Fine Feathers Make Mojo Thanks

It's Wednesday! How's your week going so far? It feels like it's speeding by, but then Monday was a holiday for some, so that makes the week a bit shorter. I needed some Thank You cards for my customers and I needed something to share with my readers, so Mojo Monday came along with a sketch to help me in my dilemma and I immediately got out my Four Feathers stamp set and coordinating Feathers Framelits. (You can get these two items as a bundle and save 15%.)

I wanted to use Pear Pizzazz, but I needed some coordinating colours, and I didn't want to go back to all the old favourites, so I got out my Colour Coach by Stampin' Up! to find what Pear Pizzazz would go with. Here's what the Colour Coach told me:  Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz and Smoky Slate.

• I used the note card-sized card for this project which measures 3 1/2" x 5", and the panels were cut appropriately. I used the Argyle Embossing Folder on the Smoky Slate panel.
• The vertical pieces of Designer Series Paper are from the Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack. The Pear Pizzazz chevron design was cut so that only half of the chevron is showing and it makes a great slanted stripe.
• The sentiment is from Lots of Thanks and is punched out using the Artisan Label Punch. Another Artisan Label shape was punched out of Pool Party cardstock and cut in half so as to offset the two ends to form a border for the label.
• I stamped two of the four feather designs in Pool Party and Pear Pizzazz, then die cut them with the Feathers Framelits.

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Four Feathers Wood-Mount Stamp Set [135050]	Four Feathers Clear-Mount Stamp Set [135053]	Four Feathers Wood-Mount Bundle [137629]	Four Feathers Clear-Mount Bundle [137630]	Lots Of Thanks Wood Stamp Set [129687]
Lots Of Thanks Clear Stamp Set [129690]	Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes [131527]	Subtles Backgrounds Designer Series Paper Stack [130135]	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131202]	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [122924]
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [131180]	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [126982]	Argyle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [127750]	Artisan Label Punch [130920]
Feathers Framelits Dies [135852]	Big Shot [113439]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Glue Dots [103683]
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Crop for the Cure with Four Feathers

Yesterday, I went to an all day retreat that was a fund-raiser for Breast Cancer, Crop for the Cure! Thanks, Cathleen DeMarinis, for hosting it!  I met some fabulous people, ate some fabulous food and had a fabulously productive time! Part of the time, I worked on Project Life by Stampin' Up! and got about 8 or 9 pages done with my grandbabies' photos.  I can't believe how fast and fun it is.  I will show you photos later this week.

I also worked on some cards for upcoming classes and I particularly liked this one featuring the Four Feathers Stamp set:

I've always loved the look of feathers in projects.  Their colours and textures add so much.  Check out one of my early cards from way back in Feb. 2012.  Anyway, I'm always tempted to buy feathers when I see them for sale. (It seems more hygienic than picking them up off the ground, and they are usually prettier in a package.)  I found these at a local craft store and decided to add them to this card.

• I've seen the Four Feathers Stamp set used a lot on blogs and Pinterest and that makes me happy, so I brought that stamp set along with me on the retreat.  It is always challenging trying to create something without all my supplies and I invariably forget something.  This time it was the matching Feathers Framelits, so after I stamped the images on Early Espresso and Lost Lagoon cardstock using VersaMark ink, I had to do some fussy cutting,  But it all worked out in the end.
• On the card base of Early Espresso, I added a panel of Lost Lagoon cardstock and then a panel of Typeset Specialty DSP.  On this panel, I stamped the Thank You sentiment from the Letterpress Winter Stamp set in Early Espresso ink.
• The plaque that is the base for the feather swag is a Window Frames Framelit die cut in Early Espresso again, and a 2 1/2" Circle punch of Very Vanilla.
• The swag is composed of the two stamped and hand cut feathers, two real feathers, some Venetian Crochet trim and some Linen Thread tying it all together.  I used a glue dot or two to mount it on the card front.

And if I can put in one more word for the cause here, please consider donating to your local Breast Cancer Society.  I know great advances have been made since my mom passed away from the disease back in the 70s, but it is still a killer and it is my hope that it will be cured in my generation! This is only possible through funding for research.

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Craft store feathers

Four Feathers Wood-Mount Stamp Set [135050]	Four Feathers Clear-Mount Stamp Set [135053]	Four Feathers Clear-Mount Bundle [137630]	Four Feathers Wood-Mount Bundle [137629]	Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper [133704]
Letterpress Winter Photopolymer Stamp Set [135143]	Early Espresso 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [119686]	Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133679]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [101650]	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Feathers Framelits Dies [135852]	Window Frames Collection Framelits Dies [129021]	2-1/2 Inch Circle Punch [120906]	Venetian Crochet Trim [134581]
Linen Thread [104199]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]	Big Shot Die-Cut Machine [113439]

Four Feathers for Pals Paper Arts

I can't tell you how excited I was to finally get to use this stamp set and framelit bundle* and save 15% !!  I love feathers and I think they can look amazing on projects, if you get them right.  In fact, I just bought a package of the real thing to add to some of my cards and other crafts.  But the moment I saw Four Feathers* stamp set and Feathers Framelits*, I knew I had to have them.  They arrived just last Friday, and this was my first opportunity, with the Pals Paper Arts Challenge #215:

*Found in the 2014 Holiday Catalogue. Available to order starting Aug. 28, 2014.

Don't you love those colours together??  With the black, it really adds drama and focus!  

• My favourite images from Four Feathers, are the spotted feathers!  I wanted to use the framelits to create a negative space and my first thought was to stamp a landscape behind the feather-shaped openings and let the space reveal the landscape, but I really had nothing small enough to work well.  So I used the negative space to trace the shape onto Whisper White.  I then stamped the images, lining them up with the traced edges and erased the pencil lines.  I mounted the Basic Black over the Whisper White using Stampin' Dimensionals to increase the recessed look of the feathers.
• The sentiment is from A Happy Hooray stamp set.  I punched it out using the 1 3/8" Circle Punch and made the mattes using a 1 3/4" Circle Punch to punch the Basic Black circle and the second smallest Starburst Framelit to create the Strawberry Slush starburst.
• A little balance was needed and some Strawberry Slush sequins from the 2013-15 In Colour Sequin Assortment did the job admirably!

Well, it's Tuesday again and you know what that means!  

Thanks for stopping by today!  Be sure to check in tomorrow, as I have an amazing new deal to tell you about!

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Four Feathers Wood-Mount Stamp Set [135050]	Four Feathers Clear-Mount Stamp Set [135053]	A Happy Hooray Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134009]	A Happy Hooray Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134012]	Basic Black 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [121045]
Strawberry Slush 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131295]	Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [100730]	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [131180]	Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad [131178]	2013-2015 In Color Sequin Assortment [133631]
Feathers Framelits Dies [135852]	Starburst Framelits Dies [132967]	1-3/8 Inch Circle Punch [119860]	1-3/4 Inch Circle Punch [119850]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]
Four Feathers Wood-Mount Bundle [137629]	Four Feathers Clear-Mount Bundle [137630]