Sunday 5 January 2014

Belated thank you's and Happy New Year!

hi all

first off - somewhat delayed  - but as some of you know I was working away,  on nights,  all over Christmas and was not due home until New year's eve.

Thanks to my lovely family - we still celebrated it as enthusiastically as ever and combined my coming home, Christmas and welcoming in the New year all in one!..

 so to all of them and all of you - though late it may be - I  wish everyone a very happy and healthy New Year and best wishes for whatever 2014 brings.!

and so to my card..

A very simple thank you card - using to my mind, a  winter themed embossing folder - Northern Flurry - and as such I thought I could justly enter it into the current Less Is More challenge 'Winter Blues' where they want to see cards in shades of blue...

what do you think.?



Its just one layer of embossed, and stamped  whisper white card stock, sponged around the edges to add an additional bit of the all important blue colour, mounted on yet more blue coloured card stock.

I opted to colour the embossing folder with Pool Party using my sponge daubers before using it and then sponged toning Bermuda Bay here and there on top of the resulting embossed areas.

I chose the classy look of the Thank You stamp from the Perfectly Penned stamp set to complete the card.

It really was quick to do - and on this occasion I think less really is more!
Thank you Ladies for the inspiration and idea.

Things I used to make this card:

Stamp set: Perfectly Penned
Inks: Pool Party and Bermuda Bay
Cardstock /paper:  Pool Party, Whisper White
Other Essentials : Northern Flurry Embossing folder,  sponge daubers, Stampin' Up Trimmer

I can order Stampin' Up products for you, shipped straight to your address and am
happy to answer any questions you have  - if you would like to find out more or would like to place an order you can email me or phone me on 01438 820829

or why not visit my on-line store

Well - its back to work for me tomorrow - but then all Mondays seem to come round far too fast for my liking, and given the choice - I would far rather be sat  in my little crafting space - blissfully playing with bits of cards stock, stamps and inks.. soon be the weekend - eh?

and if its your first day back too - hopefully it will fly past - which on reflection, was exactly what the whole of 2013 seemed to do and I was always told we should never wish time away...

ah well... til next time - have a lovely week and bye for now

Jan
x

 

8 comments:

  1. lovely card jan. love te inked eF

    Thanks for joining us this week
    Jen xx
    Less Is More

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  2. A lovely CAS card Jan
    Margaret x

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  3. I love the extra iciness you've achieved with the sponging Jan and the sentiment is one of my favourites too. Glad you had a lovely celebration with your family - albeit a little late! - and wish you all good things for the year ahead. Vicky x

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  4. Great winter thank you card Jan. x

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  5. This is just great Jan!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  6. Hello there Jan :)
    Very pretty and very delicate card-perfect!
    Thank you for stopping by my little Blog to say hello-I appreciate it--i am coming back later today when i have a little more time to browse and see some more of your posts-you make beautiful things :)
    Have a lovely day,hugs,Nessa xxx

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  7. This is beautiful Jan! The inking on the embossing works so well! :)
    Lizy xx

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Thanks very much, everyone. I so much appreciate them all.
Jan
x

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