Card A Day Blog Post: Thanksgiving

It's my turn again to post a card on the Card A Day blog.  The theme this week is Thanksgiving.  I have to admit I never make cards for Thanksgiving.  In fact I don't often do this holiday justice.  My son's and hubby's birthday is in November so after those events are over I move on to getting ready for Christmas.  So I was happy to actually take the time to make a Thanksgiving card now when things aren't so crazy!  It also gave me a chance to reflect on how thankful I am to have such a great family and terrific friends!

My 6 year old daughter loves to craft!  So I cut out the pieces from my build a turkey file to cut two turkeys.  It was fun watching her take her turkey and create a unique card!  She is going to give it to her teacher this year. 

I  was looking for card sketches to help me decide where to place my elements.  I discovered the most amazing sketch site!  Deconstructed Sketches by Jen.  I used the most recent sketch so I could enter the challenge but I saw many others I hope to have time to try!

  I was inspired by Jen's amazing card.  I loved the textured background and craft color so I too used those elements on my card.  I used some very old Creative Memories tone on tone papers to complete my turkey.  Some orange ribbon with red stitching and also some silver dots are the finishing touches.

Hope you all have a lovely week!  Thanks for visiting me today!  Please stop by again!

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Frugal Fridays: True Love Kit Just $1.00

It's Friday and that means It's time for another Frugal Friday deal of the week. For today only 11/20/2009 my true love kit will be available for $1.00. The sale will expire at midnight CST so hurry and cash in on this great deal! It really is a great file....the scallop rectangle mats a 4 x 6 photo perfectly! Switch up the colors and the paisley goes with just about any layout. I can definitely see it in reds and greens or metallic colors for holiday cards. Click on the preview to purchase or here.



Speaking of Christmas I'd like to share with you some fun and festive Christmas cards a very talented member of CDT named Lisa created. She used my notebook edge: shaped notes file. It is only available by purchasing my membership.



And....look she didn't stop there...two more cards posted below!



I just love all the little touches Lisa adds like the buttons and ribbon. Here is what Lisa had to say about her splendid cards...."The label is a modified version of Laury's file from last months card challenge. The border strip on this card is the negative image of the edge of one of the notes. Other elements are punches or my own KNK files."

Below you can see the actual file you get when you purchase the membership. Click here to purchase. You do get the flower and swirl too.



I'd also like to share with you the most recent file added to my membership. It's rather whimsical. Look closely at Mr. Tom...he is a very tricky bird! He is hiding the pumpkin pie behind his back. He is stating that if you are going to eat his friends then you don't get any pie! LOL! Corny I know but I thought it was nice twist to this box. You can just cut the front body twice or just have the wings hold a name tag or something instead of being corny like me! You can only get this file by purchasing my membership. Click here to purchase or in the Ad at the bottom of this post.



Another wonderful member of my CDT, Elizabeth helped me cut this at my house this past weekend. I love how it turned out and will be giving these as teacher gifts next week!


I'll be busy celebrating two birthdays this weekend hubby's and my son's! I hope you all have fun too! Thanks for stopping by!

Shelly

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Coupon and sale time!

I know Christmas is in the air! Everyone is scrambling to make those Christmas cards and get them sent out BEFORE Christmas this year. I have a card in my store on sale that will make things easier for you. It cuts all in one piece. I've even supplied the sentiment and a rectangle backing to place behind the angel. It is on sale the whole month of November for 50% off. A great deal! Click on the photo below to be taken directly to it in my store.



Well Christmas may be on many people's minds but what about Fall and Thanksgiving. In honor of the holiday and fabulous Autumn season, I am giving you a coupon good for my friendly scarecrow file. You can take this little guy home today for only 99cents if you use the coupon. Hurry though it expires on November 14, 2008 EST. Enter coupon code SS1108_22687 upon checkout. Click on the photo below to be taken directly to this file in my Paperthreads store.
As always digital scrappers will be provided with a layered digital PSD if they purchase my files and e-mail me proof of purchase at shellysart@verizon.net




Thanks for reading, looking and shopping! Have a great weekend!
Shelly

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