"There is always something to be thankful for. In this gratitude themed challenge, we are asking you to create a vintage or shabby chic project that portrays something that fills your heart with thanksgiving. Use harvest colors and be sure to tell us how your project reflects your thankful heart."
That is how the design team at Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog explained their challenge for November 7, 2018.
Now I had this Altenew Stamp set in my stack of "to be used" stamps for a while now and it not only fit the "Thankfulness" of the challenge but also worked into one of the things I am most thankful for: the chances over the past 50 years or so to travel and see please many people have only read about.
On this set are words for thanks in several different languages:
That is how the design team at Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog explained their challenge for November 7, 2018.
Now I had this Altenew Stamp set in my stack of "to be used" stamps for a while now and it not only fit the "Thankfulness" of the challenge but also worked into one of the things I am most thankful for: the chances over the past 50 years or so to travel and see please many people have only read about.
On this set are words for thanks in several different languages:
I chose seven of these words t make a background, based on places I have visited and/or lived: Hawaiian ( for my husband's Uncle and out lovely tie we spent with him in Kauai), Italian (for two marvelous cruises to the Mediterranean and a lovely two days in Rome), Arabic (for the more than four years we lived in the Middle East - and a marvelous Nile cruise back in the early 90's), German (for the many trips we took there between the early 70s and the late nineties), Chinese (for the 2 years we lived in Beijing), French (for the hot August day I spent in Paris with a broken toe - and the follow-on trip to French-speaking Algeria for work), and Welsh (because my mother's side of the family is of Welsh descent and because we loved visiting Wales when we live in the United Kingdom)! I arranged them on a card front, stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with gold embossing powder:
(Note: If this card was being made NEXT Thanksgiving, I could add Finnish, Polish and Russian for the cruise we are planning on taking and Hungarian (for a trip we took in the early 90s to Budapest) and Spanish (for teh many times we have gone to Mexico) could have been added!)
I die cut the word "Thanks" from three sheets of white and one of shimmer black card which had been run through my sticker maker. I layered them so the black was on top, added are shimmer with a Wink of Stella pen, and coated the letters with Glossy Accents (which looks like I intentionally left a shadow border on each letter, in fact, the Glossy Accents was unwilling to self-level - perhaps I need a new bottle?). I stamped the rest of my sentiment on a strip of white card and attached both to the card front:
I die cut the word "Thanks" from three sheets of white and one of shimmer black card which had been run through my sticker maker. I layered them so the black was on top, added are shimmer with a Wink of Stella pen, and coated the letters with Glossy Accents (which looks like I intentionally left a shadow border on each letter, in fact, the Glossy Accents was unwilling to self-level - perhaps I need a new bottle?). I stamped the rest of my sentiment on a strip of white card and attached both to the card front:
Products used in the making of this card were:
I'm also entering this in the following challenges:
- Stamps: Altenew “Thanks Around the World” (ALT2429
- Dies: Altenew “Mega Thanks” (ALT2231)
- Inks: Versamark; Archival “Jet Black”; Wink of Stella “black” (010)
- Papers: Burgundy card; scraps of cream and shimmer black
- Media: Ranger “Glossy Accents” (GAC17042)
- Adhesives: Xyron 500 sticker maker
I'm also entering this in the following challenges:
- Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, November 7, 2018: Thanks/Thanksgiving
- Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, November 5, 2018: Create Your Own Background
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