Thank You January

 The start to the New Year has been a chaotic one for me as I just started a new job in a tax office for the tax season, but I still managed to make this lovely thank you card.  I didn't realize how low my stash of them was until I needed some and I now only have one thank you card left in my arsenal.  January might be my month of churning out thank you cards for the peace of mind.

I was able to use a lot of scraps from my scrap bin for this card as well as some ribbon I picked up from a scrap bin at my local craft store.  I used more buttons from the large lot I bought at an estate sale and I think they really helped pull this franken-card together.

Identifiable Elements:

• Sentiment - "Something to Say" by Stampin' Up!

Crazy Love #6

Today's card took a lot more time than I initially expected because I decided to try something that I haven't done in awhile which is coloring!

I got to use a few colors that I haven't played with in a bit like the light blue (it was a bad day to try and photograph it so it looks a little dingier than in person) and as with a few of the cards in this series I really like not having totally traditional colors for Valentine's cards.

The coloring took some time, especially because my hands were a little extra shaky this morning and my sneezing was off the charts but it definitely could've turned out worse.  I would like to try and incorporate coloring into my work more often since it looks nice and is fairly relaxing to do.

Identifiable Elements:

• Light pink marker- Primrose Petals by Stampin' Up!
• Dark marker- Raspberry Ripple by Stampin' Up!
• Sentiment stamp- "Something to Say" by Stampin' Up!
• Flower stamp- "Secret Garden" by Stampin' Up!