Thanksgiving Hugs

This is the card I created to send to our granddaughter together with her Thanksgiving "care package" this year.
 

I used Marianne Design's Squirrel die together with Karen Burniston's Autumn Elements and word dies to decorate the front of the card.

On the inside of the card, I added a pull down panel...

As the panel is pulled downwards, a little raccoon pops up from inside the pumpkin.

I used one of my favorite Karen Burniston pop up die sets, the "Parcel Pop Up" to add this surprise pop up element to my card. Click on the video to watch this fun pop up in action.

The cutting file for the pumpkin was created in Make the Cut Design program. Squirrel and Raccoon were cut and pieced together using dies from Marianne Designs. I used MFT's Grassy Edges die for the grass border, and Karen Burniston's Autumn Elements and word dies for the leaves and sentiment.

I added our sentiment to the left side of the card as a "print and cut" using a fancy label svg created in Make the Cut. Being that we live an ocean apart from our granddaughter means we aren't able to spend most holidays together but we hope she'll remember we have her in our hearts and thoughts when she receives this card.

I also quickly put together these treat holder boxes to share with friends we had lunch with earlier this month. Using a  svg cutfile from Cuddly Cute Designs called "Wishbone Bear" I pieced together the Pilgrim Bear to add to the front of the boxes.

The template for the treat holder is a simple one; I just made a box that would fit the bottom of the box of Moose Munch Popcorn, making the front and side panels tall enough to join together at the top to tie together with a bow.

Every Thanksgiving, I look forward to receiving a wonderful handmade card from my dear friend Bev. This year her card was this fun Triple Cube Pop Up in beautiful autumnal colors.

Here's what the card looks like from the top...

... and a view of the back. I really love the cute printed paper and layers of matching cardstock Bev chose to create her card, how she used colorful leaves and squash to embellish the front, and especially the way she placed her sentiment inside the two front cubes to pop into view as the card was unfolded.

Thank you for stopping by today. Hope you have an enjoyable Thanksgiving day.

Spooky Treats!

I have one last Halloween themed post for the year to share the fun goodies I received from my crafty friends.

I absolutely fell in love with this adorable friendly ghost treat box created by sweet friend, Kris! This guy is tall, standing 9 inches high from his cute lime green shoes to the tip of his fancy top hat! The hat is the lid, and look at all the candy he was filled with! Kris used the "Happy Ghost" svg cutfile from Simply Crafty SVGs for this fun box.

The next two treat holders were designed by my super talented friend, Lorna who really knocked it outta the graveyard with her creativity. She decorated black condiment cups to make the cutest treat holders. This skeleton popping his skull off  with the tag "Oops! There Goes My Head" is the best!

This second condiment cup filled with candy was decorated with a fun tombstone and adorable  paper pieced Tokidoki spooky love couple, Adios and Ciao Ciao.

I received my very first Halloween card ever this year. My crafty friend, Bev knows how much I love interactive cards so she put together this fun card to send to me...

Had to include a short video of this card since stills could never capture the fun action of this card!

As the card is opened, Count Dracula rises and sits up in his coffin! The original idea and template for this card comes from Awesome SVGs. If you'd like to try to recreate this card, the designer, Omar shares the free SVG template and You Tube video tutorial to make this on his website. 

A special thanks to my sweet friends for generously sharing their wonderful creative talents with me for a fun Halloween!