My little turkey favor looks a little spaced out, I think!  Maybe I need to do his eyes better! This is a fun favor to make for your Thanksgiving table with the Circle Treat Cups. It’s actually  a little card 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ that can stand open on the table at each person’s plate. Use a 1 3/4″ Circle Punch to punch a hole for the Circle Treat Cup. I used Mini Glue Dots to attach the front edge of the treat cup to the inside of the card. Rather than just cover up the back of the treat up after the candy was inside, I cut a slightly smaller piece of card stock to fit on the back and punched a hole in that to line up with the treat cup. I only put a thin line of glue on three sides of that card stock so one side would be open. Next I cut another smaller piece of card stock to slide inside to cover the hole.  You can see the little tab I cut out so the person can pull that piece out and retrieve the candy easily ( I meant to put it on the opposite side, but it’s fine!).

Once you have that basic treat cup construction finished, you can work on your turkey on the front! Just use a circle punch for the head and oval punches for the tail feathers.  I used the Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper but you could also just use card stock, perhaps embossed or stamped. Instead of putting the Thanksgiving greeting at the bottom, you could write the person’s name there and use it for a place card. I might even add a little turkey hand holding a sign on which I can write the person’s name on black card stock with my Chalk Marker!

I seemed to get a lot of blue M&M’s in my Treat Cup! You can pick out the fall colors and put those in there or even some nuts or something that goes with Thanksgiving! I think a little party favor for everyone is always a nice touch at the table!

Don’t forget the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Sale going on right now! Just go to my Online Store or you are always welcome to contact me with your order!

SUPPLIES USED

• Circle Treat Cups
• Large Oval Punch
• Owl Punch
• Punch Pack
• Small Heart Punch
• Word Window Punch
• Modern Label Punch
• Crushed Curry 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
• Crumb Cake 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Chocolate Chip 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• 1-3/8 Inch Circle Punch
• Mini Glue Dots
• Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive
• Teeny Tiny Wishes Wood-mount Stamp Set
• Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

Images copyright Stampin’ Up! 2013

Almost forgot!  There is a new photopolymer stamp set from Stampin’ Up! this month! You’ll find it under “New Arrivals” in my Online Store.  It’s called Eye-Catching Ikat Photopolymer Stamp Set. When I first saw this set, I wasn’t too interested, to be honest. Not my type of design.  But now that I have a done a little research, since I wasn’t familiar with “ikat” it is a lot more appealing! First of all, “ikat” is pronounced “ee-kot”, not i-kat. Ikat is a fabric where the yarns have been bound in places (much like tie-dye) to resist the dye and then woven together. That’s how they get the interesting patterns. This ikat trend is popular in fashion and in home decorating right now so you’ll be right in style with your papercrafting and stamping as well!

The photopolymer stamps are the clear ones that you can see through that you use with the clear blocks. They are super sticky so stay on the blocks well. Just another option for those who are interested.

If you would like to try out this trendy ikat design, you can purchase these stamps in my Stampin’ Up! Online Store.

Images copyright Stampin’ Up! 2013

Veterans Day honors all those who have served in the armed forces for the United States of America. November 11th was made a legal holiday back in 1938, called “Armistice Day”, as a day to honor those who had served in World War I because hostilities had ceased between the Allied Forces and Germany in 1918 in the eleventh hour in the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Later on, the word Armistice was taken out and Veterans Day became a holiday to honor veterans of all wars.

To read more about the history of Veterans Day, please click HERE to go to the US Department of Veterans Affairs website.

I loved this story the first time I saw it online the other day. Someone notified the USO that a group of Marines were on their way home from Afghanistan on a plane from Baltimore bound for Chicago. Quickly it was arranged for their plane to be met by a corridor of Chicago police, firemen, airport workers and USO volunteers as they deplaned after their plane taxied under a water salute. Once they started boarding their next flight to San Diego, they found out American Airlines has a policy to upgrade military in uniform when possible.  They had six first class seats available. At that, seven other first class passengers jumped up to give up their seats so the soldiers could sit together! If that is not a heart-warming story throughout, I don’t know what is!