Scrapping For Less ~ Another Look at the Thanks Card die

Hello again! Today I have for you another fun card using the Thanks Card die from Concord and 9th. The design of this die makes it very versatile... just with a couple of snips here and there, you can use the die cut Thanks as a focal point in a whole other way.

I started my card with a piece of watercolor paper. I thought it would be fun to do some watercoloring with the Nuvo Embellishment Mousse so I dabbed a little bit on my palette and sprayed it down with water. I sprayed my watercolor paper just a bit so that the color would flow and then using my water pen I added some color to the paper.

 Here's a close up view of the mousse - it gives such a beautiful shimmer. I love it! I set that aside and started to cut strips of card stock in blue greens or is it green blues?! Ha! I adhered those on a scrap of white card stock and used the dies to cut out the word Thanks. The shimmer on the watercolor paper made the letter look too plain so I decided to give them some glittery fun with some sparkle silk. I then wanted the letters to pop just a bit more so I die cut the Thanks one more time with white card stock and off set that layer underneath the ombre strips. I really love how it makes the letter pop! At this point I knew I needed just something else... so I walked away and thought about it. Isn't it funny how walking away from a project just for a little bit gives you a different perspective when you come back to it?! Well, I came back and just knew this card needed this fun flourish accent and a few sequins to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal

Concord & 9th Joins Scrapping For Less

Thanks for joining us today! 

The wonderful company of Concord and 9th is joining the Scrapping for Less family this month. Concord and 9th is a relatively new company on the horizon (or at least new to us!) We couldn’t be happier to offer their fabulous stamps and dies for you. Join in and hop along and see the fabulous projects the Design Team has created for you today. 

You can view some of the Concord and 9th items ---> here and ---> here and be sure to check out the blog post from Tuesday with some insight to the Concord and 9th family and company ---> here.

I'm so excited to be a guest designer with Scrapping For Less and Teresa's fabulous design team!!

I made this fun summer card using Concord & 9th's Thanks Card die. I started with a white card stock base that I die cut and then heat embossed some fun clouds in white. I blended some distress inks in Peacock Feathers and Mustard Seed. I stamped a few birds in Hickory Smoke distress ink. I then die cut the Thanks die again from some Echo Park Summer Dreams paper. I dabbed it in VersaMark ink and then heat embossed it in clear. It has a wonderful shine that sadly doesn't show in the picture. I then stamped 'for everything' in VersaMark ink and heat embossed it in white on some 

dark grey card stock. I cut it into a quick little banner and popped it up with some dimensionals.

 Here is the Blog Hop Line Up:

Scrapping For Less

Katie Williams

Jessica Wilson

Tanya Hahn

Stacy Tiedemann

Sandy Hentzel

Teresa Russell

Crystal O. Minkler <--- you're here

next up ---> Tina Smith

Kimberly Smith

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya next time.

~ Crystal