Quick Card

I have a friend that I need to send a gift set of thank you notes to, and I didn't really want to make them too intricate since I had to make 10 of them. So, I pulled out these blank note cards that I got at the Dollar Tree the other day and decided to basically embellish them with a little stamping. They are bright cards, and so the colors I had to use were bright. Not my normal style. For some reason I didn't like the heart on a white background, it made the card a little too neon, so I went with the Taken with Teal that's in some of the stripes. I originally wanted the heart to stand alone on dimensionals with no background behind it, but that was just too busy - it needed a layer separating it from the base of the card. So, the card above is what I came up with. Nothing too fancy - just some Crystal Effects on top of the sponged image, cut out, and a dusting of glitter added to the CE. I added some dew drops under the sentiment. The dew drops were part of my recent order from Ellen Hutson's store (see the link in the sidebar). Anyway, I think what I did to the card is much better than the plain striped cards I started with. It's on the bright side, but sometimes we need something bright and cheerful in mail, huh?

To answer a question that I can't believe I didn't already post about (what's wrong with me!?!?!): Two days ago someone called my husband and said that they had my wallet!!!! So, one of the cart-return employees had found it, and then he forgot to try to find the owner because he was busy graduating from high school. I was SO happy and we made sure to give him a little reward for being honest and doing the right thing by returning the wallet. I am SO relieved and it's nice to know that there are good people out there, even if they take a little while to find you ;)

Well, below are the ingredients for this card, and I challenge you guys to get to Dollar Tree and see if you can find any of these packs of 10 blank note cards to alter. It was fun, and I really want to give it a try again with a card more "my style" and not so bright overall. I'm actually going to get the SAME note cards and see what other look I can come up with. If you do get some, be sure to post a pic on your blog of what you make and shoot me the link. I would love to see what you come up with!!! They make a great, inexpensive gift, and the pattern on the note cards is like having patterned card stock pre-cut and scored for you!!! With envelopes, I might add!!! :)

Stamps: Always, Short & Sweet

Paper: 10-count of striped cards from Dollar Tree, Taken with Teal, Whisper White CS

Ink: Black StazOn, Green Galore and Taken with Teal Classic Ink

Accessories: Dew Drops, sponges, CE, Dazzling Diamonds glitter

PS - 65K hits are almost here!!!! I'll soon release the "new" name for Blog Candy here on my blog, too.

PPS - What do you think of my watermark? Any thoughts or suggestions? I'll tell you, it was HARD to make and I consider myself fairly computer savvy!!!!