Kind Thanks for the Paper Players {50}

Just a quick post to play along with The Paper Players - 'Kind Thanks' challenge -
 [make a Thank You card].  

This card needs little explanation but you can see I used up more scraps and did some punch art for this CAS card.  

 I started with a white card stock base and embossed with "Framed Tulips" embossing folder. Next I took another scrap of white cs and ran it through the BS with the "Square Lattice" embossing folder and matted with another scrap of melon mambo cs, then glued to the front center.

I punched a few sets from the "Two Step Bird" punch, in various greens and glued down a few of the branches .

I then stamped some flowers from "Punch Potpourri" in melon mambo on WW cs and the bird from the same set in pear pizzazz on PP card stock.  

I punched two sets of flowers with the Boho Blossoms punch and curled with a bone folder. I glued down the branches and a few flowers; I also popped a few flowers up with dimensionals. 

I created the vase using the oval punch, rounded with a bone folder and shaded with some pear pizzaz ink, then popped up over the stems. Then I glued the other branches next to the vase and added the pretty birdie with a pop dot.

Then sentiment was stamped in EE ink on WW cs and punched with an oval punch, also popped up with dimension.

Here's a peek at the inside with shades of the front. Done!

I hope you liked my "Thank You" card for the Paper Players challenge.

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 Diane

NO Mo Jo Monday

Hi everyone... I  really wanted to post something but my MO JO was gone!

  Now what do I do when that happens????  I CASE something. Don't You? 

So tonight's post was pretty easy... since I had NO Mo Jo

  All you have to do is turn to one of your favorite designers and before you know it... you're cruising along at top speed! 

  I wanted to do something vintage so OF course I turned to Ann Schach the queen of vintage, at least she is for me. So that was an EASY choice.

 I LOVE her beautiful vintage style and I remembered a card she did back in January that blew me away; with that said...here is my CASE card.

Not sure why this photo looks so light, but it's really a marina mist blue CS base, but it looks more like bashful blue doesn't it? Anyway, I took a piece of Kraft CS and ran it through the BS using the new framed tulips embossing folder (love it), and distressed with some close to cocoa ink and glued to the front.  

Then I layered the Botanical Gazette DSP (birdcage) inside the framed tulips and to the right side; I distressed this piece of DSP with some marina mist ink.

I went right to work "trying" to scrunch the crumb cake seam binding and finally stuck it down... whew! When I pulled the middle strings.... dang string kept pulling out so finally gave up. I lined this with the tiny string of pearls on both sides of the seam binding and put a few on the top of the cage handle.

I took another piece of the same DSP and ran it through the framed tulips EF then tore the edges and distressed with close to cocoa ink on the torn edge AND on the embossed tulips (thanks for this tip Ann) with a dauber. Doesn't it look cool?

 Next I stamped the bird from Nature Walk (LOVE this set) on marina mist CS in Early Espresso then cut it out and distressed with Close to Cocoa ink and popped it up with a dimensional. Of course it needed a pearl eye.

A couple of punches from the two step bird punch made easy foliage using the leaf branches and bird wings scored down the middle and highlighted with a marker. I also colored my vanilla Rosette with a marker in pumpkin pie. All were  stuck down with glue dots.

The last two little creatures (butterfly & bee) also from the Nature Walk set were stamped, distress and glittered up with some stickles and a small pearl on each, then stuck with a few more dimensionals.

Now for a peek at the inside with touches from the front. Haven't decided on the sentiment yet so I left it blank.

Well that's it for now... "THANKS ANN" for your never-ending inspiration! Although your card has much more detail,  I hope I did your CASE proud!

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I really love them all!