Thanksgiving Place Cards

I am truly blessed to have my daughters and 3 grandsons coming for Thanksgiving!  My grand babies are 2, 4 and nearly 5 years old.  I wanted
to make some fun place cards for us to enjoy at our Thanksgiving table.
My favorite Cricut cartridge is Create a Critter and it's my usual go to cartridge especially for paper projects for kids.  I created a card base measuring 3 1/2 x 3 inches.  I embossed a background piece in a light cream color.  My turkey measures 3 1/2 inches and I cut the pieces using four different colors, off white,terra cotta,pumpkin and dark brown card stock.  I glued all my pieces together and added small eyes with a black pearl pen.  This gives a nice dimension to the eyes.  I added my turkey and then die cut a small label using my Spellbinders Large Oval dies.  On Thanksgiving Day I will have the older children fill in the names of all our guests.

Supplies used

Cuttlebug embossing folder
Cricut Create of Critter cartridge
Kraft, off white,dark brown,pumpkin,terrace cotta and beige card stock
Spellbinders oval die cuts
Viva black pearl pen
adhesive

Mini Christmas Cards with Handmade Envelopes

I found some darling stickers at my local Joann's in the dollar bins.  I decided to make some small mini cards using my Spellbinders die cuts.  I folded my green and red card stock and let the die cut hang over the folded edge to create a small 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inch card.  Mine open at the top.  I die cut a smaller label and embossed using the Snowflake embossing folder.  I also added a label inside so I can either stamp a Holiday greeting or hand write whatever I want.  I created square 3 x 3 inch envelopes using paper

I had leftover from my stash.  I added some photos of the steps to create  square cards.  I started with 8 pieces of the metallic card stock cut into 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch squares.  I used my scoring board and my envelope piece to score at 2 1/2 inches all around.  I folded my scored piece using my bone folder.  

I then clipped the triangle pieces in each corner.  I folded my envelope, making sure everything looked nice.  I glued the edges using my glue stick
I decided to round the back flap using my rounder punch. 

   

Supplies:  Martha Stewart Scoring Board
                Bone Folder
                DCWV Evergreen 12 x 12 paper
                Bazzill Peppermint paper
                Green Card Stock
                Spellbinders Labels 1
                Glue Stick
                Darcie Snowflake Embossing Folder
                Joann's Foam Owl & Sock Monkey Stickers
                Candy Cane foam stickers - from my stash
 

Paper Mache Letter - Personalized Autumn Decor

I know I haven't posted in ages, and I'm hoping to start blogging on a more regular basis.  As you can tell, my blog is not fancy and I am not at all techie.  But I do love to share ideas and new creations in the hopes I can inspire and spark someone's creative light.

I made this personalized Fall piece for my mantel.  Using the last initial of our last name, I purchased a large
paper mache letter from Joann Fabrics and Crafts.  I had some fall paper from a holiday pack I had from last year.  I was also able to pick up some fall picks on sale.  I started by tracing the letter on my paper.  Make sure you have the pattern going in the right direction.  I painted the letter with a coordinating color of acrylic paint.  I covered both sides with paper once my paint was thoroughly dried and then I added strips of paper for the sides.  Using modge podge, I adhered the paper - pressing gently with my fingers to remove any air bubbles .  I distressed the paper edges with ink after everything was dry.  I then added a few layers of modge podge to seal my paper.  Wait until the ink is dried thoroughly.  Finally I chose some of the my fall embellishments and tied them together with ribbon and trim.  I hot glue gunned my flower bundle to my paper mache letter.  Total cost was under $10.00.