Cherry Thanks

I have a couple more thank you cards to share, this time I used an image from K & co., these images come with sparkle already on them on one side and the other side is plain, I always use the sparkle side and more scraps from my left over basket, I am determined to get that pile down :)

K&co. - Die cut card stack flora and fauna

Lawn Fawn - Big scripty words stamp and dies

Spellbinders - deckled rectangle die

Nuvo crystal drops -  Autumn red

The tag on this next card was given to me by a friend so I am not sure who makes them, but they are cork and canvas, I was a little worried about stamping on the canvas but I think it came out pretty clear.

Paper ?

Tag from friend

Hero Arts - All occasion messages stamp sentiment

Gems

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Peace

Our former music leader of our church has lost his Mom, I used a coloring card from Psalms in color, I like these because they all have verses on them and I thought this one was good for a sympathy card.

Christian art gifts - Psalms in color, colored w/markers

We did get a good work out walking in that wind yesterday, and it is still blowing today, yesterday it was in the low 50's today it is in the 30's with windchill in the 20's, I may be finding a workout to do in the house today :)

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Little country

I decided to go through my basket of embellishments I have to see if there was anything I could use for thank you's and I came upon these two little packages of embellishments my sister gave me awhile ago, to me they look like they have a country feel to them.

The first I went with a sketch added some jute to them, placed them on some die cuts since I have a pretty busy background.

Paperbilites- Add ons (star, circle, heart)
Spellbinders - classic scalloped square small dies
Jute
David Tutera - sentiment


Next I used one of the bigger ones with a little one added.

Paperbilities - Add ons (heart and circle button)
DCWV - paper
Clearly whimsy stamps - simple sentiments stamp

We are having some high winds today, we may get blown away on our walk today,
Hope you all are well, and thanks for taking the time to stop by :)

Connie

On the Menu

Over at Double D challenge blog the challenge was to use something on the menu.  I went searching through my coloring calendar and found these strawberries to color up.  They are even better dipped in dark chocolate but I didn't color them up that way for this, I was in the need of thank you notes and I was thinking I had a thank you berry much but after coloring this I just couldn't find it.

First I started off by stenciling the background very lightly with ink, I mixed a little water with a blue sparkle pen and took a paint brush and tapped the end to make spatters onto the background, popped up the image and added a few gems.

Coloring for calm daily calendar image, colored w/markers
Crafters workshop, balzer designs - stencil with ink
Hero Arts - all occasion messages sentiment stamp
Gems

Hope your week is off to a great start!
Thanks so much for stopping by,

Connie

Something you Love

The next challenge was to use an item or image of something you love, well I had a hard time choosing between flowers and birds, really they are a tie for me when it comes to card making, I love them both on a card, so since I couldn't choose, I went to my basket of unused stamps and told myself whichever I come up with first that is the card I will make and this stamp was the first flower one to pop up.

Mama Elephant - botanic hello stamp, colored w/markers
Spellbinders A2 matting basics A die

Next challenge was to use an image starting with the letter "A".  I couldn't come up with something original so I used Animals. When buying this stamp they show a colored version and I thought there was different patterns in the balloon, but when I pulled the stamp out the balloon just had the patchwork lines but no patterns in them, and I guess that is what I liked about it, so I had to add my own patterns.

I added the sky with a stencil and stamped the grass and sponged over it for the ground.

Inky Antics - Balloon kitties, colored w/markers
D.R.S. designs - Easy grass background stamp sponged w/mowed lawn distress ink
Tumbled glass distress ink and homemade cloud stencil for sky

The last challenge was to use two different pattern papers on your card and one stamped image that you color. I used my pattern paper for the sky and ground, both from my scrap basket :) and colored these two to send birthday wishes :)

Mama Elephant - Dos Amigos stamp set, colored w/markers
Poppystamps - Stitched landscape die
Memory Box - flying birds die

That is the end of the challenges for that group, I will have a little time to rest before my stamp group has there challenge week, I am just so thankful that the stamp group does there challenges over a weeks time :)

Have a very blessed Sunday,

Connie