Pretty Cute Stamps October Challenge - Thank You!

It's time for the Pretty Cute Stamps October challenge, and this month the theme is Thank You!! Here in Canada we just had Thanksgiving on Monday and the US Thanksgiving is coming up for November - so what a great time to think of those loved ones and friends we want to thank. I know I usually get so busy that I mean to send out a thank you card to someone who has made my day special, and then I forget about it. This time I'm going to send my card to someone to let them know how much I appreciate them!

I used the Got Sushi? and Sushi Sentiments stamp sets to create this cute Thank You card! I was inspired by a card that Julie Ebersole made for the Hello Monday series and started by swiping some Distress Inks in Fossilized Amber, Abandoned Coral and Cracked Pistachio across a white cardstock background. I used some Dylusions Spray Mists to splat ink on the background after I heat embossed my sentiments (which both mean Thank You!) in gold.

I used the same ink pads to do a smooshing technique on my Ranger craft mat, which I spritzed with water and pressed a piece of watercolour paper into to create a background for my stamped sushi images. Then, I heat embossed with gold embossing powder before cutting out the bowl and spoon. I used some foam dots to pop up the spoon to give it some dimension.

Inside, I used some of that leftover watercoloured background paper to stamp Thank You on in gold embossing. Love that font!!

Here's a look at these cute stamp sets:

 Got Sushi?

Sushi Sentiments

Thanks so much for joining me today! You check out what all the other Design Team members have come up with for this fun Thank You challenge over at the Pretty Cute Stamps blog, and you can enter your own for a chance to win a PCS gift certificate! Don't forget to use a Pretty Cute Stamps on your project!

Linked to:
DL Art - Thankful Thursday #166 Thank You or Halloween theme
613 Avenue Create - #145 AG
Crafting From The Heart - #81 AG
Cookin & Craftin - #41
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Watercolour

Stamping, Stenciling and Snowflakes, Oh My!

Oh, I'm having so much for taking the Supplies On Hand class by May Flaum! She has such amazing ideas and a fantastic group of guest designers.  I have sooo many ideas for using my stash!

I decided to focus today on the Stamping and Stenciling lesson, and I was inspired by a snowflake layout by May to make some Christmas gift tags.  Of course, I absolutely love a mixed media look, so here we go...!

I still have my Dylusions Sprays out from the layout I created (you can check it out here) and since I wanted to go with a snowflake theme I thought they would make a perfect background. 

I started by spraying two different blues and a black mist on manilla tags and then daubing them off with a paper towel.

Next I used Pumice Stone and Chipped Saphire Distress Inks to sponge through Heidi Swapp stencils, and then I laid a Simon Says Stamp snowflake stencil down and lightly misted with the White Linen Dylusions Spray. 

I stamped a scalloped border along the bottom and a circle border along the sides, added highlights with Picket Fence Distress Marker and then white heat embossed some snowflakes and the swirl along the bottom. 

I made the sentiment by stamping on a piece of white cardstock, sponging with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink, and stencilling with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink through a star stencil. Then, I covered the whole thing with Versamark and heated it with UTEE to create s glassy effect. I popped it up with foam dots to give some dimension.  

I used some seam binding ribbon and sprayed it with 2 blues and a green Dylusions Spray. I let it dry, and it was pretty BUT then I sprayed with some water and oh my gosh! It blended so beautifully right before my eyes!

I'm not sure who will get one of these tags, but I sure had fun making them! Be sure to check back - I'll definitely be trying out more ideas from this awesome class!

Also, don't forget I'm part of a very Creepy Cricut Halloween blog hop Saturday!! (Details on the sidebar to the top left). There will be lots of fun prizes for hopping along and lots of Halloween inspiration!

Challenges -

613 Avenue Create - AG

DL Art - Thankful Thursday October Linky Party

Crafting From The Heart - AG

Daisy Cottage Designs - Off The Hook Linky Party Week 22