Special Thank You Card

The fourth and final card from my Pizza,Music & Stamps Party on Friday Evening.

It uses the "Office Accoutrement" Set from the Spring Mini Catalog. I like this set and I think it is very versatile, but I don't own it(this is me frowning), but I know a friend who does and who is generous enough to share. (me smiling) We do that sometimes, because we both know you just can't buy everything.(me frowning again)! I am so thank ful I have people whom I can share witha nd borrow from. (Me smiling Again)

This special thank you card is time and tool consuming. Alot of supplies, but very beautiful, and worth the effort.

I began by stamping the two big flowers from "Big Blooms" also in the Spring Mini, in Old Olive and Pretty In Pink. Everything else on the card was stamped in Chocolate Chip. The yellow/green sheet of Petals and Paisley's designer paper was punched one time with the Spring Flower Punch. A piece of SU the pink designer series paper, was stamped with the "important" stamp, and punched out with the roundtab punch. Whisper White cardstock was stamped with the "memo" and the "all my thanks to you" from the designer label punch box tin, and then punched with the designer label punch and the horizontal slot punch to make a ribbon slider. The Spiral Punch was used to punch the edge of the White memo sheet and a 1-1/2 x 5-1/4" strip of old olive. The Moring Marigold Card stock was stamped with the "doodle" from the Doodle That stamp set. Once all the stamping and punching has taken place, and the large flowers are cut out. You can start the layering process. The slider is thread on a piece of Choc Chip grograin ribbon and then adhered to the old olive with dimensionals. The memo piece of white paper should have the pieces assembled with the star flower, the round tab punch pink piece and a brad the tab covering the word memo. Punched with a 1/16th circle punch using a gold antiqued brad. The two large flowers should be cut out and punched with a brad in the middle. I line up the flowers right on top of each other punch the hole for the brad and then turn them to off set the flowers and add the brad. The last two flowers from the Spring Flower punch the large one is green up and the smaller the yellow print up, pierced and a brad. A paper piercer works best to center a hole for the brads with these small flowers. After they are all asssembled carefully mount them to the card front being sure to leave room to stamp the "Thank you". the flowers were all adhered using adhesive dots. I find they work best when you have brads on the items to adhere. The memo piece, layered first then the old olive strip making sure the choc ribbon end are tucked under the olive strip. Lastly adhere the small and large flowers.

This is a very special thank you, the extra effort it takes to assemble really lets the reciever know how thankful you are.

Until tomorrow, Happy Stamping....