S2G's THANK YOU Blog Hop

Welcome to Twisted Thursday!

With fall in full swing and Thanksgiving just a few weeks away, we at S2G TT wanted to do a little more than share our weekly inspiration projects. This week we are giving thanks to all of our participants and visitors. That said, it's time to start the Thanksgiving Hop! You'll travel to each DT's blog to view her inspiration project for this week's challenge. There'll be all kinds of tips, tricks, and tutorials along the way! Also, there is a grand prize and some of the DT members have a hidden prize. In order to qualify for a prize, you need to leave a comment about what you are thankful for. What are you waiting for??...start hopping!! Your first stop will be at Ann's blog. She is one of the queens of Copic coloring!!! If you get lost along the way or find a dead link, come back here for the master list.  You should have arrived here from Chris's blog.

For my project I started with the Shirley's 2 Girls new image Salute. I have a friend who's son just graduated from Marine Boot camp so I made this frame with him in mind. It's funny because I have know this "kid" since he was about eight or so. He was so handsome when he came to  church a couple of weeks ago in his dress uniform. It made me fell a little old, but mostly proud of him. I know they took tons of photos and I know there is one of the whole family that would look good here. The frame holds a 5 x 7 photo. This was an unfinished wood photo frame that I first painted with a layer of blue paint, then a layer of crackling medium. I wasn't happy with the shade of blue, so I added a coat of white, then another layer of a darker blue, then a layer of the crackling medium. I really like the weathered look I ended up with and just enough of the white shows through without overpowering the dark blue. I added my image which had been colored with Copic markers and then matted onto a piece of red card stock. I added some white stars that were cut out with a Sizzix die. The twist this week was to use "THANKS". I added the sentiment to a personal letter that is on the back of the frame. Since it is a personal letter to a real person, I decided not to take a picture. But this image does come with three sentiments that would be great for any service person as a way of saying thank you. Veteran's Day is next week and this image would be perfect for that. Jane is your next stop!

Blog Hop Order

Ann

Cat

Chris

Gina

Jane

Judy

Laurel

Mae

Melissa

Wendy

Tracey

Georgia

***A crafting tip that I am thankful that I have learned: I love the look of sewing on cards, but do not have the patience to learn to sew and then try and drag out a sewing machine. I have learned that I can up my paper piercer to punch holes along my paper and then hand stitch on my card, following the holes like a lacking card. Not as fancy as some of the great stitching by a machine, but it looks pretty good!