Thank You Card #4

 Hello friends.  I have another thank you card for my friend and I really like this one.

I used a SU Peaceful Pine panel and embossed it with SU Lovely Stripes EF, then mounted it to a white card base.  Then I die cut a white stitch octagon from SU Memorable Blooms die set.  I stamped the Thank You from an older SU set as I like the font.  I stamped and die cut the flowers from SU Charming Day set and colored them with SU Peach Pie and Soft Succulent Blends.  I mounted the white die cut with foam tape and then mounted the flowers with foam tape also.

I will share this at Triple B Challenge

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Thank You Card #3

 Hello friends.  Happy World Card Making Day.  I did get another Thank You card made for my friend.

I embossed a Crumb Cake panel with Altenew Piped Floral Lace 3D EF and added it to a white card base.  I die cut the flowers (SU Pumpkin Pie) and leaves (green from my stash) using Spellbinders Hello You die set.  I also blended Pumpkin Pie ink to the centers of the flowers and shaped them with my fingers before gluing them together.  I added a gem to the centers.  The lacy frame is from SU Scalloped Wishes, stamped in Early Espresso ink and cut with the matching die.  I stamped Thank You from The Greetery Arched Sentiments in the same ink and mounted it with foam tape.  Then I mounted the flowers and leavers on the bottom of the frame.  I really like this one and I know my friend will also.  She has been in the hospital and then rehab with a broken arm and unable to make cards herself so she asked me to.

I will share this at Triple B Challenge - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies.  Isn't there inspiration board beautiful.

and at Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Thank You Card #2

 Hello friends.  I am still working on Thank You cards for my friend so here is #2.

I embossed a lt. blue panel with Spellbinders Diamond Plaid EF and added a darker blue mat, then glued them to the white card base.  The flowers are from SU Birthday Blooms (ret.) colored with SU Flirty Flamingo and Old Olive Blends.  There was no matching die so I stamped and cut several with my Scan 'n Cut.  The white circle is cut with SU Spotlight on Nature Dies and stamped with Thank You from SU Magnolia Blooms (ret.).  I glued the flower on the circle and then mounted it with foam tape, adding foam pieces on the flower sections not on the circle.

I will also add this one to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge - middle row down, Die Cuts, Free, Embossing

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a Wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Thank You Card

 Hello friends.  A friend requested I make her a few thank you cards so this is the first one.

I had all these pieces left from other projects so all I had to do was put them together in a layout I like.  The white panel is embossed with Altenew Piped Floral Lace 3D EF, which I love.  The blooms and leaves are from Spellbinders Club Blooms dies.  I don't remember the ink I blended in the centers.  I just added the pretty rhinestones to the centers.  The leaves were cut from a green in a Recollections pack.  The ovals were already cut, I just stamped the sentiment from an older SU set - Magnolia Blooms.  I added the flowers and leaves to the ovals and mounted it with foam tape and my card was done.  I really like the finished card and so does my friend.

I will send this to Can You Handle the Pressure challenge - did not use the optional twist of trees.

and to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge - used the center row down, DieCuts, Free, Embossing Wet/Dry,  I used several dies and embossing.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Just Us Girls - Die Week

 Hello friends.  I have a Thank You card for die week at Just Us Girls Challenge

I had this pretty flower cluster from Gina K. Designs Bright and Beautiful stamp & die set already colored and cut and wanted to use it.  I think I used SU Real Red & Old Olive Blends to color it.  I die cut Spelllbinders Open Lace Frame and lightly stamped a text stamp in SU Smokey Slate ink for a little interest.  You can see it better in person.  I mounted the frame with foam tape to the white card base.  I die cut Thank You (an older die from Michaels) with SU Basic Gray twice for dimension and glued it on the frame, then mounted the flowers with foam tape.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Thank You Card

 Hello friends.  I have a Thank You card to share today.  I made this one for our Pastor's wife and she loves purple.  I added a few pink flowers also.

ETA:  My card was one of the March Top 3 Winners at Triple B Challenge. 

also one of the Top 3 at Can You Handle the Pressure.

For the background I used Spellbinders Stylized Trellis and embossed a panel of SU Purple Posy, then glued it to the white card base.  The sentiment is die cut with Memory Box Thank You Posh Script and layered together, then glued to the panel.  The flowers are made with Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms and Club Blooms dies.  I cut the pink flowers from lt. pink and then blended some darker pink ink on them. I arranged them in the corner and glued the leaves and buds under them.

I will add this to the Triple B Challenge - Birds, Blooms & Butterflies.

 

 

Thanks to Darlene, I will also add this to Can You Handle the Pressure (but didn't do the optional twist for birds)

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

 

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Thank You card

 Hello friends.  I have a Thank You card to share today.  A friend requested several Thank You cards and Sympathy cards so I will have several to share.  

For this card I used SSS Vine Canopy EF and inked the top (flat side) with DOI and then ran it through my machine with white cardstock.  I love the result.  I stamped the sentiment from SU Go To Greetings on a white strip and cut it to fit across the center of the panel..

I will link my card to Can You Handle the Pressure - use an embossing folder

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Freshly Made Sketches 440

Hello friends.  I have another thank you card I am sharing.  This one was for my sister also, and was made using Freshly Made Sketches 440.

I used Pretty Pink Posh Cherry Blossoms for the flowers and leaves.  I colored the flowers with SU Mango Melody Blends and stamped the leaves on the green pattern paper I used to mat the yellow plaid paper (from a friend).  The plaid paper is die cut with a die from SU Stitched Rectangles dies.  I fussy cut the flowers and leaves and mounted the flowers with foam tape.  I also used the green pattern paper to stamp the sentiment from SU Good Morning Magnolia and die cut with a die from Stitched So Sweetly dies.  The white is also from the same die set and mounted with foam tape.  I added yellow rhinestones to the flower centers to finish the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day and stay safe.

Thank You

Hello friends.  I have a Thank You card to share today.  My sister requested 4 Thank You cards and I had several made but needed one more.  I love this card by Jan B. and had to copy the layout and design from her card here. (Thank you Jan B.)  I used different paper and colors and omitted the ribbon.  

I used Grapefruit Grove card and some retired pattern paper I have had for a while.  The flower from SU Ornate Style is stamped on a Ornate Layers die cut and colored with SU Blends. I added Wink of Stella to the flower.  The sentiment is from SU Peaceful Moments and mounted with foam tape. The die cut panel is mounted with foam tape also.  The border is die cut with an Ornate Borders die.  The white panel is embossed with Ornate Floral EF.  It makes such a pretty card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day and stay safe.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Thank You So Very Much

Hello friends. Today I am sharing a card that was a special request by my brother who is pastor of Cowboy Fellowship Church.  He needed several special thank you cards.

I used 3 different stamp sets for my card.  The cowboy is from MFT Saddle Up & Celebrate, along with the matching dies.  The church, trees and clouds are from Lawn Fawn Happy Village stamps and matching dies.  The sentiment is from SU Butterfly Gala.  I colored the images with Copics.  The cowboy and the church are mounted with foam tape.  The trees, clouds and sentiment panel are glued on the main panel which is sponged with Distress Oxide inks and matted with brown card.  The card base is SU Crumb Cake.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a blessed day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

CAS Watercolor Thank You

Hello friends.  Today I am sharing a card I made for the CAS Watercolor Challenge - Splash Watercoloring.   I finally tried this technique as explained on the CAS Watercolor blog. 

 

They have a link to several video tutorials.  It is easy to do and I like the final result.

I used DI Tumbled Glass and Wilted Violet inks for the splash watercolor panel.  I played around with several ideas before settling on this Impression Obsession frame and the die cut flower stem is a die from Ali Express.  I cut it apart to fit in the frame and fill up the opening.  The frame is mounted with foam tape.  The sentiment is from a new SU Painted Glass set.  I fussy cut the flag end and mounted it with foam tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Thank You for Color Throwdown #500 and MFT #392

Hello friends.  I am sharing a card I made for our Pastor's wife as she has done so much getting ready for our Vacation Bible School and I wanted her to know she is appreciated.  I also have 2 other thank you cards to make.

I wanted to play along with the colors from Color Throwdown #500 challenge 

and used the sketch from MFT Sketch Challenge #392.

I tried several things before coming up with my final card and am pleased with the way it turned out.  I stamped the flowers from MFT Funky Flowers with Versamark and embossed them with gold embossing powder.  I fussy cut them, mounted them with foam tape and added some navy leaves from MFT Stitched Blooms dies.  The white panel is fussy cut and the navy border is cut with 

MFT Stitched Scallop Basic Edges.  The sentiment is from MFT On The Line (discontinued).

I added the gold dotted paper from a mat pad from Hobby Lobby under the upper panel as I was inspired by the gold dotted cake layer.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Thank You for a friend

Hello friends.  Today I am sharing a card I made for a good friend at church.  She has done a lot of work coordinating our Valentine Banquet and I wanted to let her know she is appreciated.

The DSP is a light woodgrain from a Recollections pad and I also embossed it with the SU Woodplank EF.  The doily is by Top Dog Dies but is no longer available.  The flowers are SU Garden in Bloom, stamped with Basic Gray (outline) and Blushing Bride ink, and then fussy cut them.  I colored the centers with my yellow marker and added Wink of Stella.  The leaves are from SU Botanical Builder Framelits cut in Pear Pizzazz CS.  I die cut a cirle for the Sentiment from SU Four You and added it to the doily with foam tape.  The doily is also mounted with foam tape.  

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Thank You

Hello friends.  I am sharing a card I made for special friends that always do so much for our annual class reunions.  I wanted them to know they are appreciated.

I used the same new Our Daily Bread Designs set I used on my last card,  Hello Friend.  It comes with the matching dies. I love this set and will be using it a lot.  I colored them with Copic markers and then die cut them.  The filigree frame is by Joy Crafts and the sentiment is from SU Four You.  I mounted this with foam tape.  The DSP is from a Recollections 6x6 pad.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

Thank You for MFTWSC186 and for Kim and Jody

This is my card for this week's My Favorite Things card sketch #186.    I missed the last two weeks and was happy I got it done this week.   All products are from MFT except the two SU Certainly Celery leaves and the DSP from Echo Park's Summer Bliss 6x6 pad.  I used MFT Sweet Tooth and Natural CS, Upsy Daisy,  Fishtail Flags Stax, Pierced Circle and Circle Stax 2 die-namics.  The sentiment is from LJD Gift Card Greetings II.  The daisy and sentiment panel are mounted with foam tape. I really like the way it turned out.

There is a special reason that it is a Thank You card as it is going in the mail to Kim van der Sanden (owner of MFT) and Jody Morrow (Design Team). My friend and I went to a class at MFT on Saturday and I was surprised to meet Kim and Jody.  They said they came in just to meet me as they aren't usually there on Saturdays.  I also met Kim's husband and youngest daughter and Jody's daughter.  Kim said they heard I had a rough year due to my recent family tragedy and wanted to do something nice for me.  They had this beautiful bouquet of pink roses and carnations and also a gift certificate to the store.  I was so surprised and happy that my eyes were a little weepy.  Needless to say I did some happy shopping.  It was a wonderful day.

Kim and I

My friend Barb, Kim, me and Jody

My beautiful flowers.

Barb and I in the adorable MFT classroom.

Lots of MFT goodies.

Sorry my post is so long, but I had to share this happy day.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful week.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Thank You for Color Throwdown #294 challenge

Hi friends.  I am playing along with the Color Throwdown #294 challenge this week. 

 I love these color choices and had to play along.  I made a Thank You card for someone special.

My card base is Sahara Sand, a Whisper White layer, and Coastal Cabana DSP.  I inked the edges of the DSP with Coastal Cabana ink.  I used my new Creative Expressions Californian Collection - Beverly Hills die to cut the pretty white layer and stamped the sentiment from SU Perfectly Penned in Coastal Cabana ink.  I stamped the flowers from Flower Shop and Petite Petals in Strawberry Slush ink and mounted them with foam dimensionals.  The leaves from SU Peaceful Petals are stamped in Sahara Sand ink on SS CS and inked with SS ink for more dimension.  I added a piece of Strawberry Slush CS under the die cut to finish my card.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great week.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Dynamic Duos #100 - Thank You

 

Hello my friends.  It is time for Dynamic Duos #100 challenge.  I am sad to say that this is the last challenge for the Dynamic Duos.  I have really enjoyed being a part of this special and super talented Design Team and will really miss them.

 

Also, due to personal and health reasons, I have been unable to participate in the last few challenges and am so thankful I was able to join in this last challenge.  I made a Thank You card to show the Design Team and all my stamping friends how thankful I am for all the love and support they have shown me and because I have so much to be thankful for.

 

My card base is MFT Smooth White and the mats are SU Smoky Slate. The Smoky Slate DSP is from SU Eastern Elegance pack. The Pool Party CS is embossed with the SU Decorative Dots EF.  The So Saffron DSP is from the Subtles DSP pad.  I used Spellbinders Classic Circles and Lacey Circles dies.  The sentiment is from SU Perfectly Penned and the butterfly is from SU Papillon Potpourri stamped in black on So Saffron CS.  I added 3 So Saffron Candy Dots and the Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon and my card was done.

 

Now you need to go check out all the beautiful creations by the Design Team at the Dynamic Duos blog.  I hope you will particiate in this last challenge for the Dynamic Duos.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

 

 

 

 

A Little Thank You

This is my card for this week's MFTWSC160.

I made a thank you card for a couple so I didn't want it to be too frilly.  The card base is MFT Smooth White, the DSP is SU Parisian Breeze (retired) and the mats are SU Chocolate Chip CS. The sentiment is from MFT LJD-Gift Card Greetings.  I used MFT Pierced Circle dies and Circle Stax dies to cut it out.  The banners are cut with MFT Fishtail Flags Stax and Fishtail Layers Stax dies.  I used MFT Star Stax dies for the stars.  The sentiment panel, banners, and small star are all mounted with foam dimensionals.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn 

Thank You For All You Do - MFTWSC 139

 

This is my card using this week's MFTWSC139 sketch.  I turned the sketch sideways as I wanted to use my new stamp set from MFT LJD-Grand Greetings. I love the fonts in this set.  My card will be going in my box for Operation Write Home (they send handmade cards to our service men and women overseas to send home to their families and friends). 

 

My card base is Canvas Corp Heavy White Cardstock.  I used some new SU Coastal Cabana CS and DSP.  The sentiment is stamped in SU Basic Gray ink on X-Press It Blending Card.  I matted it with some gray paper from my stash - I think gray goes with the Coastal Cabana color so well.  I cut the scallop border from Coastal Cabana CS with a die from the new MFT Blueprints 6 Die-namics (love the Blueprints die-namics).  The little banners are cut with MFT Fishtail Flags Layers Stax.  I added a button tied with some SU White Baker's Twine to complete my card.

 

Thanks for stopping by.  I really appreciate your comments.

 

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

 

 

MFTWSC114 Thank You For All You Do

  This is my card for this week's MFTWSC114.  Since it is getting close to the end of the school year, I decided to make a teacher thank you card for one of the granddaughter's teachers.  All the DSP is from the Graphic 45 An ABC Primer.  I used SU Crumb Cake and Basic Black CS.  I stamped the image from MFT ALM-An Apple for Teacher in Mememto Tuxedo Black ink, colored her with Copics and Promarkers, cut her out and mounted her with foam dimensionals.  The sentiment is from the same set and I cut it apart to make it fit in the circle. The circles are cut with MFT Circle Stax and Circle Layer Stax die-namics.  The flag panel was cut with MFT Flag and Flag Layer Staxs.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.  Comments are greatly appreciated.