Fall Wreath with Art Philosophy Flowers - done just in time!

Ever have one of those projects that you work on for 5 minutes here and there and wind up taking you a month to complete?  This is a very simple wreath project that I started over a month ago - kept picking it up and putting it down so instead of a hour or two to complete it took me a month - eek!  The good news is I FINALLY finished it in time for Thanksgiving and I'm happy with how it turned out!

Close up of the flowers.  The larger mums were cut at full page size (about 10.5") and the smaller roses were cut at 5.5" each (4 per page).  The flower centers are all three colors and both sizes of our Shimmer Brads - they are such a great value at $4.95 for 27!  Love the Bronze Glitz on the kraft colored leaves! 

If you'd like to make this wreath, get these supplies:



Paper:  Light Yellow and Orange Shade Pack (has Buttercup, Creme Brulee and Sunset papers), Kraft Cardstock, Colonial White Cardstock (I backed the kraft leaves with this as it was too floppy on its own)
Inks:  Creme Brulee and Sunset
Other:  Art Philosophy Cartridge, Shimmer Brads, Bronze Glitz, Ribbon (about 5-6 yards of 2.5" - I found this gorgeous one at Costco), small styrofoam wreath base (Michaels)

Turkey Basket Table Decoration Tutorial for Thanksgiving with CTMH Playful Petals

Isn't this the cutest little basket??? I saw a scallop thanksgiving table placecard basket on the consultant bulletin board recently but didn't have the retired turkey stamp she used on her basket so I decided to use punches instead. Here is a quick tutorial/materials list for how I made these:


Materials for each basket:

(2) 3" Autumn Terracotta cardstock scallop circles (cut off bottom for the basket to sit flat)
1.5" circle in brown for body (cut off bottom to sit flat - I used Bella paper)
1" circle in Autumn Terracotta for head
.25" strip of Barn Red for wattle
tiny piece of yellow for beak (Bella again)
6x6" square Autumn Terracotta square for basket (score at 2" on each side for deep box)
.75" x 9" strip for handle
2 bitty brads for eyes
Ink: Cocoa Ink, White Daisy marker
Stamps: Playful Petals

1. I sponged a bit of Cocoa ink on all edges to define then stamped Playful Petals in Cocoa ink on the scallop to make turkey feathers. I added a bit of highlight with the White Daisy Marker, put the brown body on and then sent the whole thing through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss dots folder.

2. I cut a tiny triangle of yellow for the beak and added bitty brads for the eyes. The wattle is a free hand cut on a tiny .25" strip of barn red cardstock. I pop dotted the head to the body.

3. To assemble the basket simply score the 6x6" square at 2" on each side. Cut one slit on each corner and fold up to a box shape and adhere. Add the handle and then put the turkey on the front of the basket and the cuttlebugged backside on the back.

4. For a finishing touch I put a couple of leaves and a sentiment on a 1" block and random stamped on tissue paper for the basket filler. I'll add some chocolates inside and these will go at each place setting for Thanksgiving.


Enjoy! Hope you get a chance to make one before Thanksgiving. Also a sincere thank you to everyone who reads this blog, became a follower or leaves comments. You REALLY give me lots of MOTIVATION to keep creating! Thank you for being part of my circle of blessings - may you all have a delicious feast on Thanksgiving with family and friends at your side

Thanksgiving Card with CTMH Many Thanks and November Word Puzzle

Here is a very fast and simple Thanksgiving card I made to send out to my family for the holiday. The style is super-simple mostly because I didn't want to cover up the pumpkin paper! The paper is a retired set from CTMH called Abundance that reminds me of the wallpaper in our kitchen at my parents house. We grew pumpkins for wholesale and retail sales for years when I was a kid and in our kitchen we had a tan tonal paper with autumn terracotta pumpkins on it that this paper brings to mind. Missing my family at this time of year...

Materials Used:
Paper: Abundance Level 2 (retired)
Stamps: Many Thanks, November Word Puzzle
Inks: Versamark
Other: Gold Embossing Powder, Autumn Terracotta My Accents (retired)