Thank You {for the gift}

 I finally finished up the last of the 25 days of tags on Sunday and Monday. During the process, I got a little side tracked {and carried away} with the fabulous Seasonal Borders: Winter stamp set. I was using it for one of my tags and since I was lining everything up in my MISTI, I just couldn't help making multiples of these borders. I also die cut  some of the individual pieces and the bow to create additional clusters below each sentiment. I was also using the Painted Poinsettia stamp set for my tags and I LOVE the sentiments included in this set, so I used them for today's thank you cards. I made another set that I shared on Sunday that you can see HERE. 

 It is so fun to watch these borders come to life as each step is added into the design. I have some additional ideas that I want to implement using this stamp for some Christmas cards, so stay tuned! 

 To begin each card, I started with the stamped borders and the single images that I  used to create the clusters below the sentiment. Once I had all of those stamped, I got to work with the rest of the pieces. I used the Woodgrain Impression plate to add some texture to the pink portion of each card.  Then I stamped the "thank you" and "for the gift" onto a strip of white cardstock using black ink. I dropped the "y" from the "thank you" stamp into the space between "for" and "the" to give the sentiment a sense that it was one stamp, rather than two sentiments stamped separately. I do like that they are two separate stamps for versatility, though! I hope that makes sense! LOL!

On this blue card, I created my own background by using the Buffalo Plaid background from Taylored Expressions. I created three cards in total and for the other two, I used the Chicken Scratch pattern paper pack for the backgrounds. I don't think I can decide which one is my favorite!

This one uses the Berry Sorbet Chicken Scratch paper and I love this one, too! I used a lot of foam squares to give the borders and clusters a lot of dimension. Once I put the cards together I spritzed them with Shimmer Spray, which you can't see in the photo, but in real life is looks absolutely gorgeous!

To finish off this trio of cards, I added some sparkling gems from Studio Katia to the centers of each of the snowflakes for some added sparkle! Thanks for fluttering by!