CAS Blue Floral Thank You Cards

Hi, everyone! This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast (and my MISTI) helped me to make a group of thank you cards very quickly. I chose this beautiful navy blue floral bedspread for my inspiration piece. I chose the Flowing Flowers set from Stampin Up and Stazon Navy Blue ink. I am hooked on permanent inks for designs like this since the ink dries instantly and doesn't smear. I absolutely hate ruining a card with ink blobs or smears, dont you?! :)

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Blessings,

Coneflower Thank You

Happy Friday, everyone!  My card today is one of a group of thank you cards created for those who came to support me during my Dad's funeral visitation earlier this week.  I have combined this week's Splitcoast Color Challenge of Vanilla, Melon Mambo, and Pecan Pie, along with the Friday Free4All Challenge, which was to incorporate anything beginning with a 'B'.....brown is my 'B' word.  I have used the 'Nature's Harvest' stamp set by Stampin Up; the image was stamped with Stazon Timber Brown onto ivory cardstock; the petals were water-colored and the leaves were colored with markers.  I used an air-art tool for adding the 'splatters' once the coloring was finished.

Thank you for visiting with me today!

Blessings,

For A Special Doctor

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from OPI, which is all based on nail polish.  When I saw this lovely color, it reminded me of the original sage color of scrubs worn by doctors.  A young man in my study group has been in the hospital for a couple of months due to a motorcycle crash, so my plan is to make thank you cards for he and his family to share with his caregivers there during his recovery.  Since I am totally in love with the Wrinkle Free Distress technique, I created a quick background to match the scrubs.  The sentiments and images are from the 'Great Care' Stamp/Die Duos set and the following ODBD Custom dies were used as well: Double Stitched Rectangles, Double Stitched Circles, and Circles. 

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Have a blessed weekend!

The Extra Mile

Hi, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to find inspiration from Audrie's 'Beautiful Baskets' Pinterest Board.  I absolutely LOVE the colors in this gorgeous basket!  The design of this card began with the fun and colorful alphabet designer paper from the Artistic Outpost 'Vagabond Treasures' Paper Collection, which led to plum cardstock and mustard ink for sponging. This new 'School Bus Driver' set by Our Daily Bread designs is so fun! The bus was stamped on yellow and again on white so that I could cut out and paper piece the sections together.  The sentiment was stamped on panels cut with the ODBD Custom Pennant Flags Dies (the top pennant was re-sized to fit the word perfectly).

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Blessings,

Chinese Lantern CAS Thank You

Hi, everyone!   My card today was created for the Clean and Simple 'Thank You' Challenge plus the Technique Lover's 'Festive Paper Lantern' Challenge.  I dug into my dusty Stampin Up sets and found 'Too Terrific Tags' which had the perfect stamp....oriental flowers with a thank you sentiment....score!  The tag was stamped onto scratch paper twice and two different masks were cut...one to mask everything but the sentiment and one to mask off the border and sentiment so that only the flowers would stamp.  I used an ivory shade of vellum, cut an oval with the ODBD Custom Pierced Ovals Dies, stamped the flowers all over, colored them with markers, added score lines (which the camera did not pick up), then added to small strips of gold metallic cardstock and gold cord.  The designer paper is Bo Bunny; the frame was cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Squares Dies.  Some yellow gems were added to coordinate with the gold.

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Blessings,

Dare To Get Dirty Week Begins!

Happy Saturday, everyone!  Saturday is my fave day of the week to stamp, but today is extra special....the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges begin today...yay!!!  All Fan Club members at Splitcoast get to "rub elbows" with the Dirty Dozen alumni and participate in a boat load of challenges for a full week!!!  Every Saturday brings along my favorite Splitcoast Challenge each week, the Inspiration Challenge.  This week's challenge is to find inspiration from the Paper Art Pinterest Board....I loved the butterflies carved from the book HERE (2nd project down).  To begin, I stamped the Prayer of St. Francis (from Our Daily Bread designs) onto cream cardstock, then positioned the butterfly dies from ODBD Custom 'Butterfly and Bugs' Dies and ODBD 'Tres Papillons' Dies over select parts of the script.  After cutting, they were sponged with Ranger Antique Linen ink and popped up over the black card base.  The fancy strip was cut out with my brand new ODBD Custom Flower Lattice Die. The die cut word and sentiment are from the Thanks for Everything Stamp/Die Duo.  I had planned to have an ivory background like the inspiration photo, but when I saw how cool the die cut looked against the black, I changed in mid-stream....that's a stamper's prerogative, right?! :)  Along with today's Inspiration Challenge, I will also be submitting this to Dina's DTGD challenge.  One down, forty-some challenges to go!

Thanks for stopping by!  Get ready for extra posts from me for the next week....lots of stamping to do!

Blessings,

Ombre Blue Thanks

Happy Saturday, everyone!  This week's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast is to choose a color combination from the given Pinterest board and design your project around it.  I'm a sucker for blue tones so I chose this Blue Tile combination for inspiration.  I started with a white rectangle, sponged the different shades of blue all over from light to dark, then used the ODBD Custom Majestic Medallion Dies set to cut out the pattern.  Lots of tiny pieces of foam tape were added to the back of the die cut piece to pop it up over the panel which was stamped with the Medallion Background stamp (after stamping off for a lighter color).  The sentiment panel was stamped with the Medallion Sentiments set, cut out with the ODBD Custom Pierced Rectangles Dies, then matted with the ODBD Custom Filigree Frames dies.  I didn't want to cover up the die cut or gradient colors, so only pearls were added as embellishments. 

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Have a blessed weekend!

Thank You So Much!

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Kathy Straw aka MochaFrap....congrats, Kathy!  I loved the fun layout of this super cute card, so I chose it for inspiration. I used the same layout with two rectangles and a banner, but instead of an image, I have used the ODBD Custom 'Thank You' Die along with a partial sentiment from the 'With Much Thanks' stamp set.  My intention was to stamp the sentiment onto the metallic pearl banner, but ended up with a smudge so the boo-boo was covered up with a rectangle panel instead.  The Thank You was also cut from the metallic cardstock, so I had to use permanent ink to stencil the die cut so that it wouldn't rub off.  All three rectangles were cut with the ODBD Custom 'Double Stitched Rectangles' Dies. The designer paper is from the ODBD Easter Card Collection 2016.

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God bless!

CAS Thank You Cards

Hi, everyone!  This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast is Sue aka gregzgurl.....congrats, Sue!!!!  I fell in love with this gorgeous clean and simple thank you card....still needed two simple thank you cards to take on our cruise which we will be going on very soon....yay!  On both cards, I used the 'Chalkboard Fan Background' and a sentiment from 'Sentiments Collection' each from Our Daily Bread designs.  Each strip was cut at 2-1/2" so that they would fit through the center of the die which I used to cut the bottom only.  Once each strip was positioned, I used repositionable tape to hold it in place, then ran through my Grand Calibur for a couple of cranks only and then reveresed it back out, just enough to cut through the end but to keep any die impressions from embossing on the rest of the panel.  (See photo below.)

Once each panel was cut, the edges were sponged and sentiment stamped.  I was tempted to add pearls or ribbon to the top of each, but chose a small strip of matching cardstock instead.

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God bless!!

Cruisin' CAS Style!

Hi, everyone!! Today's Color Challenge over at Splitcoast is to use the colors of the swatch shown at the left, with the dessert option of making a Thank You card. Hubs and I will be going on another cruise in a few months, so this was a perfect opportunity to make a few Thank You cards (for tips for our wait staff and room steward). I bought this adorable stamp a couple of years ago from Stamper's Best to use for scrapbooking some of our cruises.....haha, out of four cruises in ten years, I've created TWO layouts! At this rate, I'll be a hundred before I get one scrapbook made!! lol!!   Anyhoo, the ship was stamped onto the card base and again on scratch paper so that I could cut out a mask.  The scene was sponged in the three colors, then highlighted with a white gel pen.  The sentiment is from the 'Thank You' set by Our Daily Bread designs.

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Blessings,

Copper Embossed Leaves

Happy Saturday, everyone!!!  Today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoast will definitely make you hungry.....we are to find inspiration from the Harry and David site.....yummy!!!!  I fell in love with this harvest cookie bouquet and had to make a Thanksgiving card!  My card's layout comes from this beautiful card by Dianne aka Sarahebo, who was just dubbed Queen for the Day....congrats, Dianne!!!  For my card, I used the following items from Our Daily Bread designs: leaves and acorns from the Autumn Blessings set, cut out with the ODBD Custom Fall Leaves and Acorn Dies, the Leaves Background stamp, and sentiment from Serve The Lord (retired).  The images, background, and sentiment were all embossed in copper, then colored with sponge daubers in inks which matched the inspiration piece.

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Blessings,

Clean and Simple Thank You Card Set

Hi everyone! Today I would like to share another Sneak Peek for the upcoming June 1st new release from Our Daily Bread designs.  A friend at work needed some thank you cards to send to her church friends who helped their family in a time of need, so I was happy to be able to come up with a clean and simple design for these. 

I started out with white cardstock, embossed one corner with the "Elegant Bouquet" Embossing Folder by Stampin Up, stamped the scripture verse from the new "Thank You" set, rounded the bottom corners, sprayed with "Pearl" Glimmer Mist, then highlighted the flower centers with Stardust Stickles.  The cards and envelopes fit perfectly in a re-purposed clear stamp box.

Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Thank You' (available June 1st);
Cardstock: Stampin Up Whisper White;
Ink: Stazon Jet Black;
Accessories: CM Corner Rounder, Stickles, 'Pearl' Glimmer Mist;
Size: A2.

Thanks for visiting!  Just two more days until the June New Release Blog Hop from ODBD...woo hoo!!

Have a very blessed day!