Turkey Fun!

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday! Calm and little stress. You can make your holiday funny, serious or incorporate it with a birthday (as our family has a few days before).
This is a fun turkey! Some stamping, some paper piecing.

Close to My Heart Playful Petals stampset to make some tail feathers, and Dash Dot CTMH font for my sign. Cardstocks are CTMH sunflower, orange, terracotta .

Picked individual petal stamps for feathers and cut them out. Various hole punches for holes in beaks, eyes, etc. Sanded some edges for a stronger look. I free handed my turkey but you can certainly find one on line or in a child's coloring/ story book.

You could make your sign say what ever you want.
Examples are:
One Turkey to another
Happy Birthday Turkey
Eat Pork
Go Vegan
Easy to use for a place card, card, scrapbook page, or other Thanksgiving craft.

Treats, Miscellaneous, and Halloween

Things have been busy here~ two scrapbooking retreats in 11 days, workshop, fall and Halloween approaching.
I know some do not celebrate Halloween but the projects can certainly be adjusted to other themes.
Many things I have done here were taught at workshops, gifts for retreats, or little party favors. Some are in quantity. Pull out your scraps. You don't have to have all new product for every project to match. When we do quantity sometimes simple is best.

I used a few sheets of retired CTMH paper and odd chipboard letters for the Scrap-a-holic goodie. I used Metro self adhesive tags for the wording. This could hold anything from a candy bar, wax melt bars, or whatever you like.
If you don't want to use an initial, use flowers, ribbon, a holiday item or whatever you want and remember they do not all have to match!

The tiny bags- just a token of fall candy corns. CTMH cardstock and inks matched perfectly. Use Fall, Harvest, or Halloween.

The organdy bags (bought premade) , insert a thick piece of scrap paper, stamp your image directly on the bag with Stazon. Fill with candies, votive candle, scrapbooking goodies, a small stamp or whatever you like!

The Boo card was traced, cut the window out - scissor distressed, stamped inside and liquid glass on the windows. A couple of odd stickers and a little bling.

In Memory: Baby's Memorial Layout

In Memory of my cousins precious baby, Chad.
Angels sometimes bless us~ ever so briefly.
September 28, 2009 - September 28, 2009

An exert from the vellum journaling :
"You will not see me now,
just know that I still live.
I'm following in your tracks,
just tiny steps behind."

The entire album will be made with Twitterpad paper pack. Layouts are titled and left with much open space for the parents personal feelings, thoughts, or journaling. Below is "When I held you in my arms"

Please keep the family in your prayers.