Some fabulous thank you cards

I wanted to create some very special cards for some very special ladies who helped me recently. So, here they are!













And, I don't know why, but this one is my favorite!





Have a great weekend!

Hymn # 308

We needed to send a thinking of you card recently. I hate having to send them sometimes. Often, because it means something sad has happened. So, I try to make them as happy and pretty as I can. My goal is to bring a smile in a time of sadness. This rose was just glorious to me!



And, I decided to use a page from an old hymnal I got at the thrift store. This idea is courtesy of my friend.

Vintage birds

I love vintage looking birds!



Don't you?



I wanted to send a hello card and a birthday card last week. I think they turned out nice and vintage!





The birds are from Stampin' Up! as is the most of the paper! The others are from various places!

Happy Tuesday!

Occasional Thinking of You

Have you checked out Stampin' Up!'s Occasional Quotes Stamp Set? Well, the thing I love about that set is that there are many sentiments that say just what you need them to.

For this card I used some vintage ribbon and seam binding to make the rosettes! To make them simply get out your glue gun and start rolling and gluing until you have the flower the size you need.

I used the En Francais Stamp Set for the background on the base of the card aloing with the Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad. The Soft Suede cardstock is a nice creamy brown. No card would be complete without a little vintage sheet music as an accent.

Thinking of you Thursday...

Sometimes you just need to let someone know you're thinking of them. Sometimes, they need to be mellow, monochromatic, and peaceful like the above card.

Or, sometimes they need to be fun, upbeat, and cheerful like this one...

You know how I love the old children's books! Well, this is an illustration from Cowboy Andy, which is a super cute book. It's about a city boy who wants to be a cowboy, so his dad sends him off to the ranch to be with Cowboy Sam!

This card was created for a friend's husband who's having knee surgery! On the inside I wrote to him saying that soon he'd be up ridin' and ropin' with his wife after he got all of his new parts! :) I just know he will get a kick out of the image! (He used to ride many many years ago)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

here for you...promise

Sometimes you need to send a card just to let your friend know you're thinking of them. I hate having to send "cheering up" cards because that means someone is sad. I never want to think of anyone being sad.

So, this is for a dear friend. I do hope that she doesn't read this until she gets it in the mail. That can be a problem with blogging your creations...often, they make the web before they reach their final destination.

Anyways...for this card I wanted the perfect vintage image, so I started looking through my stack of old books. This one jumped out at me as being just right! I envisioned the little speech bubble above the girl's head as being the perfect place to add the sentiment. It reminded me of the days we used to sit and talk to each other about stuff! Now, my friend is a little far away and we can't talk like that anymore. But, hopefully she knows I'm here anytime!

A thought away...

I don't like the word "sympathy" much, so I tend to focus on sayings letting people know we're thinking of them. I thought this was an appropriate card to send to a gentleman who lost his wife recently.

I really like the Stampin' Up! Christmas papers this year. They are very versatile as you can see here. Another favorite is the En Francais background stamp. It brings the So Saffron paper to life!