The Thank You's

The much promised Thank You's are here. These are the quick cards I made to send out for all the wonderful Christmas gifts we received. I was trying to use some smaller envelopes I have on hand so these cards are approximately 3 1/2 x 4 1/4; give or take.


These two show the value of a little extra effort. The top card is without the Cognac ink sponged around the edge of the yellow patterned paper. Doesn't it make a huge difference?! The patterned paper came from the same SU! designer pad so the yellows are the same shade, but look how much better it shows up on the stripes, I swear it's all due to the edging.

The other thing I really like about these cards is that I colored in the inside of the flower (from Verve's Beautiful You set, I am loving this set!) with a white chalk maker. I love that it is transparent but makes a nice impact. The flower is embossed with red embossing powder then the blue is colored in with a gel marker so it's really shiny and a little raised from the paper as well. Such a pretty image.


And here are two using the Inspired by Nature set from SU! I love these cone flowers. I had the best time. I used my markers to ink up the image. Then, after I stamped it on the paper I went over it with some pencils to fill in any gaps and to do a little extra shading. My favorite is the stickles to make it all sparkle! The sentiment says: "GOOD WORKS are links that form a chain of love" - Mother Teresa. I did go back and rub some blue chalk in the background, I'm not sure how well that shows in the photos. I also did one with a blue coneflower, but that picture was really blurry so use your imagination. It was so pretty, too.

I have uploaded AND edited the photos for 2 or 3 more posts so maybe I'll be back soon with more to share. Today is a snow day so I've been playing a little and might add to the photos for the blog pool. Hope you are staying warm where you are!