Giving Thanks

It's Thursday so that must mean it is time for a new challenge at Creative Knockouts.  The theme this week is Festive Fun.  Simple and so much fun.

I have used Butterfly Harvest from A Day for Daisies.  I don't usually think of butterflies when I think of Thanksgiving, but I loved this stamp!  I colored the stamp with Copics.  The card base was cut using a Silhouette cut file.  I just welded two shapes together to make the fold.  I also removed the stitches from the back piece. =P

I decided I wanted to add the small tag and I really wanted the tag to say "thankful".  With all of the stamps I own, do you think I had a small thankful stamp?!  Of course not!  But obviously I did stamp thankful on that tag, so how did I do it?!  The word "thankful" came from a larger stamp from a Stampin' Up! stamp set called Lots of Thanks.  It was the perfect size and the perfect font.  I actually cut the word from the rest of the phrase and stamped it by itself.  I can easily pop the word back into the rest of the stamp.  I did a test run and you can't tell the difference.  I got the idea from a tutorial I saw ages ago, but never tried it until now.  I will say I was holding my breath until I tested the stamp.  I love being able to make my stamps even more versatile!

Our sponsor this week is A Day for Daisies.  You could win a $12 gift certificate for the shop just for playing along.  Click the badge below to head over to the shop and have a look around.

Won't you come have some festive fun with us?

DRS Designs is having a Let the Holidays Begin Challenge.  The butterflies are going to flit over and share the harvest in that challenge.

Moving Along with the Times has a Give Thanks challenge.  The butterflies are thankful for their harvest bounty and will be joining the challenge.

Sassy Studio Designs has a Thanksgiving challenge.  The butterflies are in charge of bringing the cornucopia so will be visiting that challenge.

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations has a Thanksgiving challenge.  The butterflies are going to bring some corn and play in the challenge.

Simon Says Stamp has a Thanksgiving challenge.  The butterflies are going to pop over and give thanks for their harvest.

Card measures approx 5.5" x 5.5"

Silhouette Cut File Nested Stitched Fancy Labels by Sarah Hurley

Making Memories paper tag

Stampin' Up! Lots of Thanks stamp set

Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip ribbon

Bead Treasures glass beads

Bead Gallery butterfly beads

flowers from my stash