Thanks for Everything

Hello, Crafters.

I hope you've enjoyed the weekend, and the weather was lovely

 and sunny as it was in my part of the world - Surrey in the UK!

 Today's card was inspired by a Sending Love card I received from

 one of my customers, which was so my style, i.e. clean and simple!

 Many thanks, Tricia! 

Although I'm quite happy with the design of my card - when I stop

 seeing a Christmas card every time I look at it! LOL! - the two colours 

I've used are too dark to be used together........on this design, at least. The

 colours are Merry Merlot and Shaded Spruce, both of which, on their 

own, are good colours.

 The Thanks for Everything stamp is from the All Things Thanks 

Stamp Set, which is being carried forward into the new catalogue. I

 am trying to concentrate on using only products that will be in 

the new catalogue, but I slipped up when it came to using dies! 

I picked out three possible sets to choose the swirly, leaf type dies

 from, and picked one that's retiring! DOH!! It's the Lovely Laurel Thinlits

 dies, and as well as the two leafy branch dies, I also used the

 two small corner dies to decorate the four corners on the front

 and the inside of the card. 

The Merry Merlot flowers I've added onto the branches are die cut

 from the Apron Builder Framelit Dies, as is the bow also! I adhered

 the branches to the card front using Tombow, and then I adhered 

the sentiment over the "join" of the branches using Dimensionals.

 I used the Mini Dimensionals to adhere the flowers to the

 branches, and to finish off the flowers I added little Basic Pearls in

 their centres. The only decoration I added to the  inside of my card,

 was die cutting the four corners, as I did to the front of the card.

I have a very busy week ahead of me this week, as I have a manicure on 

Tuesday, hair appointment on Wednesday, and I have to make, edit 

and upload three videos by Friday! All of that is after I have finished 

off getting 100 catalogues ready to be posted later this morning!

 NOTE: if you don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator 

and would like a catalogue,please email me at janb@janbcards.com 

and I'll be happy to pop one in the post to you (Stampin' Up! rules: I

 can only post to crafters who have addresses in the UK, the 

Netherlands, France, Austria, and Germany. I am sorry!)

With so much to do, I must get my nose back to the grindstone, 

so until tomorrow, happy crafting.

JanB.