Thankful for World Card-Making Day

This weekend marks the first anniversary of my blog!

I remember posting about World Card-Making Day, which I had just found out about. Imagine, a day dedicated to creating things which give joy to other people!
Some similar joy this past week, when I ran two card-making workshops. One was for clients at the Rehab Centre where I work, and one was for friends of my sister-in-law. In both cases, the true enjoyment was watching people get excited about the creative process. I love it best when the projects I've provided only serve as a departure point for further inventiveness, when people make their own variations or take off in an entirely new direction.

It is also Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada.  All in all, lots for which to be thankful.

Here's a selection of some of the cards we made this week:

 The two thank-you cards feature the CTMH stamp set "A Little Thanks." The clean-and-simple card design is from my friend Kristin.
The DP in the left side shows both designs on the double-sided "Flirty" paper from CTMH.
A little shading of Sizzix die-cut leaves, some seasonal ribbon and voila.

This "turkey2stamp" is another fun set from The Stamps of Life. The turkey outline, body and feathers are all stamped separately, so you can choose your own colour and pattern combination.

This particular card design was CASEd from Emily Niehaus, one of the design-team members from the Stamps of Life. She is a very versatile stamper and can do whimsical, as is the case here, elegant, shabby-chic...worth checking out her blog.

I added a little Flower Soft for the turkey to scratch upon.

The newbie stampers had a lot of fun with this guy!

Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian pals, and to the American ones, its never too early in the season to enjoy some roast turkey!

Happy crafting, 

Caroline

I Wuz Here...

I was messing around with my Paper Smooches stamps the other day, and made this book-mark for my son.  Aren't those Kim Hughes-critters the greatest? They put a smile on my face every time. This little chicky is from the set: Chubby Chum Pals.  He was paper-pieced with Dotty for You paper and card-stock from CTMH, a little added shading done with markers. He is sitting on a nest/mess of Flower Soft. I keep trying with that stuff, and am never quite satisfied with the result...

Here's an image of the whole thing. I stamped the message with the retired "Boing" alphabet from CTMH. I love the funky letters of this set. I purchased it second hand from a CTMH friend; you might be able to find it for sale on a consultant's web-site.

My husband was telling us the other day of an old leather bookmark he had as a kid, which said "Here's where I fell asleep..." He always thought it was a weird message (how do they know what city I'm in?) when he was young, and only figured it out when he came across it in a box of treasures a couple of years ago... The wonderful logic of children!

Anyway, any of those Chubby Chums would make a great reading companion--I'll have to do some more experimenting!

Happy weekend!