My aunt and uncle had us over for Thanksgiving this year and I wanted to send a thank you for the lovely dinner and conversation we had. My mom's sister and two brothers were all there and that was so nice to see all of them together, which doesn't happen very often because my one uncle lives in Pennsylvania. 
I purchased this stamp from my LSS, Buffalo Stamps and Stuff. It's from Serendipity Stamps and I love their images. They are always so fun to color. I followed the Mojo Monday sketch from last week. The dp is SU's retired Autumn Vine and the ribbon is something I picked
up at Target last year. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.
up at Target last year. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.Thanks for stopping in today! Have a great week!
I bought this set from 
I've chosen these colors from my Vera Bradley laptop bag in the Pirouette pattern. I thought they would be good for holiday cards or any occasion cards. Here's mine.
I thought I had flower dies from Papertrey Ink to match the flowers on the Vera Bradley bag, but alas I did not! So I found this patterened paper from PTI called 
I hate CASEing almost exactly, but I just had to! I used the same tree (it was perfect, so why bother changing it?), but stamped it in River Rock. The dp is similar, but mine is Pyrus from Basic Grey. I matted it with River Rock cardstock. The sentiment is from two 
Today I'm here with a new challenge from 
This image is a new one from 
So I think you've guessed that it's a boy with all the blue! I found a great sketch on the 
The senitment on this is part of the stamp, but you could easily cut it off or just mask it and use the cup any time of the year! Pretty versatile! I used a retired dp from SU called Frosty Day. I love the orange (and the brown) colors in it. The image is colored with copics and I added some star dust stickles to the steam and the Prima flowers. I placed a brown candy dot in the middle of the flower and in the opposite corner. The ribbon is SU also. I used this week's SCS sketch for the layout. 
This is one of the new fairies this month called the 
I had to get creative with that flower image because I was using this tree! The image actually has a tree trunk, but I didn't ink up that part of the image. I paper pieced it with a piece of Jovial dp from Basic Grey. I used some pearls to mimic the stem in the sketch. I didn't have room on the bottom of the card for the three pearls, so I added them (plus one!) on the upper corner. The sentiment is from 
I cut the template out on Poison Ivory paper using the Cricut and SCAL. I added some ivory lace on the box, then added some gold ribbon on top. The "angel's wings" are just the tails from some gold tulle I tied around the box. I added an ivory flower with a gold glitter dot in the middle to cover up the knot. I am no artist, so the head is very simple. It was punched from Blush Blossom cardstock and I drew in the eyes and mouth with a fine point marker. The same gold ribbon was used for a bow at the neck and I added some gold bells to the tails.
I can see these reduced in size and made to hang on a tree with little gifts of candy or money inside. There are so many possibilites for this cute little template! And at the very reasonable one time price of only $5, it's a must have!
I decided that I'm giving this to my mom for Christmas, so I did some extra special decorating on the inside as well. The border is from the 
Isn't this a beautiful sentiment? I wanted to go traditional with the colors...I think these are traditional! My starting point was this great paper from the Domestic Goddess Collection from Graphic 45 and the Sketch for You to Try from last week. 
I have always loved stacked boxes! I have purchased several of them, and now I don't have to buy them anymore! I have them right at my fingertips! This project was first going to be done in light blue. I had some pretty ribbon to use on it. But two things changed my mind. Today I saw 
The 
There are more samples of this box being posted today by some of the MTME DT.
