Welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop!  Please be sure to visit everyone’s blog to see the great projects they are sharing with you today.  I used the Snowflake Sentiments stamp set and the Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper for today’s card.  The greenery and branches are all cut with the Pretty Pines Thinlits dies.  We are working with a sketch challenge this week.  Here’s my card:

And here’s the sketch for this week:

The Snowflake Sentiments stamp set is available for order in the Annual Catalog.  It was one of my favorites from last year’s Holiday catalog and will probably remain in my permanent collection.  Love the sentiments and the fonts.

To begin, adhere a panel of the Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper to a Mossy Meadow card stock mat with Mutipurpose Liquid Glue before adhering it to front of the Very Vanilla Thick card stock base.

Use Cherry Cobbler ink to stamp the sentiment on a panel of Very Vanilla card stock.  Cut it out with an oval die from the Stitched Shapes Framelits die set.  Then adhere the sentiment panel to a scalloped oval mat cut from Cherry Cobbler card stock with a die from the Layering Ovals Framelits die set.  Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere to the card front.

Use the Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies to cut multiple branches and leaves from Mossy Meadow and Old Olive card stock.  The twigs with berries are cut from Very Vanilla card stock and colored with the Bronze and Cherry Cobbler Dark Stampin’ Blends markers.  Slip the die cut leaves, branches and twigs under the sentiment layer and adhere to the card front with glue dots.  Adhere a couple leaves and branches to the sentiment panel.   Complete with a Crumb Cake Nature’s Twine bow adhered with a Glue Dot.

Stamp the inside sentiment with Cherry Cobbler ink on a panel of Very Vanilla card stock.  Adhere to a Mossy Meadow mat before adhering to the inside of the card with Liquid Glue.

*** You can find a complete list of supplies for this project, including card stock cuts, at the very bottom of this post.

Alright, on with the hop!  Click the button below to hop over to see what Karen Finkle has created.

And just in case you get lost along the way, here is a list of the team members participating in the hop today:

1. Amy Koenders 
2. Mary Deatherage
3. Kristi Gray
4. Jaimie Babarczy
5. Sue Prather <– You are here!
6. Karen Finkle
7. Julie Johnston

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The Stampin’ Up! Year-End Closeout Sale is going on now!!  Remember: Some items are last-chance and limited-inventory, and everything is available only while supplies last!

The full list of retiring items are located in the online store here.  Remember that all retiring items are only while supplies last!  So be sure to get your last minute Holiday Catalog favorites before they’re gone for good!

Keep in mind that some of the individual pieces of the bundles will be carried forward into the Occasions and Annual Catalogs but the bundle pricing will go away.  So pick up any of those bundles that you’re wanting before the prices go up on January 3!

The discounted items are located in the online store here.  There are a few overstock items from the Annual Catalog that have been discounted along with some of the retiring items, so go take a peek and grab those deals before they go away!

You can download a full list of the retiring items in a PDF here.  Let me know if you have any questions.  Have fun shopping!

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*** Card Stock cuts for this project:

• Very Vanilla Thick CS – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ panel scored at 4-1/4″ for card base
• Very Vanilla CS – 3-3/4″ x  5″ panel for inside, 3-1/2″ x 4-1/2″ panel for die cut sentiment, scraps for die cut branches with berries
• Mossy Meadow CS – (cut 2) 3-7/8″ x 5-1/8″ panels for mats, scraps for leaves and branches
• Old Olive CS – scraps for die cut leaves and branches
• Cherry Cobbler CS – 3-1/2″ x 4-1/2″ panel for oval mat
• Festive Farmhouse DSP – 3-3/4″ x 5″ panel

Stampin’ Up! products used to create this project: