Thank You Card Extravaganza

Last week I created a bunch of Thank You cards for a co-worker who recently lost her mother-in-law.  I thought it might be nice to have some pretty cards to send to those special people who helped them during their difficult time. I had a friend come over and make a few as well!  It is nice to have some stamping friends who can come lend a hand!

I decided to keep things simple and went with mostly mono-chromatic variations using the same stamps.  It is a bit of a hodge podge of stamps from Magenta, Impression Obsession, Just for Fun, Hampton Arts, Inkadinkado, and Stampin' Up...I think that is all!  Even though I REALLY wanted to add some buttons, brads, ribbons, etc., I refrained.  I didn't want them to have to pay a fortune in postage and to have to use special envelopes to mail them! 

Believe it or not, there was nary a Copic Marker used on these projects!  I know...but I knew it would take too long to do all of the coloring, so I used good old fashioned ink pads for color (except for one where I colored the stamp with Memento markers).

I hope you enjoy the bounty!  Below are close-ups of all of the cards and their variations.

Cake Trio

My boss recently celebrated her birthday and I made this for all of us at the office to give her!  It is a whimsical birthday cake trio from Impression Obsession that I think is so festive.  The patterned paper is from the Basic Grey Collection.  One can never have too much cake!

Copic Colors Used: 

Cakes: R81, R3, R85; YG21, YG23, YG25

White Gel pen for dots

Bubble Boy

 

My mom needed a card to send someone she knows who has a little boy and I chose this Bubble Boy image from Mo's Digital Pencil.  I think he is so cute! The train paper is from My Mind's Eye.

I also used this for an entry over at Mo's Challenge Blog #133 (Anything Goes).  There are some great cards by the design team and if you enter, you could win some Mo's images for yourself!

Copic Colors Used:

Jeans: B91, B93, B95, B97

Shirt: YG21, YG23, YG25

Tennis Shoes: R22, R24, R27, R29

Bubble Jar: Y13, Y15, Y17

Hair: Y11, Y21, Y32, Y26

Skin: E0000, E000, E00

Bubbles: BG0000

Masculine Birthday Card



I needed a quick masculine birthday card for a relative and I decided to use one of the Make it Snappy digital images from Bugaboo Stamps.  They have a whole line of images that are quick to color and are already framed...it really is a snap! I found this cute dot paper in my stash and thought it would be fun to color the cake in more masculine -definitely non-traditional colors!

Copic Colors Used:

Cake:

B91, B93, B95, B97

Y21, Y23, Y26

YG91, YG93, YG95

E07, E09

Frame: YR0000

Inner Background: B0000

I Feel Icky

One of my co-workers had a sick hubby recently and I made this card for her to give him....I think it is adorable!  The image is from Mo's Digital Pencil.

Copic Colors Used:

Housecoat/Houseshoes: G20, G40, G43

Pajamas/Tissue Box: B41, B91, B93

Stars: Y11, Y13

Hair: Y23, YR23, E33

Tissues: C40

Owl Couple

This card was made for my Mom and Al for their anniversary.  I just adore these cute owls from Stampavie!  Al loves owls, so I thought this was perfect!  I hope they have many more wonderful years together!

Copic Colors Used:
Owls: E51, E53, E55, E57
Beaks: E95, E97
Branch: E70, E71, E74
Centipede: YG21, YG23
Sky: BG0000

Smooth Sailing

There were two Anniversaries this month and this is the first of two cards I made.  This was for my brother and his wife who are celebrating 20 years together.  They are treating themselves to a European cruise this month and I thought this was perfect for the occasion!  I have no idea where this stamp is from...it was in my collection of stamped up images waiting to be colored.

Copic Colors Used:
Bears: E53, E55, E57
Sail/Pillow/Sign: YG000, YG00, YG01
Patches: YR61, YR65; B41, B52
Blanket: B41, B52
Pillow/Flag: YR61, YR65
Girl Shirt: RV000, RV00, RV10
Boy Shirt: B41, B52