Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! Today, Glen and I are off to visit my folks for a few days and we are really looking forward to catching up, laughing, and eating too much!

But before I head off, I wanted to share these two tags that I made for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop! This is the first time I've had a chance to participate (why the week of Thanksgiving felt like the right time to start is beyond me!!) and I can't wait to see all of the rest of the gorgeous projects out there!

This month's challenge was to design a "holiday tag or two" and I'm excited to share these two jumbo tags with you! This first tag is a more traditional/vintage feeling tag using the Tree Trimming Trio set, distress inks, and some yummy lace and scrunchy ribbon. The card is finished off with a gold embossed sentiment and a cute jingle bell.

This next card has a more modern feel again featuring the big tree from the set, a glitter border, silver embossed sentiment and star. The tag is finished with a fun, tinsel hanger for extra sparkle!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by today! I wish you and yours a very special Thanksgiving and hope you all have an abundance of love and joy to be thankful for today!

Supplies: Stamps - Tree Trimming Trio (PTI), Card Stock - Vintage Cream (PTI), Tags (my stash), Ink - Garden Green, Chocolate Chip (SU!), Versamark, Silver/Gold Embossing Powder (SU!), Glue Pen (Martha Stewart), Glitter (PTI), DP - Jovial Collection (Basic Gray), Snowflakes (Anna Griffin), Lace/Twine/Jingle Bell (Crafta), Ribbon (Etsy), Tinsel (Kate's Paperie)

Sweet Little Valentine

I am so happy to share an adorable Valentine card featuring a lovely image from Stampin' D'Amour's Vintage Children set! I partnered this adorable little girl with some Valentine-themed papers and a fun shabby ribbon!

Why Valentine's Day cards now? Well, let me tell you!! Operation Write Home is collecting cards to send to our troops overseas so they can write home to their loved ones. And Archway is matching sweets with sweets by sending boxes of cookies overseas, too! Pretty great cause and I'm happy to help by sending a box of Valentines this week! If you're looking for something to craft to take a break from holiday cards, consider some love-themed cards and send them over to OWH!

Supplies: Stamps - Vintage Children (SDA), DP - Be Loved (MME), Ink - Basic Black (SU!), Tea Dye Duo (PTI), Die Cuts - Cuttlebug, Spellbinders, Ribbon (Etsy), Card Stock - Whisper White (SU!)

Moxie Chic

I loved the red ruffles in the Tuesday Trigger photo over on the Moxie Fab blog and immediately thought of this lovely Webster's Pages ribbon that I've had sitting around and never used! Something this pretty has to be seen so I got it out and played along!

I used this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch as inspiration, almost used the last bit of my absolutely fave Anna Griffin snowflake paper (I'm holding on to tiny scraps!!), and heat embossed that fabby label for what I think is a Moxie Chic holiday card!

Supplies: Stamps - Holiday Labels 14, Compliments of the Season (WMS), DP (Anna Griffin), Card Stock - Silver Shimmer, Select White (PTI), Ink - Basic Black (SU!), Versamark, Silver Embossing Powder (SU!), Die Cuts - Cuttlebug, Labels 14 (Spellbinders), Ribbon (Webster's Pages), Foam Squares

Papercraft Star Thanksgiving Blog Hop!

Welcome to the First Annual Papercraft Star Thanksgiving Blog Hop Week sponsored by My Favorite Things. Our Designers have come together to celebrate this special holiday by creating projects inspired by Thanksgiving and all that we are thankful for in our lives, including you!

We are so happy you could join us for this special event! You should have arrived to my blog from Cecilia's, but if not, please head on over to Papercraft Star to start from the beginning so you don't miss a thing! You must be a follower of Papercraft Star, visit all the blogs and comment in order to be entered to win our fantastic Grand Prize!

During this special week of Thanksgiving we hope that you'll find a wealth of inspiration among the beautiful projects our Designers have created especially for you! To add to the fun, we've got fabulous prizes along the way at many of our Designer's blogs and you'll be entered to win our fantastic $25.00 Gift Certificate by our generous sponsor My Favorite Things, if you visit every blog and leave a comment with all of our Designers! You have until midnight (Eastern Time) on Saturday November 27, 2010 to leave all your comments and be entered to win the Grand Prize. We'll draw the winners of the prizes and announce them beginning Sunday November 28, 2010.

This year has been such an amazing year for me and my paper crafting! I have been blessed to have two cards published and a third on the way, I've been asked to be a part of two amazing design teams, and my little blog has an amazing 50+ followers! To give a tiny part back to this amazing community, I have a little giveaway to thank you for being here and encouraging me along the way. Just leave a comment by midnight (EST) Saturday 11/27 letting me know what you are thankful for this year, and I'll pick a winner to receive a brand new Verve stamp set and black ink pad! I will announce the winner here on the blog next Sunday!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours and thank you again for joining us for the Papercraft Star Thanksgiving Week Blog Hop, your next stop on the hop is Beth!

*I'm editing this post Sunday morning because when I woke up to hop, I realized I had published a draft of my post and not my actual post. I am incredibly sorry for all who visited early and didn't see what I had intended - I certainly know how frustrated I get when I come upon a broken link in a hop! Thanks for giving it a second look - I do appreciate each and every one of you and your time!! Everyone who commented that there was nothing to see is also eligible for the giveaway! Thanks for the catch!

Supplies: Stamps - Harvest Season (Lawn Fawn), DP - WonderFALL (Webster's Pages), Ink - Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Dusty Durango (SU!), Felt (PTI), Card Stock - Old Olive (SU!), Ribbon (Etsy)

Snowflakes are Winter's Butterflies

I am so happy to share this project today that I made for the Embellish Magazine color challenge! Embellish challenges are fun because they require use of specific colors as well as another challenge like using felt or rick rack or... This time we had to embellish a bag using these colors:This challenge worked out perfectly because I had just purchased some adorable little bags from It's in the Bag for holiday decorating and the package came in the mail the day before I saw this challenge! Kismet? I think so!

When I saw the pink/grey, I immediately thought of snowflakes and an awesome Verve set I got last year. I embossed the snowflakes using silver embossing powder, cut them out and popped them off the bag, finishing them off with coordinating rhinestones. The bottom of the bag was trimmed with some fun silver tinsel.

Supplies: Bag (It's in the Bag), Stamps - Christmas in the Air (Verve), Card Stock - Pixie Pink, Pretty in Pink (SU!), Ink - Versamark, Basic Black (SU!), Silver Embossing Powder (SU!), Tinsel (Kate's Paperie), Edge Punch (Fiskars), Rhinestones (K&Co), Foam Squares

Approved by the Chief Elf

I'm excited to participate in another monthly blog waltz with Waltzingmouse Stamps! This month we're celebrating Christmas! If you've just happened by, head over to the 'Mouse House to get started! I'm sure you will find a ton of inspiration as I always do!

Fortunately for me (as I've just returned from vacation) I had this week's sketch challenge as a jumping off place. I flipped the sketch on its side and came up with the cute Santa certification medallion. Love how the little shoes came out as the "tails."
Supplies: Stamps - 2009 Secret Set (WMS), DP - Christmas Past (Graphic 45), Card Stock - Select Cream (PTI), Ink - Old Olive, Basic Black (SU!), Circle Punch (SU!), Felt/Dies (PTI), Stickles, Foam Squares

Thinking of You

Today I'm happy to share another card made with great vintage stamps from Stampin' D'Amour! This time I'm featuring an unmounted rubber stamp with a vintage Hawaiian Airlines logo as well as a sentiment from the Vintage Children set. I adore vintage travel posters and this stamp is a great replica! I combined the stamped images with lovely papers from Making Memories and ribbon I found on Etsy.

Supplies: Stamps - Vintage Children, Vintage Hawaiian Airlines (SDA), DP - Great Escape (Making Memories), Card Stock - Select Cream (PTI), Ink - Chocolate Chip (SU!), Tea Dye Duo (PTI), Die Cuts - Cuttlebug, Labels 8 (Spellbinders), Corner Chomper, Foam Squares, Ribbon (Etsy)