I couldn't even begin to list all the blessings I have to be thankful for. Most importantly to be alive. Today is the one year mark of my journey through breast cancer. I'm very grateful that my prognosis is good--I'm a SURVIVOR. This year we also have the blessing of our 8th grandchild, beautiful little Paige, to be thankful for. It doesn't get better than granchildren. That's where I got the idea to use little people on my Thanksgiving card. The challenges for my card this week are:
Bitten By the Bug (http://regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com/2009/11/contest-time.html) is having a thanks challenge.
The Pink Elephant (http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/2009/11/pink-elephant-challenge-40.html) is also having a thanks challenge.
Saturday Challenge is looking for an easel card. (http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2009/11/challenge-57.html)
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle is looking for special folds. (http://ssdschallenge.blogspot.com/2009/11/ssds-week-14special-folds.html)
This is the first easel card I have made. It was super simple, nothing to it. My base card is a 5" square of kraft cardstock. I scored the front at 2 1/2" then added a 5" square of kraft paper and attached it to the bottom 2 1/2" section on the card front. It folds at that score line to make the "easel" effect. You have to add something on the inside of the card for the front to stop at when it's folded. I just used two yellow brads at the corners of the design paper (DCWV) I attached to a piece of 5" square white cardstock on the inside. 
For the front of the card I used Cricut's Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge for my pilgrim children. My little people are cut at 2 1/2". Then I just layered all their clothes and accessories from the cartridge. I haven't had this cartridge very long. It's been out for quite some time but I just didn't think it was one I would use very much. Boy, was I wrong. There is so much stuff on this cartridge besides the dolls. I just realized when I was making this card that you can add tabs to all the doll clothes then you would have paper dolls. My 3 year old granddaughter is a little young for paper dolls but it won't be long before she'll think they're a lot of fun. My sentiment for this card is part of the Autumn Days digital stamp set from The Cutting Cafe (http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/). I printed it on the kraft paper at 100%. Then I printed it again at 90% on white paper. I cut the white to fit on top of the kraft paper for an instant border. The border at the top of the card is a Fiskars punch topped with a self-adhesive strip of brown ribbon. I added two gold leaves at each corner. 
