Thank You #1

A lady at work, ask me (yeah, ME! - I'm pretty excited, too) to make her a Thank You card.  She needs it in a few days.  And, she likes my work.  Wow super wonderful, huh?  Here's the catch, she said that I can make it any way I want, no particular style, theme, or colors.  Just 'thank you'.  Sounds rather 'free', huh?  But, I find it a bit challenging.  So, I have made two cards.  (both are posted today, just different posts)

I looked for some inspiration, and found it @ My Favorite Things blog.  Here is their sketch:

Here is my card:

Card #1

I really love making girl-y girl cards!  Pinks, flowers, crochet trim, seam binding, oh my!  I used Basic Grey pattern papers.  Both are from my scrap stash.  So, at least 2/+ years old.  The typewriter paper is from Stampin' Up!: First Edition DSP.  The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock.  The brown mat is Soft Suede cardstock.  The pink mat is Pink Pirouette cardstock.  The flower is from Prima flowers.  It's sitting on top of a tag from Martha Stewart.  The crochet trim piece is from a big box craft store.  The multi-loop bow is made from seam binding.  The color of seam binding I use is actually Very Vanilla.  I dyed it.  I used Pretty in Pink classic re-inker and Regal Rose re-inker.  I think that it matches really well!  The button is from my 'fancy/wedding' button stash.  The 'Thank You' is from Stampin' Up!: Fresh Cuts; which is retiring this month.

Give me your opinion.  Let me know if this is a card you would love to give/get.  If my co-worker doesn't purchase this one, it will go up for sale in my Etsy shop: Designs by Sharon.

DCBD #162 & Stamping 411 #136

Good Morning! I wanted to enter a few challenges this weekend, so what better way than to combine them. Diva Coffee Break Design #162 is having a color challenge (chocolate chip, taken with teal, regal rose, and old olive). Stamping 411 #136 is having a lay out challenge. Both of these websites only use Stampin' Up! products. So, that is the reason that I combined these two challenges.

I used Chocolate Chip card stock as my card base. I used an old retired background stamp to give the card an illusion of texture: Aida Cloth. I inked the background stamp with chocolate chip classic ink. I inked the large image from fresh cuts stamp set in chocolate chip classic ink, stamping it onto very vanilla card stock. I then trimmed it super close, I didn't want any very vanilla border. I matted that stamped piece onto old olive card stock, and matted that piece onto taken with teal card stock. I wanted the completed matted piece to have some height off the card, so I achieved that with dimensionals. I had a scrap piece of regal rose 5/8" grosgrain ribbon that needed to be used. I wanted the ribbon to have a bit of character and not just lay on the paper. So, I gave it a fold, and used a large flower brad from the very vanilla hardware kit to hold the ribbon in place, and to give it a bit of pizazz! I stamped a greeting from the fresh cuts stamp set in chocolate chip classic ink, onto a scrap piece of very vanilla card stock and used the small oval punch to make my tag. I put dimensionals on the back of the tag. And thats my card!

Thank you for looking, and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

3-D Cards: Diorama Card

Well, I have finished the Diorama card. I finally got a chance to take the photos during the daylight. So, here is one of the card we will be making at the 3-D card technique class. For the Diorama Card I used Bermuda Bay, Cameo Coral, and Old Olive card stock. I used the Fresh Cuts, & For All You Do stamp sets. For the flowers, I used a 'rock-n-roll' technique with So Saffron and Cameo Coral classic inks. I used So Saffron brads for the flower centers. Some of the flowers were attached with dimensionals to get them off the card stock.

Thank you for looking, and check back tomorrow to see the Pop-up card. I'll give you a tease, the colors used for this card are Sahara Sand, Basic Black and Whisper White.