So Grateful...

"So Grateful" is the name of a beautiful stamp set, created for Gina K. Designs, by the most talented Rupa Shevde.



This is a wonderful fall set. It contains acorns, a wagon full of apples, pumpkins, a cornucopia, several sentiments, etc., 12 images in all!



What is extraordinarily special about this set, is that when Rupa designed it, a portion of the proceeds were donated to Feed the Children, which is an organization that provides food and water, and hope to children all over the world.

Gina K. is a very generous and kind woman, and you will find her very often with a 'cause' to donate toward.

This week, Gina is the Guest Designer and sponsor at the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge. Gina provided this week's sketch, and is offering up two wonderful stamp sets as the challenge prize. One is the set that I've named above, and created my card with. The other set is the Autumn Beauty set, by Theresa Momber. I don't yet have this set, but it is certainly on my wish list! Theresa is one amazing lady. She includes a tutorial with nearly every card she features on her blog, and is a wealth of knowledge! She, like Gina, is kind, and helpful, and generous, a beautiful lady inside and out!

Okay, enough already! I didn't mean to preach! I am just in awe of beautiful talented women that can still be kind and thoughtful! Know what I mean??? Since I began this blog, I have been blessed with 'meeting' so many new friends! You all know who you are!

My card today, as you probably have figured out is made with the So Grateful set. The sketch, shown below, is what I followed. In place of a ribbon on the middle of the card, I used the acorn border in the stamp set. It worked out perfectly! I moved the brads to the left corner, as I wanted to put another acorn on the little corner at the bottom, and felt it needed balancing! Other than that, I did not flip or rotate anything!!! Aren't you proud of me???

Hope you like something about it! I love the images. They are all colored with Kooh-I-Noor colored pencils and LO mineral spirits. The Brown CS is DCWV, and the patterned DP is on the Gina K. Stamp TV site, in the Freebies!!! You can download it free! This is from the floral frenzy patterns.

Have a great Friday - I'm off to climb back up on my ladder and put coat number 2 on wall number 1.

Hugs!

Patti J.

The Lord loveth a cheerful giver. He also accepteth from a grouch. ~Catherine Hall