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Thanks

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thank you card 2015

Decorations down…. thank you notes sent…  the holidays are over.

Now it is another New Year.  A time for renewal, hope, dreams, clean slates, reflections on the past, goals for the future.

For the first time, I “mass produced” a batch of cards.  I had many thank yous I wanted to send in appreciation for wonderful friends and family – good times spent together, generous and meaningful gifts exchanged, love and appreciation expressed.

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I designed a card I liked that I thought would be somewhat easy to duplicate 15 or 20 times.  I’m happy with how they turned out, but the important part was the handwritten message inside – a message of appreciation and gratitude.  I love sending thank you notes.  They are probably my favorite….  Maybe because they are becoming such a lost art and etiquette.  Mostly because it is an opportunity to let the recipient know how thankful I am to have them in my life.

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Thank YOU my lifeinbetween.me blog friends!  I am thankful to have you in my life.

Cheers & Thankful Hugs,
Jodi

You are a Fabulous Work of Art

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Easel Work of Art Jill Birthday 2014This week was my BFF Jill’s birthday, and I had so much fun making this card for her.

Jill is one of the most creative people I know.  She is one of the most generous and giving people also, so a special card was in order.  

Goal was to embody creativity, artistic expression, use primary colors (Jill’s faves), and show lots of love.  I like how it turned out.

For my crafting, card-making, and StampinUp friends, this card featured the following SU stamps: Hardwood, Work of Art, Banner Blast.
The chalkboard sentiment is white heat embossed.

This might also make a great teacher appreciation or end of school year card.

Here are a couple more featuring the new “Work of Art” stamp. It’s a little more abstract than I am used to working with, but fun to break out of the usual.

For this one below, I used some of the new muted shades of Mossy Meadow, Lost Lagoon, and Hello Honey stamped in a masked circle, then heat embossed the new blended bloom flower stamp with gold, dabbed with Gorgeous Grunge and added a few sequins.

Work of art and gold embossed blended bloom with gorgeous grunge dots

For this chevron and heart one, I added some blackberry bliss and tangelo twist and blinged it up with a couple of rhinestones.

work of art chevron and hearts

And finally, I love the brushstroke look of the Work of Art stamp and how simple yet unique it can make a card.  Gold embossing “glammed” it up.

fabulous work of art card

That’s some playing around in my craft room at … Life In Between.

Cheers and Hugs,

Jodi