Friday, November 11, 2011

Thanksgiving Wall Decor

This is an 8"x10" wall hanging I made. I made it to replace the "Fright Night" wall hanging I made for Halloween. You can see that wall hanging here if you want.


I created the partial rosette from a 12"x3" strip of patterned paper from the Indian Summer Stack by DWCV. I used a Fiskars border punch on one side of it, then used my Martha Stewart score board to create the pleats. I folded it, then spread it out into a turkey tail. I got the idea for the turkey on the Cricut messageboard, by Camille Robinson, you can see that post here. She made a card from this guy, but I went larger and made him a wall hanging. Once I had my tail, I cut my turkey. He is cut from Animal Kingdom at 6." I covered his beak with glossy accents and used some brown gems for his eyes. The fancy acorn and leaves corner is from Art Nouveau. I cut it at 6" as well. The leaves are embossed with the Tiny Bubbles embossing folder. I used some Tim Holtz Distress Ink on the embossing folder before I embossed them. The orange leaves were inked with vintage photo ink and the gold leaves were inked with wild honey. It doesn't show up will in the photos, but looks really nice in person. I embossed the tops of the acorns with the Swiss Dots folder and added glossy accents to the bottom parts of the acorns. I also pop-dotted the acorns. The pumpkins are cut from the Pooh & Friends cartridge at 2 1/2." I embossed the pumpkins with the Distress Stripes embossing folder and pop-dotted the smallest pumpkin. The apples and basket were cut from Doodlecharms. I pop-dotted the basket and placed four of the apples in the basket and one of them behind it. I added glossy accents to all the apples and crackle accents to the basket. I finished it off with some gems on the basket.

I made this for the following challenges:

24 comments:

  1. Wow this is super fantastic. I love the pleated paper for his tail feathers. Thanks for sharing at BBTB2.

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  2. soooo pretty I love it. Thank you for playing along with us at Cooking with the Cricut

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  3. This is just too cute! Perfect for Thanksgiving! Thank you so much for joining us at Cupcake Inspirations this week!
    Rene :D

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  4. I love how you made the turkey! Great project, thanks for joining us at BBTB2!

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  5. Oh how very cute - LOVE all the textures and dimension, absolutely fantastic!

    Thanks for joining us at Cupcake Inspirations!

    Hugs, Michele

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  6. Paula that turkey is just adorable! I love this wall hanging! Thanks for joining us this week at Cooking with Cricut :)

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  7. Absolutely gorgeous!!! I just love the turkey feathers. Thanks for playing with us at BBTB2!

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  8. cute turkey...love the card so cute...thanks for joining us at cupcake inspirations photo challenge this week

    Tina
    sweetie dt

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  9. Oh my Funness!!! This is fantastic!!! Love all the details. The turkeys tail is awesome!!! Thank you for joining us at Exploring Cricut!!! :)

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  10. How cute!!! I love it!! Thanks for joining us at Whimsical Wednesdays!
    hugs,
    joni

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  11. Love your project and the cupcakes too! Thank you for joining our challenge this week at Exploring Cricut.

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  12. Paula you just keep outdoing yourself girl!!! I LOVE to come and see what you dream and create each time you share with us! This wall hanging is fantastic! Thank you for the extra detail shots. They really show all the depth and interest. As always....thank you SO MUCH for sharing with us at CookingWithCricut.com

    Melin
    Blog: CookingWithCricut.com
    Shop: PaperCraftingWorld.com

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  13. What a fabulous card! I just LOVE the tail and all the extra details on this card! Thanks for playing at Whimsical Wednesdays!

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  14. Wow! Your card is amazing and so much fun.

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  15. Absolutely GORGEOUS! Love how you've done the turkey tail and the corner is just beautiful! thanks for playing along with BBTB2. xxD

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  16. Oh what a wonderful wallhanging! Love all the detail and that you used somany carts! thank youso much for joining us at BBTB2
    Juliex

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  17. Great wall hanging! Love the turkey feathers and the great acorn corner!

    Thanks for joining us over at the BBTB2! DT Member Carri

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  18. Such a beautiful wall hanging, so many wonderful details and colours are just perfect. Your cupcakes look pretty darn yummy also. Thanks for joining the challenge at Cooking With Cricut.

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  19. Great wall hanging, Paula! I love the embossed leaves! And what a great idea for the turkey's tailfeathers. Thanks so much for linking up at Cooking With Cricut this week.

    ~ Jen, CWC Design Team

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  20. This is such a Beautiful Wall Decor project. I wish I had one for my home. Thanks for playing with us at CWC. Smooches... Sous Chef Feli

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  21. Wow! What a beautiful project. Love all the texture and color. Happy Thanksgiving.

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  22. This is a gorgeous wall decor project! All of the texture is so beautiful... I love rosettes, so especially love that aspect of this creation. :o) I also love how you incorporated so many facets of the season. This is simply gorgeous. :o) Thank you for playing along with us at Whimsical Wednesdays! :o)

    Hugs and blessings!

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