A thank you and a vintage Easter card...

 

I was digging through my stash of borders the other day and found a short piece of the flower border used on this card. It was just enough to span the 4 1/4" width, leaving a tiny bit to cut off each side.

The card base had been cut long ago and was just waiting to be used. I thought the wood-patterned DSP was perfect as a background and a nice contrast to the deep red of the base.

In with all the other borders, I also found one that was a string of bees. I fussy cut two of them away from the border to use on this card.

The "Thank You" was die-cut and then backed with black cardstock before I glued it to the front of the card.

I stamped a simple sentiment on the inside. I think I should have put one of those bees on the inside, too, but the card was donated yesterday and sold right away.

I don't make many vintage-style cards, so this was a little out of my comfort zone. My crafty friend Donna (Design By Donna) gave me the vintage background panel a long time ago. Actually, she gave me several of them (thank you again, Donna!), but I had used all of them except this one.

Because it had some small pink flowers in the design, I added a vintage looking pink flower sticker toward the bottom.

The sentiment was heat-embossed with gold EP and popped up with foam tape. 

The fancy cross was die-cut, backed with dark brown cardstock and glued directly to the card front.

Because there was a bit of gold in the pink flower sticker (I know it doesn't show in the photo), I added a few gold gems to the cross.

The sentiment on the inside was computer-generated, and I added another flower sticker in the corner for good measure.

You may also have noticed that I did a little ink blending on the edges of my sentiment panel with linen-colored ink. I didn't add any ink to the sentiment area so that it would appear highlighted.

We are meeting with a flooring company today about having the wood floors in our entryway, living room and dining room refinished. We're hoping to have it done while we are away on an RV trip in late spring or early summer. We think it would be amazing to go on a trip for a couple of weeks and have the work all done while we are gone!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl