I had a great Thanksgiving and hope you did too! Family and friends gathered for food and fellowship. Now it’s time to get ready for Christmas and since the leftovers are all gone, you know what that means! Actually, I made turkey and sausage gumbo yesterday and cooked mustard greens. Yummy!
     I have been invited to a neighborhood cookie swap on Saturday. I plan to make my Dishpan Cookies. Just like the name suggests–it has almost everything in your kitchen–except the sink!!!

     Here is one of the cards we made at the last hostess club.




ACORN CARD
 STAMP SET: All Year Cheer (139839 $25)
CARD STOCK: Mossy Meadow 4-1/“ x 5-1/2” (133676 $7)
                             Cajun Craze 2” x 2” (11968 $7)
                             Crumb Cake 2” x 2” (120953 $6.50)
                             DSP (retired) 2” x 4-1/4”
INK: Mossy Meadow (133645 $6.50)
         Cajun Craze (126965 $6.50)
        Soft Suede (126978 $6.50)
ACCESSORIES: Ribbon 10”(retired)*
                              Label Bracket Punch (132153 $16)
                              Acorn Builder Punch (139681 $18)
                             Candy Dots (130932 $6)
                             Glue Dots (103683 $5.25)
                             Sticky Strip or Tear & Tape Adhesive (138995 $7)
                            Dimensionals (104430 $4)
DIRCTIONS: 
  1. Stamp leaves in Mossy Meadow.
  2. Apply DSP as shown.
  3. Place sticky strip across card about 1/2” below DSP and remove red strip.
  4. Fold under edge of ribbon and secure to card with another piece of sticky strip. Make a loop, securing with 2 glue dots. Repeat twice. Trim ribbon.
  5. Add candy dots at bottom.
  6. Punch Label Bracket out of Cajun Craze. 
  7. Punch acorn out of Crumb Cake CS, stamp acorn on crumb Cake CS and punch top of acorn. Adhere to acorn. Use glue dots for Label and dimensionals for acorn.
TECHNIQUES:
Loopy ribbon.
TIPS:

Ribbon needs to be adhered with strong adhesive.
 *Our 1-1/4″ Burlap ribbon is a wonderful substitute for the ribbon I used. Check it out!

     Happy stampin’,
          ~Laura~