Hello there and to those of you that are reading in the US, Happy Thanksgiving!! I have a couple of fun cards to share with you, the first of which describes what I'm feeling today......THANKFUL. I have SO much to be thankful for and YOU are on that list! I could go on and on about the things in my life that I can be thankful for....I'll bet we all could come up with a pretty long list if we thought about it for a bit, right? Among the things that I'm most thankful for are my relationship with God, my hottie husband who shows me daily how much he loves me, my family, our friends, the freedom that we have in this country, our cozy home, our sweet doggie-boy, etc. I really could go on and on.
But for today, I just want to make sure that each of you, my dear readers, know how thankful I am for you! I'm thankful that you stop by and share a bit of your day with me. I'm thankful for the friendships that have developed with so many of you over time. I'm thankful that some of you take time to leave me a note here at the blog-o. I'm thankful that I've had the opportunity to get to 'know' so many of you, even if it's online only.....some of you are right here in my town and some of you are on another continent and to each of you, I want to say THANK YOU. I pray that whether you're celebrating Thanksgiving today or not, that you would be able to take a few minutes today to reflect on the things in your life that you're most thankful for. And if you feel like it, I'd love to hear what those things are!
So, now that I've gotten all mushy on you, I should tell you about today's cards! :) Mandy over at Limelight Papercrafts recently asked me to participate in one of their sketch challenges and I was happy to play along! In fact, I got so carried away working with the goodies that Mandy sent me, that I made two cards using the sketch.
On the first card, I used a kraft note card from Jillibean Soup and some patterned papers and a stitched brad from Basic Grey's Nook & Pantry line.....are those papers pretty or what? Ahhh......so cheery. I stamped a leaf image from Papertrey's Turning a New Leaf stamp set on a butterfly that I die cut using my Bigz Beautiful Butterflies die from Stampin' Up! Then, I attached the brad to the center and added some tiny pearls (Kaiser Scrapbook) to create a little butterfly trail. I thought the sentiment, from Papertrey's First Fruits stamp set, was so perfect for today.....for conveying how I'm feeling. Thankful.
As for my second card, it's lots more Basic Grey papers from the same 6x6 Nook & Pantry paper pad as well as another one of their stitched brads. Those things are so cool! This time, I put a big brad in the center of a flower that I punched out with my Marvy extra jumbo flower punch. The ribbon on this card is Papertrey's ocean tides classic grosgrain......is that a great color match or what? And the sentiment stamps are from the Giga Guide Lines set.
The girls at Limelight would love it if you'd play along with their sketch this week! Besides using the sketch, they're focusing on patterned paper and they've even got a prize to give away so be sure to check it out!
Thanks so much, to Mandy and the Limelight girls for including me this week! I had so much fun!
Have a wonderful, wonderful day, Sweet Friends!
{THANKFUL supplies}
Paper: Jillibean soup note card, Basic Grey Nook & Pantry patterned papers, Papertrey vintage cream
Stamps: Turning a New Leaf, First Fruits
Ink: dark chocolate
Other: Basic Grey Nook & Pantry stitched brad, Kaiser Scrapbook pearls, EK Success diamond lace punch, SU! Bigz Beautiful Butterflies die, corner chomper
{Birthday Wishes supplies}
Paper: Jillibean soup note card, Basic Grey Nook & Pantry patterned papers, Papertrey rustic cream
Stamps: Giga Guide Lines
Ink: dark chocolate
Other: ocean tides classic grosgrain ribbon, Marvy extra jumbo flower punch, Fiskars apron lace punch, Kaiser Scrapbook pearls, corner chomper, sewing machine/thread
