Happy American Thanksgiving to all of the Americans visiting my blog this week!

This is a card that I made for my parents last month when we were celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving.

I used the stamp set and designer paper "First Fruits" from Papertrey Ink. It was a fun and easy set to use! I used the coordinating card stock from PTI as well- Summer Sunrise. And the ink I used was PTI's Summer Sunrise and Rich Chocolate.

A few things that I am thankful for: my family especially my loving husband and sweet daughter, my friends and of course I am thankful for my hobbies: Scrapping and Stamping! I am really happy to be a CMC as well!

What are you thankful for?

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Leaf Maker and Paisley Maker Ideas

These are some super quick borders that I made up one day.

The top is a border for an album page that uses the Leaf Maker's negative image. Of course you have the benefit of using both the positive and negative images on your layouts.

The bottom shows off two little pumpkins and some more leaves by the leaf maker. The pumpkins are made with orange cardstock and punching out 3 images from the Paisley Shape Maker and then I used the Oak Leaf in brown cardstock for the pumpkin top-you can also use the Galaxy Maker's little burst image. Who thinks my pumpkins are just darling?!! I think that they would be a great accent on any fall layout page or even on a fall themed card.

And of course I have the entire thing displayed on my Black Mini-Everyday Display. The ED makes a great gift idea! (for yourself or others)

One thing I love about being a Creative Memories Consultant is helping others with their paper-crafting projects-especially their albums.

Twice a year I hold an all-day crop-12 hours of cropping fun! Each participant recieves exclusive attendance gifts, and there are lots of chances for great door prizes.

Here is a picture of one of the nametags I made. I used brown card stock, DP from the Exclusive Croptoberfest Paper Pack (gift for all of my customers who attended) and the leaf maker. Very simple! I was hoping to alter the bulldog clip-but time did not allow. Bulldog clips are a fast way to make a fun looking placecard holder-and they are easily found in your local office store.

You will also see the Tools Table which housed my various Shape Makers (punches), trimmers, idea magazines, Cutting System, Scraps and my Contraband Cuttlebug. :-)

The last photo is our cropping space. Can you tell I love pink!

If you live in the GTA area and are looking for workshops and crops to attend-feel free to check out my calendar at www.mycmsite.com/karyn I can also come to your home or venue and host workshops, crop clubs and make and takes.

Canadian Thanksgiving

We celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving last month-here is a very easy namecard that I made-using some white, green and orange cardstock, the Leaf Maker and a round-tip marker (all products by Creative Memories). I also have given you a peak at my Thanksgiving table-pre food and pre guests. There was 13 of us-lucky 13? Maybe-but the placecards were a hit, and likely only took me 13 minutes to make.

The Leaf Maker was recently brought back on the product list by Creative Memories-it is on a Limited Edition basis-so if you haven't ordered yours yet, you'd better get one while they're still available. The leaves make great accents to your Fall scrapbooking pages and cards, and you can also use the punches at paper confetti on your festive tables.

M.I.A.

My apologies for being absent from the blogosphere lately-life threw me and my family a few hard balls-but we are all well now and getting back to normal. For those of you who were thinking of us-thank you so much.

I have been very busy creating this past few weeks (good stress reliever)-scrapping and stamping both! My laptop (to which I upload all my pics) has been in the shop for 2 weeks...yikes...but I promise that I'll be posting up some new creations soon.

Showcase!!

Here's some long overdue pics from Showcase. It was my first time attending the National Creative Memories Conference and it definately won't be my last!! It was so much fun. Showcase was held in Calgary this year, at the Hyatt hotel. DH and my DD had a wonderful time while I was busy with the conference. They visited the zoo, the science centre and enjoyed a lot of room service. We also made our first trip to the Rocky Mountains-truly majestic.

The goodie bag was wonderful-lots of traditional and digital scrapbooking items, plus one of our new Frame Frames. I shopped at the Marketplace and you'll see the cute t-shirt I bought for my 20 month old.

I enjoyed the networking, the great food, the new friends, old friends. I truly was inspired by the success stories that were shared on stage. The Conference ended with a great banquet-the theme was a throw-back to Ancient Greece in honor of the Beijing Olympics. I learned many great business ideas and am looking forward to a successful Fall and Winter.

I will be posting up some of my new CM creations this week! Love the new Christmas power palettes.