“Have a Hoot” Anniversary Card Tutorial & What I do with GREEN TOMATOES!

Hi
Friends! Finding time to stamp right now hasn’t been easy LOL –
vegetables are still keeping me away from my stamps and inks! Green
tomatoes are the culprit at the moment. Brian’s mom just gave us bags
and bags of them (and believe me, I already have TONS of tomatoes in
our garden) – but I couldn’t refuse them! 

I usually make green tomato mincemeat – which is delicious – but I still have a jar or two
from last summer. I’m going to use it up this year and next year I’ll
make more. If you have never tried green tomato mincemeat and want to, here is a recipe similar to the one I make: green tomato mincemeat. I always add a bit of brandy and other good stuff when I make it. Yeesh – now I’m thinking I SHOULD make more this year! LOL There’s also a green tomato curry sauce that is insanely good,
so I’m going to make more of that. I already have lots ofchow-chow– don’t
need any more! So I am going to try making Green Tomato Jam and
marmalade! 

I’ll let you know how they turn out. My concern at the
moment is that I am running out of jars, lids and rings and I already know
canning jars are completely out of stock in town – finding lids could
be a challenge too (amazon prices are skyhigh right now too). On that
note, I’m skiddadling into town to stock up on a few things and look
for what I need to preserve all these veggies! However, I do have a wonderful
tutorial to share with you today though – courtesy of Sherry Roth, from our
Leaders Project Sheet group! 

Supplies:

• Stamps:
  Have
  a Hoot Bundle (155208); Well Said (148796)

• Card
  Stock:
  Pretty Peacock (150880); Bumblebee (153077); Cajun Craze (119684);
  Whisper White (100730); Plaid Tidings DSP (153527)

• Inks:
  Memento
  Pad (132708); Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker (100082)

• Misc:
  Stitched Shapes Dies (152323); Cinnamon Cider Stampin’ Blends
  (153105); Basic Black Stampin’ Blends (154843); Pretty Peacock
  Stampin’ Blends (154895); Rhinestone Basic Jewels (144220);
  Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (149653); Dimensionals (104430);
  Stampin’ Seal (152813)

Measurement:

• Pretty
  Peacock: 5 ½” x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”

• Whisper
  White: 4” x 5 ¼” for the inside, 2^nd
  largest circle from the stitched shapes dies and scrap for stamping

• Cajun
  Craze: 2^nd
  smallest circle from the stitched shapes dies

• Bumblebee:
  2” x 2 ½”

• Plaid
  DSP: 2” x 3 ¾”

Instructions:

1. Add
   the plaid dsp to the top of the card front, leaving an even border
   at the top and two sides.

2. Flag
   one end of the bumblebee cardstock and add it to the card front.

3. Stamp
   ‘happy anniversary’ using memento ink onto the white stitched
   circle.

4. Add
   that to the card base using dimensionals.

5. Using
   the black Stampin’ Write marker, ink just the branch of the stamp
   with the owl couple and stamp it onto the cajun craze stitched
   circle.

6. Ink
   that same stamp with memento and stamp it onto the scrap of whisper
   white cardstock.

7. Colour
   it in using Stampin’ Blends – owls were coloured with cinnamon
   cider and their feet with basic black.

8. Die
   cut the owls using the coordinating die and add them to the card
   front using dimensionals.

9. Colour
   one large and two small rhinestones with the dark pretty peacock
   stampin’ blends and add those to the card front as shown.

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