Happy Thanksgiving Card

Hello!  I hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween.  I always am sad when Halloween is over, because I feel like fall is moving too quick!  Thank goodness for two more holidays after Halloween to keep me excited about something.  This card is to welcome in November!  It's a card I received from demonstrator Julee Hicks while at Stampin' Up!'s convention this summer.  I love the colors used. I wouldn't think of using Island Indigo on Thanksgiving projects, but I love the colors together.  I think they mesh well.  The card base is made with Crumb Cake card stock, and the Very Vintage wheel (#117693 $8.50) was rolled across the top in Soft Suede ink.  The Island Indigo strip of paper was embossed with the Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder (#132174 $7.95), and then placed on top of a piece of Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper (#132184 $10.95).  The greeting was stamped in Tangerine Tango ink with a stamp from the Tags 4 You stamp set (Wood #131820 $19.95  Clear #131823  $15.95) and punched out with the Label Bracket Punch (#132153 $15.95) and placed on the card after some linen thread (#104199  $4.50) was wrapped around the card. Lastly, a rhinestone jewel (#119246 $4.95) was put on the greeting to add a little extra something.  I think it's a nice Thanksgiving card.  Thanks Julee for the great card swap!  I hope you enjoyed it and that you'll be back tomorrow!   

Gift Bow Bigz Die and Halloween Treats

Hello!  I got to play around with Stampin' Up!'s Gift Bow Bigz L Die (#129977  $32.95), and I must say, I love it!  When I first saw it in the holiday catalog, I wasn't sold on it and honestly thought it was ugly and straight from the late 80's/early 90's, and that I was never going to use it!  But then I saw something made with it at my friend Mayra's house, and I realized it didn't have to look so dated.  I cut out some bows from various designer series paper packs from Stampin' Up! and was actually excited to use my new bows.  They can be really cute!

Note: I didn't use the extra piece that cuts out to make the center loop.  I left that off my bows because I felt it made my bows too frilly and too big for what I wanted to do with them.

As I looked at the bows, I wanted to do something with them, and here's what I did with the Halloween bow:

I made a thank you treat for my friend Sue, to give to her when I delivered an order to her.  

I have more projects to share with you using these bows, so come back tomorrow to see them!

Halloween Treat Pails

Hello! Today's post is a little treat I made for two of my friends.  I tutor a little girl in 5th grade, and for the first day of October, I wanted to give her and her mom a little something because I'm excited it's October!  I bought these cute little pails at Target a year or two ago in the dollar section and have wanted to use them for something for a while.  I filled them with little tissues I found in the dollar section last week at Target, some little fun size snickers bars covered in Stampin' Up!'s Witches' Brew designer series paper (#132185 $10.95), and some candy corn stashed in cello bag from the Pumpkin Pie Goodie Gear Simply Created Kit (#132792 $4.95) tied off with a tag stamped from the Tags 4 You stamp set (Wood 131820 $19.95  Clear 131823 $15.95) and punched out with the matching Label Bracket Punch (#132153 $15.95).

I couldn't wait for tutoring that day because I was so excited to give them their little treats!  Hope you're having fun getting excited for Halloween!