Thanksgiving Day Cards

     Alright, I'm back in action. I have some new Thanksgiving Day cards to share with you. These are a little different from the ones I usually make. I always search through the clearance bin at Michaels and I found some Tim Holtz seasonal packs. These have some awesome images with such a wonderful vintage look. So I decided to go with it.

     As a member of the Cricut Circle, one of the perks is that you receive exclusive carts. The latest one is called Sophie and that is where I found the die cut of the leaf frame. It was cut @ 4.53 x 3.44" on a beautiful burgundy background. I love how intricate these cuts are. I chose certain sections to highlight with diamond glaze for a glossy  look. I also added a beautiful orange card stock as a backing and trimmed it with a rust picot satin ribbon topped with a velvet trim.

     I also had some glittered leaf embellishments that I added to the corners after I distressed the edges with some ink. Don't ya just love my ceramic turkey? I actually have two of them which are my candle holders for the big feast!

     I just love these images. This is so nice with the turkeys in the background.

     This has to be my favorite image in this group. I love the cornucopia maybe because i make so many of them at work for the holiday!

     I also decided to finish this off with an inside verse that was printed in brown on a parchment paper. I have decided to add some greetings on my cards this time. It adds weight to the card but gives it a nice finishing touch.

     What do you do for family traditions at your house? I'd love to hear if you'd like to share!

Fabric Flowers

     I have so many projects to share but so little time. That's the story of my life,lol. Just a quick update, my mom is still in rehab but comes home Wednesday which is not soon enough for her. In the meantime I have made her new curtains from material she has had sitting around forever! I also had a chance to mat and frame some of her wedding photos to hang in her bedroom. She will be so surprised.
     Anyways, a while back when I was making all those aprons, I had a pile of scraps. (You know how I hate scraps)! I had decided they would make cute flowers for headbands.

     First off I used spray starch on both the front and backside of the fabric. I know all the directions say to use an iron on interfacing but with small scraps that would be pretty tough. I thought if I sprayed it it just might be stiff enough to go through my Sizzix machine. I used Tim Holtz Tattered flowers and it went thru without a hitch.
     Sorry but I forgot to take a picture of the next step. I sprayed the flowers with Beacon's Stiffen Stuff  and then while it was still wet I scrunched them up to give them a ruffled petal look. Once they were dry I layered about 8 layers to get a nice fluffy flower and added a brad to the center for a little bling. The mix and match patterns made some great flower patterns. All I had to do was to use some Beacon's 3 in 1 craft glue to adhere them to the headbands. If you haven't used this glue before I highly recommend it. It grabs quick and dries fast.

     As you can see they match the apron. Hope you enjoyed this quick post. Promise I'll be back shortly with some elegant Thanksgiving Day cards. If you can't wait for the post you can see them in my etsy store.

Mom's Cane

     Hi all I'm back again, did you miss me, lol! I've been pretty busy with a lot of family stuff however I am never too busy that I can't sneak a craft project or two in. Mom's doing better with her pneumonia and is anxious to get back home. In the meantime she is in a lovely rehab center until the end of next week. Although she is not too happy about staying longer I must admit I am some what relieved since this has been the perfect time to go into her small apartment and do some much needed cleaning and reorganization for her. Unfortunately she has been declared legally blind and at 86 years old having been a voracious reader this is pretty tough for her.

New Classes

     Ok so it's fall and that means back to class. I love taking classes on line @ My Creative Classroom. This session I decided to learn how to make different types of flowers using useful materials. These products include duct tape, grunge board, leather and denim. There is even flowers made out of soda cans and some with wire!
     See if you can guess what these are made from!

     I'm off to make some more!

     Hope you all have a great week end. Hugs!!

A Tale About A Dolphin

     I have seen the movie clips about the new movie Dolphin Tales and can't wait until it opens in theaters September 23, 2011! My husband and I had the wonderful experience of seeing "Winter" in person. In case you didn't know the dolphin in the movie is a real life story about this mammal that was injured in a boating accident. His name is Winter.
     One of the advantages of living in Florida is some of the amazing summer camps they have for the kids. My grand daughter Alexis attended a came at the Clearwater Aquarium in 2010.

     This is a wonderful rescue center for injured sea life that may never survive without the caring staff at this aquarium. Alexis was so excited to show us Winter and tell us all about the things she learned there that we just had to make the trip!

     Well, the day we were there they just happened to be filming parts of the movie! As we walked around, we learned about the turtle whose shell was cracked, got to feed the sting rays and finally made our way over to the tank to see the famous "Winter".

     Here he is! This is the best picture I have of this dolphin because believe it or not, he swarm pretty fast around that tank. (It was also before I got my new camera, lol).

     We noticed they had all the prosthetics laid out near the pool where Winter was.

Here's a close up of his new "fin". It was quite amazing to see.

You can learn more about Winters' story here:

      I see I have a new follower, welcome Renee! I have some family "stuff" going on right now but I just have to make these pictures into a book so I can send the to the Florida grandchildren so they have it around the time the movie comes out! I'll show you the album as soon as I am finished! ( I hope its before they decide to make a sequel, lol!!!)