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 Broadway Bound Specialty DSP and All Is Bright DSP plus the Celebrate You Thinlits Dies for today’s card.  We are working with a color challenge this week.  Here’s my card:

And here are the colors we are using:

My card design was inspired by CAS(E) this Sketch #300:

Today’s card is quick and easy – because time is running out!  I can’t believe it’s less than two weeks until Christmas.  Love how the Gold Foil Specialty DSP adds sparkle to this card.

Use SNAIL to adhere a panel of Broadway Bound Specialty Designer Series Paper to the front of a Basic Black card base.  Then center a panel of All is Bright DSP over the top of that and adhere with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

Cut a strip of Basic Black card stock and add texture to it with the Subtle embossing folder.  The Gold Foil sentiment is cut with the Celebrate You Thinlits Dies and adhered to the strip with dabs of Liquid Glue.  Adhere the completed strip to the card front with Glue and embellish with a few Rhinestones and Metallic Gold Pearls.

Use Jet Black StazOn ink to stamp the sentiment from the First Frost stamp set on a panel of Whisper White card stock.  Add a strip of Broadway Bound Specialty DSP along each edge of the card stock and then adhere to the inside of the card with Liquid Glue.  Ready to send it on it’s way!

*** 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. Shelagh Freemantle
3. Mary Deatherage
4. Kristi Gray
5. Jaimie Babarczy
6. Sue Prather <– You are here!
7. Karen Finkle
8. 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:

• Basic Black CS – 4-1/4″ x 11″ panel scored at 5-1/2″ for card base, 1-1/4″ x 4/1/4″ strip
• Whisper White CS – 4″″ x  5-1/4″ panel for inside
• Gold Foil Sheet –  2″ x 4-1/2″ panel for die cut
• Broadway Bound Specialty DSP – 4″ x 5-1/4″ panel for front, (cut 2) 1/2″ x 5-1/4″ strips for inside
• All is Bright DSP – 2-1/2″ x 5-1/4″ panel

Stampin’ Up! products used to create this project: