Good Morning! Welcome to the October Inkin’ Krew Team Blog Hop! The theme for this month’s hop is “Giving Thanks” and I used the Stampin’ Up! Label Me Grateful dies with items from the Gathering Together Suite to make a Thanksgiving Day card.

Adhere a plaid panel of Gathering Together specialty designer series paper to the dark side of a two-tone Early Espresso mat and then to the front of a Cajun Craze card base. Emboss a Crushed Curry panel with the Gathering Leaves embossing folder and adhere it to the card with liquid glue.

Stamp the sentiment from the retired Iconic Imagery stamp set on the light side of a two-tone Cajun Craze panel using Early Espresso ink and cut it out with the large label die from the Stampin’ Up! Label Me Grateful dies. Adhere the panel to the card with liquid glue.

Use the Stampin’ Up! Label Me Grateful dies to cut a long leaf spring from Granny Apple Green, two berry sprigs from Cajun Craze, an oak leaf cluster from Crumb Cake, an acorn sprig from Pecan Pie and a flower from Crushed Curry. Arrange and adhere the leaves, berries and acorns to the card with glue dots.

Adhere the flower to the card with a dimensional. Tie a knot in a short length of irregular weave ribbon and adhere it to the card with a glue dot, tucking it under the flower. Finish the flower center with Cajun Craze dots.

For the inside, I simply trimmed a Basic White panel with DSP and adhered it to the inside of the card With Stampin’ Seal.

The Stampin’ Up! Label Me Grateful dies make pretty Fall floral arrangements for cards and other projects.

On With The Hop! Click on the Next Blog button to move forward to Ann Louise Fodgaard’s project or click the Previous Blog button to move back to see the project that Mary Deatherage created.

If you get lost along the way, here are the participants for the hop:

1. Nicole Bloxom 
2. Karen Ksenzakovic 
3. Tara Carpenter 
4. Terry Lynn Bright 
5. Karen Finkle 
6. Christie King 
7. Mary Deatherage 
8. Akiko Sudano <– you are here 
9. Ann Louise Fodgaard 
10. Amy Koenders

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Akiko

Cardstock Cuts for this project:

• Cajun Craze – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ card base, scored at 4-1/4″, 1″ x 3-1/2″ (die cut berries)
• two-tone Early Espresso – 3-3/4″ x 5″ (front background mat)
• two-tone Cajun Craze – 3-1/2″ x 4″ (label)
• Crushed Curry – 2-1/2″ x 4″ (embossed panel), 1-1/4″ x 1-1/4″ (die cut flower)
• Granny Apple Green – 1-1/2″ x 3″ (die cut leaf sprig)
• Pecan Pie – 1″ x 2-1/2″ (die cut acorns)
• Crumb Cake – 1-3/4″ x 1-3/4″ (die cut oak leaves)
• Basic White – 3-3/4″ x 5″ (inside panel)
• Gathering Together specialty DSP – 3-5/8″ x 5-1/8″ (front background), 3/4″ x 3-3/4″ (inside trim)

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Stampin’ Up! products used in this project: