Thankful Thoughts

Inspiration

I had a birthday last week, and had so many wonderful greetings - cards, phone calls, emails, and facebook posts! And a couple of gifts!! Which, of course, require Thank You notes. A made a couple of designs - here's the first one (the next one will be one of my Heartfelt Creation posts next week...) This one is a simple one - not too many ingredients, and quick to put together.

Ingredients

Note: Finished card size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Paper

Soft Suede	5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored @ 4 1/4"
Early Espresso	2 5/8" x 3 5/8" (2 pieces), and 2 3/8" x 3 3/8", and 1 1/8" x 3 1/8"
Vintage Ivory	2 1/4" x 3 1/4", and 1" x 3", and 4" x 5 1/4"
Cafe Mediterranean Stack (DCWV)	2 1/2" x 3 1/2" (2 pieces)

Ink

Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)

Stamps

HCPC 972 Flower Container PreCut Set (Heartfelt Creations)

Thoroughly Thankful (SU!)

Accessories

COPIC Markers (Imagination International)

Scor-Pal

ATG (3M)

Rotary Trimmer (Fiskars)

Instructions

BASE CARD AND MATS

Cut a piece of light brown cardstock measuring 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", score at 4 1/4", and fold.

Cut 2 pieces of dark brown cardstock measuring 2 5/8" x 3 5/8". Cut 2 coordinating pieces of patterned cardstock measuring 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". Mount the patterned paper pieces on the dark brown cardstock pieces. Mount these onto the card front, in the upper left and lower right corners.

IMAGE

Stamp the flower image in brown ink on a piece of ivory cardstock measuring 2 1/4" x 3 1/4". Color with COPIC markers. I used these colors:

• Flowers: E11, E19
• Leaves: YG93, YG95
• Bucket: E55, E57, W7
• Background: BG0000, BG000

Cut a piece of dark brown cardstock measuring 2 3/8" x 3 3/8". Mount the colored image on this dark brown mat, then mount this on the card front, leaving space at the bottom of the card for the sentiment.

SENTIMENT

Stamp the senetiment image in brown ink on a piece of ivory cardstock measuring 1" x 3", and mount it on a piece of dark brown cardstock measuring 1 1/8" x 3 1/8". Mount this at the bottom of the card front.

INSIDE

I mounted a plain piece of ivory cardstock measuring 4" x 5 1/4" on the inside of the card, so I could write my message of thanks.

Thanks for stopping by!