After yesterday’s epic blog post I’ve something much shorter today. It’s a simple thank you card created using the retiring All Things Thanks Stamp Set.

HANDMADE BACKGROUND

This project actually started a couple of weeks ago while I was playing with my Stampin’ Spritzers. I had three altogether, each one containing 70% alcohol and 10 drops of reinker. The three colours I chose were Coastal Cabana, Balmy Blue and Night of Navy.

I then took a piece of Very Vanilla Card and simply spritzed it with each colour in turn and set it aside to dry.

SIMPLE LAYERS

To create today’s project I began by cutting and scoring a piece of Thick Whisper White Card using my retiring Stampin’ Trimmer. Then I folded the card along the scored line and sharpened the crease with a Bone Folder to create a card base.

With that done, I attached my spritzed background to the front using Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow). This was followed by a wide strip of Whisper White Card. Then I cut a strip of the smaller gingham pattern from the retiring Gingham Gala 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (DSP) in Balmy Blue, and attached that to the white strip.

On another layer of Whisper White Card I fixed a 3/4″ strip of the same gingham paper with liquid glue. Then I added the layers to the inside of the card.

One final piece of the gingham paper was attached to the flap of a Whisper White Medium Envelope with liquid glue. Then I used Paper Snips to cut the DSP to shape following the edge of the flap.

SIMPLE SENTIMENT

I love the sentiment ‘Thank you for welcoming our newest arrival’ from the retiring All Things Thanks Stamp Set. I stamped it onto Whisper White Card with Balmy Blue ink, then punched it out using the Everyday Label Punch.

To finish, I attached the punched sentiment to the card with liquid glue. Then I took two pieces of Whisper White 3/8″ Classic Weave Ribbon, laid them on top of each other and then tied a simple knot. With a couple of Mini Glue Dots to hold the ribbon in place on the sentiment, my project was finally done.

ALL THINGS THANKS

If you’d like to see some of the other projects I’ve created using the All Things Thanks Stamp Set, you find them in these earlier blog posts.

• Time’s Running Out
• New To Me
• Scrappy Days
• All Things Thanks

PRODUCT LIST

RETIRING PRODUCTS – I used a number of retiring products that are only available while stocks last. These are Gingham Gala 6″ x 6″ DSP, Classic Weave Ribbon and the Stampin’ Trimmer. The All Things Thanks Stamp Set is also retiring, but stocks of all retiring stamp sets are guaranteed until May 24th.