January 5, 2009

A THANK YOU CARD

Happy Monday all!!! Whew!! Life is getting back to normal in the Hobson household - my family all left for their respective homes yesterday and I spent the day cleaning, packing away the Christmas stuff and doing mounds of laundry! Not the best time in the world, BUT it is all done now and that makes me happy because today I am going to STAMP STAMP STAMP - lol!!! I am wishin' I could have gone to Leadership this year, but it is Florida this year, and with Tony gone during the week, it just was not possible!! But, I will be there in spirit with all my stampin' girlfriends!! I also want to take this time to thank EVERYONE who sent me a Christmas card - words cannot describe how touched I was at the amount of beautiful cards I received from Stampin' friends all over!!! I am making a collage from them, and will share it soon!!! So, this thank you card is for all of you - thanks very much for thinking of me! This is a square card that I rounded the corners on to make it softer. I dyed one of the flowers from my pretties kit with my reinkers and I love how it turned out! I made my own patterned paper by using my Kindness Jumbo stampin' wheel with Regal Rose ink and coloring in the flowers with my white gel pen. I just love my wheels and need to use them way more often than I do - they add soooo much!!! And, the stamp set is Flight of the Butterfly, one of my favorites in the catty - glad it is staying around for another round, just think it is soooo fun to play with!! So, now off to blurf some, I am waaaayyyy behind but plan on making the rounds today and then I am going to STAMP!!! So, I am leaving you with the recipe - take care and have a great start to the week!
Card Recipe: (all items stampin' up! except the ribbon)
Paper - Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Whisper White card stock
Inks - Regal Rose, Tangerine Tango stampin' pads, White Gel pen
Stamps - Flight of the Butterfly, Kindness Jumbo Wheel
Accessories - Clear buttons, regal rose buttons, neutrals buttons, Pretties flower dyed with reinkers

23 comments:

ScrapMomOf2 said...

This is wonderful! Happy New Year! I'm playing catch up too! I love your layout below also! Just adorable!!

Michelle said...

Beautiful card Alex, I love the movement of the butterfly & the colors you used.

Happy Monday!

Ana Baird said...

Happy New Year Alex! Beautiful card!

Dawn Easton said...

Very pretty Alex! Love the pinks!!!

Manna said...

Happy 2009 to you, Alex! What a lovely card. Love the flowery ric rac :)

Jessie/knightrone said...

This is so cute!! Happy and cheerful!!

Dawn♥ said...

Oh what a beautiful card! :)

Lauren said...

Super cute. The colors are fabulous!

Denise ~ Paper Ponderings said...

Gorgeous!

Deborah said...

Such a pretty card Alex! Your butterfly is soo darling! Glad to get to stanp today and your chores are all finished! Enjoy your space and stampin'! Hugs, Deb

Dani said...

Super cute card!

~Denise Lynn~ said...

What a pretty card Alex, me long for Spring. It's so cold here! Love the colors and the papers too. Great flower accent. :)

Nikki Bond said...

Gorgeous Alex! I'm glad to hear you had such a wonderful holiday with your family...{sMILES}

Risa said...

Happy New Year Alex!
Your card is awesome and I love the DP you created with your stamping wheel!

jjcreations said...

Very nice Alex - I like the buttons on the big flower - I have a hard time using those flowers - thanks for the idea. Joan

Angie Tieman said...

Very pretty! Love that large dyed flower!

Diane said...

Back to reality right!!
Love your card girl!!!

Unknown said...

Such a pretty card! Welcome back Alex! :)

Cindy Haffner said...

Beautiful, love your colors.

Ila said...

This is just the Cutest!!...it reminds me of spring...I love it!! ..the colors, butterfly, background....all fabulous!!..Hugs, Ila

Chris said...

this is gorgeous!! glad you got your "sassy" images!! >"<

Natalie said...

What a lovely thought Alex and what a pretty card, thank YOU so much. x

Rose Ann said...

This is soooo beautiful!! I love the butterfly and big flower!! Such pretty colors and papers too!!