Dies R Us ~ Giving Thanks and/or Turkey

It's the season of Thanksgiving and Dies R Us Challenge blog is celebrating!

 I went searching through my dies for plump pumpkins and found these wonderful stitched pumpkins from Memory Box.  I paired them up with some colorful Stitched Leaves from Lawn Fawn.

The wood grain oval is cut using a Stitched Oval from Elizabeth Craft Designs, which I rubbed distress inks on to really show off the wood grain pattern.  The "Thanks" die is one that's been sitting in my stash just waiting to be used but there are plenty of styles to choose from in the store.

I hope you like today's card and are inspired to visit the DRU Challenge Blog to join in on the fun.  There's a gift card waiting to be won with your name on it!

Happy Thanksgiving!  

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Have A Cup of Peppermint Mocha!

Are you working on your holiday cards?  There's only about 8 weeks left so I've been playing in Christmas!!  

A friend of mine was given boxes and boxes of scrapbooking paper and she was so kind to share some with me.  This pink and lime green striped paper was just begging to be used for something minty.  I enjoy my coffee with Peppermint Mocha creamer in it.... it's like a candy cane in a cup!  mmmm...... So anyway, I was inspired to make a mocha - minty card.

I used Papertrey Inks Merry Mug, stamping it in colors that matched the pretty striped paper.  And since the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is going on right now, I' thought I'd add it to that challenge.  

I'll also be entering this card into the Word Art Wednesday Challenge where it's always "Anything Goes".

I hope you're enjoying this beautiful season of color and maybe a cuppa something yummy!

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Dies R Us Trees and/or Leaves

Good morning friends.  There's a new challenge starting over at 

the Dies R Us Challenge blog.  

This week the theme is Trees / Leaves.  

Here's my inspiration:

I used Elizabeth Craft Designs Christmas Tree which has both the solid layer and the detailed layer.  Each layer is a separate die so you can make the tree any size you like.  

I die cut the solid tree out of white card stock and the detailed tree out of green card stock.  I then heat embossed the tips of the green tree in gold embossing powder.

For the Star of David, I used Die-versions Nativity Border and used just the star.  The background frames were cut using Elizabeth Craft Designs Postage Stamp Rectangles and Stitched Rectangles.

You can see more inspiration for this challenge and join in on the fun by clicking HERE.

The winner will receive a gift voucher to Dies R Us.

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12 Kits of Occasion

Good morning everyone!  It's time for another 12 Kits of Occasion post.  I can't believe how quickly time flies when you're having fun!  This month our hostess with the mostest was Sharron Gregory from Papillon Wings.  I had the opportunity of meeting Sharron twice, once when we were in Kansas and then when she and her sweet hubby Harry came to Maine for a vacation.  She is the easiest and most lovely person to talk with and I adore her!  Anyone who knows her knows she loves animals and being that I'm an animal lover too, I enjoyed hearing all her stories about the volunteer work she does at her local zoo and botanical garden.  Anyway, I could go on and on about our time together but I know you came to see cards.  Sharron put together a wonderful fall inspired kit titled "Autumn Days".  This kit is filled with the warmth of friendship and thanksgiving.  Thanks so much Sharron for this festive fall kit!  

Sweet!  Right?  Here's the cards I've made so far using this kit.

I fell in love with this sweet Penny Black image, so this was the first image I grabbed to color up and bring life to.  

And who can resist Stampingbella?  Not me!!  This giant pie girl just makes my heart smile.  

There were so many beautiful printed papers in Sharron's kit.  I wanted to hoard them all.  And how about that giant acorn???  LOVE!!!   You can find a complete supply list over at the 12 Kits of Occasion blog.

I think this card is my favorite.  It was so quick to make using the adorable papers Sharon included in the kit.

I hope you'll stop by the 12 Kits of Occasion blog to see how my talented teamies were inspired to use Sharron's kit.  

I'll be adding one of these cards to the following challenges:
Simon Says Work It Wednesday ~ Autumn / Gratitude
Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

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Dream BIG, Give LOVE

Hello friends and thanks for stopping by.  

I'm popping in with a warm and wintery card for the Time Out Challenge.  

I feel like this stamp called "Frida Loves Frosty" from Stampingbella fits the sentiment from Time Out Challenges perfectly.  The cool embossed frame is  Creative Expressions "Festive Frames ~ Snowball" die.  I love the stitching and the embossed snowflakes.  

I'll also be adding this card to Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

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