Good morning! It’s Thursday and time for another Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! We have a fun sketch challenge today and I hope you will make the rounds of those participating and enjoy their creativity.

This is such a bright, cheery card, full of color and texture. The card base is Thick Basic White with a layer of Basic White run through the Snowflake Sky 3D Embossing Folder. This is such a great embossing folder and is perfect for those wintry scenes. It can be found in the Sep-Dec 2023 Mini Catalog. The banners to the left are strips from the Shining Christmas Specialty DSP and can be found in ONLINE EXCLUSIVES. The stamped panel is from the Joy of Noel stamp set, stamped in Mossy Meadow ink on a Basic White piece, then colored with Stampin’
Blends: Dark Cherry Cobbler, Dark Lemon Lime Twist, Light Old Olive and Light Mossy Meadow. This was die cut with the coordinating Joy of Noel Dies. This was added to the card front with dimensionals. A Real Red bow was attached with a glue dot. The ribbon comes from Real Red & Garden Green Combo Pack. I stamped this sentiment from the Joy of Noel stamp set on a Basic White scrap in Cherry Cobbler ink, trimmed it with my paper snips and attached it with dimensionals. As a final touch on the front, I used Shining Crystal Effects on each berry. It gives it extra shine and sparkle. This needs to ‘set’ for a bit until it is no longer tacky or soft – a couple of hours.

For the inside… a panel of Cherry Cobbler card stock was adhered to the card base. I stamped the berry image three times in Mossy Meadow ink from Joy of Noel stamp set on a Basic White panel. I colored the berries with Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin’ Blends, then adhered the panel to the inside.

For the envelope, I did the same stamping in Mossy Meadow ink using the berry stamp from Joy of Noel stamp set and colored the berries with Stampin’ Blends in Cherry Cobbler. I also added the same Mossy Meadow package image on the card front in Shining Christmas SDSP to the envelope flap & trimmed it to fit. Done! Bright & cheery, this will be a fun card to send to someone special.

OK, on with the hop… click on a name or the ‘next’ image below. Enjoy all the wonderful creativity!

Amy Koenders

Mary Deatherage

Jaimie Babarczy

Karen Finkle

Akiko Sudano

Karen Ksenzakovic

Tara Carpenter

Terry Lynn Bright – this is me!

Carol Buckalew

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Thanks for stopping by. May you have a beautiful day!

Card Cuts:

Thick Basic White: 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2

Basic White: 4 1/4 x 5 12 (embossed panel); 3 3/4 x 5 (inside); 3 x 3 1/2 (stamped piece); 4 1/4 x 1 1/2 (sentiment)

Cherry Cobbler: 4 x 5 1/4

DSP: 3 1/2 x 1 3/4; 4 1/4 x 1 1/2; 2 1/4 x 6 (envelope flap)