Monday 11 April 2016

Merci Beaucoup

I needed to make a card as a thank you to a lovely friend who hosted me on holiday, and made one then at the last minute changed my mind as to the sentiment. This was take two, quick, easy and prettily effective.

The zingy colour palette is from CAS C&S (thank you ladies, fantastic challenge as always, definitely sorry I'm not able to play along every week), and I'm going to unapologetically enter this as Addicted to Stamps and More for 'Holiday' week, although you may say it's not close enough to count :-) With the sentiment centre stage I'm also entering in a 'new to me' challenge focused on words.

The sentiment is coloured with pencils onto a old book page, and the background is distress inks brushed onto good quality cardstock.


CAS Colours and Sketches #168: Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight

Addicted to Stamps and More #188: Holiday

House of Cards: Use script and/or colour combination (I chose script without colour)
AAA Cards #62: Anything Goes




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12 comments:

  1. karen h12 April 2016 at 00:37

    Very pretty - love that background! Thanks for playing along with us at CC&S!

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  2. EdenLand Designs12 April 2016 at 12:46

    This is so pretty :) Love how you colored the sentiment to coordinate with the background! Thanks for joining us at ATSM this week!
    Susan DT

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  3. Barb Ghig12 April 2016 at 23:34

    Such a lovely thank you card! Beautiful blending on your background, and I love how you placed the sentiment on the text paper! So happy you played along with us this week at ATSM!

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  4. Anonymous13 April 2016 at 05:02

    i love the bright pretty distress ink background surrounding the lovely old page and how creative of you to add the sentiment in front! thank you so much for playing along with us at house of cards!
    linda

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  5. Patricia Hays14 April 2016 at 05:05

    That scrolling "thank you" is so pretty against the text background! You did a super job using our CC&S challenge colors! Thanks so much for making our challenge part of your crafting fun!

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  6. Mynn xx14 April 2016 at 06:37

    This is such a COOL card! I adore the sentiment stamped onto the text--what a fabulous idea! Thank you so much for joining us at House of Cards! HUGS! :) Mynn xx

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  7. Glittered Paws14 April 2016 at 17:09

    Oh my really like this a lot - very clean and simple and loved your shaded background. Thank you for joining us at HOC challenge this month. Shirley H. DT

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  8. Louise van Vuren16 April 2016 at 09:26

    I love your use of the challenge colours from CC&S as the background for the text. Lik the bold sentiment stamp too. Thanks for joining in this week
    Louise xx

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  9. Unknown16 April 2016 at 23:32

    Claire - I love the thank you in the challenge colours, it's so striking. Thanks for joining us this week at CAS Colours & Sketches - we understand that it's not possible every week! Liz x

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  10. Jenny Colacicco18 April 2016 at 13:07

    What a great use of text paper and great layout design. Thanks for sharing with us at AAA cards!

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  11. Justine Hovey23 April 2016 at 12:36

    I love the background and the sentiment directly on the text is stunning. i'll have to try this! Thanks for playing along at AAA Card Challenge! :) Justine

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  12. FiestyCrafter (Tina)30 April 2016 at 14:33

    Sweet and simple thank you card! Thanks for joining us at House of Cards
    Tina dt

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