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

A Bear-y Cute Project!

Happy Wednesday!  I'm the featured Designer today at the Paper Crafting World blog and I've created a bear-y cute project to share with you.

I am the co-leader for a wonderful group of 4th and 5th grade Junior Girl Scouts.  My daughter and her best friend bridged from Brownies to Juniors in May and they asked us, their Moms, to be their leaders.  How could we say no?!  This is my 26th year as a member of Girl Scouts of Gateway Council -- 12 years as a youth member and 14 as an adult volunteer.  It is so much fun watching these young ladies grow and learn.  They want to see it all.  They want to do it all.  They want to change the world and make it a better place for all of us.  And you know what, I believe they will!

One of the key components to any good Girl Scout meeting is the Kaper Chart.  I know, what the heck is a "Kaper" and why does it need to be charted?!  LOL!  A "Kaper" is a job or chore. At our meetings we rotate jobs and trying to remember who did what last and who's turn it is next is almost impossible!  Thus the handy-dandy Kaper Chart!

As you can see we have many jobs that need to be taken care of during a meeting.  The girls rotate to a different job each week -- it teaches them responsibility, leadership and it gives them a sense of pride to do their jobs well.  And trust me, if they don't do it well they have five of their friends to point out the correct way to do it!

The bears are all from Paper Crafting World's Smore Fun cutting set, they measure 3 3/4" tall.  Here are the details on the other cuts:

• The Attendance Taker bear's clipboard is from the Cricut Fabulous Finds cartridge and is cut at 2 1/4" tall.
• The Flag Bear-er's flag is cut from the Paper Crafting World Bear as Uncle Sam cutting file at 5 1/2" tall.
• All of the "Girl Scout" vests are cut from the Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge at 2 1/2" tall.

•  The Song & Game Leader bear's book is cut from the Paper Crafting World Cat with Hat Sitting-Reading cut file at 3" wide.
• The musical note on the book cover was cut using the Cricut Chore Chart cartridge at 1/2" tall.

• The Clean-Up Crew bear is holding a rag and bottle of cleaner.  The bottle is from the Cricut Chore Chart cartridge and is cut at 1 1/4" tall.  The towel is from Cricut's Everyday Paper Dolls and is cut at 1" tall.
• The pockets are from the Cricut Sentimentals cartridge and are cut at 5" wide x 9" high (unfolded).
• The tags are cut using Paper Crafting World's Tag-g45 cutting file.  The tag base is cut at 3 1/2" wide x 6 1/4" tall and the mat is cut at 3 1/4" wide x 6" tall.  I printed their names on mailing labels and stuck them on the tags.
• The text was cut using SCAL and the AR Cena font.  The letters are 2 1/4" tall.

I used various markers to embellish my bears.  Everything is mounted on a 20" x 30" foam core board.  On the back of the tags is a table I created in Microsoft Publisher to keep track of the date they performed each chore.  

We added two new girls at last night's meeting and I was reminded several times before the close of our meeting that I need to make tags for our new members.  And when I sat down at my computer I discovered a post-it note from my daughter with another reminder!  The girls loved their new chart and oohed and aah-ed over Melin's adorable bears.

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my bear-y cute Kaper Chart.  Remember there are new projects darned near daily at the Paper Crafting World blog and new digi and cutting files at Paper Crafting World store, too.  Make sure you check back in at the PCW blog on Friday to see what DT member Sandy has crafted and make sure you grab this week's freebie!

~ Jen