Thanks for being you - a thanks card

 

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at Inspiration Station

Another Thanks card, with fall collrs.

I used distress oxide inks (festive berries, mustard seed and brushed corduroy) for the slplashes and the hollow leaves. 

The splashes are SU and the sentiments are Duddlebug. The leaves dies are unbranded. 

For the final touch, I added some glittery dots in coordinate colors.

The white panel was mounted with thin foam tapes on the kraft basis.

Challenges:

Color Throwdown #768: yellow gold, brown, red kraft:

Four Seasons - Fall:

Just Us Girls - Thanks:

Inspiration Station - photo inspiration:

I was drawn to the rich fall colors and the foliage.

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A Thank You card with seamless starburst circles

 

Since the terrible massacre that took place in south Israel on Oct. 7th, I had a creavite block. I just couldn't. Now, as the war is still going on, and the kidnapped children, women, men and elderly are still held by Hamas/ISIS, I'm trying slowly to find some comfort in crafting.

The current challenge at The Color Throwdown was a great way to help me getting over this creative block. So I'm very thankful for CTD's ladies for the inspiration.

The bright and cheerful colors inspired me to make a happy and cheerful 'Thank You' card. I was also inspired by the shape of the pillows in the inspiration photo.

I used Pinkfresh Studio Seamless Starburst Circles stamps and stencil set, with some distress oxide inks (kitsch flamingo, mustard seed, bundled sage and rusty hinge).

I also stamped and stenciled another circle, die cut the circle and backed it with more layers of circles, and then adhered it on top, for some dimension. On top of this circle I adhered a glittery enamel dot in rust hues.

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Thank you for all you do - a card with scalloped banners

 

This 'Thank You' card is the 3rd 'pay it forward' card I've made (you can see the 1st and the 2nd), this time in yellow tones, with some kraft.

I die cut nesting scalloped banners and adhered them on the pp (which had a big white banner in the middle).

I really love the 'Thank You' font! so whimsical (Doodlebug design 'many thanks' stamps).

Challenges:

Inspired by.... - photo inspiration:

I was inspired both by the sketch and by the colors.

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A heart full of thanks card

This is my 2nd card today, and also 2nd in the 'pay it forward' cards I'm making (you can see the 1st one HERE).

The pp had a big white heart, and I die cut a smaller heart in the middle of that white heart, and matted the pp with a mango cardstock.

From the die cut heart, I die cut a smaller heart, and inked it with distress oxide ink (saltwater taffy), and stamped the sentiment in the middle (it says Thank You! in Hebrew).

I adhered the small heart to the middle of the bigger heart with foam tape, and added some mat enamel dots in mango color, to match the inside of the heart.

I followed, loosely, the sketch from My Favorite Things challenge, replacing the hexagon with the heart:

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A 'pay it forward' thank you card

 Along with my latest purchase, the dear shop owner gifted me with some 12x12 journaling cards pages.

I felt so grateful for this lovely gift, and decided to 'pay it forward'. The shop owner operates a 'happy cards' donation to a hospital. The cards can be with any sentiment, and they'll be given to both patients and staff. Isn't it just a lovely thing to do?

For the first card, I stamped some leaves in dark bluish gray (weathered wood distress oxied ink), and other with dried marigold distress oxide. I then stamped tiny leaves here and there, with aged mahogany distress ink, and used the same ink for the sentiment (Thanks in Hebrew).

I then distressed the edges with this redish ink and placed the panel on a white basis.

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at Sunday Stamps

Challenges:

Sunday Stamps - use at least 3 colors from the inspiration photo:

I used orange, apricot, dark red and dark bluish gray.

Retro Rubber Challenge #216 - tic tac toe:

I used the middle vertical row - patterned paper, leaves (as my choise) and circles. I have the sentiment stamp I think for more than 5 years, and the leaves stamps are about 2 years old.

Little Red Wagon #726 - fall colors.

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Only Solid Cardstock - Thankful

 

A CAS card, using scraps of solid cardstock, the same colors I used my previous card.

I simply adhered thin stripes of solid cardstocks to a white one, I cut a piece and then run the 'new paper' throw my Big Shot with a piercing die.

From the pierced one, I die cut the feathers and the flower frame. From the other piece I just cut two stipes, and matted them with white cardstock.

I punched a burst flower, adhered it to the center of the flower frame, and added two tiny cardstock dots.

The sentiment was die cut twice from a golden cardstock, and I embellished with 3 tiny cardstock dots.

I really love the outcome, and the fact that a CAS card can also be very colorful and even vibrant.

Challenges:

The Color Throwdown 714 - navy blue, mustard and brown:

AAA Cards 226- a sketch + thankful:

SimonSays Stamp Wednesday challenge - fall colors:

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A Thank You card with flowers

 

I have another card using the colors from Global Design Project:

You can see my previous card HERE.

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

The flowers leaves were die cut and inked in the colors from the challenge. The lattice was die cut from a patterned paper, and so were the tiny leave I added. The sentiment was die cut from a blue cs.

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Square 'thanks' card with mushrooms

 Here's a square 'thanks' card I made, in w/b and red.

Each mushroom was die cut 3 times - red, black and white cs.

I used my watercolor brush with black ink to make some background for the mushroom on a water color paper, and with the same ink, I stamped the sentiment.

I mounted the panel on a dark red cs, and adhered it to my white cs basis.

It goes for the following challenges:

AAA Cards - black/white plus 1 color:

Color Hues - red and black:

Just Add Ink - minimalist:

Colorful Options - Rossy Red:

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Thanks - a recipe for neutrals

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at Tuesday Morning Sketches

On one hand, making cards in neutrals colors can be very challenging. On the other hand, these colors make a very elegant combination. And who doesn't love a card in neutrals colors?!

So I took inspiration from the challenge at As You See It challenge blog, whith a recipe for a neutrals card: to use an embossing folder, a ribbon or a twine, a die or a punch, one sentiment - and all that with neutrals:

I chose to work with the neutrals colors white, vanilla and kraft - for my cs, and brown ink for the sentiment.

I followed the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches #631:

The banners, the feathers and the tag - where cut with dies. The white stitched banner was embossed using dots embossing folder. 

I tied a bow around all the feathers with a jute twine, which also was used to tie a knot on the tag.

A one sentiment 'thanks' was stamped on the tag, and I adhered it beneath the feathers.

It goes also for the 'thanks' challenges at SimonSays Monday challenge, and SimonSays Wednesday challenge.

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Thank you, full of roses

 

A CAS 'Thank you' card, in only two colors - brown and orange.

I took a piece of scrap and die cut a circle, and used it a homemade mask, blending 3 different shades of orange.

I then stamped the roses in Ranger's archival sepia ink. The sentiment (Doodlebug's) was stamped with Ranger's archival coffee ink.

I would like to enter it to the following challenges:

Color Hues - brown & orange:

Addicted to CAS - circle:

SimonSays Stamp Monday challenge - thanks

Happy Little Stampers stencil challenge:

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You're Appreciated - CTD meets FMS

 

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at The Color Throwdown

A good friend of mine, who is also a co-worker, is leaving our department, so I made her an appreciation card.

I loved the colors offered this week by The Color Throwdown #666, and paired them with the lovely sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #509.

I wanted my card to be as CAS as possible, and it is almost a one layers card. I just felt the addition of the enamel dots are perfect.

I used Altenew's stamp set, both for the striped triangles and the sentiment.

The large triangles were stamped in Hero Arts' orange soda, and the small ones - in VersaFine toffee ink. The sentiment was stamped in Ranger's coffee archival ink.

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Thanks for beaing you - a CAS card

This is my 2nd card for today! 

I fell in love with the new color challenge at Color Throwdown, which asked for brown, kraft and teal, and made this 'Thanks' card:

I'm going to give it to a friend at work, who is alway there for me. I like the 'spilled stains', which was an accident, as I stamped the opposite side of the stamp...LOL

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Color Throwdown

Hello crafty friends and thank you for popping up at my blog.

Today I'm sharing a pile of autumn leaves for a 'thanks' card.

I really love the rich colors of this one!

I was inspired by the current challenge at Color Throwdown #663, where Broni asked for orange, brown and gray:

I started with a pale gray woodgrain dp, and made some splatters with brown, gold and orange Lindy's sprays.

I die cut 3 different leaves patterns from 4 different dp, and aranged them in a pile, overlapping each other.

I die cut 2 stitched tags, in 2 different sizes, one from gold cs and one from darker gray cs, stampped the setiment on the smaller tag, and tied a bow with both tags. I also adhered a brown leaf under the smaller tag. 

Then I adhered the tags to the gray pannel with foam dots. 

I matted the pannel with orange cs, and adhered to a dark gray card basis.

For the final touch, I added some golden sequins.

It alos goes for Tic Tac Toe challenge #134:

I took the middle row - leaves, Thanks and shades of brown.

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