Thank You

 Hi there.  I'm sharing a card I made to say thank you to Karren.   Recently she did a little giveaway and I was lucky to be one of her winner.  Karren lives in New Zealand so once Christchurch (where she lives) came out of Level 4 lockdown she posted off my prize.  It spend a little bit of time stuck in the depot here in Auckland - finally getting delivered on Sunday morning.  

Here's what Karren send me

So I decided to use some of the goodies to make her a Thank You card.  

I used the My Favourite Things Radiating Halftone Background and some Altenew Enchanted Gold pigment ink.  I used a Lil'Inkers die to add the stitching lines around the panel and inked up the edges with the gold ink. I then used the Simply Thanks die to cut the gold card.  The little so much is from a Honey Bee set.  I added a few gold baubles.  A simple but elegant card to say thanks to Karren.  

Today is the end of the 6th week of being at home and at least another week working from the dining room table.  We find out next Monday if we moved to Level 2 which means I can go back into the office.  Not sure if they will let me wear my slippers in the office!  

Thanks for stopping by.  

Thanks a bunch

Just a quick card today.  It's my turn to share over at Die Cut Divas where our challenge is "Thanks"

A very simple little card with some Copic colouring and die cutting of course.  Die and sentiment from Winnie & Walter.

And today Sunday 13th is my son's birthday.  I give thanks for such a beautiful person he has grown up to be.  28 this year...  where has the time gone.

Happy Birthday Kieran... we love you to pieces.

Thank you at Mo's Challenge Blog

A little while ago Mo Manning had an adorable little image for free... you had to be quick (which I was!!!) but is now available in her shop (Mo's Digital Pencil)  I had it printed and coloured and was just waiting to make it up into a card.  The image is called "Thanks" and that's the challenge at Mo's challenge blog this week.

so I pulled this one together quite quickly

I stamped the banner from a Kaisercraft set across the corner of the panel and then onto some MME papers from the Happy Day pack.  I cut and pieced the banner and added my sentiment which is from a Hero Arts set.  Mounted the panel onto some dark blue card and then onto a dark kraft card base.  Quick and simple but looks so cute I think.

It's a dismal day here after a nice one yesterday.  Two anti-flamme pain killers for my knee and I managed to clean all my lounge room and dinning/kitchen window sills ~ now just to vacuum and the house work done for the day.... the bedroom sills can wait till tomorrow as I want to "play" not clean!!!

Have an awesome weekend all

Thanks and Giving....

That's the challenge over at City Crafter Challenge Blog this week.... to celebrate Thanksgiving coming up in the USA.

As we don't have a celebration like this here in New Zealand, I went just with a Thanks card.



I used my newest stamp set "Borders" from Hero Arts/Basic Grey and and old set "Antique Engravings" ~a very well used set I can tell you....
I started with a piece of an old book and after trimming to size, used a mixture of Vintage Photo and Faded Corduroy distress inks to stamp the border and some mixed sized butterflies onto it.  This was matted onto wine card and then onto a cream textured square card.  I stamped the biggest two butterflies from the set onto some of the book page without text and using a mixture of distress inks and watercolour pencils, coloured them in and cut out.  I used dimensionals to pop them up and some glossy accents on their bodies.   I stamped the Thanks from a Sparkle Clear set, after carefully wiping off the ink for the tiny words under it.  Matted again with the wine card and popped up on the card.  A sprinkling of gems.... ( so I could enter into this months Hero Arts challenge!) and it was finished.    I used a sketch I had from a long time ago to inspire me with this one.

Just been spending the evening trying to decide what to take to Stamp Group tomorrow.... I think I'll just do Christmas cards.  I have one design that is all PP and only one stamp.... so have cut out all the pieces so will just have to do some assembly tomorrow.   Looking forward to catching up with everyone... I made some little bacon and egg savouries for lunch tomorrow... we usually have lots of sweet stuff so some savoury will be good.

Wishing you all a very happy and productive weekend

Hugs

Dawn