Happy Turkey Day!

Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope you all have a wonderful day of food, family and fun!

And if you're going shopping on Black Friday....Good Luck!!  I love fighting the crazy crowds, finding the good deals and running around the store like a mad woman.  However, this year, there is nothing I can't live without, so I will not be out with the masses.  I will be snug in my bed sleeping late and enjoying a nice day off from work.

Blessings,

Cheryl

Happy Thanksgiving!

I wish you all a blessed and happy thanksgiving day!  I'm so thankful for all of you and hope you all have a wonderful day.

Blessings,
Cheryl

I {heart} Black Friday!!!

It's that time of year again!  I can't wait for the sales.  Aren't sales just about the greatest thing ever?  I think so...

Fun Acorn Card

Today I want to share a fun little card I made.  This will probably be my last Thanksgiving card because it's time to get ready for Christmas.  I realize alot of folks have been sharing Christmas projects for weeks now, but I think we rush into Christmas way too fast, so I decided to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday before moving to the next holiday.  OK...on to the important stuff.

 The colors aren't great in the pic.  As I mentioned in a previous post, since I killed one of my lights, I'm having difficulty getting good pictures.  I am working on getting a new one (bought one and it's worthless so I have to try again).

For the card base, I used the rounded square from George and Basic Shapes and welded the acorn to it using my Gypsy.  The acorn is from Doodlecharms.

I cut the acorn out in kraft cardstock and attached the card.  I then cut it again in the darker brown and just used the top portion.  I embossed it and attached it with foam dots.

The sentiment is a stamp from Walmart's dollar bin.  I added some twine and bling and attached it with foam dots.  I inked the edges of everything with Chestnut Colorbox ink.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I so appreciate all of you taking time from your busy schedule to check out my crafty stuff.  And I love sharing it with you!

Blessings,
Cheryl

Grateful Leaves Card

Well, I made another card for a challenge.  I don't know why I'm on this challenge kick lately, but I'm enjoying it.  This card was made for the red, orange and brown challenge at FCCB this week.  

I have to start off by saying the leaves look really yellow in this picture, but they really look more orange in person, so I did try to follow the rules of the challenge.  You know me, I'm not a rule breaker!  =)

This is a regular A2 sized card.  I cut the base in white and then the mat from kraft cardstock.  I embossed the kraft paper using my new embossing folder by The Paper Studio.  I don't remember the name of it, but it looks like wood and I love it!  It's super fun, don't you think?  I thought this was a woodsy-ish card.  =)

The brown and white scallop is from my new cart, Winter Woodland.  The stamp is from the dollar bin at Walmart.  I inked the edges of everything with Chestnut Colorbox ink.

I cut the leaves and acorns from Doodlecharms.  I don't know the exact sizes; I just cut 3 sizes using my Gypsy.  It's hard to see, but the brown is shimmery and really lovely in person.  I added a couple layers of each leaf and used foam tape to give it dimension.

As you can tell here, I got a little carried away with the inking on my leaves.  I had to toss several of them because I dropped the ink pad on them.  Don't ya hate it when that happens?

Here's a quick look at the inside of the card.  It's really simple, but I wanted some color in there.

If you have time, you should check out this challenge - it was quite fun!  Have a great Monday evening!

Blessings,
Cheryl

Fancy Tree Card

Today I want to share a card using my newest cartridge - Straight From the Nest.  I love this cart!  The trees and flowers are super fun!  I have gotten several new carts the last few months and after the holidays, I can't wait to start sharing new stuff with you from all of them.

Do you recognize that orange polka dot paper on the tree?  It's actually sorta funny.  I got one 12x12 sheet of it at Michael's on sale for .20 and have now used it on 3 cards and still have some left.  Now that's thrifty, huh? Actually, I just love polka dots and orange fits this time of year, so it just worked out that way.  I cut the tree from Straight From the Nest.  I hand cut the "hills".

The sentiment is from a stamp I got at Joanns in the dollar bin!  It had some swirly things on it, but I wanted the simple wording so I cut those off.

I added the tree using foam tape, to give it some dimension.  The button is from the Walmart dollar bin and I added some twine to it to make it fancy.  =)

I must admit, I went out on a limb with this one.  Since I tend to be a little obsessive compulsive, I have a hard time making things in colors that aren't natural.  Obviously, hills aren't plaid (wouldn't it be cool if they were?) but when I got the idea for this card, I decided to try it.  I really like it, but my first instinct is to find a green-only pattern because that's the color of grass.  I know...I'm a little crazy.  I am learning to relax and try new things, thus an orange polka dot tree on plaid hills!

One last thing - I got some crazy good deals on cricutmachine.com today, so be on the lookout for a giveaway in the coming weeks!

Have a fantastic day!

Cheryl

My Craft Spot Challenge #32

I haven't participated in a challenge for a while, so I got busy this week.  I made this card for the Monday challenge at My Craft Spot.  The challenge is to create a project with a Thanksgiving theme.  

I created this card using the turkey from Simply Charmed.

The sentiment was printed from my computer and I hand cut the banner shape. (As you can tell if you look closely....the ends aren't even!).  I think my printer is low on ink because the letters don't look too vibrant.  Oh well!  I added a button with some twine spiff up the sentiment.  This was a fun card to make - I like that fancy turkey just sitting there waiting to be eaten!  I'm not a big turkey eater, but it looks cute on a card!  

I cut the oval from George and Basic Shapes to give the turkey a "mat".  I added the turkey using foam dots for some dimension.  I was determined to use this background paper and I still don't love it, honestly.  I think it's good thanksgiving colors, but it was hard to work with.

I inked all the edges using Brown ink by Colorbox and voila!

That's it for today.  

Blessings!

Cheryl

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Grateful Card

I can't believe we are already in the second week of November!  This month is flying by so quickly.  You know, I said last Friday I was going to take a week off and I only made it to Wednesday!  I can't stay away from you all or my Cricut.  What can I say.....I missed you!

I made several Thanksgiving-ish cards last week, so I thought I'd share one today.

For the base of this card, I used Elegant Edges.  I sized it at 5" and welded the shadows together with my Gypsy.

"Grateful" is from Gypsy Wanderings and was cut at 3.5".  I added white dots with my Sakura Gel Pen and added an extra leaf just to give it some color.

The acorns are from Doodlecharms and the leaves are from Designer's Calendar.  I cut them all around 1/2" to 3/4" and inked the edges using Colorbox Chestnut Ink.  I glued some of the leaves down flat and then added some on top with foam dots for dimension.

A few weeks ago, I found these wooden buttons on clearance at Michael's.  They are great!  I tied some brown and white twine and added the button to the corner because it seemed sorta empty.

The polka dot paper is by Recollections.  A few weeks ago Michael's had their single sheets of 12x12 paper for .20 each.  I bought this one with Thanksgiving in mind.  It's been quite a bargain because this one 12x12 sheet has been used for 3 cards so far and I still have some left!  =)  (You will see it again soon...ha ha)

Have a blessed and fabulous day!

Cheryl

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Happy Turkey Day Card

At the last minute, I created this card for the Cricut Cardz Challenge #48 . I just got Doodlecharms and Mickey Font in the mail so decided to use those. I had saved this idea in my Gypsy over the weekend, then got really sick last night. So, it's not quite what I wanted but I decided to at least try even though I was feeling crummy.

Blessings,