More Thank You Cards

As I mentioned previously, I am taking part in a card swap that Danielle is doing on the Fiskateers web site. I am supposed to make 10 thank you cards for the swap. Here are two more that I have made this week.

I have been wanting to do something with a patchwork look so last night I started cutting and laying out pieces of patterned paper until I got a look that I liked. After I had everything affixed, I did zigzag stitching where the papers meet on the sewing machine. The paper is from Debbie Mumm Baby Boy 4.5 x 6.5 premium pack with glitter. The sentiment was done on the computer on cardstock. I used my Cricut to cut the squares -- love the center point feature on my Cricut. Then I topped it off with a Prima flower stack, a K & Company button brad and Sheer Creations ribbon that I got at Michaels.

Robin was cleaning out magazines and books recently and I appropriated a stack of old Paper Crafts magazines because they have lots of ideas for cards in them. I scrap lifted the idea for this card from the August/September 2006 issue (the designer was Susan Neal). I raided my stash of paper scraps for the paper (waste not, want not) and then did a zigzag stitch on the sewing machine where the two papers meet. The sentiment was stamped with a Kathy Davis Inkadinkado stamp and I cut the squares on my Cricut using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. I finished it off with a Prima flower stack and a rhinestone brad from Gina K.

I am going to browse through some more magazine issues tonight for new ideas after I do a little blogging. The heat wave we are having just saps every bit of energy that I have so I plan to crawl in bed with a book pretty early tonight. But cooler weather is in the forecast for later in the week -- hooray!

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy