Note Cards of Thanks

On Saturday my daughter chose to be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. {More info on that HERE.}

This is a really big deal so all of her aunts, uncles and cousins were invited, along with some other relatives who live nearby-ish, and of course her grandparents. Not all were able to come, but in addition to traveling and bringing food for a pot-luck lunch afterwards, some gave her little gifts as well. This means she needs to send out a lot of thank you cards!

I came up with two styles of thank you notes, completely inspired by Becky. These are such a great idea, especially for kids with a lot of writing to do. I've made them before for my kids to use and my daughter just loves them. So here's the bunch...

(please forgive the lighting!!)
and here are the closeups:

Supplies:
Stamps: Greeting Card Kids, Collage Curios, Forever Young (all retiring!!)
Ink: Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Bashful Blue (retiring!!), Certainly Celery (retiring!!)
Paper: Whisper White, Bashful Blue (retiring) and Certainly Celery (retiring!) card stocks
Accessories: Sycamore Street Ribbon (retired), Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon (retired)

Springy Tree

Now that the retired lists are out, I have separated out my inks, card stocks and designer papers, my stamps, and my accessories that are about to go away. I am going to spend the next few weeks featuring them so that you can SEE all these fabulous products in action and decide if you want to get them before they really are gone!
(I've put the retiring supplies in italics for you to quickly note which are going.)

Yesterday I had a day off from my other job, I pulled up all my "go to" sketches and decided what upcoming events need cards and created a nice stack. Now I have plenty to share with you!

Today's card uses the current Retro Sketch, and plenty of soon-to-retire product! I {heart} this stamp image with the little girl on the swing. And I love sponging color onto the tree to make it look like its springtime! I was also excited to trim the First Edition DP to be a tree-themed dictionary page, haha!

Supplies:
Stamps: Forever Young
Ink: Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade
Paper: First Edition DP, Sunshine & Sprinkles DP, Lucky Limeade & Very Vanilla card stocks
Accessories: Natural Ribbon, Paper Daisies, Printed Brads

Vintage Scrapbook Page

Kinda.
These pictures were taken while my son was interviewing his grandfather about what life was like when he was 9. That would be the year 1932, and of course things have changed dramatically. It was a fascinating evening learning about things I'd never thought about and other things I simply didn't know.
I used this retired DP that goes with the sweetly vintage Forever Young stamp set, along with the sketch found HERE from the Virtual ScrapBooking Night last weekend. And I am very pleased with the result!!

Supplies:
Stamps: Forever Young
Ink: Crumb Cake, Basic Gray, Chocolate Chip Marker
Paper: Basic Gray textured card stocks, Very Vanilla card stock, Timeless Portrait DP (retired)
Accessories: Vintage Trinkets, Natural Ribbon

Mini Stamp Class for a Mini Stamper!

Last week my daughter needed stitches...

Consequently, she needed to give some thank you cards to sweet and thoughtful friends! I asked if she wanted me to make the cards and she could just write in them, or did she want to stamp the cards herself? Her typical style can be found HERE. But this time she asked if I would create the cards and teach her to make them, just like I do in my classes. awww!

So, I pulled out some retired DP and ribbons and went to work designing! She did a really good job trying new things! Here you can see my card's next to her's.
I used Susan's Sketch for this first card...but since the tree image took up so much space, I'm hoping to use the sketch again later!

Supplies:
Stamps: Forever Young
Ink: Soft Suede
Paper: Very Vanilla & Soft Suede card stock, Everyday Enchantment DP (retired)
Accessories: Lucky Limade organdy ribbon (retired)

I used last week's Mojo Monday sketch for this card:

Supplies:
Stamps: Petite Pairs
Ink: Melon Mambo
Paper: Melon Mambo & Whisper White card stocks, Spring Fever Simply Scrappin DP (retired)
Accessories: 1 3/8 inch square punch, Whisper White grosgrain ribbon (retired)

And finally I used the latest sketch from Stamping 411 for this card. I thought I would like this card, and I know my daughter enjoyed all the colors, but the bingo piece with the polka dot dp makes the card waaay too busy for my taste. Oh well- she likes it!

Supplies:
Stamps: Button Button, Bingo Card, Itty Bitty Banners
Ink: Basic Gray, So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Pretty in Pink, Wild Wasabi, Real Red, Peach Parfait, Early Espresso
Paper: Whisper White & Peach Parfait (retired) card stocks, Just Add Cake DP (retired)
Accessories: Peach Parfait twill Ribbon (retired)

Make & Take!

Here's the pretty make & take you wish you were here to have made! haha!
Actually, the people who came used Very Vanilla card stock instead of Whisper White. Vanilla goes much better with the lace. Very basic stamping, perfect for beginners, but pretty enough for anyone. Also we used Teeny Tiny Wishes to stamp the greeting of their choice on the Primrose card stock, beneath the tree image. I haven't decided which greeting I want, so for now it stays blank. I love it!

Supplies:
Stamps: Forever Young, (Teeny Tiny Wishes)
Ink: Early Espresso
Paper: Whisper White, Primrose Petals & Early Espresso card stocks, Patio Party DP
Accessories: Crochet Lace Trim, Vintage Trinkets, Mini Glue Dot

The gift of time.

This is another card for my display board.
I love clocks, lol. This is my second stamp set with a clock and I love the new one in the brand new catalog too...! I paired the clock with the greeting "thinking of you" because that seems fitting for time. Thinking of someone its been a long time since the last conversation...wishing there was more time to be together, things like that.
And I used dark, earthy tones, which I love the result of.

Supplies:
Stamps: Forever Young, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Four Frames
Ink: Early Espresso
Paper: Early Espresso, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake card stocks
Accessories: Pearls, Decorative Label Punch, Dimensionals

Springy Sneaky Peeky

I took some time last night to get a few cards put together, which means I'll have things to show you for a couple days at least, LOL! I didn't think May was super busy for us, but these last two weeks of school sure are! On top of everything else that's usually going on...!

This card shows a sneaky peek to some new DP, card stock and ribbon that's in the braaand new catalog! I used the sketch from Stamping 411 to design this card. And I do love this stamp set...I'm so glad its sticking around!

Supplies:
Stamps: Forever Young
Ink: Early Espresso
Paper: Primrose Petals & Whisper White card stocks, Patio Party DP
Accessories: Stitched White Grosgrain Ribbon

Spring!

I took this picture Saturday...

...and we made this card on Friday! It must be spring!!

Supplies:
Stamps: Forever Young
Ink: Soft Suede, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue
Paper: Soft Suede & Very Vanilla card stocks, Everyday Elegance DP
Accessories: Lucky Limade Sale-A-Bration Ribbon

Both the DP and the ribbon are now retired from Sale-A-Bration, but I have wanted this stamp set since the catalog came out and I finally got it and got to play with it! Yeay!! (also, when we made the card, the items were still available, lol) The sponging of the pink and green on the tree was something I saw in the latest demonstrator magazine. Such a fun idea and perfect for spring!
I even played with the inside of the card!