Merry and Thank You with Seasonally Scattered

Yesterday was my marathon Christmas shopping day, but I needed to combine that with some product deliveries.  And before I could leave, I needed to make some thank-you cards to include with the orders.  My Quick and Cute ideas here are easy for you to make, and more importantly, duplicate! I used the Thanks and the Merry images from Seasonally Scattered for the heat embossed centers.

I had a very productive shopping day and I'm almost done my shopping except for the stocking stuffers, which I find the most fun to buy and give, usually neat little gadgets and puzzles! With my grandkids more aware of Christmas and excited about the presents, I'm afraid I may have done some spoiling, but I haven't had that much fun in forever!

Just before I left the house, my doorbell rang and it was my Man in Brown (Mr. UPS) with another order delivery.  Because one of my customers to whom I was planning on delivering a small order yesterday had some more product in the recently arrived box, I opened up the container to find this....

A GLITTER ERUPTION!!!!  

Oh, my goodness!!  There was glitter everywhere!  A package of silver glitter had been broken en route and had vomited glitter all through the box!!

I had no time to clean it up then, so I have a big job ahead of me today!  In the meantime, there is glitter all over my Craft Cave!  It's in the carpet, on my chair, on my clothes, in my hair, on my face!

I apologize to my customers.  As hard as you try to clean it all up, it is pervasive.  I'm sure you'll find some festive joy scattered somewhere in your order.

You should know that Stampin' Up! is very good about replacing faulty goods and will be sending the customer who ordered the Silver Glitter another package ASAP straight to her door.

• For these Thank You and Greeting Cards, I used the Notecards and Envelopes which come together in a package of 20 cards and envelopes.  At 3 1/2" x 5", they are just the right size for little expressions of thanks and festive greetings and they come in Whisper White and Crumb Cake..
• The design is simple but attractive and very easy to put together.  All the panels are 5" long so they can simply be matched up with the ends of the cards, which makes getting them straight so much easier.
• Both sentiments from the Seasonally Scattered stamp set were heat embossed with coloured embossing powder, Cherry Cobbler for the Thank You card and Pool Party for the Merry card.

• As I said, the Merry Card had the sentiment stamped in Versamark Ink on the Whisper White panel and covered with Pool Party Stampin' Emboss Powder, then embossed with the Heat Tool.
• The Design Series Paper you see underneath is from the All is Calm Specialty Designer Collection.  I cut a strip a little wider than the sentiment strip, to provide some contrast with the Whisper White background.
• I added some Rhinestone Basic Jewels as the perfect little accents.

• I repeated the same procedure on the Thank You as on the Merry card, only I used Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Emboss powder instead of Pool Party and I used Under the Tree Designer Series Paper instead of All is Calm. 
• I again added a few rhinestones.

New weekly deals for this week until December 15:

There's a new Photopolymer stamp set released today.  It will be a must have for Valentine's Day!

                                       

It's called Snuggles and Smooches! It is item # 140326 and it is $19.95 in Canada.

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today!

Product List

Seasonally Scattered Wood-Mount Stamp Set [135020]	Seasonally Scattered Clear-Mount Stamp Set [135023]	Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes [131527]	All Is Calm Specialty Designer Series Paper [135823]	Under The Tree Specialty Designer Series Paper [135825]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Pool Party Stampin' Emboss Powder [129398]	Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Emboss Powder [122949]	Heat Tool [129053]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246]

Scattered!

I'm feeling very scattered these days, and I don't like it. I'm not sure if it is because there is more to do, or if I can't get my brain organized, but I jump from one job to the next and never complete the previous one.  Maybe it's a case of AAADD or Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.  All I know is that I had better get a handle on it soon!

Speaking of scattered, Seasonally Scattered is the name of the stamp set I used to make this fall themed thank you card, and I like the stamp set much better than I like my present scattered state of mind.

• This one uses the baby wipe technique to create a multicoloured ink pad using baby wipes and reinkers.  Now, I will let you in on a little secret.  I didn't have any baby wipes left, so I used coffee filters instead, but it worked pretty well.  I moistened the filters (about 4 of them, folded together) with water, then added drops of Pumpkin Pie, Hello Honey and Tangerine Tango reinkers in different areas of the filters.  If you were using baby wipes you could eliminate the water, as the wipes are already moist.
• Then I inked up the Seasonally Scattered Thanks image on the baby wipes (or coffee filters) and stamped the image right on the Whisper White paper.  I tried it two or three times to adjust the amount of water needed.  When you have too much, you definitely get a more watery, blurred image.  If you like a watercolour look that might be great for you, but I wanted a cleared image and so used less water.
• The Filigree Frame embossing folder gives the elegant texture on the back panel. The Very Vanilla piece of cardstock measures 5 1/4" x 4" and that just fits the Filigree Frame. 
• I used the little flower punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack to create the three little blossoms from scraps of Hello Honey, Pumpkin Pie and Tangerine Tango cardstock.

It's Tuesday and time for another set of:

	Sweetheart Punch Item # 133786 Regular Price: $21.95 Discounted Price: $16.46
	Wooden Elements Embellishments Item # 132258 Regular Price: $6.50 Discounted Price: $4.88
	Happy Hour Wood Stamp Set Item # 132013 Regular Price: $36.95 Discounted Price: $27.71
	Label Card Thinlits Die Item # 133479 Regular Price: $40.95 Discounted Price: $30.71
	Yippee-Skippee Wood Stamp Set Item # 131341 Regular Price: $22.95 Discounted Price: $17.21
	Gold 1/8" Ribbon Item # 134583 Regular Price: $6.95 Discounted Price: $5.21
	Tangerine Tango Baker'S Twine Item # 134578 Regular Price: $3.95 Discounted Price: $2.96
	Write Stuff Ii Digital Kit - Digital Download Item # 120881 Regular Price: $10.95 Discounted Price: $6.57

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today!


Product List

Seasonally Scattered Wood-Mount Stamp Set [135020]	Seasonally Scattered Clear-Mount Stamp Set [135023]	Tangerine Tango 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [111349]	Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [105117]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [101650]
Hello Honey Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [133649]	Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink Refill [105229]	Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [111841]	Filigree Frame Textured Impressions Embossing Folders [135818]	Big Shot Die-Cut Machine [113439]
Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack [133787]	Basic Pearls Jewel Accents [119247]