Fall Thanks/Thanksgiving

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Today I am sharing a Fall Thanks/Thanksgiving card today. I am playing with the cute sketch at  Paper Play Sketches. The card measures 5" x 6 1/2". The papers are leftover from previous projects. This sketch is another great way to use some of those scrap papers. 

Cricut Cartridges:
Classroom Oct. Nov. - Turkey is cut 1.85" wide x 1.62" high.
Cupcake Wrappers - Leaf is cut .65" wide x .69" high. Several are cut of the same size but of different colors. Some leaves are used inside the card.
Designer's Calendar - Give Thanks is cut 1.75" wide x 1.1" high.
Thanksgiving - Pilgrim Man Silhouette is cut 1.75" wide x 1.60" high. Pilgrim Woman Silhouette is cut 1.75" wide x 1.60" high.
Holiday Cakes - Happy Thanksgiving is cut 4.25" wide x 1.74" high. This is used inside the card.

Inside of card.

 

Challenges: 

BBTB2 -  Anything Goes Thanksgiving

CARDZ TV - Anything Goes Designers Ch. 4

Cut It Up  - Ch. 109 Must use Pilgrim or Native American

DL.ART  - Ch. 192 Thanksgiving

FCCB -  Ch. 289 Autumn

Simply Create Too - Ch. 122 Gobble Gobble Must see a turkey

PDE Linky Party - Ch 146 All Cards 

Paper Play Sketches - Ch. 21 Sketch 

 

 Hope you enjoy! Thanks for your visits and comments!

Fall/Thanksgiving Card

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As Thanksgiving is fast approaching, I have been working on a Fall/Autumn/Thanks/Thanksgiving card. I like to make cards that can be used for several occasions. My card is made using one of Mary's pretty sketches at CARDZ TV. These sketches are so fun to work with and I can use scrap papers from previous projects. I have so much paper and I have tried not to purchase any new until I used more of what papers I have on hand. Do you know how hard that is--not to buy paper!!

The base of card is cut from Kraft Cardsdtock. Card measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" when folded. Patterned papers are K&Company. Solid cream paper is from Recollections

Cricut Cartridges:

Thanksgiving - Pumpkin is cut 3.25" wide x 1.27" high. Leaves cut 2" wide x .68" high.

Botanicals - Wheat is cut 1" wide x 1.31" high. 

Cricut Classic Fonts - Thanks is cut 2.86" wide x .75" high.

Challenges:

BBTB2 - Nature Calls  Thanksgiving or Christmas

CARDZ TV - Sketch Ch. 4 Thank you

Die Cuttin Divas -  Ch. 291 Fall Harvest

DL.ART   -  Ch. 191 Fairy Tale or Thank you

DL.ART   -  November Linky

FCCB   - Autumn

PDE Linky Party  - Ch. 145 Anything Goes

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for your visits and comments!

My Sheri Crafts - Thanksgiving

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Today starts a new and fun challenge at My Sheri Crafts! Design team sister Sandy chose Ch. 194 Thanksgiving. She asks that we include any of the following on our card/project - Pilgrim, Indian, Cornucopia, Pumpkin, Turkey, or Pie. For my project, I made a Pull Out Card. You can find the tutorial at Mary's CARDZ TV. Base of card is a cream Recollections paper. Patterned and solid papers are left over from previous projects. This card style is fun to make and I like the finished look..also a good way to use lots of Cricut images! I was able to add 4 of the choices for the challenge on this card.

Cricut Cartridges:

Autumn Celebrations - Turkey is cut 1.75" wide.

Classroom- Oct-Nov. - Pilgrim is cut 2" wide. I believe this is my first time to cut a Cricut Pilgrim image.

Elegant Cakes - Wishes is cut 2" wide X .57" high. Actual phrase is Best Wishes, but I deleted the word Best and sized the word Wishes for my project.

Holiday Through the Years Iron On - Happy Thanksgiving is cut 4.47" wide x 3" high. This is used on backside of card.

Pumpkin Carvings - Pumpkin Stencil is cut 1.75" high.

Thanksgiving - Bountiful is cut 4.25" wide.

Thanksgiving Table Decor - Cornucopia is cut 2.50" wide. 

View of folded card! Card measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" when folded.

View of card lying flat.

Back side of card.

Cuttlebug Folders:

Diamonds in the Rough - Pumpkin

Houndstooth - Cornucopia

Swiss Dots -  Pilgrim Hat and the Mat under turkey 

Be sure to visit My Sheri Crafts to see all the pretty Thanksgiving projects made by the Design Team. For more information on the projects, please visit our individual blogs. 

Now it is your turn to play along with us! We look forward to seeing all your pretty Thanksgiving cards/projects!

Challenges:

CARDZ TV - Anything Goes Designer Ch. 3

DL.ART   -  November Linky

Double D Challenges - Harvest Blessings - Give Thanks
PDE Linky Party - Ch. 145 Anything Goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Pumpkins or the color Orange

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Fall Decorated Plate

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Recently I have been playing with a few vinyl projects. I bought this pretty charger plate at Hobby Lobby and wanted to decorate it with vinyl for a Fall decorating project. Of course, I used my Cricut Explore to cut the images from vinyl.

Cricut Cartridges:

Simply Scarecrows - Happy Harvest is cut 6" wide x 4.07" high.

Thanksgiving - Pie Box - I ungrouped the image and cut only the pumpkin. It is cut at 1.75" wide x 1.60" high.

Designer's Calendar - Leaves are cut 1.50' wide, 1.25" wide and 1.00" wide.

Vinyl is from CraftEVinyl.

I am pleased with the finished project! My biggest problem was trying to get a good photo because the plate has such a glossy sheen to it!

Challenges:
Cut It Up - Ch. 107 Pumpkins

FCCB - Ch. 287 Pumpkins

DL.ART  -  October Linky

CARDZ TV - Designer's Challenge 2 - Anything Goes

Decorate to Celebrate - Ch. 21  Anything Goes
Little Scrap Pieces - Saturday Linky Party

Thank you for your visits and comments!

Thankful Heart - Iris Folding Leaf

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Today I am sharing another Thanksgiving card. Just thought I had completed all my Thanksgiving cards! Since I love the Fall colors and the holiday, I just had to play with more pretty papers.

Card is 5" x 6 1/2" cream cardstock layered with a brown patterned paper from K&Company paper pad. I have not played with the Iris Folding technique in several years, so I wanted to try making a Iris folding leaf shape for my card. I used a free template found on Circle of Crafters.

Cricut Cartridges:

3D Floral Home Decor -  Using Cricut Design Space, I inserted a basic shape square and resized that to make a 4.75" wide x 6.26" high rectangle. This would be the foundation for the top layer of my card. Using Slice feature, the leaf was cut 4.42" wide x 3.88" high which made the opening in the Kraft paper. Then the fun began choosing papers and creating the Iris Folding leaf.

Thanksgiving -Thankful Heart is cut 3.50" wide.

Wild Card - Happy Thanksgiving is cut 4.25" wide. This is used inside the card.

Inside of Card!

For the finishing touch, I added a bow made with crinkle ribbon that I recently received from Karen at Little Scraps Pieces. I am really pleased with the results of the card! The Iris Folding technique uses strips of paper making this a good way to use some of my pretty scrap papers.

Challenges:

BBTB2 - Thanksgiving with Fall Leaves

Die Cuttin Divas - Ch. 242 - Thanksgiving
D.L.Art  - Thankful Thursday Ch. 168 Thanksgiving

Little Scrap Pieces - Saturday linking party

Simply Create Too - Ch. 98 Give Thanks

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Autumn Pumpkin

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Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away. Where did this year go? I have been playing with the Cricut Explore for another Thanksgiving card. There are so many neat features on the machine that I have been wanting to try. This card uses the slice/weld features which is one of those new techniques for me. Card is 5" x 6 1/2" cream cardstock. I used papers from a K&Company pad.

Cricut Cartridges:

Pumpkin Carvings - Pumpkin 49 is cut 3.5" high. After adding a basic circle shape on the pumpkin to the size that looked ok, I used the slice feature. This cut the circle out of the pumpkin. I added a black out of the original pumpkin from the brown paper.

Wildcard - The word Autumn was sized to fit inside the open area yet touching in a couple of places so it could be welded to the pumpkin. 

Thanksgiving - Harvest Blessings was cut 4.22" wide x 1.62" high. I used only the word Blessings for this project.

Classroom Oct-Nov - Happy Thanksgiving is cut 4.50" wide. This is used inside the card.

 

For more interest to the pumpkin, I added Gelly Roll pen doodles and a pretty crinkle ribbon bow from Little Scrap Pieces which I won recently. Thank you so much Karen for the pretty ribbons! Turkey is pop-dotted on a piece of burlap.

Martha Stewart Swirling Lace edge punch is used on the brown paper.

 

Inside of card.

 

Challenges:

BBTB2 - Thanksgiving/Fall Colors

Cardz TV - Card # 5- Pumpkins 

FCCB - Ch. 264 Anything Goes

Little Scrap Pieces - Saturday Linky Party

Hope you enjoy this card! Thanks for your visits and comments!

 

 

 

 

 

Fall/ Thanksgiving Pumpkin

Welcome to Glenda's Cards!

I am still making Fall/Thanksgiving cards. Card is a cream card stock that measures 5" x 6 1/2". Patterened papers are Recollection Autumn. This is one of my favorite Fall paper pads that I have had for years. 

Cricut Cartridges:

Paper Doll Everyday - Boy with the pumpkin is cut 3" high. Large leaf is cut 1.25" wide and smaller leaf is 1" wide.

Holiday Cakes - Happy Thanksgiving is cut 4" wide.

Gypsy Wanderings - Pumpkin Border. I did not record actual size- just cut it a bit smaller that the 6 1/2" width of card. This is used inside the card.

Thanksgiving - Count Your Blessings is cut 5.50" wide - also used inside the card.

Cuttlebug: Diamonds in the rough used on the yellow mat.

A twine bow is added to the pumpkin.

Inside of card.

Challenges:

BBTB2 - Fall Pumpkins

Die Cuttin Divas - Ch. 240 November Sketch

 

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Fall/Turkey Card

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Today I am sharing another Fall card. Because I enjoy the colors of the Fall season I like to play with pretty patterned Fall papers! Papers are scrap papers from a K & Company pad. Card measures 5" x 6  1/2" from a cream Recollections paper. All images are cut using the Cricut Explore machine.

Cricut Cartridges:
Celebrate with Flourish - Turkey is cut 2.50" wide.
Cricut Font and Basic Shapes - Cream colored square is cut 3" wide.
Designer Calendar - Leaves are each cut 1" wide.
Gypsy Wanderings - Patterned paper open square is cut 3.10" wide.
Splendid Soirees - Lace doily is cut 4.75" wide.
Thanksgiving - Bountiful is cut 3" wide; Harvest Blessings is cut 5" wide--used inside card.

Wow! I used six Cricut cartridges on this one! Cricut Design Space makes it easy to find the images! Although, sometimes it is hard to choose which pretty image I do want to use!!

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots is used on the cream mat. Banner for the Bountiful phrase is hand cut.

 Inside of card!

Challenges:

BBTB2 - Turkey

FCCB - Ch. 262 Fall/Autumn 

MyTime To Craft - Ch. 306 Autumnal colours

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Ch. 322 Sketch

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Life is a Beach Flamingo

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I found a little time this afternoon to play with my Cricut machine. Looking through some of my neglected cartridges, I chose this flamingo card feature found on Life is a Beach. Hibicus paper is from scrap stack.

Cricut Cartridges:

Life is a Beach - The card is cut from white Colorbok card stock at 5.5". The flamingo is cut out on the card. Front of card is lined with the hibicus paper. Using the individual flamingo image from the cartridge I sized it to cover the image cut on the card. Size was 1.49"w x 2.74"h. Leaf is cut 1.09"w x 1.3"h.

Thanksgiving -  Thank you is cut 2.58"w x 2.00"h from the white cardstock.

I added some inking and a small green rhinestone for the eye. Simple card but I think it makes a great thank you card for someone who likes a flamingo!

Challenge:

Die Cuttin Divas - Ch. 211 - Zoo Awareness- animal you would find at a zoo.

Thanks for your visits and comments!

My Sheri Crafts - Ch. 120 - Stitch Time

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Hello blogging friends! It has been awhile since a post from me. My card is late, but I found a little time to participate in  My Sheri Crafts Challenge 120 - Stitch Time. Sue asked us to make a card or project that includes a sewing theme or stitching on the project.
My card measures 5" x 6 1/2" cut from DCWV paper. Other papers include Colorbok Kraft and K&Company papers.

Do you ever purchase a crafting item and then never get around to using it? Well, I do! I decided it was time for me to try out the Sew Easy stitch piercer tools that I bought some time ago from Michael's. I used the scallop piercer on the edge of the brown paper and the stitching is done with the Baker's twine blue lagoon. Luckily I found papers and colors that would work with the color of the twine. The paper actually has a stitched look. So the stitching was the beginning of my card! Maybe not perfect stitching, but ok for my first try!

Cricut Cartridges:

Thanksgiving - Pumpkin is cut at 1.75".

Freshly Picked - Page 49 - Farm Fresh sign is cut at 2.75".

Cuttlebug:

Polka Dots folder is used on the white mat. Divine Swirls is used on the pumpkin.

A little twine bow and a piece of burlap complete my card. I like the blues and greens with my pumpkin for a Fall look!

Be sure to visit My Sheri Crafts and see the pretty and inspiring projects by the design team and our guest designer. For more information on the projects, visit the individual blogs!

Now it is your turn to play along with us! You must include a sewing theme or sewing on your project. Several Ooh La La awards will be given and one person will be chosen to be our next guest designer. Please note there is a limit of 3 entries per person per challenge.

Challenges:

The Shabby Tea Room - Ch. 186 'Oh My Pumpkin'.. project inspired by the photo, include burlap and/or twine and a pumpkin(s). 

Just an update---My husband is taking chemo treatments and we travel a lot back and forth to the hospital. I try to craft and blog as I can, but it has not been much lately. Thank you for your continued support of my blog and also for your prayers!

Fantabulous Cricut Harvest Blessings Crawl

Welcome to Glenda's Cards and the Fantabulous Cricut Harvest Blessings Crawl...Fantabulous Cricut's version of a blog hop! 

It's Fall and everyone at Fantabulous Cricut has decided to create projects to give thanks for our Harvest Blessings!  Each Design Team member will be featuring an original Fall project that includes Brown, Orange and Red – along with at least one Cricut cut.

If you've come from visiting Faith Abigail at http://www.faithabigaildesigns.com, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our Fantabulous Cricut Crawl, start HERE .

Make sure to check out each DT member's blog for some awesome inspiration! There will be PRIZES along the way at some of our DT members' blogs, AND there will be a Grand Prize up for grabs at FCCB for one participant that submits a "Harvest Blessings" project at FCCB!

Now for my project!

I am so happy to be participating in my first Fantabulous Cricut Crawl!  Thanks for stopping by!

We pause to give thanks for our many blessings! One of my blessings is that my family lives close to me. At this time of Thanksgiving, I wanted to have a scrapbook page for a family photo that we will take. This gorgeous 12" x 12" paper is from DCWV The Four Season Stack which was bought on clearance after last Christmas. The page is pretty alone and I would not want to cut the page, but I thought some pretty Cricut cuts would add a great finishing touch!

Cricut cartridge is Thanksgiving Seasonal. This cartridge has pretty images and words. However, there are only two cuts for the images and only one cut for the words. I chose to use the phrase Count Your Blessings and cut it from Red cardstock at 2.25"  The gold photo mat is hand cut at  5 3/8" x 4 1/4"; patterned mat is 5 1/8 " x 4". The Cricut cut strip of Brown is cut 1.25" and the Orange leaf overlay is cut at same size. I layered this cut over the photo mat and will slip the photo into it.
I love the words written on the page!

Not what we say about our blessings,
but how we use them,
is the true measure of our thanksgiving.


Now I do have a little blog candy! How about a $20.00 Walmart gift card to one lucky follower! How does that sound! We do not have a Michael's or Hobby Lobby in my little hometown, but we do have Walmart Supercenter.
To be eligible to win, you must be a follower of my blog and leave me a comment on this post. Please include a way to contact you should you be the winner of the drawing. US mailing address only.  Drawing will be Friday  Nov. 18.

Happy Thanksgiving to each of you!

Now it's your turn! Let's see your Harvest Blessings projects!  Make sure to include a Cricut cut somewhere on your project and be sure to use the colours Brown, Orange and Red as well!

Next stop… Jamie A.'s blog, at http://scrapqueen141.blogspot.com/   Go          
and see what she has in store for you today.  And when you're done, make sure to link up your project to FCCB's Fantabulous Cricut Crawl post to be entered into the contest!

Happy Crawling!

Following is the line up of designers if you have come on my blog and would like to participate in the crawl.

Beckie - http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com/

Cathie – http://www.creativecutter.org/

Charlotte - http://alittlebitofdetail.blogspot.com/

Crystal - http://www.littlecreationsblog.blogspot.com/

Faith Abigail - http://www.faithabigaildesigns.com/

Glenda - http://glendascards.blogspot.com/

Jamie A - http://scrapqueen141.blogspot.com/

Jennie - http://earthyscrap.blogspot.com/

Jessica - http://cricutafterdark.blogspot.com/

Jewels – http://beautifulcrazyscrappylife.blogspot.com/

Kate – http://www.smallbitsofpaper.blogspot.com/

Larelyn - http://www.handmadefromtheheart-designsbylarelyn.blogspot.com/

Lisa F - http://indymermaid.blogspot.com/

Marlene – http://www.scrappincookie.blogspot.com/

Melanie – http://melaniemakes.blogspot.com/

Melissa – http://cricutkateer.blogspot.com/

Peggy – http://dailygracecreations.blogspot.com/

Robin - http://robinscreativecottage.blogspot.com/

Sabrina – http://www.scrappinwithsabrina.blogspot.com/

Sarah - http://www.sarahvaitstamps.blogspot.com/

Sherrie – http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com/

Suzanne - http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/