A Season to be Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving to each and everyone of you! I am truly Thankful for to be part of the crafting community. It brings such joy to my heart!

This card also uses the fundamentals. One side of the fundamentals paper has clear embossing. This is perfect for resist techniques. For this card I used a sponge dauber and rubbed over the paper with the same color ink. This gave a shaded look and made the pattern pop.

Check back tomorrow for a few more cards using the Fundamentals.
And don't forget to enter the GIVE AWAY! Head to the post on November 24th for the details.

Thanksgiving Card

One more of my Thanksgiving cards. The Zoe paper pack has this great dot pattern paper in this great color--Perfect for Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Treat Box

Here are a couple of small Thanksgiving treat boxes. I cut the boxes using the CTMH Artiste Cartridge and I cut the leaves on the CTMH Artistry cartridge

Grateful Hearts Card

Can you believe that we are about to hit October? Where has the time gone? For the rest of the week I am going to show you a few Thanksgiving projects. Starting with this card. I really love the look of the wheat on the this card. It may be hard to tell but I used a peach colored marker to add a bit of color to the top of the wheat.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving

CTMH has made several stamps with mixed font. I really do like the look of a script font mixed with a type font. This card is really simple just one stamp from the Thankful Heart Stamp and then a couple of the Pathfinding embellishments

Add a Tab

This card wasn't really doing it for me at first, it was OK, but not anything special. Until I added the tap at the top of the card. All of a sudden it added a whole new look to a card that seemed very plain to me. Guess What? That tab is just a piece of the Zip Strip from the Pathfinding Paper pack. It came pre-printed and decorated!
What's a Zip Strip you ask? It's the top 1/2" of the pattern paper with all the company info and colors on it. The best part about CTMH is that they only print that info on one side so the other side is decorated to match the collection.

Roasting Marshmellows

Beautiful Stamps, Amazing Discounts

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So Very Grateful Album

 This is the first of MANY mini albums that I will be making the using the new Artbooking Cartridge! If you don't have- You should get it! I LOVE that CTMH has done all the hard work for me. If I want to make a mini album or Scrapbook Layout I just put my cricut dial on one size and ALL the measurements have been calculated for me--- AWESOME!

3d Pumkin treat box

 

With all the love going on for the Artbooking Cartridge from CTMH let's not forget the other cartridges-today I am show the Artiste Cartridge a little love! I used the round scallop box button and the fit to page button to create this sweet little treat!

I added some leaves using the Huntington Paper Pack and some new jute ribbon!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank you God for all that grows,
Thank you for the sky's rainbows,
Thank you for the stars that shine,
Thank you for these friends of mine,
Thank you for the moon and sun,
Thank you God for all you've done! 

 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow..

I am going to spend some time with my loved ones. I will be back on Monday! Have a great holiday!

Bountiful Season

 What is the best thing about A-Size stamps? The price of course for just $6.95 you can have this wonderful fall leaf stamp. This stamp is called Quick Cards-Bountiful Season and it comes with just one stamp, but it is sure a good one. The fall leaf with swirls is perfect for Fall or Thanksgiving cards. I paired the stamp with the Flirty Paper Pack and some seam binding ribbon.

Thanksgiving

I can hardly believe that Thanksgiving is only 8 days away.....this year has really flown by. I am even prepared for Black Friday shopping, I have a plan and hope to get everything on my list. How about you, are you going to do any Black Friday shopping?

Make your own

Corrugated is all the rage right now. But what if you don't have any? Create your own faux corrugated accent with kraft cardstock and a paper crimp-er. You can see below that I cut an image with the CTMH Cricut cartridge and then ran it through the crimp-er.
I also used some wonderful rub-ons from the Mischief compliments collection. (wheat images)

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all have a very blessed and wonderful Thanksgiving!
I wanted to show you my Thankful Tree-All month long anyone who has come over we have asked them to write something they were Thankful for on a tag stamped with a leaf--
All of the tags were hung on the tree and it is very full now!

Colored Pumpkins

I really like to use my watercolor pencils, it makes me very relaxed. And I need relaxing-I feel like my November is spinning out of control. Every time I turn around I need to do something or I have forgotten to do something. I guess it's just the hustle and bustle of the holiday season creeping up on me. I wish I could sit down and color for days on end--
{Pumpkin Card Supplies}
Cardstock: Bamboo, Colonial White, Barn Red(Close to My Heart)
Pattern Paper: Olivia (Close to My Heart)
Stamps: Harvest Home (Close to My Heart)
Ink: Barn Red, Chocolate (Close to My Heart)
Embellishments: crochet ribbon, mocha half back pearls, watercolor pencils, metal charm (Close to My Heart)

Felt leaf card

I think this has become my favorite card! I love the texture of the felt with the delicate lace. The colors are really great together. My card was inspired by this card.
{Giving is Timeless felt leaf card supplies}
Cardstock: Garden Green, Bamboo, Colonial White(Close to My Heart)
Stamps: Timeless (Close to My Heart)
Ink: Bamboo, Autumn terracotta, Olive, Chocolate (Close to My Heart)
Embellishments: Autumn terracotta ribbon, foam tape, brown floss, felt leaf (Close to My Heart) Nestiblities die cut (spellbinders) brown lace

Thanksgiving Card

I found this really nice poem on the Internet and wanted to create a wonderful card to highlight it.

{Thanksgiving is Card Supplies}

Cardstock: Cocoa, Barn Red, Colonial White (Close to My Heart)

Pattern Paper: Olivia (Close to My heart)

Stamps: Many Thanks (Close to My Heart)

Ink: Sunset, Olive, Barn Red, Cocoa (Close to My Heart)

Other: foam tape, liquid glass (Close to My Heart)

PS-This card was inspired by a card that I saw on the web, I think one of the Heart 2 Heart Challenges, but I went looking for it and could not find where I saw it. If it's yours or you know who made the original card please leave me a comment. And Thanks to the original creator for the great idea!

Easy Trees-Really!

I cant believe how easy this card was to make. Those trees? Super easy! I started out with a piece of canvas and then using a CTMH marker and a ruler I drew the trunk and branches. Then I used a tiny leaf stamp to add the fall color. Lastly I fringed the edges of the canvas. So Easy!
{Happy Thanksgiving Canvas Card Supplies}
Cardstock: Garden Green (Close to My Heart)
Ink: Honey, Cocoa, Autumn Terracotta (Close to My Heart) Cocoa Marker (Close to My Heart)
Stamps: Grow with Love, Save the Date, Notice the details (Close to My Heart)
Other: cocoa ribbon (Close to my Heart) Canvas (Hobby Lobby)

Give Thanks Votive Set

I decided to really go all out and decorate my mantel for Thanksgiving-normal I might add a pumpkin or something up there and hold out for Christmas to change it up, but not this year. I made these sweet little votive candles with clip on tags. I have tons of these votive candle holders around, I use them in my craft room to hold buttons, brads and all sorts of things. I really didn't want the tags to be permanent, so I went with the mini clothes pins to hold them on. At the end of the month I can just pack away the tags and still have my little cups for my supplies. I think these would also be really cute at Valentines or even Easter!

Just for fun I turned on all the candles and took a night picture.

{Give Thanks Votive Candle Decor Supplies}

Cardstock: Colonial White (Close to My Heart)

Ink: Goldrush, Barn Red, Olive, Chocolate (Close to My Heart)

Stamps: Many Thanks, Old world Alphabet (Close to My Heart)

Other: Mini Clothes Pins (wal-mart) Votive holders, battery op candles (Michael's)