A Veteran's Day Thank You

Happy Monday, Joy's Life fans.  Julie here today from Muddy Paws & Inky Fingers.

Today is Veteran's Day, and it's a big day at the nursing home. There are many Veterans where I work.  Fewer and fewer of them are WWII veterans, but there still are quite a few.  They are a generation where defending their country didn't feel like a choice to them, it felt like a duty.  Saying thanks seems like the least we can do for our veterans.  They have given so much for our freedom.

My father is a veteran, and will be at the Veteran's Day Program at the nursing home today.  Sometime during the day, I'm going to slip him this little treat box, just so he knows I love him, and I'm thankful for him.

 

 

I put some of his favorite chocolates in the box.  He'll be happy!

I used the Joy's Life stamp set, "It's All Fall Puns" on the sentiment.

I cut this box out on my Silhouette.  Here's another view of the box:

 

 

If you'd like more details about this treat box, please visit my blog. 

 Don't forget to thank a Veteran today -- and everyday.

 

 



Give Thanks!

It's fall..and time to reflect and give thanks

to all our many blessings!

Take some time to send a note to a friend and let them know that

you are grateful for their friendship.

Be sure to use Joy's Life stamps!

This sweet sentiment comes from Joy's Life: It's All Fall Puns.

Remember to return to morrow  to check our what's being served up

this month by the Joy's Life Designers!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

Give Thanks for November

 

Happy November, everyone! A month to count our blessings.  Julie here today from Muddy Paws & Inky Fingers.  I love Fall, with the brilliant colors of the leaves, but it's the season the follows that seems to last waaaaay to long!  This week, the design team is featuring projects using Fall colors. I love the Fall color palette.  They are some of my favorite colors -- I seem to gravitate towards earth tones and blues. I found some Close to My Heart papers that had blues and earth tones in them, a leaf shaped card from The Cutting Café, and got busy cutting it out on my Silhouette:

 

 

The sentiment is from the Joy's Life stamp set, "It's All Fall Puns".  Visit the Joy's Life store to see all the wonderful stamp set -- and the great bundle prices!  A white gel pen to add some faux stitching, and a little crinkle ribbon, and this card is a wrap.  Now, it's time to rake the thousands of leaves in my yard -- if only they were all this pretty!  For more details about this leaf shaped card, and to see other projects I'm working on, please visit my blog.



Decorating for Thanksgiving?

Are you taking down bats and witches and ready to celebrate a bountiful harvest?

An a-maize-ing centerpiece trio...

Using the punny sentiment from

Joy's Life: It's All Fall...

and fun cutting files from SVGcuts:  Pick a Pumpkin and Enchanted Autumn

Give Thanks!

Hello, crafty friends.  Julie here today from Muddy Paws & Inky Fingers.  This week, the Joy's Life design team is featuring projects with the theme "Around the House".  I have to tell you, the first thing that came to mind for me was how much cleaning could be done around my house!  Maybe if I stayed home and didn't craft all the time when I WAS home.  Oh well! It just gets dusty again anyway.

So, after much hemming and hawing, stumbling and bumbling, I decided I wanted to make a little something for the end table by our couch in the living room. I found a cutting file for an acorn box -- a perfect Fall decoration that I could cut out on my Silhouette -- and I went with that.

 

 

I used the Joy's Life Stamp Set "It's All Fall Puns" for the sentiment on my acorn shaped box.

 

Here's a close up of the sentiment:

 

 

I love the  Autumn feel the painted leaves gave to this project. I have one more view of the box that shows the shape a little better and I'll leave you with that....

 

And, that's it for today. If you'd like more details about this acorn box, or to see what else I've been working on, please visit my blog. Don't forget to stop by each day of the week to see the rest of the creations from the Joy's Life Design Team. 



Blinged Out Squash

Forget the rustic fall look...

This week, Joy's Life designers are blinging out their creations!

This Joy's Life Sentiment comes from "It's All Fall" stamp set.

To keep it simple, I embossed the edge of the patterned paper.  

This gives a little definition...and keeps my card CAS.

Thanks for visiting today...

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up!

Sweet Little Pumpkin

Hello! Julie here from Muddy Paws & Inky Fingers, sharing a project with you using bling. I'm not a huge user of bling on my projects, but I managed to use it on this pumpkin shaped card...

 

I used one of my favorite stamp sets -- "It's All Fall Puns" Stamp Set.

 

 

You can find it, and all of the wonderful Joy's Life stamps here, in the Joy's Life Store.

Here's another view of the card, showing the shape a little better:

 

 

For more details about this card, and to find out the winner of the blog candy from the weekend's hop, please visit my blog.

 

 

 



Happy Fall Y'all -- Ombre style

 

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you had some crafty time this weekend!  Julie here today from Muddy Paws & Inky Fingers, and I'm thinking Ombre.

When I first heard this word used in scrapbooking/cardmaking/paper  crafting circles, I thought it was being used incorrectly.  Surely they were talking a Mexican food?  Or a place to visit?  A card game?  The definition of ombre is the French word for color that is shaded or graduated in tone.

I had a few ideas of how I wanted to accomplish the ombre technique, but after much thought, decided on accomplishing it this way:

 

I used various cardstock colors, shading from light to dark, for the ombre look. The letters were cut out on my Silhouette Cameo.

The sentiment is stamped on Kraft paper, and is from the Joy's

   Life stamp set, "It's All Fall Puns" has so many great sentiments for Fall.  You can find it, and all of Joy's wonderful stamps, here in her store.

 

 

I made this card large enough to fit in a business size envelope, so there's lots of card to work with. 

You'll see other great ombre techniques from the rest of the team this week, so please stop by each day.  We love visitors! 

You'll find more details about this card, and other projects I'm working on, over on my blog.

 



 

 



Halloween Duo!

Time to get your Autumn Texture on!

Here, Burlap, Button, and Raffia get the sentiment, 

from Joy's Life It's All Fall Puns,

a bit of rustic interest.

Here is a cutie, cute, cute sentiment from Joy's Life: Halloween Puns.

Kraft, Mama's Mesh, embosshing...

Combined together, it warms up the card..

and your friend's heart! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up.

Happy Fall, Y'all!

Hello, everyone, happy Monday!  Julie here from Muddy Paws & Inky Fingers today. I hope you had a chance to enjoy the awesome Halloween in 3D blog hop over the weekend with Joy and the entire Joy's Life design team.  If not, it's not too late to view the inspiration! Start here.

It's all about using texture for a Fall-like feel this week with the Joy's Life design team -- buttons, burlap, Kraft, or twine.  Since yesterday was the first full day of Fall, we're right on track with these projects!

I used Kraft and twine for my Fall-feeling project, plus some autumn-like papers and falling leaves:

 

The sentiment is from Joy's Life "It's All Fall" stamp set.

 

You can find this set, and all her wonderful stamps, here in her store.

We barely hit 50 degrees here in WI today, with a cold North wind.  Yes, Happy Fall, Y'all!!

If you'd like more details about this card, please visit my blog, Muddy Paws & Inky Fingers.  I love visitors!