Stampin Friends Thankfulness Blog Hop

Welcome to this month's Stampin Friends Blog Hop!! This months theme is Thankfulness! Be sure to hop along!! We have amazing projects prepared for you to help you during this season of Thanks! You can find the list of participants at the end of my blog post!
I have prepared 2 projects for you today, 1 a home decor piece using a glass block and 2 a card using Stampin Up products!
I have had this glass block on hand since last Christmas, and I've really wanted to decorate it! There are so many ideas on Pinterest! So I started there. And well this sort of just evolved.
I am definitely out of my comfort zone so I had a tendency to overthink this whole thing! A few times I was like "I'm done. I'm not making it".....

I am glad I stuck to it!  I found the Families are Forever greeting from an old Cricut cartridge called Just Because Cards. I cut the greeting on Silver Vinyl and sponged over it with Cajun Craze ink. I used a heat tool to help set the ink!  A more permanent ink like StayzOn probably would have dried better. But I really like the affect. It has a little bit of an aged look. On the inside, I added white rice lights, wrapped in a olive green mesh ribbon. I should have used a longer strand of lights to give a more glowing look. But this still gives a nice glow when the lights are down. For the top, I used small fall picks and ribbon. I added the ribbon first and then built around it. The middle decor piece is a small gourd. I'm sure a pumpkin would look nice too!

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I kept my card simple. I started with a Cajun Craze base, layered with Whisper White. I used DSP, stamps and dies from the Come to Gather Suite found in the Stampin Up Holiday Catalog. The DSP measures 3x3 1/2. I cut the largest leaf out with the Gathered leaves dies. I added a smaller piece of DSP behind.  The small leaf is cut in Cajun Craze and finished with a bit of twine.
The greeting is stamp in Cajun Craze on a piece of Whisper White that measure 1x4. All is assemble with Dimensionals. What do you think?

I hope you like my projects! Please leave a comment and tell me what you think!  Be sure to continue with the hop to see all the wonderful projects. Below is a list of our participants!

Thanks for joining us!
Happy Stampin, Happy Fall
Steph

1. Ellen Woodbridge
2. Rachael Rife
3. Stephanie Jandrow - YOU ARE HERE
4. ​Anne Marie Hile