So Thankful

Hey y'all! Aymee Gandy of 'A Scraphappy Southernbelle' here with you on this gorgeous day to share my very first post as a DT Member of Creative Charms! I am SO excited and SO thankful to be here working with these fabulous designers and with such fabulous products! So let's get started...

For my first project, I have a Thanksgiving frame to share with you. I just love Thanksgiving! It is a time of family, friends, and fabulous food. It is also a time that we count our blessing and are thankful for all we have in our lives. I wanted to create a frame to add to the festive decor' I have going in my kitchen for the holidays. So I turned to some fabulous embellishments from Creative Charms to create my project.

I started off with a basic frame that I purchased at a local dollar store. I then cut a turkey out using my Cricut electronic die cutting machine. For the feathers, I turned to a trick that I tried out the other day on my personal blog. I loved the trick so much, I decided to do it again! LOL! I used some luscious ribbon from the Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon Collection. I took strips of Brown & White Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon and Red & White Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon, folded them in half, and adhered them to my die cut turkey to act as 'feathers.' I then added a few Seasonal Sparkles Stickers-Autumn Words & Bling in with my 'feathers', to the brim of my turkeys hat, and as my sentiment on the frame. I also added a Vintage Jewel Brad in Amber to the top of my turkeys hat. I adhered all of the pieces to the top of the glass of my frame using a strong adhesive. Next, I decided to jazz up the edges of the frame. I used more of the Vintage Jewel Brads in Amber and Velvet Ric Rac in Red to finish off the project. I can't wait to display this in my home for the holidays!

 I love the dimension that the Vintage Jewel Brads, Seasonal Sparkles, and Ribbon give!

 Just a closer look at my 'feathers' so you can see.

 After finishing up my Thanksgiving frame, I decided to turn to our next big holiday...Christmas! Another holiday that I love! For this project, I made a card to send out to a fellow scrapbooking pal. I created a 'Christmas tree' on the front of my card using an assortment of Gradient Brads and Gem Stickers from the November Deal of the Month to create my card. I am sending this to a scrapbooker because I know that they can easily disassemble this card and re-use the fabulous Gradient Brads from Creative Charms in a project of their own. So really it's a gift within the card! I also used a seasonal sticker and a corner punch on this card.

 The November Deal of the Month is packed full of some awesome goodies!!! It includes 138 pieces for $6.99!!! A Sweet Deal!

 Don't these Gradient Brads provide wonderful dimension? I love them!

I hope you have enjoyed my first blog posting! I had such a good time working with these awesome products from Creative Charms! They really brought my projects to life!

Thanks for visiting the Creative Charms blog! We hope to see you again soon!

Happy Scrappin'!!!

Deck the Halls Card

It's that time of the month again! Well, not that time, but time for me to talk about the Creative Charms Deal of the Month. Here's a little peeky of the 138 piece set for a bundle price of $6.99. (No, I didn't leave out a number. It's really $6.99!):

Red & Green Vintage Jewels - 12 Pieces

Holiday Gradient Gem Stickers - 76 Pieces

Red Vintage Velvet Ribbon - 18"

Green Wide Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon - 18"

Red Wide Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon - 18"

Green Gradient Gem Brads - 12 Pieces

Red Gradient Gem Brads - 12 Pieces

Red Vintage Gem Brads - 9 Pieces

Red Pure Blossoms - 14 Pieces

As usual, I had so many goodies in my kit that I couldn't use them all on one project. Here's one of my favorites I'd like to share with you...

I absolutely love the scalloped ribbon in this kit. I really wish I had ordered more, because I could use it on every card I make. I also love the vintage brads as you can see.  I happily discovered that the brad tongs are perfectly sized and spaced apart to thread into button holes, so it was quite easy to anchor them in the button without creating any bulky back bumps or holes in my paper. Ahhh, perfect!

Supply List:

Yuletide Words Adhesive Chipboard

Yuletide 12x12 Specialty Paper Pad

Creative Charms November Deal of the Month

LBP Cardstock - Skylark

LBP Cardstock - Grenadine

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Falling for Fall - or Christmas...

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Hi, it's Diane with a few new things to share with you.  The November Deal Of the Month is called "Falling for Fall" but I must have Christmas on my mind since I was drawn to the red items in the deal.

Here is the November Deal.

 

• Orange Ruffled Flower - 3 Pieces
• Red Ruffled Flower - 3 Pieces
• Orange Gem Brads - 12 Pieces
• Red Gem Garden - 12 Pieces
• Red Sunflowers - 4 Pieces
• Assorted Loop d'Loop Brads - 9 Pieces
• Red Gem Stickers - 76 Pieces
• Orange Groovy Petals - 8 Pieces
• 18" Red Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon

You get all of this for only $6.99 (Regular Price $ 18.93).

 

I used the Country Life Cricut cartridge to create these trees.  I adapted three pennants with scalloped backgrounds to fit the card front.  The flowers from the Red Gem Garden make perfect stars at the top of the snowy trees.

 

A Gem Garden butterfly highlights the sentiment.  I used the Red Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon along the top of the sentiment strip.  (The snowy scallops and the sentiment strip are Core'dinations gemstone cardstock and the trees are from the DCWV Christmas Medley stack)

The Red Sunflowers seemed a bit "Summery" to me with their gingham centers.  However, I found that they worked very nicely with a bold graphic Christmas paper from American Crafts.

 

One sunflower and some more Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon make a cheery "Ho Ho Ho" card.

 

I used the other three sunflowers on this page to hang on my magnetic display board.  The Christmas Twinkle Sticker (not part of the November deal) says "Time to be Jolly" and I can add post it reminders or even attach a memo pad on the right side to help with holiday preparations and schedules.

 

I couldn't miss making at least one "Fall " project with this kit.  I used the red and orange sheer flowers and one of the orange loop d'loop flowers from the Groovy Petal Medley.  I replaced the flower brad at the center of the loop d'loop flower with an orange Gem Brad to make it a bit more formal.

This squash book or card is simple to make.  You can add photos, sayings and personal messages  in all of the spaces.  (The shimmery leaf paper is from a pack called Autumn Splendor from Making Memories and the base of the card is a heavy textured Bazzill). 

 

A ribbon closure is made much more elegant with the addition of these flowers.  You can find directions on making this card on my personal blog, Capadia Designs.

The Deal of the Month packages are always a great value and you can use one set for many projects.  The deals only last a month so be sure to get your November set before it is too late!