Thanksgiving Cards & Pumpkin Box

This month at "I Feel the Love" Project, Madison is collecting Thanksgiving cards for the elderly residents of Chancellors Village.  Her goal is 200 cards -- one for each resident.  So I discussed the project with my Junior Girl Scout Troop and they decided they wanted to help out.  I printed out a bunch of cards using digi stamps from PaperCraftingWorld.com and the girls got busy.  They love how easy Melin's designs are to color and how cute they are!  Here is a sampling of the 25 cards they created:

Didn't they do a great job!  Here is a list and links for each of the files:

• Top left -- Turkey w-Hat
• Top right -- Mr. Turkey Dressed
• Middle -- Count Your Blessings
• Bottom -- Harvest Blessings Cornucopia

I had a card almost finished to mail along with these and then I spotted this cutie in the "What's New" Section at PaperCraftingWorld.com and my brain switched gears!  (Don't worry -- I'll get my card finished to mail!)

Here is the recipe:

• Pumpkin box cutting file cut at 11 1/2" wide.  Finished size is 6 1/2" tall by 5 1/4" wide.  This was cut from a K & Co. Fall Harvest Specialty Paper Pad by Johnny Yanok that I have had for years.
• Fall Spray cutting file.  I used the acorns and leaves and cut them in a variety of colors and sizes.
• All of the papers came from my scrap stash except as noted.
• I inked edges and leaves using an assortment of brown, red, orange, green and metallic bronze stamp pads.
• The detailing on the acorn caps was done with a brown Tombow marker.
• I punched the box sides and handles with a ribbon punch and tied it off with a brown satin ribbon.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Make sure you check out Sandy's project tomorrow (Friday) at Paper Crafting World's blog and pick up your Friday Freebie.

~ Jen

Cupcake Card

Happy Wednesday!  I am the featured Designer at the Paper Crafting World blog today and I'm sharing the super cute birthday card I made for my 9 year old's best friend.  Miss Darian is all about cupcakes -- so I knew this adorable cutting file from PaperCraftingWorld.com would be perfect for her.

Here's the recipe:

• Card base measures 5 1/2" square and is from a Recollections card stock pack.
• The mat is 5" square from the same paper pack and was embossed using the Cuttlebug Polka Dots folder.
• The purple circle measures 4".
• The patterned paper circle measures 3 1/2" and is from the DCWV Cherry Limeade pad.
• The bear's finished size is 4" tall by 4 1/2" wide and was cut using the PCW Bear-n-Cupcake cutting file and scraps from my stash.
• The "Happy Birthday" circle is a digi stamp from the PCW Birthday Turtle set.
• The ribbon is a 3/8" sheer pink with white polka dots.
• The little flowers in the bottom right corner are lavender rhinestones purchased at Michaels.
• Some pen detailing completes this bear-y cute card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Make sure you head over to PaperCraftingWorld.com and check out the new digi stamps and cutting files Melin has created!

~ Jen

P.S.  I'm linking up to the following challenges:

1. Creative Craft Challenges - Anything Goes
2. Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
3. Try It On Tuesday - Going Dotty