Stampin' Up! Fragrant Forest for the Happy Inkin' Thursday Blog Hop

 Thank you for stopping here from wherever you came!! We have a theme challenge for you today and here is what I created for our hop...

Let's take a closer look, shall we?

My card base is Basic White with a mat of Basic Black. I cut a Pumpkin Pie cardstock frame with a die from Countryside Corners dies, as well as a Basic White piece for the Fragrant Forest background stamp trees. I used Shaded Spruce ink for that.

I stamped the truck from the Trucking Along stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored it with Light & Dark Pumpkin Pie Blends. The "T" and white highlights were made with a white gel pen. The tires are colored with a Light Smoky Slate Blend. I adhered the truck with Dimensionals. 

In case you are not aware, I became a Tennessee Volunteers fan when I moved to TN last year and it doesn't matter which sport! I still have my love for the Syracuse Orange basketball and football teams but no other sport.

Thank you for stopping by! Clicking on the "next" button will take you to Akiko. Clicking on the names listed below will take you directly to team members and their projects. I hope you enjoy all the creativity.

Amy Koenders

Karen Finkle - you are here!
Akiko Sudano
Karen Ksenzakovic
Tara Carpenter
Terry Lynn Bright
Carol Buckalew

Stampin' Up! Tennessee Volunteers Christmas Card

Good Monday morning, peeps! I know Thanksgiving is around the bend, but so is Christmas. My card today is just that!! Take a look see...

My card base Basic White cardstock with mats of Basic Black and retired Mango Melody cardstock, then the art panel of Basic White. 

I stamped the art panel with stamps from retired sets. The evergreen boughs are from Evergreen Elegance and the "Merry Christmas" is from Christmas Gleaming. They are stamped in Pear Pizzazz and Mango Melody, respectively. Both are retired inks. After I adhered all the panels together with liquid glue, I ran it through my embossing machine with the retired Subtle EF. Then I adhered the panel to the card base.

Next I cut thin strips of Mango Melody to hang the ornaments. The outer ornaments are stamped in Mango Melody with stamps from the retired Christmas Gleaming set. They are cut out with their retired matching punches. The center ornament is cut with a retired circle die, sponged with Mango Melody and decorated with a "T" for, well you know, the Vols! The letter came from the retired Little Letters Thinlits Dies. I fussy cut the gray part but I have no name for that piece. I do know I stamped it on a scrap of Basic Gray from the retired Making Every Day Bright.

As you can see, I keep most of my retired items because I love most of them and I hate "seller's remorse"!

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you'll return for our Stampin' Up! Demos Fun Fold blog hop tomorrow.