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FATHER’S DAY CARD

Hello! Today’s post is a little later than planned but it’s here and I’m pleased you have popped by.

Yesterday was Father’s Day here in Australia. About an hour before our daughters arrived to join us for lunch, there was an 11th hour request for a card for their dad.

So here it is!

So this is what a last minute card can look like. I used Mossy Meadow and Night of Navy cardstock, as well as Basic White.

A quick card is not a complex card. I decided to add a piece of Paper Lattice to give the card something extra.

I stamped, coloured and fussy cut the goat, from the Way to Goat Stamp Set, before popping ti up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The sentiments are from the Way to Goat and Best Year Stamp Sets. They were stamped and then trimmed. Just like the goat, they were popped up using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Two different goat images were stamped onto the card insert and envelope.

Surprisingly, there are no embellishments on this card.

Did you make any Father’s Day cards this year?

UNtil next time, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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SAYING THANK YOU TO MY CUSTOMERS

I am grateful to every one of my customers because they support my small, growing business.

For those customers who place an order with me, each month, I look forward to sending them one of my hand crafted Thank You cards at the beginning of the following month. If their order qualifies, I also send them a small gift.

One of my goals is to participate in Blog Hops and Challenges more regularly. The DEMONSTRATOR TRAINING PROGRAM BLOG HOP is a great way for me to achieve this.

Each month, the blog hop theme is CUSTOMER THANKS – such a great way to know that I have cards ready to send.

I have LOTS of feminine thank you cards and know that I need many more that are not as gender specific. This was the goal I had for this blog hop – create Thank You cards that could be sent to all my customers – men and women.

For these cards, I used the BEST YEAR and PATTERN PLAY STAMP SETS.

These cards are all about stamping. As you can see I used only two of the patterned stamps from the PATTERN PLAY STAMP SET. And, the cards are all about colour combinations. I definitely got my fingers inky!

The sentiment is from the BEST YEAR STAMP SET. I placed a post-it note over the bottom half of the stamp and then inked up the top half – Thank You.

The STITCHED RECTANGLE DIES had a perfectly-sized die to cut it out. I popped them up using a few STAMPIN’ DIMENSIONALS.

These cards are ready to send to my December customers, in January. I hope that my customers like them!

Make sure you hop along and see all the other projects:

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the product I used to make these cards. If you live in Australia, I would be happy to help you order any of them.

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Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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INTERNATIONAL BLOG HOP

If you have ever struggled to come up with an idea for a THANK YOU CARD, then I hope that you are dropping in on Kylie Bertucci’s International Blog Highlights.

The theme, every month, is THANK YOU.

This International Blog Facebook page, is about reminding us that many people these days forget those two simple words – thank you. #bringingthankyouback

The card I have made, for December, was inspired by my experience at the Dockside Markets on the weekend. I had a customer who wanted to buy more masculine thank you cards than I had in my collection. I have such a huge range of thank you cards that are perfect for women but so few for men. This card begins to address this issue. (Also on the list – more newborn, wedding and congratulations cards.

I hope that you pop over, take a look at everyone’s creative entries and VOTE for my card! Just click on the link below.

I stamped my own background paper, using the PATTERN PLAY STAMP SET, in Misty Moonlight and Cinnamon Cider.

This stamped piece measured 3 1/4″x 4 7/8″ and was cut diagonally, before it was split apart.

The thank you greeting is from the BEST YEAR STAMP SET. Two were stamped in Misty Moonlight and the other in Cinnamon Cider. My go-to dies, STITCHED RECTANGLES DIES, were used to cut around each sentiment.

Without being too blingy, A few of the 2020-2022 IN COLOUR ENAMEL DOTS were added.

THANK YOU for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make this card. If you live in Australia, You can order any of them through me.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00