Thursday 25 October 2012

A Bunch of Thank You Cards

I had to make a few thank you cards for birthday presents received and for help and presents Simon and I received while we were in hospital last week.
I love this Big Berries Strawberry and this sentiment which come with it, so I made 4 today with varying degrees of post-friendliness.  This one with the ladybirds is by far the cutest (though the least post-friendly - hand delivery only for this one) so I thought I would feature it here.
The strawberry was stamped with Festive Berries and Peeled Paint Distress Inks.  I used Claire Brennan's neat trick of inking up the stamp with versamark and then the distress ink so you don't get that blotchy look.  I then embossed with clear powder.  I also stamped the envelopes to match.

The papers were from a free paper stack from Quick Cards - Summer Goodness by Raspberry Road Designs.  The grass was punched with a Martha Stewart Edge punch.
This is another interpretation of sketch WMSC120 from Waltzing Mouse.




10 comments:

  1. Love the little munching ladybirds...definitely a card to lift the spirits on a grey and foggy day!!

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  2. A positively yummy card, Kate! Must try that Versamark-Distress Ink trick...how did I miss that?!

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  3. Just fabulous! Love the vibrant strawberry and those super cute ladybugs!! I rather like the vellum circle too. I use the Versamark-Distress idea often, also works really well with Memento/SU inks too!

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  4. Love this! Wonderful reds on this and the lady bugs are so cute!

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  5. This is gorgeous and so professional looking Kate. Great tip about the distress ink, I'll have to remember that.

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  6. So pretty, Kate! Love the beautiful strawberry on the vellum and the cute ladybirds! Lovely work!

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  7. Ooh, love it!! The way you decorated the envie too, the colours you used, fun layout and the ladybugs! Fantastic project :) Thanks for playing with us at WMS!

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  8. Wow this is gorgeous! I love the ladybugs such a fun touch. Love the vellum you added as well. Sorry you were in the hospital, hope all are well now.

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  9. So so pretty, love those ladybugs and the vellum is such a perfect touch!

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  10. Another card! Yeah! This one is just the sweetest! I love the grass and those sweet little ladybugs! Thanks again for sharing with us at Waltzingmouse!

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