Hi Everyone! I hope you are all doing well :) I had the day off today from work so I went Christmas shopping with my son & out to lunch :) After catching up with things at home, I sat down & made this card for our friends Cathy & Bill. As a birthday present for my DH, they treated us to a fabulous lunch at a local Golf Resort. The day flew by & I missed the deadline for Dawn McVey's 
color challenge, RSCC20, but I used the color combo regardless. Papertrey Ink's Aqua Mist is my favorite color, it is the closest color match that I am able to find similar to Stampin' Up's retired Soft Sky. For sketch inspiration, I played along with this week's fun sketch
from Laura at 2 Sketches 4 You, 2S4Y41. I hope you have a great day & Thanks for stopping by! Be Sweet!
Here is my Thank You card:
The Thank You stamp is one solid image. It is from the retired SU Block Party set. I think it is really fun to stamp with because you can either use the image in its entirety or cut it a smaller desired size.
The flower embellies are made by punching 2 flowers using an EK Success flower punch, crinkling them up, running them through the Sizzix Big Shot Express, embossing with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder. The butterfly embellie was made the same way except is was cut using the Spellbinder's butterfly die.
This was a pretty simple card to make because the background paper speaks for itself! It is a piece of My Mind's Eye DP that is embossed & glittery. I gave the lil' butterfly embellie antenaee using a piece of twine :)
Ingredients Used: Stamps: SU Block Party Paper: My Mind's Eye DP, SU Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, PTI Aqua Mist, Kraft Ink: Ranger Tim Holtz Antique Photo, SU Chocolate Chip Sprinkles: Spellbinders Butterfly die, EK Success border & flower punches, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EF, PTI ribbon & buttons, twine from stash
Posts
20 Sweet Comments So Far:
Hi Mona,
What a beautiful card and i must apologise for not sending your husband birthday wishes - I hope he had a wonderful day.
If I dont speak to you before i wish you and your family a wonderful Christmas and a fantastic New Year.
Lots of Love - Julie xxxx
OMG, this is gorgeous! Love the color challenge. Your little dainty butterfly is perfect. The stamp is fab. This card is just delish!
Blessings,
Kim xXx
That stamp is perfect for the sketch! I have it and never use it! Great inspiration! Thanks for playing with 2S4Y!
Super beautiful!! Thanks for playing at 2S4Y!
Laura
I love this card! Great rubber stamp! :) Kathy
This is gorgeous!! I love the ribbon accent, and the stamped block is fabulous! Love the colors as well! Great job with the 2S4U sketch!
♥Lea
Isn't that a great color combo, Mona?! Love what you did with every element as well!
; )
Gorgeous! Love this so much! And that color combo is awesome. :)
wow, wow, wow.
this is simply gorgeous.
you're just TOO good at this!! ;)
Great card Mona, I love all the detail! The stitching and the edges of the flower and butterfly are nicely distressed, and the button on the butterfly is the best! I love the color combo and the ribbon too! Winning combination! ~Diane
Amazing card Mona! Your friends are lucky!
Oh I love this Mona!!!
Wow Mona as usual a beautiful card!! I love the wonderful dp and the colors you combined are fantastic! The ribbon and embellishments make a fabulous finish!! :)
I love how you used the whole stamp!! The colors are wonderful and I love the big tied bow.
I really love this..!!!
Beautiful card! Perfectly photographed as well!
Mona, this card is really well done. Your stamping main sentiment is out of this world! I am just blown away!
Amazingly gorgeous card, Mona! Fabulous stamping and I love the butterfly! Great job and quite inspiring!
This is such a well designed card! Just beautiful in every way. I love that stamp! Perfection!
Another gorgeous creation! So well done! Bravo!
Thank you so much for leaving a sweet comment!