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Here are a couple of Fall Cards created with one of my new sets, Fall Splendor and a Fall paper collection called Feel of Fall, which features 12" x 12" textured papers.

Day 23 - Turkey Left Overs

More turkey left overs, but these aren’t the eatin’ kind! Here are some other Thanksgiving card ideas. I hand cut the paper pieces for the assembled turkey card and used the Stampin’ Up!® Doodle This set along with markers and the Aqua Painter brush to watercolor the flowers that I stamped in Basic Brown ink. I cut off two of the bottom pointed petals, stamped an additional pointed flower so that I would have enough feathers to layer. I also used the rounded flower to do the two side wings and the bottom made from a scallop circle punch sheet of Kiwi Kiss CS. Glue Ring Permanent adhesive was my choice for assembly. The Happy Thanksgiving sentiment I added was from the Occasions Collection hostess set—Earn this one by hostessing a workshop!!! Email me to book one. Can’t you just gobble up this card??? Very fun to make!

This card uses a simple one color stamped fern image from the Stampin’ Up!® Organic Grace hostess set to create the background with the stemmed design in brown. These accent the tiny turkey silhouette from the Occasions Collection hostess set. This simple concept can be used to highlight a phrase, image or photo for any them or occasion.

Blessed with Wonderful Friends & Family

Oopsie...forgot to post this yesterday!!!
Today is a day of reflecting upon the things we are most grateful for. I would have to say that my family and friends top the list along with good health. In the various places we have lived, we have always been fortunate enough to be surrounded by so many wonderful people we now call friends. They have taken the Wenger family in and welcomed us into their homes and families when we were miles apart from ours. This year is no different. The wonderful Colton family has once again included us in their Thanksgiving celebration, and we can't wait to join everyone for a day of good food, blessings, fun and great company. May your day be blessed with wonderful friends and family members. Happy Thanksgiving!!! Here is a card I made for the Colton's. The inside says “The season of friendship lasts forever”, a verse from Stampin' Up!® set Season of Friendship. I used the hostess level 3 set, Happiness Always on the outside leaf.

Are You Ready for Thanksgiving?

With Thanksgiving approaching, have you given any thought to dressing your table? Want to impress your guests with a personal, matching invitation? Here are some ideas using Stampin’ Up!® papers, wheels and stamps.

If you have ever been to one of my Stampin’ Up! workshops, then you know how much I love wheels for creating fast and easy backgrounds, gifts and other craft items. In these samples I used a fall palette of colors, the So Swirly wheel, a Creamy Carmel ink cartridge, Pumpkin Pie patterned papers, a brown marker and some fun punches to create place cards, the invitation, custom coasters and decorative napkin wrappers.

I combined these products along with the Occasions Collection hostess set and Hugs & Wishes stamp set from the Fall/Winter Catalog to inspire you to impress your holiday guests. Just change out the colors and you can use these same ideas for the Christmas season.

A Perfect Pick from my Paper Pumpkin Patch

O.K. Crafters, try and say that phrase several times in a row! LOL! Just had to add a little humor and fun to this post. So by now, that perfectly carved Halloween pumpkin probably looks like a 2 week old refrigerator specimen or possibly your beautifully decorated masterpiece looks better suited for the retirement home than as a door step decoration. If this is the case, I have the perfect solution, just in time for your Thanksgiving festivities! Check out this cool Pumpkin Candy Dish creation I made from a clay pot, paper bag and a CD. It took some paint, papers, floss, buttons, pipe cleaners, leaves and Glue Arts adhesives to totally complete the look, but what a cheerful and functional pumpkin it turned out to be! Use this as a table decoration, fill with nuts or candies, and when it is time to store it away for next year, simply stuff some tissue paper between the paper pieces to prevent it from getting scrunched! If you would like to know how I created this project, send me an email!