Holiday Napkin Holder

 

I love shopping at thrift stores because you never know what you will find.  A couple of months ago I picked up a couple of these wooden gift boxes for 50 cents apiece.

 

 

I worked on one of them yesterday and it is now a holiday napkin holder:

 

 

Here is the back:

 

 

I used Crate Paper's Peppermint collection and I am entering it into

Go Fish Challenges to make a home decor project and

Paper Issues Holiday Happy theme

 

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Muy Caliente

 

My grandson, like me LOVES tacos and Mexican food so I thought I would document it on this page.  I used the November sketch from Artful Delight:

 

 

 

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Happy Thanksgiving

 

I love creating with the colors of fall....I know I have said that before but it bears repeating.  I just love the touch of blue in this card which for some may not be a fall color but I for one see a great deal of blue this time of year. This card is already on it's way to the midwest to my son and his family's home.  I cannot be there to break the wishbone with them but I still sent my love in this little card. 

 

I am entering this in Simon says Stamp's Thanksgiving challenge.

 

Have a wonderful Turkey Day everyone!!

 

Give Thanks

 

I love the sketch this week at Cas(e) this sketch and decided to use it to make this card. 

Here it is:

 

 

I am also entering this card at:

 

ScrapFit Workout #80 color challenge

 

 

And in the Cuttlebug Spot Challenge to use 3 different embossing and/or die cutting folders.

 

Kentucky 2012

I love scrapping fall pictures I think because I just adore the rich warm colors of fall.  For this page featuring my son Adam and grandson Jacob I used Bella Blvd. papers from the "Thankful" collection.  The polaroid frame is cut from wood veneer with real wood grain.

 

I used this sketch from Creative Scrappers:

 

I am entering it in the following challenges:

 

The Studio Challenges November challenge to use die cuts on a project

 

Scrapbook Circle November challenge to use woodgrain (my polaroid frame)

 

 Frosted Designs Blog Hop Recipe challenge. The 6 ingredients that I used are:

1.Die Cut (the cloud)

2. Alpha stickers (title)

3. Fall leaves

4.Stamping (I stamped "Life is good" at the top of my journaling block)

5.Pumpkin

6. Rhinestones (the 4 black rhinestones under the "ck" in Kentucky)

 

Congratulations!

 

 

Dave's brother and his wife Cheri are celebrating their anniversary this week.  I think it is 7 years for them so I wanted to make a card and send it to them in North Carolina.

 

I used this sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch:

 

 

I am also entering it into CAS-ual Fridays challenge to tear something.  I tore the polka dot washi tape on my card.

 

Paper Issues' current Theme is Stamp On It so I think I will link this card up over there as well.

 

Cards for Carol



I made this card for a dear online friend of mine.  Carol loved to make cards and made many, many cards and sent them to Operation Write Home.  Unfortunately a few months ago, due to Carol's helath and her daughter's illness (her daughter was her care giver), Carol had to move into a nursing home.  She is unable to make cards anymore and is no longer online.  The changes in Carols' life have been difficult for her and I recently got her address and want to bless her like she blessed so many others.....by sending her cards.  I made this card and a few others and I am sending them to her so she will have some cards to send out to family and friends.  I included thank you cards, birthday cards, Thanksgiving cards, Christmas cards and some thinking of you cards.  If you would like to join me in my "Cards for Carol" please leave me your email address in the comments sections and I will contact you with Carol's address. I suggest making one card to bless her and one card for her to give away.

 

I used Artful Delight's sketch for this card:

 

 

I am also entering this card in Simon Says Stamp's Challenge to make a sympathy or thinking of you card.