Gratitude ...

A big happy 'hello' to all my bloggity blog friends ... I hope you're all having a wonderful day and getting some stampy time in :)

I have a sweet little project to share with you all today that I made for my Thanksgiving table ...

... isn't this miniature paper pumpkin the cutest thing!  It was easy peesey to make by cutting 2 1/2" circles with a die, embossing the circles, folding in half, cutting half way up the middle and then placing them around the center base circle and glueing together!  I shabbied my little pumpkin up with some cream and brown paint and added a paper doilie and glittered paper flowers (first spritzed with gold Glimmer Mist), leaves and satin ribbon to the nose gay.

 I couldn't stop there ... just the ladies will receive a mini pumpkin to take home, so I decided to make place cards for each guest at the table to coordinate with the pumpkin!  More embossing, inking and a larger, glittered flower, leaves and ribbon.  I used SU's Rough Type stamp set to stamp all the letters and then punched them out with a 1/2" circle punch.

What a fun and adorable little fall/thanksgiving project!  When you make your table decorations for this upcoming holiday season, send me a link ... I'd love to peek at all of your projects!

I was inspired by this week's Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World ... isn't it A-MAZING!!!!!!!!!!  I'm going to do that exact same thing for my Thanksgiving table this year!

Thanks for peeking today and have a wonderful, stampy day :)

Challenges for this project:

Our Creative Corner - gratitude
Create for Cards - Thanksgiving place cards
Moxie Fab World - Tuesday Trigger -Fall Festival
City Crafter Challenge Blog #30 - thank you, Thanksgiving, thankful
The Cuttlebug Spot - at the dinner table
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenges #92 - glitter
Create - fall projects
Meljen's Designs #32 - 3 different shapes
Stamptacular Sunday #84 - design team inspiration (Dee/fall and new folding technique)