Thanks For All You Do

Good morning!! Before I get onto today's card, I want to thank you all for your sweet and encouraging comments about my first card publications :) Okay...today's card is not even close to the card that's been mulling around in my brain all week. And that's a good thing!! LOL It didn't translate very well into paper and ink so I scratched it...within 30 minutes even and this card started to form on my desk. I LOVE it!! It feels like me :) It took me awhile to warm up to this colour palette...I love all the colours separately or a few together...but all four? Looking at the card, though, they all work. This is for the new Embellish challenge sponsored by Verve Stamps (and you know how I feel about Verve!! LOL). To honour one of my favourite stamp companies, I chose a lovely sentiment from a recent release. It fit perfectly onto the lines of the library card (downloaded from the talented Heather Nichols blog). I was inspired by this card so chose some pink note paper and the binding edge border punch. You can't have a library card without a library clip!! LOL I was so excited to use one of these again...they are the cutest!! The crocheted flowers were inspired by that super sweet hat in the photo below :) Funny tidbit: The sheet of pink notepaper I used for this card had some creases in it so I cut around the creases only to add them back in after I made the card!!! I like the bit of visual texture it adds :) Have a wonderful day...one more until our Spring Break!!! And the Verve release {double} :)




What's in it?
Stamps: Verve Thankful Hearts
Ink: SU choc chip
Paper: PTI cream, light yellow (craft supply), Cosmo Cricket dp
Accessories: SU library clip; crocheted flowers (Etsy), basic grey large brad, satin ribbon, Heather Nichols library card, ek success binding edge border punch