I'm Thankful for...

...turkey! And potatoes! And GRAVY!

What I'm not thankful for? Lack of MOJO! Where the heck is it?!?!

So The Mister and I are headed over to the in-laws (or his parents, because I guess they wouldn't be his in-laws) for the day-before Thanksgiving feast and my mother-in-law being the formal and etiquette-ful person that she is, I thought it would be a good idea to bring a card for her, since she was kind enough to host dinner.

Imagine my complete disgust when this is what I come up with:

*wrinkles nose* Oh WOW! BOXES upon BOXES full of goodies and this is all that comes from it?!?!?

I was thinking that honestly, if this is what I was going to come up with using all the FABULOUS things I got, then I better pack everything up and send it back to Marti! LOL...yes, I guess the added pressure that I was putting on myself was kind of stressing me out a bit...but I kind of thought I was a bit capable of more. I mean, look at that...eeew!

But to be fair, the stamp is great. It's from Inkadinkadoo's Harvest Expressions line. I stamped it using Adirondack Dye Ink in Espresso. And that's pretty much it. Pop-dots of course, but apparently, it wasn't enough to save this monstrosity.

Maybe I work a bit better under pressure...an hour before it was time to leave, I was able to come up with this:

*smiles* Still wasn't my most favourite piece of work, but it was still better than the cardstock vomit I had earlier, right? I love this one because of the little bits of detail that was added - that no recipient except for a scrapper would really ever truly be able to appreciate.

The Primas are sprayed with a Perfect Pearl Mist (a combination of Perfect Pearls and water in a Mini Mister - no, not a smaller version of The Mister - HAHAHA, I crack myself up). Oh my goooosh the pretty-ness of the glittery sparkles! I layered three Prima flowers and just held them together with a...wow, has it been that long that I can't remember what that thingamajig is called? Someone tell me!

The BEAUTIFUL curly-cue detail is Tim Holtz's Grungeboard. I inked it with Studio G inks and then used Cracklepaint to get some nice texture to it. Now that's a curly-cue with personality, I would say!

The stamp is from Inkadinkadoo's Harvest Expressions and stamped in Studio G gold ink! Other materials used is K&Co. patterned paper and the threading water punch.

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