Another Chevron Thanks

Here's another card using one of my favorite layouts, it's very similar to this card.  I copied the layout and just switched up the colors and the stamped flower.  The chevron paper from the Designer Series Paper stacks is so fun to pair with the Chevron embossing folder.   The flower comes from the Petal Potpourri stamp set that is in the current Occasions Catalog.  I wanted a center in the flower, so I just used a brand new pencil and inked up the eraser.  Voila!  Perfect flower center.  Do you have this year's In Colors yet?  I just love the deep jewel tones and they coordinate so well--I used Blackberry Bliss and Hello Honey.  The greeting is from the Simply Wonderful Sale-a-Bration set.
    

Chevron Sale-a-Bration Thanks

I (finally) photographed quite a stack of cards and put them on my computer.  Now I can't use that as my excuse for not updating my blog.  As long as I can get a few posts composed, I should have several cards to share over the next few weeks.

Today I had to find a card with a bit green in it since it's St. Patrick's Day.  Maybe I should have prepared better and made something with a nice bright green, but hey, at least this has a variation of green.  My oldest wears uniforms to school so she couldn't wear a green shirt, but we did accessorize with a green shamrock sticker and some green Stampin' Up! ribbon in her hair.  Yep, we go all out :)  Yesterday she mentioned that maybe a leprechaun would turn our milk green (wasn't going to happen) but when I suggested that we open the box of St. Patrick's Lucky Charms that we bought a couple of weeks ago, she was thrilled because she said the marshmallows would color her milk (great).  We did all make sure our pajamas had a bit of green on them, so I think that about covers St. Patrick's Day at our house.  We did manage to have Green Eggs and Ham for dinner a couple of weeks ago, but that was to celebrate Dr. Seuss' Birthday.

Now onto the stamping....
This has turned into one of my favorite card layouts.  I just love the Designer Series Paper with the Chevron embossing folder.  I've switched up the colors and stamps, and have been happy with all of the results.  See another card here.  I'll show you a couple more like this in upcoming posts.  I stamped the "thanks" stamp from the Sale-a-Bration set called Simply Wonderful (it's my favorite stamp in the whole set).  Colors used are Strawberry Slush and Pistachio Pudding.  I added the flower from the Crazy About You set and punched it with the coordinating flower punch.  This is a pretty quick and easy (along with clean and crisp) card to make.  Happy St. Patrick's Day!
  

Sale-a-Bration Thanks

It's the first day of Stampin' Up!'s Sale-a-Bration and it's about time that I get busy stamping!  Life sometimes throws a few curve balls that change priorities around a bit, but it's good to be back.  I'm not a big New Year's Resolution maker, but I am going to try to show my gratitude a little more this year.  In fact, I'm giving out my first two thank you notes today.  This is a quick one that I made for our amazing swimming teacher.  I intended to give a Christmas card to her, but life prevented that from happening.  I figure it's better late than never (although I changed it just to a "thanks" instead of a holiday card).  She is amazing and teaches all three of my children.  I couldn't ask for a better teacher!  We love hanging out at the pool year-round and having lessons is a good excuse to get us there.  I find it only appropriate that I used the color Lost Lagoon for this card--it's a good swimming-ish color, eh?

I made this quick and easy card using the Lost Lagoon card stock along with the coordinating Backgrounds DSP stack.  I textured the card base with the Polka Dot embossing folder (love those embossing folders)!  I added a 1/2 inch strip of the Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper to bling the card a bit and then finally added my "thanks" using the Sale-a-Bration set called Simply Wonderful (you can get it for FREE with a $50 order).  I punched that with the decorative label punch and mounted it with some Stampin' Dimensionals.  Gotta love 5 minute cards!