I dusted off my Watercolor Pencils and played with them today!
I’ve been a little under the weather, but have STILL been creating in my craft room! Here’s my video today, to help you create a fun Thanksgiving treat for your guests!
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This card was featured in my Creative U. class last month! It’s fun to layer different sized circles and colors to with a banner across the front with your sentiment.
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See you Friday for another make and take project on my blog HERE or HERE.
This is one of the cards we made at the Cozy Craft Retreat-in-a-box! You can view ALL of the projects that we made HERE.
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Take advantage of the Designer Series Paper sale going on right now! This paper is such an awesome collection because you can hit ALL OCCASIONS with one paper pack! Fall, Halloween, Christmas and every day!
Pretty Peacock 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock$8.75
Mint Macaron 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock$8.75
Early Espresso 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock$8.75
Come To Gather Designer Series Paper$11.50
Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad$7.50
Come To Gather Ribbon Combo Pack$9.00
My computer has been on the blink for 5 days now!!! I’m falling so far behind! It’s in the shop, hopefully next week I will have it back.
Here’s a simple Thanksgiving card for you!
To make the two-toned leaves,
ENJOY!
Here’s Project 4 from the Holiday Extravaganza! It was a CASE of Chris Slogar’s card found HERE. She is one talented lady! 🙂
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Here’s a card we made at September’s Stamp Club. Have you tried the new Expressions Thinlits? LOVE THEM but remember to use wax paper inbetween the Thinlit and cardstock!
When you are done, be sure and clean the wax paper out of the Thinlit!
Recipe:
Stamp Set: Magnificent Maple
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Crushed Curry, Naturals Ivory
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green, Crushed Curry
Accessories: 1 1/4″ Burlap Ribbon, 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Linen Thread, Expressions Thinlit, Daubers, Woodgrain Embossing Folder
I totally CASED Erin Gonzalez on this one! You can view her creation HERE. You could also do this as a name place card for Thanksgiving. (This is a great way to use up Halloween candy!! LOL) 
Recipe:Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny WishesPaper: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Whisper WhiteInk: Early EspressoAccessories: Owl Punch, 5 Petal Flower Punch, Two Tags Die, 1 1/2 Early Espresso Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Twine
We made this in my Girl’s Day/Night Out class last month. This card features a pumpkin pie!
Recipe:
Stamp Set: Grateful Greetings
Paper: Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie (OF COURSE!) Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, River Rock
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Dimensional (to make the piece of pie POP)
You can hardly see it but there is a 1 3/4″ circle in Crumb Cake cardstock positioned under the pie to simulate the pie plate. ENJOY!
Here is a Thanksgiving card that we made at Stamp Club this month! I saw the turkey made out of the bird punch a year ago on Lynn Pratt’s blog HERE. I am amazed at her creativity!!! I was done with my Thanksgiving classes when I saw this last year, so I have waited all year to make this! Here’s my version:
Recipe:
Stamp Set: Grateful Greetings (inside sentiment is the Thanksgiving saying from that set)
Paper: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Soft Suede
Ink: Soft Suede
Accessories: Bird Punch (see below), Owl Punch, Baker’s Twine, Dimensionals, 2 3/8″ Scallop Punch, Modern Label Punch, 1 3/8″ Square Punch, Striped Embossing Folder (Very Vanilla is done with this, it’s hard to see here), 5/8″ Early Espresso Grosgrain Ribbon
Here is a photo of how the bird is punched. Once you are done punching it out, ink the edges with Soft Suede. The leg bone of the turkey is the foot on the Owl Punch.
This month for our weSTAMP get together we brought in a guest speaker, Danielle Wurth! Danielle is a professional organizer and has even written a book! You can find her website HERE.
I noticed many of our weSTAMPERS voiced the same problem I have, and that was TRYING TO KEEP our stamping areas in order, and NOT look like a tornado had just ripped through it. Granted, the space DOES get messy when we are creating, but if it tends to stay like that, then we need help! Danielle shared with us many tips to keeping our crafting areas more organized and efficient, WITHOUT having to purchase more containers or furniture! What a BLESSING she was to our group! She even shared tips for other areas in our house that could use some work, too!
We had such a wonderful evening with Danielle, and I’m so thankful to her for coming to speak to our weSTAMPERS!
This is Danielle!
Our group of weSTAMPERS
We also had our swap! The theme was a Fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving card or 3-D item.
Maggie’s swap: (There is candy and a battery operated flickering light inside the luminary. She stamped on a window sheet in the hole.)
Kathy’s swap:
Linda B’s swap:
Eileen’s swap: (Tea holder, and below you can see it opened up.)
Melissa’s swap:
Terri’s swap: (This is the house from the Wizard of Oz. House turns on a brad. Each time you turn the house a bit, it reveals a different hidden sign on the floor. CLEVER!)
Karen K’s swap: (Mummy, and she had them all contained in a really cute handmade coffin!)
Linda R’s swap:
Stephanie’s swap:
Inside:
Michelle’s swap: (Shaving cream technique used for the background, COOL!)
Inside:
Glenda’s swap: (Background made using a dryer sheet! Tutorial can be found HERE.
Priscilla’s swap:
Dawn’s swap:
Patti’s swap:
Lorri’s swap: (Bookmarks! Idea came from Becky Roberts, who shared these at a recent Regional Conference AND it was also in Stampin’ Success magazine for Stampin’ Up demonstrators this month!) You can also find these in her 12 Days of Christmas 2010 tutorial found HERE.)
Last but not least, this adorable door prize was made by Maggie (She also made the luminary swap) and won by lucky Stephanie (pictured below). The pumpkin has a battery operated flickering tea light inside!
I hope you enjoyed the post today!
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