Gobble Gobble

I created this card for a shoebox swap with the theme "fun holiday kids' cards".  I always enjoy finding unusual ways to use images, so I thought it would be fun to make a turkey using Christmas shapes.

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To create this card you need the following supplies which you can purchase through 

my Stampin' Up website kimberlyjallen.stampinup.net

  

From the Holiday Catalog

• 127816 Holiday Ornaments Framelitz Dies $24.95
• 127813 Snow Flurry Bigz Die $21.95
• 127539 Googlies $2.50

From the 2012-13 Annual Catalog

• 113439 Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine $99.95
• 127749 Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder $7.95
• 121003 Basics Glimmer Brads $4.95
• 102395 Brayer $12.50
• 126978 Soft Suede Classic Ink Pad $5.95
• 115318 Soft Suede card stock $6.95
• 120953 Crumb Cake card stock $6.95
• 100946 More Mustard card stock $6.95
• 119685 Cherry Cobbler card stock $6.95
• 119684 Cajun Craze card stock $6.95
• 105117 Pumpkin Pie card stock $6.95

Optional items:

• 103579 Paper Snips $9.95
• 103683 Mini Glue Dots $4.95
• 104332 SNAIL Adhesive $6.95
• 110755 Multipurpose Liquid Glue $3.95
• 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals $3.95

Instructions:

Using your favorite adhesive assemble the turkey

in the following manner

Place head on top of the body

Place Waddle so that the point covers the point on the body.

Place the beak above the waddle

Use Paper Snips to cut two legs from the snowflake and adhere to the body

Brayer one side of the Chevron folder with Soft Suede ink, place feathers inside

 and run through Big Shot to emboss the feathers

To finish, fold an 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" piece of Cajun Craze card stock in half to make an A2 card.

Adhere a 5" x 3-3/4" piece of More Mustard card stock to card

Place Champagne Glimmer brads on head to create eyelids

Place googlies on top of brads to create eyes

Adhere feathers to body

Adhere finished Turkey to the card using adhesive or Stampin' Dimensionals

I also thought that the Turkey by itself (or on an easel card) would make a fun place card for Thanksgiving Dinner

I am sorry it has been so long between posts.  Life has been very busy the past month or so!  I am hoping to get back on track with this whole blog thing :)  But, here is an example of what I have been doing for the past couple weeks.  This is a Halloween costume I made for my nephew.  He wanted to be an orange dragon-- boy was it hard to find the right orange fabric!

This is the front of the costume.

Here is the back, showing the wings and tail.

This shows the underside of the tail, and the "scales" which I created using the big shot.

This is the hood from the front.

Here is a close-up of the eye.

I hope you all enjoy these pictures as much as I enjoyed making this costume (and my nephew enjoyed wearing it!)

Quilt Time

My sister-in-law and my neighbor both had baby girls recently.  I wanted to make each a quilt and decided that I would just make two of the same quilt to save time.  Here are the appliques that will go onto the quilts.  Each has 4 of the flowers and 6 of the lady bugs.  

I like making baby quilts with flannel because it is so soft.

Regional Swap card

This is my swap card for the Stampin' Up! regional seminar in Providence, RI on 8/25.  I used Certainly Celery, Soft Suede and Shimmery White card stocks, Champagne glimmer paper, Gently Falling & Apothecary Art stamp sets, Apothecary Accents framelits, Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede and Versamark ink pads, Wild Wasabi embossing powder, Soft Suede 3/8" taffeta ribbon, Champagne Mist shimmer paint.

My goal was "Fall with a bit of Bling".  Hope you enjoy it!

All images are Stampin'Up!