Flurry of Thanks

I decided to make some thank you cards, because we encourage our boys to write thank yous to everyone who give them Christmas presents.  I made a card very similar to this one at Kim's last year.  I love using a 6 x 6 piece of paper for the card base.  Score it at 3 inches and you have a 3 x 6 card that fits right into the small office envelopes.  I got four card bases out of one 12 x 12 sheet of cardstock.  I used irridescent ice on the snowflake and remembered how much I love that product.

I used Night of Navy craft ink and sprinkled irridescent ice over it.  Then I set it with my heat gun. Love it!  Don't ya love how the stamp fits perfectly in this punch?  You know, I do!

You can see it sparkle just a little on the close-up.  Oh, how pretty it makes this snowflake glitter.

Materials used are stampin’ up! Unless noted

Stamps: simple snowflake, all holidays

Paper: blue (other), whisper white, night of navy

Ink: night of navy craft, night of navy classic

Accessories: rhinestone brad

Punches: modern label, word window, snowflake

Techniques: embossing

This is my last post for a little while.  I have a lot of things to get ready for the holidays, so I am taking a little vacation from my blog.  I hope to see you back here soon.

Christmas Challenge - Guest DT

We had a FUN week!  My mom, nieces and nephews went home yesterday and we miss them already.  It was so nice to see them and play every day while they were here.

Today, I am honored to be a guest designer for Sparkle's Christmas Challenge.  I need to get back to playing along with her challenges every week.  Maybe this is the nudge I need to get organized in order to play along every week.  For this weeks challenge, we have a color combo for you.  The combo is deep red, black and cream/vanilla.  Here is a sneak peak of my card.  Please visit Sparkle's Christmas Challenge site to see what I created for this challenge:

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless noted:

Stamps: Tiny Tags, Simple Snowflake, All Holidays, Holiday Line Up

Paper: Black, Colonial White (other), Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Black

Accessories - Black embossing powder, Iridescent Ice embossing powder, Cherry Cobbler marker, Black grosgrain ribbon, Black button, waxy flax (other), Black bigger brads, dimensionals

Punches - Medium Jewelry Tag, Extra Large Oval, Snowflake Extra Large, Ticket Corner