Thank You Kit Cards

These cards were made using home-made "kits" I had put together using leftover pieces from other kits and papers that I had put together.   

Card #1 (above): When creatign this kit, I took a die cut from a HOTP set, tags and small butterflies from another HOTP set, and several papers that coordinate.  I created a background using the pink paper I had put in the kit - embossed using a Spellbinders 3D embossing folder called 5X7 European Tapestry.  To get the colors to coordinate the way I wanted them to, I had to use 3 different colors of ink to hit the embossed areas - two purples & a silver - but in the end, I really liked the way it turned out.  A strip of purple opal card stock forms a border that the butterfly focal sits on - along with the tag.

Inside:

Another piece of purple forms the border - with another tag & butterfly from the kit finishing things off.  The sentiment was stamped using a stamp from For All You Do Vintage Labels Three from JustRite.

Card #2:

In this kit I had a variety card stock scraps & misc pieces (label from HOTP, die cut "thanks", vellum "thank you", journaling card "My Perfect Day").  For the card front, I started with a piece of green card stock that I embossed (Spellbeinders 3D Celtic Weave) inked with Pine Needles distress ink.  This forms the background.  A blue card stock strips forms a border that holds the label (green Jewel Dazzles cover pink that doesn't go with the card's colors) and "thanks" die cut.

Inside:

A couple more bits of card stock with the other elements of the "kit" finish off the inside.

Card #3: Kit I made using bits of card stock and paper that coordinate with the pre-made focal (HOTP Janie's Girls colored with Inktense & watercolor pencils) and a sentiment leftover from a scrapbook kit.

This center step card has blue paper & green card stock forming the borders & background of focal area.  A die cut "thanks" (Script Greetings from HOTP) matted on white card stock enhances the fun focal.

Inside:

After adding a border with the blue & green and the scrapbook sentiment, I stamped the center sentiment using a HOTP stamp from Thank You! stamp set.

Gift Wrap Cards

Today I have three cards made from a reversible wrapping paper that I received on one of my Christmas presents.  

Card #1 (above): The focal was cut from white card stock using a Luscious Labels One die (Spellbinders) - stenciled with Faded Blue Jeans distress ink & stamped with the same ink and a Thank You stamp from Inkadinkadoo.  I used a flag die from the 5X7 Card & Box Set by Card Making Magic - stenciled with the same distress ink.

Inside:

Inside is another piece of the wrapping paper & a stenciled die cut (Decorative Labels One - Spellbinders).

Card #2:

Believe it or not, this card was made from the same wrapping paper as the first one.  It was a reversible wrapping paper with this foil paper on the reverse of the blue & white snowflakes.  I cut the word "Peace" from the same paper, matted it on pink, and then on a black snowflake (Three Snowflakes - HOTP) that was matted on green.  I also added a couple small pink snowflakes - one layered with a small black one.

Card #3:

The third card once again uses the snowflake pattern wrapping paper.  The focal & mat use stenciled die cut pieces (cut with 5X7 Renaissance Jubilee Ravenna) - stamped with stamp from Thanks for Everything Divinity Designs stamp/die duo set.

Inside:

In addition to the piece of wrapping paper, I used a stenciled die cut (Journey Rectangle set from Fun Stampers Journey) stamped with a stamp from HOTP's Thank You! stamp set.

Pretty in Pink

A pretty pink birthday card is what I have today - made using a Debbi Moore download called Cottage Retreat.  I made it a couple of weeks ago and just found that I hadn't photographed and posted it.  The "mat" for the focal is a faux one that was printed with the focal.  But since there are several layers on top that have been added with foam tape (paper tole style) that is not immediately obvious.  I wanted the background on the card to be a pink that coordinated, but I didn't find paper in my stash, so blended two colors of distress ink - Worn Lipstick and Picked Raspberry.  The greeting also came with a printed mat, but I didn't care for the color, so traced the outline on a piece of pink card stock from my stash & fussy cut it - then cut off the original mat before gluing the sentiment down.

Inside:

A couple of borders using that same pink card stock from the stash formed a great backdrop for more pieces from the Debbi Moore kit.

Another Window Card

Today's card is one I started a long time ago.  I set it aside and made another because I had intended for the girl to be looking IN rather than OUT the window!  (Here's the one I actually finished at that time.)  

As with that one, the "window" was cut using dies from Gemini's Window Arches; the word Friend was from their Peek-a-Boo Dog set. The little girl is stamped and heat embossed (black powder) with Child at Fence Fronts-N-Backs by Art Impressions.  The "brick" was created using Raspberry Sorbet Lustre Polish (Cosmic Shimmer) and a stencil called Mini Bricks from TCW.  most of the rest of the color was added with Inktense pencils - but "flesh" tones were from watercolor pencils.

Inside:

Once again I stamped & heat embossed with black powder - stamps used were the Child at Fence (see above) and a Paper Discovery stamp set called "Timeless".  Once again I mostly colored with Inktense pencils & a water brush, but I used gelatos & a water brush for the falls, molding/door, and child's boots.