Tuesday, November 21, 2017

It's Tuesday and time for a new Challenge at Shopping Our Stash.....

Are you ready for a really, really good challenge at Shopping Our Stash? Well do we have a dandy this week!!! Challenge #330 is a Thank you card in less than 30 minutes!!! We want you to set your timer for 30 minutes and create a thank-you card, very important to set the timer and let us know how long it took.  I guess I kind of cheated a bit, since I am still in chaos from bringing my things home from the lake I did a bit of prep work. I picked my sketch (pinterest) picked my cardstock and my dies and stamp I wanted to use then I set my timer.  My card was made in 22 minutes and 50 seconds


The poinsettia was already cut and glued together (it was something I made just in case I needed it for a tag for the 25 days of Christmas Tags) I did add glue and some chunky gold glitter.  I then cut the banners from scraps fish tailing both ends. (you will see later) cut two Thanks one black one red and glued them together. The lace is from the dollar store and is adhesive, just peel and stick. My colours are Crumb Cake Red and Very Vanilla all were from my scrap or file box. 


Close up of the poinsettia which is an unbranded die. 


Now you see why I cut both ends of the strip of patterned paper, so I could use the end bits on the inside. I also finished it with a really nice stamp.  When I bought the stamp the top of the wood said From all of us, when I stamped it it had For All You Do well so much time had passed they no long sold those stamps but it sure works for some occasions (I'm still looking for From all of Us)

I'm entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Giving Holiday Thanks

Thanks for visiting today and now is a good time to get a jump-start on those thank you cards you will need after Christmas or just an every day one for your stash.  Head over to the Main Blog and check out how long it took the design team members to make their cards. 

5 comments:

Donna said...

Gorgeous card Barb!
I cheated a little bit too, I knew what stamp sets I wanted to use before I sat down to make my card.
You've made a gorgeous holiday thank you card, just beautiful!

lauren bergold said...

well YOWZA this is awesome!!!!! both for SOS & for our Jingle Belles "thank you" hijinks! (i can't believe how much faster EVERYONE in the world is than me, lol! ah well...) totally GORGEOUS, missus! ♥

Mimi said...

Very pretty card! I love the way you added both ends of the banners, inside and out! That poinsettia is gorgeous-- great to have pre-made.

SmilynStef said...

That poinsettia is fantastic ... awesome quickie card ... so very glad you joined us at jingle belles.

lauren bergold said...

yes, i'm back, but it didn't really seem fair to leave a "two-fer" comment on this gorgeous card! ♥