Use It Tuesday - Thankful!

When I saw that we were going to do a thankful challenge over at Use It Tuesday, I first thought about doing a layout.  But, I just wasn't sure what I would scrap.  I had done a gratitude layout back in April already, and since I live in the US, thanksgiving hadn't happened this year yet.  Then I thought about the 30 days of thankfulness that I see on Facebook every November.  I thought it would be a great project for my oldest (almost 5 and in kindergarten) this year.  And I knew that I could turn to her brother (almost 3) on days she just wasn't up for saying what she was thankful for.

With that, I decided to make a mini tag album.  I decide to go with 2x3 photos (printed 4 on a 4x6 print).  So, I made my tags 3x6in.  I have a bunch already cut out of some solid cardstock from my stash in a variety of fall colors.

I started with four of the "inside" pages from the first 6 days of the month (two of the days I had to stage pictures for still when I printed the pictures).  Here are those pages:

On this one, I used some KI Memories Love Elsie papers and embellishments that I have been hoarding for over a year.  And of course a hoarded number Thicker and some Webster's Pages trim to finish it off.

On this one I used some scraps from the fall wreathe I made recently.  The papers are definitely not hoarded (I bought them to make the wreathe back in October), but the Thicker 3 and twine are!

This one I used some VERY hoarded MME Abbey Road paper on.  I have had that paper for 2 years probably.  And of course another Thicker :)

This one is some more of the scraps from the wreathe.  But again, it has a hoarded Thicker number!

I also have 2 pages ready for pictures and finishing touches:

This one has some hoarded Webster's Pages papers on it, ready for a picture of my kids eating popcorn.

And another one with scraps from the wreathe ready for a picture of my daughter's stuffed animals.

Once I had those done, I got to work on the cover.

I again used a scrap from the wreathe, but this time I embellished with some hoarded felt embellishments (from Oriental Trading that I bought last year to push my order to free shipping) as well as a leaf that was left over from my fall ATCs.

And on all of these tags, I am using probably my most hoarded item in my stash - WRMK eyelets!  I thought I "HAD" to have a Crop-a-dile about two years ago.  And, unfortunately I have only used it a handful of times for eyelets.  I really should us it more!

Hopefully I will get this album done by the end of the year.  I will post pages as I get them done though.

Now, it is time for you to make something around the theme of thanks/thankful!  It could be a card, a layout, a mini album (or just the cover for now), or even decorations for Thanksgiving.  Once you get your project done, link it up to the Use It Tuesday blog so we can admire your work using hoarded items!

I am also entering this into the Paper Girls Challenge #19 - Thank You