress ink over the paper mask and the masked truck to cover the bottom part of the image panel.
12. Lift all the masks and retain them for later use.
13. Use Copic markers to color the truck and critters. I intentionally left the truck somewhat streaky to make it look old and worn. I resisted the urge to add rust spots to the truck body and bumpers. I'm inordinately proud of my restraint.
14. Place a piece of wood-patterned paper from the Wood Textures 6x6 Paper Pad onto the stamping platform.
15. Position the the words "happy" and "together" from the Artist Trading Coin Stamp Set 11 as well as the sentiment "So Grateful" from the More Classic Sentiments facedown on the patterned paper.
16. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamps. 
17. Lift the platform's lid and ink the stamps with Blue Belle VersaFine Clair Ink. Stamp. 
18. Heat set the ink. 
19. Die-cut the sentiments and edge with 
20. Use the largest die from the A7 Rectangles Die Set to cut a piece of plaid paper from the Distress Plaid Paper Pad.
21. Use Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink to edge the inside and outside edges of the frame. 
22. Heat set the ink and adhere the frame die-cut over the image panel. 
23. Adhere the framed image panel to a grey 5" x 7" card.
24. Edge the card with Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink and heat set again.
25. Adhere the sentiment die-cuts to finish the card.

Note: I had previously traced all of the masks from the Acetate Hills Mask Set onto cardstock and fussy-cut them with the intention of using both sides of the cardstock masks for inking and such. I store them with the Acetate Hills Mask Set.