'en pointe' thank you

hi all

..and Happy Monday, or at least what is left of it.!

Am a bit late posting as was away this weekend to stay with an ex-works colleague - and so just had to say 'Thank you' and chose the current sketch challenge over at Less is More for a bit of inspiration. Many many thanks, Chrissie.

Well I did start off with the best of intentions, but by the time I had finished it had morphed into a bit more that clean and simple, unfortunately.

I chose bright Tangerine Tango, coupled with Very Vanilla and a bit of Forest Green-'ery' for my colours.

A bit of embossing and sponging  for the topper - and a frame using 2 sizes of the Squares Framelits dies, which I opted to set 'en pointe' almost,  some punched DSP petals and itty bitty flowers,  fussy cut leaves from Betsy's blossoms and my sentiment and all of a sudden this was far from clean and simple!

I really must try harder and learn when to stop!

Stampin' Up! supplies for this card:

Stamp Sets:Betsy's Blossoms, Lots of Thanks

Inks: Tangerine Tango, Forest Green

Card stock/Paper:Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla, Venetian Romance

Punches/Framelits :Pansy Punch,  Window Punch, 
Envelope Punch Board, Squares Framelits
Other Essentials: Stampin' Up! dimensionals,  sponge daubers

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

or why not visit my on line store 

Well having been down near Lee-on-Solent for the weekend - can only say it was certainly far from 'walking on the beach' weather - and any thoughts I had of enjoying sun and sea quickly disappeared after the first of a number of heavy downpours!.

Can only hope everyone else fared a  little better than I did and you manged to stay dry and of course typically today, now am home it has been a really lovely afternoon and this evening its still bright and sunny!

til next time

very best wishes, all
Jan
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Framelit dies for 'semi' flip thank you card

Hi all

Well I cannot take any credit for this whatsoever as I saw this idea on the lovely Dawn Griffith’s  site – and it was just perfect for a customer thank you card, for me too!  

Have already dashed off my thank you to Dawn for the great design!

Dawn used 2 sizes of the labels framelits die to create a 'semi-flip' card 

which only took a piece of 6" x 3" designer paper and...seeing that I was also setting myself a challenge to use up scraps from my throwout basket before my dearly beloved decides to empty it for me - this ticked boxes all round!

First off though - apologies for the shadowing right across the middle of the card! Photography is not my strong point so need to practice I can see.

 
My paper was scored at  3" to fold it in half then scored again at 1 and 1/2" with this score-line then folded back to meet the middle - hope that makes sense!

Partial die-cutting technique using the 2 smallest framelits  to create a frame for the piece of Whisper white cardstock used for the stamped sentiment - 

I just really loved the effect.

 

I found a matching left over piece big enough for me to cut a 5 and 1/4" square so was able to make a matching  envelope, made in a matter of minutes using the brilliant Envelope Punch Board. 

Things I used to make this card:

Stamp sets:Lots of Thanks
Inks: Chocolate Chip.
Cardstock /paper:  Whisper White and Holly Berry DSP (although retired - any would suit)
Framelits - Labels
Other Essentials : Envelope Punch board

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

and speaking of stores - I had decided it really was time I paid a visit to my local shopping centre today to at least start my Christmas shopping even if I didn't actually get to complete it - so accompanied by my sister, off I went.

Needless to say we had a really lovely day out and spending quality time with her was just so nice, especially as its quite a rare event for us - Christmas shopping can wait.

However, much longer and I will be ashamed to be applying that well worn phrase 'Lastminute.com'  to my efforts - watch this space.!

TIl next time and hope your Christmas shopping program is faring a bit better than mine.

Jan
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