Turkey Place Card with Diana

Hi, Diana Fisher here with you today, and it's about that time for a well-set table. If you are like me, you want a little extra flair for Thanksgiving. Nothing says flair quite like turkey feathers!

Here is a quick tutorial on how I put together the Samantha Walker Turkey Place Cards. 

First, I set up my mats so that I can print quickly using multiple colors of card stock.

After cutting all of the pieces on my Cameo, I began to assemble the fan of turkey feathers. I make sure not to glue the tips of the feathers down so that they can fan out.

Then I assemble the turkey's face. Too cute, right? Love those eyes!

I think I assembled my place card portion a little bit differently than Samantha intended for the file, but I like the fan behind and the turkey head a bit further forward on the card. 

As you know, there are usually more than one way to assemble fun cuts like this one.

Supplies: Turkey Place Card

Happy Thanksgiving to those of you celebrating this month … and gobble, gobble!

Using ALL the parts of your cuts with Christine

Hi Samantha Walker fans! Christine joining you today to share a little card tutorial. As I was cutting out Samantha's swirly leaf card (#14029) I was pulling out the little pieces and realized they are gorgeous too!  Today I am going to show you how I incorporated those into a card too! Instead of using the whole card, I just used the overlay.

After cutting the overlay in a couple different colors I made use of the leaf for one element on my card. I then used the negative space swirls for embellishing the card.

You can peel out each and every piece of negative space from these leaves and put them together to make pretty flourish clusters or wheat clusters or simply use them individually to decorate. I bet they would be just stunning in vellum!  

Hope you are enjoying a beautiful fall day where you are and have lots to be thankful for this month!

Turkey Place Settings by Nicole

Hey everyone, Nicole here on the blog today.  Now I know Halloween was yesterday, but as a crafter and mom I have learned I need to quickly change gears as soon as one holiday is over and stark preparing for the next.  This year our little family decided to stay home for the holidays and I thought it would be fun to make these sweet little turkeys to decorate our table.

I started with Samantha's Turkey cupcake holder.

I cut the tail feathers from three different papers and inked the edges of each before assembling.  The names I cut using Samantha Walker's SW Perfect Susan Font from yellow cardstock.

A bit of packing tape secures the base.  .

I then assembled the rest of the turkey using all three pattern papers offset for the background tail feathers.  Once finished assembling I used a regular cupcake paper and glued it to the inside.  

The glued cupcake paper inside make for a pretty secure little treat holder.  I filled mine with yummy toasted pumpkin seeds.  We'll see if there is any left by the time Thanksgiving comes ;)

I know I'll be glad I prepared these early as the big day gets closer.  

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

New This Week! November 05, 2012!

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New This Week! October 29, 2012!

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This file is designed larger than the mat.  To cut this file, cut the pieces that are on the cutting mat in one color then simply slide down the other part into the active area and cut in a contrasting color.  This way you will not have to ungroup and regroup!

Please note, designs may not be up in the store at the beginning of the week, but they have been uploaded to the queue. Watch for them as the queue rolls out the new designs!