Some Challenges and Many Thanks

The good news is DH and DD #2 are coming home tonight.  The bad news--my days with almost unlimited crafting time are coming to an end.  A good trade-off, I think, as it has been rather too quiet here this week.

First up is a card for this week's Simon Says Stamp challenge to use an arrow.  I used this week's sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch CTS #16 again.  This is such a fabulous sketch--so easy to work with, and great for using patterned paper.  

Next up is a card for this week's Play Date Cafe Challenge #170 and The Twinery #TT001:  Let's Polka...Dot.  The two challenges have joined forces this week, so I decided to make one card for both challenges.  I was inspired by this card that I had pinned months ago.

Last night, I was popping around blogland, and came across this card on Miao-a design blog.  I was struck by how Pamela used the 'thanks' sentiment from the Paper Smooches Chit Chat.  As I had lots of Lawn Fawn Bright Side scraps laying around, I just started stamping and cutting.  My first card is closest to Pamela's card--which she did for a 10 minute craft dash, but too me probably closer to an hour....

I played around for a bit and came up with two more designs.

Supplies Used:
Just a Note
Stamps:  Hero Arts My Type, Envelope Background
Paper:  PTI Ocean Tides, Echo Park Note to Self
Ink:  Colorbox Dragonfly Black, Versafine Onyx Black, PTI Ocean Tides
Other:  Black Embossing Powder

Celebrate
Stamps:  PTI Celebrations
Paper:  PTI White, Harvest Gold
Ink:  Memento Grey Flannel, PTI Blueberry Sky, Harvest Gold
Other:  The Twinery Twine Denim, Buttercream, Stone, Cuttlebug Polkadot Embossing Folder

Thanks Trio
Stamps:  Paper Smooches Chit Chat, Woofers & Tweeters
Paper:  PTI White, Lawn Fawn Bright Side
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
Other:  PTI Impression Plates--Sunshine, Striped, Darice Notebook Embossing Folder

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