Thanks a Latte

I was able to obtain a large number of free postcards with a turquoise and brown border.  They were the right size for cardmaking and I thought the colors would work well to go with some coffee themed stamps that I have.  I decided to crank out a large number of thank you cards to beef up my stash a little.  Since I was going to be making a large number of cards, I wanted a simple design.  I used the cup from Smiley Cards (hiding the face with my Gypsy) and added the steam from Graphically Speaking.  As soon as I had everything cut out, I immediately wished I had done the colors the other way around, making the cup turquoise and the saucer brown.  That way I could have stamped "Thanks a latte" on the cup.  I decided to just put both sentiments on the inside instead.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

Jo's Scrap Shack--#44 Anything Goes

My Craft Spot--#131 Thank you card

Simple Card of Thanks

I will be having a Pampered Chef party in about a week.  This is the second home sale type of party I've ever had.  I like to give my guests a thank you card along with their order.  Since I need to make quite a few cards, I wanted a really simple layout.  I found one in the sketch at Atlantic Hearts.  I also used some of the fall challenges I came across as inspiration.

The yellow strip was run through the Argyle Cuttlebug folder.  The apple is from My World and the word Thanks is from Opposites Attract.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

Atlantic Hearts sketch challenge #21

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog--#178 use at least 1 Cricut letter or number

Cardztv--#36 Colors of fall

Paper Playtime--#19 apples

Die Cuttin' Divas--#133 Use an apple

My Craft Spot--#111 Favorite technique--mine is using the Cuttlebug

Desert Craftin Divas--#15 Fall

Gracias

I wanted to have some Spanish thank you cards made up to give to parents of my students when the need arises.  I used the sketch from the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge as inspiration.  The large shape in the middle is from Ashlyn's Alphabet.  The black layer was run through my Cuttlebug in a new (to me) folder by The Paper Studio called Tiny Stars.  The font is from Gypsy Font.  I used my Gypsy to weld the word (after the G) together.  The little stars on the bottom right are from an old-fashioned, and highly neglected, paper punch.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:
Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge #64--layout challenge
My Time to Craft Challenge #165--Sun, moon and stars
Paper Playtime #60--Thank you projects

Thanks so berry much!

I had trouble finding a good background paper for this card.  I wanted something with some type of pattern, but yet the strawberries had to stand out.  I ended up using a couple of different patterned papers from my scrap folder.

The strawberries are from Indie Art.  I printed the sentiment on my computer and inked the edges a bit.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:
Skipping Stones Design #88--sketch challenge
Cricut Cardz Challenge #86--Tuitti Fruitti
Die Cuttin' Divas #27--veggies/fruits
Whimsical Wednesdays--sense of humor (I hope this pun counts.)
Inking It Up Crazy--use an "old school" cart
Tacky Tuesdays--use a berry or fruit and the word "berry"

Thanks a melon!

I recently won a blog challenge at Cardztv and got an awesome prize package.  I wanted to make a cute card to thank Mary.
The watermelon on this card is from Doodlecharms.  I used the hide contour feature on the Gypsy to get the little lines on the rinds drawn on with the Cricut markers.  I cut out some of the seeds bigger to have some extra ones for accents on the side.  The turquoise paper was run through the Spots and Dots Cuttlebug folder and the brown paper was run through Swiss Dots.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Peachy Keen Stamps--sketch #52

More Than Favors--Wacky Wednesday #39: pink, brown, teal, cream (I hope it is OK I have a bit of green.  I noticed one of their sample cards did.)

Ashley's Scrappin Palace--summer project

Moooochas gracias!

I am a kindergarten teacher and last week we had a Mother's Day tea party.  Several school staff members really went above and beyond to help my co-teacher and I get things ready and pull off the big event.  In addition, one student's mother got us each a nice box of chocolates.  (I work at a low income school, so gifts are pretty rare, and all the more meaningful.)  We wanted to make sure to thank each of these people, so I offered to make some thank you cards.  I love punny cards, so I made one that works in English and Spanish.  Here is a close-up of one of the Spanish ones.

As I said, I needed several, and I used some scraps of coordinating paper that I had, so I ended up with lots of variations:

I also made a few with English moos:

The cow is from Create a Critter.  The sombrero is from Graphically Speaking.  The image on the cart had no layering, so I used my Gypsy to create the layering.  The sentiments were printed from my computer.

These cards will be entered in the following challenges:
Skipping Stones Design--No rules
Die Cuttin Divas--sketch challenge
Creative Cutter Room--Fiesta!

A Note of Thanks

My husband needed some thank you cards, and since he is a musician, "A note of thanks" was the perfect sentiment.  Nothing fancy on this card.  The background was run through the Allegro Cuttlebug folder.  The note is from Stretch Your Imagination.  It goes with the little chick on that cart.  I used the Real Dial Size function to make it bigger.  The music brad was a lucky find at Goodwill.

This card will be entered at Getting Cricky in the music challenge.

Nice to "sea" you

My husband and I visited his cousin shortly after Christmas and he took us out to eat at an awesome seafood restaurant.  I made this card for him and his family as a thank you.

The crab is from Create a Critter.  I created the black tag using a circle and two rounded rectangles from Gypsy Wanderings.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:
Peachy Keen sketch challenge #43
Paper Cutz challenge #74--tags
Cricut Cardz challenge #57--use red, black, and white only

Thanks "snow" much

After Christmas, my husband and I went on a mini trip for a couple of days to visit relatives of his.  His great aunt was the first that we visited, and as always, she had a gift for us.  So, I wanted to send a thank you card for the gift and will also be sending her photos we took with her that day.  Here is the card I created for her:

I used Graphically Speaking for the lighter blue rectangle with the rounded corners and the oval.  The snowman is from Doodlecharms.  His hat is from Snow Friends (I used my Gypsy to make sure it was the right size.) and his face is from Peachy Keen Stamps Winter Face Assortment (PK-520).  If I were to do it again, I would have run the layer under the snowman through my Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder.

I want to thank Mary at Cardztv.  I won the Snow Friends cartridge from one of her Christmas in July challenges--the first thing I ever won from a challenge!  I also want to thank Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog again for sharing their awesome tip on how to print on die cuts.  I'm sure I'll be using that technique on many cards to come as well.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

Skipping Stones sketch #59

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog #42--winter warmies (winter clothing/accessory)

Paper Cutz Challenge #73--use metal (see brads at the bottom)

Totally Papercrafts #48--Thank you card
Made by Momo--snow theme

Thank you

Several of my coworkers got together last week and bought me a beautiful plant for the passing of my uncle.  I knew that I wanted to make them some Thank You cards.  Then my friend Nicole told me about the challenge at Mojo Monday.  I had never made a card based on a sketch before, but I am quite pleased with how it turned out.  I will also be entering this card in the challenge at Paper Issues, using scallops.

The brown scalloped rectangle is from Graphically Speaking.  It was cut at 4.25x2 in.
The yellow rectangle is also from Graphically Speaking.  It was cut at 3.75x1.5 in.
The blue shape that the sentiment is stamped on is from Calligraphy Collection.  It was cut at 1.5x2.25in.    I had to cut the image in half (This worked well since I was making several cards anyway and could use both halves.) and then trim the ends so they were flat and at 1.5 in.
The branch and flowers are from Gypsy Wanderings.  The branch was cut at 4.25 width (linked to height).  The flowers were at 2.10 width (linked to height).  They are perhaps a bit big, but if they were smaller they would have been difficult to work with.  I added a dot of glitter glue to the center of the flowers.