Stamp Simply #119

My son & DIL sent me a HUGE box of cardstock, buttons, ink pads & ribbon for Christmas that truly overwhelmed me! When I told him he sent more product than I'll probably use in this lifetime, his reply was "Well get busy then!" LOL! I took his advice and made my DIL a set of thank-you cards which perfectly falls into the Stamp Simply challenge #119 this week, which is to make a C&S Thank-you card! I find myself leaning more and more toward C&S than I ever did before and I'm really loving all the white space and uncluttered look. The sentiments and decorative rings are by Just-Rite and were a Christmas gift from my sweet friend Michelle of StampersDream.com. I stamped with PTI leaf green ink on white, and matted with mellow moss and leaf green. I punched a horizontal leaf green panel with a scalloped border punch and layered it with mellow moss polka dot ribbon and then with a narrower leaf green ribbon. To finish it off, I used some of the leaf green buttons for accents. I hope she'll like these because I'm going to surprise her with them. Now to dig into the other 4 families of card stock, ribbons, ink pads, and buttons! If anyone wants to come stamp with me, feel free to stop in :)
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and an even better shopping day today. I did a little online shopping for some new goodies today. Did anyone find any bargains they'd like to share?
Have a great weekend!!

Carol

Just Us Girls #9

The challenge over at JUGS#9 this week is to make your best holiday gift box or bag made from a template. I didn't use a template for this box because I learned how to make a box for anything by reading Sharon Johnson's blog where she has a great tutorial for making boxes. I made this box using PTI white cardstock and decorated it with PTI dsp (hugs and thanks Silke) and ribbon, including a matching tag. Here are the cards that are going into the box. I used 3 different Sarah Kay images and coordinated the water coloring to match the cardstock. Each card has a different embossed top note die cut that color coordinates with the card base. I stamped the images on water color paper and colored them using Tombows, then cut them with a Nestabilities Labels 4. I added a little matching ribbon on each one too. The sentiments were done with a word window and a modern label punch, and each is different. I used a rolling Inkadinkado stamp for those. This set is going to my neighbor because she's such a thoughtful and kind person and we're extremely fortunate to have her (and her DH) living next door!

That's my best boxed gift so far this year, but I'm working on more, so hopefully I'll have more to share with you soon!

Enjoy your weekend and thanks for the fun challenge ladies!