FCCB #238 - Give Thanks

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Challenge #238 Give Thanks
Thank You or Thanksgiving Card

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Here are the cards I'm sending out for Thanksgiving this year.  I found the images on the Celebrate with Flourish cartridge.

These cards came together pretty quickly.  I added my sentiment from an old My Pink Stamper set and twine from The Twinery.

I hope you'll join in the fun with us this week at FCCB and link up your Thanksgiving projects!  Remember, to qualify for the prize you must include at least one Cricut cut on your project - if it isn't obvious, be sure to tell us which one you used.  Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Luminary

Good evening!  Are you all ready for Christmas??  Only 6 more days!  I made a couple of stops on my way home from work today and picked up a couple gifts.  I *think* I'm finished shopping. :-)

The project I have to share today was a pretty quick and easy one to make.  I think I'm a little obsessed with luminaries lately, as I've been making some for all the holidays recently.  They're so easy though and a fun decoration - and who doesn't like the soft, relaxing glow of a candle.  Right?!?

For this luminary I used a spaghetti sauce jar, completely removed the label and cleaned the jar.  Then I sprayed it with 2 coats of frosted glass spray paint.  According to the can, the paint I used dries in 5-10 minutes, but I waited closer to 30 minutes before spraying the second coat.  After the paint was dry, I cut my image on Cricut vinyl and placed it on my jar.  Finally, I decorated the top of the jar with ribbons and a decorative button.  Add a tealight and turn off the lights!!

I'm going to link this up to the Christmas Party challenge over at Decorate to Celebrate.  Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Recipe:
Jar
Frosted glass spray paint
Cricut vinyl in red and green
Wreath from Celebrate with Flourish cut at 3.25 inches
Ribbons and button from my stash

Christmas Card Holder

Good evening!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and that your week is off to a good start.  My weekend was busy, but also productive - I managed to get quite a bit of crafting done!

One of the projects I completed this weekend was a Christmas card holder.  My sweetie and I didn't have a good way to display Christmas cards that we have received.  I saw a creation on Pinterest that I thought would be great - a wreath made out of painted clothes pins on wire shaped in a circle.  Have you seen the one I'm talking about?

Cute, huh?  Well, I got the clothes pins, painted them, strung them on the wire, tied my bow.....all was going fine until I tried to get it on my wall.  No luck.  I just couldn't get the clothes pins to behave, my circle turned in to an oval, and it just looked all wrong.  Ugh!  So, back to the drawing board (also known as Pinterest and Google LOL!!).  

I got some inspiration and this is what I created:

I am much happier with how this turned out!  (Sorry for the bad lighting in the pics - it's been cloudy here the past few days so the light wasn't good).  I cut the frame shape twice out of thicker cardstock and glued the ribbon that will hold the cards between the two pieces.  To hang my sign, I punched two holes with my Crop-A-Dile Big Bite and reinforced them with eyelets, then tied a ribbon through them to create my hanger.  

I am going to link this up to the Holiday Choice challenge over at Decorate to Celebrate.  Thanks for coming by to take a look!

Recipe:

Solid cardstock from Recollections

Pattern and glitter cardstock from DCWV

Frame and shadow from Elegant Edges cut at 11 inches

Seasons Greetings from Celebrate with Flourish cut at 4 inches

Presents from Winter Frolic cut at 2 inches

Ornament from Winter Frolic cut at 2.3 inches

Stocking from Jolly Holidays cut at 2.3 inches

i-rock gems

White Sakura gel pen

Ribbon 

Another Thanksgiving Card

Happy Sunday!  Are you all having a good weekend?  And are you ready for Thanksgiving in just a few days?!?  I have a couple more cards I need to make, and I'm planning to get those finished up today so they can go out in the mail tomorrow.

This week over at Fantabulous Cricut the challenge is Pilgrim's Progress - make a project using a Pilgrim/Indian or something from the First Thanksgiving.  I used this challenge to help inspire one of my Thanksgiving cards.

Thanks for coming by to take a look at my card.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern paper from The Paper Studio
Pilgrim Hat from Celebrate with Flourish cut at 3.25 inches
Ribbon from The Paper Studio
White Sakura gel pen

First Thanksgiving Card

Good evening!  Thanksgiving is only 1 week away which means I need to get to work on my Thanksgiving cards so I can get them in the mail.  Nothing like procrastinating!!

I made this card to fit with this week's challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas.  Their challenge this week is a color challenge - use brown, orange, yellow and one other color.  I chose green to be my fourth color because it appears in the pattern paper, but I realized when I put the turkey on the card that nearly all of the green is covered up.  Oh well!!

Thanks for coming by to take a look and I hope you are all a little further along in your Thanksgiving preparations than I am!  :-)

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern paper from The Paper Studio
Turkey from Celebrate with Flourish cut at 3.4 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set
Ribbon from The Paper Studio
Orange crystal gems

Thanksgiving Wreath

Happy Saturday!  Are you all enjoying the weekend so far??  We are having wonderful weather here, though it is a bit windy!  I had a nice run this morning with one of my good friends and then my sweetie and I played in a golf tournament with another good friend of ours.  Got a few chores done and then I got to finish the project I'm sharing with you today.  So far my weekend is going great!  :-)

I saw a terrific Halloween wreath on Pinterest a while back and decided to make a Thanksgiving version to hang on our front door.  Check out the Halloween wreath I found HERE - very neat!

This is how my wreath started:

I took a 12 inch foam wreath form and painted it with light brown acrylic paint.  This step may not really be necessary, but I didn't want any of the green foam form peeking through the burlap, so I did this just in case.

Then I cut burlap in 1 in x 16 in strips and tied the strips around the wreath in a simple double knot.  I used about 45 strips to go all the way around the wreath.  (FYI - The tutorial I linked to said 1.25 yds of burlap in the instructions.  I bought 1.5 yards off a bolt and it was way too much!!)

Finally I cut a few Thanksgiving images from Cricut cartridges and adhered them to the wreath with hot glue.  Now it's ready to hang on the front door!!

I'm going to submit this project in the challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut.  The challenge this week is Fall Harvest - make a project using fall leaves.

Thanks for coming by to take a look!  Have a great weekend!!

Recipe:
12 inch wreath form
Brown acrylic paint
Burlap
Happy Thanksgiving from Lyrical Letters cut at 3 inches
Frame from Elegant Edges cut at 5 x 8 inches
Leaves from Celebrate with Flourish cut at 3.5 inches
Turkey from Create a Critter 2 cut at 3.75 inches

Challenge Me Monday #96

Happy Friday Eve!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful week!  This week has gone by pretty fast for me.  Heck, this year is going by pretty fast.  Can you believe it's already February?!?  It seems like just last week I was thinking about Christmas shopping and preparing for the holidays and here it is nearly Valentine's day!!

This week over at Fantabulous Cricut, they are having a challenge to celebrate the upcoming holiday.  The challenge is Valentiny Cards, and we are to make a 3x3 card.  I decided to make a few, as I figure it can't hurt to have a little valentine to leave for someone.  I love the little love bug and lady bug images, and you can never go wrong with hearts, right?  Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Heart with arrrow from Celebrate with Flourish cut at 2.5 inches
Love Bug from Simply Charmed cut at 2.5 inches
Lady Bug from Create a Critter cut at 2.5 inches
Heart with scallop border from Slumber Party cut at 2.75 inches
Swiss dots and Swirl embossing folders
Ribbon from my stash
Black and white Sakura gel pens
Glossy Accents and Stickles

New Year's Eve

Hello!  Can you believe 2011 is coming to an end?  This year went by so fast!!  One year ago today, my sweetie proposed to me, so New Year's Eve will always have a special meaning from here on.  We are getting married in just a couple of weeks and are both very excited.  The past week or so, I've been counting the days and reminding him how close we're getting.  He smiles and pretends to start hyperventilating and asks if anyone has a paper bag he can breathe into.  Well, I've decided to take that little joke of his and turn it into a card.  At the grocery store I got a long brown bag that they usually put bottles of wine into.  I folded it into thirds and it ended up just a little smaller than a standard A2 card.  I left space for me to write him a message - and the best part is he'll have the paper bag handy just in case he needs it!  LOL!!

Have a safe and fun New Year's Eve!!

Recipe:
Brown wine bag
Solid cardstock from Recollections and DCWV
Patterned cardstock from DCWV
Champagne bottles and glasses from Celebrate with Flourish cut at 3.5 inches
2012 from Lyrical Letters cut at 2.25 inches
Swirls Embossing folder
Ribbon from American Crafts
Glossy Accents

Christmas Tags

Can you believe that Christmas is only 10 days away??  I sure can't!  I'm pretty sure I'm finished shopping, but I haven't wrapped anything and still haven't finished my Christmas cards.  Needless to say, I know what I'll be doing this weekend!!

Even though I feel like I still have a mountain of things to do before Christmas, I have managed to get a few things crossed off my list.  One of those things is some gift tags.  Here are four tags I created to add to packages..... when I finally get them wrapped that is! LOL!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Bazzill, Recollections and DCWV
Round tag from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cut at 4 inches
Rectangle tag from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cut at 4.2 inches
Stocking from Jolly Holidays cut at 2 inches
Ornament from Jolly Holidays cut at 2.25 inches
Tree from Celebrate with Flourish cut at 2.75 inches
Wreath from Celebrate with Flourish cut at 4 inches
To and From sentiments from Pink by Design's Christmas Wishes set
Glitter, Glossy Accents, gems and ribbon from my stash

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Today is my parents' 39th wedding anniversary.  I wanted to make a different style of card, just to make it a little more exciting and special.  I've seen a few of the 'Just a Note' style cards and thought they were really cute, so I decided I wanted to try to create that style of card on my Gypsy.  Overall, I was really pleased with how it turned out.  Also, I've had Glossy Accents for a long time, but haven't used them.  I've seen so many others use it on their projects, and I must say, pictures do not do Glossy Accents justice!!  Now that I've seen the results in person, I'm wondering why I haven't been using them this whole time!  I put Glossy Accents and glitter on the diamond of the ring and Glossy Accents on the champagne bottle and glasses and love how it turned out.  Thanks for coming by to check out my creation.  Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill, Recollections and DCWV
Patterned cardstock from DCWV
Panels from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More
      Center panel 4 x 4.4 inches
      Right panel 3.9 x 3.5 inches
      Left panel 2.0 x 2.5 inches
Love from Sweethearts cut at 1.8 inches
      Shadow welded to center panel, then shadow and regular cuts layered on top
Champagne bottle and glasses from Celebrate with Flourish cut at 3 inches
Wedding rings from Sweethearts cut at 1.5 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set
Ribbon from American Crafts
Glossy Accents