Nov 5, 2014 | Big Shot, Thanksgiving |
One of my most favorite new dies from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog is the Curvy Keepsake Box die. When I saw it in the catalog I think I might have squealed with glee! I’m so glad that I ordered it right away as it has been so incredibly popular it is currently on back order! It is definitely one that you will want to have, It is actually super easy to assemble – I use the Fast Fuse adhesive on mine – you could also use sticky strip or even the multi-purpose liquid glue. You just want a strong adhesive so that you can put something fun inside and it won’t come apart.
Are you ready for this fun project ready for Thanksgiving!!!
I made a TURKEY!! Originally I hadn’t planned on ordering the Four Feathers stamp set and framelit bundle but when I realized they could be the feathers on a turkey I added them to my next order. Really I bought it just to make this project. However I have been using the feathers for other things too.
Here is a better look at the turkey face from the front.
Just a couple of notes on the face. The nose is the little heart punch – I attached the eyes to each lobe of the heart. And the waddle is the little flower with two opposite petals cut off. Both punches are part of the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.
Below is a full list of the supplies that I used.
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I hope you like this cute little critter. I wonder what else I can make with this die? What do you suggest?
Thanks for stopping by. Come back tomorrow for a special surprise.
Oct 22, 2014 | Big Shot, Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving |
A few weeks ago I had my Stamp, Scrap & Create Retreat at my house for the weekend. It was tons of fun and I can’t wait to start planning a spring retreat. One of my favorite projects was this cute trio of holiday boxes made with the Curvy Keepsake Die. There is one for Halloween, one for Thanksgiving and one for Christmas.
I really love this die! It is so easy to assemble these little boxes and you just need some adhesive to attach the two pieces together – I used Fast Fuse. The little boxes are fun to decorate and there are already tons of ideas out there. Here is a photo of some of the girls working on their boxes during the retreat –
The Halloween box is fun – made from clear window sheets with a little tea light inside and a ghost hanging on the handle.
The Thanksgiving box is a fun little pumpkin. I used the lines from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set to create the lines that would be grooves on a pumpkin. And then we added leaves – stamped, die cut ones and a wood one.
The “boo to you” and “thankful” stamps are from the Good Greetings stamp set which a special hostess stamp set that you can earn through the end of October. It has lots of fun little greetings in it for the holidays. You need a $300 workshop/party to get this set for free!
And the Christmas one – or even just a winter holiday one – is just so pretty with the Lost Lagoon and silver. And the cute little snowflake charm is a fun accent.
and here is one more picture of it so you can see the silver snowflakes stamped on two sides of the box.
I hope you like these little projects. Here is a list of all the supplies that were used:
Product List
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Thanks for stopping by. I’ll share more about the retreat later.
Nov 29, 2013 | family, Holiday Catalog 2013, Thanksgiving |
This year was the first time that we hosted Thanksgiving at our house and my first time to cook a turkey! And I’m happy to report that it was all a success and the turkey came out great. There were 15 of us and we all ate really well. The boys took an afternoon trip to the movies and a large number of the adults (not me) took an afternoon nap. I thought they were watching the football game. I wanted to share some pictures including some of my decorations and Thanksgiving treats.
I made Thanksgiving Blessing Mix and bagged it up for all the kids. Well mostly they aren’t kids any more but that’s what I call them anyway.
- I used the Gusseted Cello bags – they had them on the Stampin’ Up! Clearance Rack – filled them with the mix.
- Tied the bags shut with some of the wide striped ribbon in Chocolate Chip – it is retired now but we have lots of other ribbon you could use. The Burlap ribbon would have been perfect too – it’s in the Holiday catalog right now!
- The tag is from the Tags 4 You stamp set – I stamped in Chocolate Chip ink on Very Vanilla card stock and punched out with the Label Bracket Punch (you can get these as a bundle). I sponged some Tangerine Tango and Summer Starfruit ink over the image to give it some fall color. And attached them to the ribbon with a small safety pin. We have some in the Vintage Trinkets embellishments.
I set two tables and used the Thankful Tablescape kit to make the place settings and the candle wraps in the Dining room. Here are a few more pictures for you…
This is my first turkey that I have ever cooked. I bought a 20 pound turkey and did some research on the internet on how to cook it. I decided to put in in a brine and then roasted it – first in a really hot oven to seal the skin and then turned the oven down and used the probe thermometer that came with my oven (first time to do that too). It was all done at just the time I had planned – which I wasn’t sure that was going to happen but it did.
I tried a new salad recipe and a new green bean recipe (instead of the traditional green bean casserole). Both were a big hit so I need to add those to my recipe box.
I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving. I was very grateful to have our families with us – parents, siblings, nieces & nephews – only a few people were missing.
Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend!
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Nov 21, 2013 | Big Shot, family, Stamp, Scrap, & Create Retreat, Thanksgiving |
Do you need a quick and easy little fall treat for school or your Thanksgiving celebration next week? Well I have one for you.
I made these for all the girls at the fall Stamp, Scrap & Create retreat. A little surprise for them during the weekend.
I bought a bag of wrapped mints – I used to buy York but they don’t package theirs this way anymore – darn – so instead I found some at the local drug store – some other brand wrapped in silver.
- Die cut leaves from Sweater Weather Designer Paper using the Autumn Accents Bigz Die and the Big Shot machine
- For the bottom I cut coordinating card stock with the same leaf
- Use Mini glue dots to attach the leaf to either side of the mint
- Tie a piece of jute twine around with a knot or ribbon. I used a left over piece of jute from the Build a Banner Kit.
Make up a bunch in no time!
And just a quick personal note. Today is Kyle’s 22nd birthday. Here is a picture of the two of us from last summer.
My little boy is all grown up! And he will be starting his first real full time job in 2014. I’m excited for him but will miss him since he will be on the other side of the US. He is moving to California. I guess I’ll be racking up some frequent flyer miles in the years to come.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Nov 18, 2013 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Holiday Catalog 2013, Scrapbook Pages, Thanksgiving |
It has been a long time since I shared a scrapbook layout – it was August! I was working on my class reminder email for the scrapbook class this week and wanted to add a picture and realized I didn’t have any recent ones. But I found some that we made in the last few months and took some quick photos so I could add to my email and decided to go ahead and post here on my blog today too. This is a perfect layout for this time of year.
One Fall Day
My yard is covered in falling leaves. As soon as Greg cleans the yard the leaves are back. Right now it’s a never ending battle. And I can’t believe it is almost Thanksgiving! Normally we travel to Virginia for at least the last 11 years. But this year everyone will come here to our house and I’m going to attempt to cook a big turkey!
Here is a little more detail on the One Fall Day layout.
background is Sahara Sand card stock – drag the edges in a Chocolate Chip ink pad- cut squares from the Sweater Weather Designer Paper – draw doodle lines around all four sides with the Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Write Marker
- Stamp the Magnificent Maple stamp on Very Vanilla card stock, sponge some color on the leaf and cut out. Make 2.
- the title uses the Fabulous Phrases stamp set for the “one” and the “day” – stamp and punch those out. FALL is cut with the Big Shot using the Typeset Alphabet dies.
- to make the Chevron Design – I punched a piece of thin cardboard (what comes in the Designer Paper packs) using the Chevron Border punch to create a stencil – place the stencil on your background and use sponge daubers to sponge ink through the stencil.
- Add photo mats, additional die cut leaves and woodgrain buttons tied with Linen Thread.
- Add your fun fall photos to finish this layout!
Items from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday catalog that I used on this layout include the Sweater Weather Designer paper, the Magnificent Maple stamp, Chevron Border Punch, and Truly Grateful stamp set.
Thanks for visiting my blog on this fall day!
Nov 22, 2012 | Big Shot, Halloween, Thanksgiving |
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Enjoy your day with family and friends. The turkey is in the oven, the pie is made, ham is in the fridge, casseroles are ready to go in the oven and the table is set. Now to wait on the kids to wake up and watch the parade on tv. I’m hoping we can get some good family photos today that we’ll be able to use on a Christmas card.
This is a cute little pumpkin tea light project. I found the idea on Pinterest – it was created by Connie Stewart. In the center is a little battery operated tea light. So it glows when you turn it on. I left one of the vellum strips un attached and then you pull it open to get to the tea light. We made this as a stamp club project.
I built mine a little different from Connie – I glued all the pieces to the top piece instead of the bottoms because I really wanted the top pieces to all be even. I added an extra flower to the top to there is a double layer of leaves on the top.
Colors are Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Early Espresso and then Vellum card stock, Very Vanilla and the Champagne Glimmer paper.
The strips are embossed and sponged. I believe they are 3/4″ wide for each strip and 4-1/4″ long.
I wanted to show it lit so I took a picture in the dark so you could see the candle in there. It looks really nice in person – not so good in this dark photo.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
The Online Extravaganza is still going on so if you want to do some Stampin’ Up! shopping online visit my website and online store –
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And if you are planning to attend my gift making class on December 1st make sure to email me with your project selections.
I made a TURKEY!! Originally I hadn’t planned on ordering the Four Feathers stamp set and framelit bundle but when I realized they could be the feathers on a turkey I added them to my next order. Really I bought it just to make this project. However I have been using the feathers for other things too.
Just a couple of notes on the face. The nose is the little heart punch – I attached the eyes to each lobe of the heart. And the waddle is the little flower with two opposite petals cut off. Both punches are part of the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.
