Let's Feast...

 Thanksgiving dinner is my most favorite meal ever.  We have been getting together with our best friends for Thanksgiving for the last 7 years.  Their family has become our family and our family has become theirs.  This year with COVID, our Thanksgiving looked a bit different but we had technology that helped bring everyone together when we couldn't be together.

I made Thanksgiving cards for my closest friends and family members.

I used the current weeks (when I made these) sketch challenge SC826.  I stamped My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Turkey Time in memento ink and colored her with copics.  I paper pieced her dress then did a second paper piecing for the sleeve/arm/turkey.  Baked Brown Sugar card stock for my base, layering with Authentique Glowing paper.  Basic Gray panel with a Very Vanilla layer run through the cuttlebug with My Favorite Things Wonky Stitch Square, then stamped the sentiment from the Turkey Time stamp set on the Vanilla layer.  I mounted my layer, then put the MFT Corn Stalk die-namics in Baked Brown Sugar, then topped it off with my image layer on pop dots and finishing the card with Basic Gray ribbon.

Technology bringing our families together-
FaceTiming with my best friends parents in Kentucky.

My hubs Video Chatting with our Grandboys in Idaho.

My bestie and I Video Chatting with my daughter in Idaho.

 

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Happy Thanksgiving...

I made a hand full of cards for Thanksgiving this year.  It's been a while since I created cards for a Holiday other than Christmas.

I used My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Corn Maze girl.  Stamping her in Memento ink, coloring her with copics and paper piecing her top.  Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, and Echo Park Papers Time and Season's Paper, and Stampin' Ups All Year Cheer Sentiment.

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Pie in the Sky...

I made this for my friend in my weekly recipe challenge group on facebook.  Our goal for the group is to try a new recipe a week.  I thought I'd change things up a bit and challenge the group to make things with Pumpkin Spice for the month of November.  For each of those new recipes they posted they were entered in for a drawing for a gift card.  I made this to thank my friend for playing along in the extra challenge...  

I saw this card on Pinterest and had to make it.  I used SU Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, and Pumpkin Pie cardstock.  SU Punches, SU Early Espresso Ink and the sentiment is a Michael's $1 stamp.

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#KindnessChallenge ...1

Happy Sunday!  I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving.  My husband and I had a wonderful day, spent with amazing friends, enjoying some fabulous food!

This came up on my newsfeed from an organization I like (Ben's Bells) and I wanted to share...

What is #KindnessChallenge?

#KindnessChallenge is a movement started by Leon Logothetis to make the world a better place.  The goal is to get as many people as possible-preferable everyone with internet access!-to perform a random act of kindness and share it on social media.  There are no limitations to what constitutes an act of kindness.  It really can be anything!  For every act of kindness shared, Leon will donate $1 to charity!* The charity will be chosen by you at the end of December.  The more acts of kindness we can create together, the happier we'll all be!  So, who's in??? 

I am!  Here's my first RAK for the #KindnessChallenge...I may have briefly mentioned that I've had a couple of surgeries this last year (partially why I'm behind on blogging/lost my mojo this last year).  Anyhow, I'm currently in physical therapy with a great group of therapists.  I wanted to show my gratitude for all they've done for me this last month and made them a little something.

I got the idea for this Apple and Caramel Cream Cheese Dip from Pinterest and of course put my own finishing touches on it  (Here's the recipe for the dip and my inspiration).  I couldn't find the 1/2 cup mason jars, so I just used 1/2 pint mason jars.  After I made the dip and assembled it into the jars, I put the dip and an apple in cello bags from Stampin' Up.  I used some Lime ribbon (retired) from Denami Design and attached a tag I made using SU Crumb Cake, SU Square Punch, Denami Design Turkey stamped with Memento Ink and colored with Copics, Denami Design Sentiment, Denami Design Button and Linen Cord.      

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Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!!

Thankful for You Treat Bags...

I'm so late in posting these=(  I made Chocolate Covered Salted Caramels for my hubs troops for Thanksgiving.  Oh my heck they were so good!  Time consuming to make, but oh so good!!!

I stamped Give Thanks Circle from Denami Design in Memento Ink on Neenah.  Then using my Stamp-a-ma-jig I stamped the Turkey , coloring with Copics.  I used the SU 1 3/8 Circle Punch and SU Scallop Circle Punch.  Tim Holtz Rossette Die.  More Mustard, Crumb Cake, and I think the paper is American Crafts? or We R Memory Keepers. 

Back view of the treat bags.  The sentiment is from Denami Design.

Group shot of all the treat bags.

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Denami Design World Card Making Day Challenge...

I made this for Denami Design World Card Making Day Challenge, it was an inspiration challenge.  Mine wasn't picked to be featured in their newsletter=( but, there was some fabulous cards that were!
I started off with a Crumb Cake card base.  I used the Double Line Square, filling in the lines with my Quickie Glue Pen and glitter. I used the Wheat Stalks in the center of the Double Line Square Stamp, stamping first in Memento Rich Cocoa, then SU More Mustard twice- once on each side. I made a tag using SU Photo Corner Punch, stamping the sentiment Give Thanks from the Thanksgiving Chickie Set then I used my Quickie Glue Pen around the edges and added glitter to them.  I popped that panel up on pop dots. Denami Design Button, SU jute and Denami Design Ribbon.
I hope you've had a great weekend!  Our neighborhood block party yesterday, it was our first time going.  We enjoyed it and got to meet a couple neighbors we didn't know.  I've spent the rest of the weekend crafting...those are the best weekends=)  Thanks for stopping by!

Give Thanks...

So I feel guilty that I'm crafting when my house is still a mess from my daughter and grandboys moving in=(  I guess sometimes you have to walk away from the madness and give yourself some "you" time, eh?  Well, I made several of these...a few for my hubs troops and for the ladies that belong to my spouse's group.  We're actually headed to Joe's Crab Shack for our meeting tonight.  I've never been there before~my hubs doesn't like sea food=( 

Anyhow... I made this for Denami Design's Sketch Challenge #5.  Isn't that Turkey from Denami Design just the cutest lil' guy???  I stamped him with Momento ink on Crumb Cake Cardstock and colored him in with my Copics.  I stamped the Give Thanks Circle Stamp also from Denami Design on Crumb Cake Cardstock, mounting it on Cherry Cobbler.  I ran Early Espresso through the Cuttlebug then used the SU Scallop Border Punch on it.  I mounted my card (3.75 x 4.75 premade notecard) on Pumpkin Pie Cardstock just to give it a little more umph.
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