Stylin' Stampin' Squad November Blog Hop

It's that time again ... time for another blog hop.   We postponed our hop by a week since everyone was busy with Halloween last week.   Funny how I'm still finishing up at the last minute!!   Bah - I excel at procrastination.    :)    You may have just come here from Dawn's blog.    Please make sure to leave comments for our blog hop contributors so they can feel the love!

Our theme this month is Thanksgiving/thankful.   We celebrate Thanksgiving in October in Canada so I have already been focused on Christmas for a while.   It was kind of nice to come up with a card that focused on being grateful again:

I had used the Full of Blessings set a number of times last month but this time I had a new stamp set to use with it - the Pursuit of Happiness set.   This saying was perfect and the inside of the card has a simple thank you.

SUPPLIES:

Paper:  chocolate chip, crumb cake, very vanilla, cherry cobbler, watercolour paper,

champagne glimmer paper

Ink:  black stazon, early espresso

Stamps:  Full of Blessings, Pursuit of Happiness

Accessories:   big shot, woodgrain embossing folder, scallop circle punch, circle die,
dotted scallop ribbon border punch, brushed bronze designer buttons, linen thread

My 3D project meets our challenge this month:  create a "hostess thank-you gift".   The hostess thank-you gift did not have to be Thanksgiving related so naturally I focused on Christmas:

I have found a new favourite embellishment - a paper faux bow!   I came across a video tutorial by Connie  Collins on our demo site, Stampin Connection.   Connie did a fabulous job with her tutorial.   Thank you so much for sharing Connie.   For this project I created a gift box with coordinating cards and envelopes inside.    This will make a perfect hostess gift just in time for Christmas gift giving.

SUPPLIES:

Paper:   real red, whisper white, red glimmer paper

Ink:   real red, garden green, black stazon, pretty in pink, rose red

Stamps:   Christmas Blessings

Accessories:   big shot, labels collection framelits, ovals die (retired),  Punches:  corner rounder, ovals, square, circles, decorative label, blender pens, basic rhinestone, cherry cobbler dazzling details

I hope you have enjoyed the blog hop so far.   You may proceed to the next stop by clicking on the next button below.   Thank you for stopping by.

Pat

Blog Hop Participants:

1. Shellie G. of Creative Electica
2. Annie L. of Love Me Cards
3. Pam S. of Stampin' in the Sun!
4. Nancy B. of Lady Stamps-A-Lot
5. Tonya B. of Stampin' with Tonya
6. Dawn S. of Dawn's Creative Chalet
7. Patricia T. of Sunnyone Stampin'
8. Pamela W. of Stinky Tofu
9. Darcy J. of DJ's Stampin' Place
10. Kim R. of Stamping with Kim
11. Nancy B of Momma B Stampin'
12. Terry B of Goin' Over the Edge