My Sweet Petunia and Kitchen Sink Stamps

Oh nuts!

Welcome to the hop between My Sweet Petunia and Kitchen Sink Stamps. 

We are happy to have you join us for today's hop. We have lovely cards to share and prizes too. Everyone who comments on every stop of the hop will be entered to win one of two prizes - the winner's choice of an Original or Mini MISTI, and a $50.00 Gift Certificate from Kitchen Sink Stamps. The deadline for commenting is October 2nd at 11:00 p.m. Central. The winners will be announced October 3rd on the My Sweet Petunia blog and Kitchen Sink Stamps blog. 

And a bonus for you, Kitchen Sink Stamps is celebrating their 10th Anniversary today, and there is a sale. 35% of all items in stick, with Free Shipping at $65.00 (US Only). The sale runs from Sept 25th to 29th (midnight PDT) Coupon Code: KSSDECADE

(Sale Excludes Out of Stock and Special Order/Retired Items)

Now, on to the card I made. I used my Mini MISTI for my card today, and the new Bar Magnets, which are very strong. (I cannot wait to find out where they will hide themselves at some point in the future!) I am using the 3 step Autumn Squirrel stamp set for my card today. I started out by arranging and stamping the leaves around the top of my card in various distress inks. 

I am continuing to add the layers to the leaves using gathered twigs distress ink. Once finished I die cut using my stitched rectangles, and die cut the circle once I knew the placement of the squirrel on the card base, and added foam strips to the panel, which will be attached to the card base.

For the squirrel, I used 2 of the 3 step squirrels as I wanted the base to remain in the white. My squirrel is stamped in copper for the first step and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, then stamped in red, and heat embossed again to ensure the red was dry. The colours show up wonderfully in real life! I added a little acorn for the squirrel, and stamped the "oh nuts" sentiment, also in the red.

A close up of my card. The squirrel is stamped on my card base, and the top layer is added on foam strips, with the squirrel showing through the deckled circle. 

To finish my card, I added a few autumn coloured sequins. 

You should have arrived here from Lydia's blog. If not, you will want to start at the beginning of the hop at Maria's blog.

The next stop is Ceal's blog, and following is a list of those participating in the hop.

Maria Colosimo

Ilina Crouse

Jeanne Streiff

Lydia Fiedler

Kia Gibson-Clapper

Ceal Pritchett

Raita Maria Sabina

Giovana Smith

Chris Dayton

Stephanie Severin

Lynn McAuley

Thanks for visiting - have fun on the hop everyone.

Products: My Sweet Petunia Mini Misti, My Sweet Petunia Bar Magnet, Kitchen Sink Stamps 3 Step Squirrel, Tim Holtz Distress Inks Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick, Gathered Twigs, Shabby Shutters, Pumpkin Orange, Fossilized Amber, Dew Drops Brilliance Crimson Copper Ink, Clear Embossing Powder, Neenah Cardstock, Frantic Stamper Deckled Circle Die Set, Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles, Sequins, Foam Tape.