Saturday, July 2, 2011

Thank You


Isn’t it amazing how God provides? I was going to design a thank you card for my kind niece as she sent me this lovely floral French Mini Border stamp (Delta/Rubber Stampede, #3293F) out of the blue and Stampin’ Sisters In Christ’s challenge this week was to design a red, white, & blue thank you card. The only other stamp I used was the sentiment = “Blessings hemmed with thankfulness will not unravel. I’m so thankful for you.” By Stampendous (#L226).
Did you know that you can run a brass embossing plate through your Cuddlebug just like you do a Spellbinders diecut? I had this small rose plate which I stenciled the color on the rose, embossed it, masked it, stippled color around it, and added stitch lines to frame it. Below the border stamp, the bottom is also embossed with a narrow Cuddlebug embossing folder, then I pierced it, ran another stitch line across it and trimmed the extra paper from below to make it look like lace.
Recently I found a complete Mini Bowdabra bowmaker craft tool at a thrift store and had to try it out. The bow’s not perfect, but looks tons better than my version would have looked. I hope my niece likes her card. I do!

2 comments:

  1. What a beautiful sentiment. I must dig out my one and only brass embossing plate and give this a try. Great card.

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  2. THis is so pretty! I love your image - it is beautifully paired with the sentiment! Great take on this weeks colour challenge! Thanks for joining us at the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge this week - we love to see you and appreciate your support! {{{hgs}}}
    Linda SSIC Design Team

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Be nice -- positive feedback and honest questions are always welcome! Thanks.