NOVEMBER 2017 ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello house friends!!! 

It's Thanksgiving week here in the USA, and it's busy around here, so my ATG for The House That Stamps Built post will be short.  

The bg was created by masking and lightly sponging "hills"  and clouds, then stamping the trees with RI#2719-K "Lg Pine" and RI#2714-D "Sm. Pine Forest".  Those cute little snowmen are RI#4703-I "Snowball Sequence".  The sentiment is RI#4601-H "Snowmen fall...".  

Please come over and play along with us for the ATG challenge and ALL of the challenges this month.  You can still get in on every challenge for the month, and your chances of winning some RI stamps increases.  More details can be found at The House.  

Take a gander at these awesome ATG inspiration pieces from my team mates.  

Deonna - Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Patti J - Shirley

Have a happy Thanksgiving!!!!  

NO GREY DAYS

Hi Junkies,

Here in Maine, we're in the midst of the grey days of November.  If I have to pick the two months of the year that I dislike most they would be November and March - because of the amount of grey, colorless days.  

My card today has a great pick-me-up message for people like me....

To make this card, using my MISTI, I stamped the image "Grey Days"  from the Technique Junkies November release,  in Momento black ink, and used Copic Markers to "paint" the background in a gradient fashion of blending greys and blues.  It took a little while to get the blending the way I wanted it.  I made a mask from the cloud image and masked it before blending the markers.  I then removed the mask and having left the stamp in the MISTI, I placed it in the same position and inked it again with VersaFine black in for a crisper image.  To finish the design, I used a glitter pen to draw some sparkle and "silver lining" around the cloud.  

Have a great week...and I wish you no grey days only fun crafty ones!  Thanks for stopping by!  

Are you like me, in love with Technique Junkie Stamps?  How about a full10% discount on your purchase order (all stamps except the November Release stamps are included in the discount)?  Just use my discount code TJCheri10 with my compliments.  

Wishing all my USA friends a very Happy Thanksgiving!