Card Time!

It seems like it's been a while since I have made a card. Probably about a week, huh??? And Wednesday is quickly approaching so I will be making another card. I am not much of a scrapbooker but I just LOVE to make cards. But after the middle of January I will be getting into scrapbooking and expanding my blog to include scrapbook pages as well. It's good to be well-rounded!!! I can't promise you spitacular pages it's new stuff for me!!! I did do our son's scrapbook about 8 years ago but that was LONG before I knew much about layering and other fun techniques!!! SO my new pages will be much better and I will be learning as I go! Though aren't we all?

SO here is my card. I needed a thank you card and I wanted to use a new set I had. It's new to me anyway. I only bought it because of the stocking but I haven't even used that one yet!!! I need more hours in the day to play. Hmmm, I wonder if Santa can bring me something like that???? But wishes like that bring complications!!! If I got more hours in a day would I age faster than everyone else??? LOL

Ok, for my colors I used Pacific Blue, Elegant Eggplant and Really Rust along with the Whisper White and Basic Black. Don't ask why I picked those colors. I have no idea. I just opened the paper drawer and knew I wanted Pacific Blue and just picked out the other colors because I thought they might work and they did. It's a pretty bright card but bright is good!!! LOL

I used a "Thank You" stamp I had gotten from Vista Print a couple of years ago. It's now starting to dry out. I do like those stamps, they are self-inking so you can stamp a very long time without getting tired!!!

I punched out the words with the large oval punch and then punched out the black layer with the newest largest oval punch. I layerd the flower which I had colored in with the Yoyo Yellow marker and a dot of Really Rust in the center. I used a blender pen and Pacific Blue for the vase. I also sponged the edges in Pacific Blue. Oh I just remembered someone asked me to do a tutorial on sponging. I will get to that soon, I promise.

I used the new scallop punch and punched my card stock on each end before I taped it in place. I layerd Really Rust over that and then the flower layers.

It was a very fun and quick card to make. Now I need to play with the other three images in the set so I won't feel bad when the set retires!!!

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Thank you so much for stopping by,
Wanda