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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Christmas Thank You Card

Did not set out to make this a Christmas as well as a Thank You card but it seemed to come together nicely to be that.

Stamped and heat embossed snowman image & sentiment on pattern paper for front . Stamped and heat embossed birds on a fence & sentiment on pattern paper for inside.

Front of card:






















Closeup of image & sentiment on front of card:
 





















Inside of card:
 














Closeup of image & sentiment on inside of card:
 

















embossing: Zing Silver embossing powder
ink: VersaMark
paper:
5 1/2" x 4 1/4" DCWV winter mat stack
3' x 3" the Paper Studio Vintage Blue Snowflakes scrapbook paper - front
4" x 3 3/4" the Paper Studio Vintage Blue Snowflakes scrapbook paper - inside
ribbon: bobbin ribbon
stamp: Craft Lounge Tweet Winter Wishes



Entering this into the following challenges: 

2 Sisters Ch101 Christmas in July Wk3 opt twist use an animal image unlim mine has bird images on inside 7/21-27
Cardztv Christmas in July hand stamped, digi or Cricut snowman or snowflake 7/20-26
DLART Thankful Thurs Thank You Card 7/19-8/4
Exploring Cricut Christmas in July unlim 7/16-21
Frosted Designs Fab Fri Ch Patterned Paper only lim5 1st 7/20-26
Hooked on Craft Ch22 Christmas in July unlim 7/2-28
Jaihart Sundays are Lovely #11 7/1-31
Little Miss Muffet Ch39 Circles (Cards or Tags) 7/12-24
Little Scrap Pieces Fun Fri Christmas in July 7/20-26

Made Especially for You Three Color Ch unlim my 3 colors are: blue, silver & white 7/16-22
Milk Coffee Round and Round We Go Circles lim3 2nd 7/19-8/7 

Paper Play Wk29 Christmas in July unlim 7/19-25
Paper Pretties Mon Ch PPMC48 Embossing unlim 7/16-22
Perfect Sentiments PSC41 Anything Goes unlim 7/18-24 

Simon Says Stamp & Show Ch No Rules! unlim 7/16-22 
Simply Create Too Ch18 Use it Two Times lim3 1st stamped an image & sentiment from same stamp set on front & on inside 7/20-8/2
Speedy Fox & Friends Ch117 Christmas in July 7/21-27
Stampin Sisters in Christ Sparkle unlim my Sparkle comes from: the glitter cardstock & embossing powder 7/15-21
Stampin with Dragon Christmas in July 7/20-26

25 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness! This is just so cute!!! Love the snowman and the fence. The bg papers are great! Thank you so very much for joining our challenge at Exploring Cricut!!!! :)

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  2. Very pretty and classy! Love this card. Thanks for playing along with Cardztv Christmas in July Challenge.

    mimi2trentdrew.blogspot.com

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  3. Another beautiful card Melissa! Thanks for sharing it with us at Exploring Cricut.

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  4. I love the embossed silver on the patterned paper! What a pretty card. That snowman is so cute. Thank you for joining the Frosted Designs Patterned Paper Only Challenge. Please play along with us again next time. Beverly

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  5. You've created a beautiful card, Melissa! I just love the embossing...so pretty! Thanks so much for playing the Christmas in July Challenge at Cardz TV!
    Hugs,
    Mary

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  6. Lovely Christmas card. Always enjoy your cards. Thanks for joining us again this week at Speedy Fox & Friends blog challenge.

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  7. Very pretty. Love the embossing. Thanks so much for joining us at 2 Sisters this week.
    Diane

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  8. Beautiful, love the embossing.

    Nana

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  9. very pretty!
    Thanks for playing with us at 2 Sister this week.
    Hugs, Jill DT

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  10. Melissa--beautiful card both inside and out! Thanks for playing along with us this week at Speedy Fox & Friends blog challenge!

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  11. Lovely christmas card. Love the embossed image in silver. Sweet! Glad you joined us at Simon Says Stamp and Show.

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  12. Lovely card! Your embossed silver snowman is adorable on that blue paper. I'm glad you shared the inside sentiment, too. Thanks for joining us at Perfect Sentiments Challenge.

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  13. So cute! Love the way the silver looks embossed on the blue. Thanks for playing along with us at the Perfect Sentiment!

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  14. Very cute and wintery! Love that snowman! Thanks for joining us @ Frosted Designs!

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  15. Melissa: You've been BUSY! this card is beautiful too. Glad you joined us for Challenge #18 - "Use it Twice"


    Diane
    Simply Create Too Design Team Member
    http://DianesDigitalDesigns.blogspot.com

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  16. I really like the snowman one with the sheet music background

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  17. Melissa I always love looking at your cards. This one is exceptional as usual. I love the color blue that you used and the display that you put it on is super cute! I hope you stop by the challenge again at www.thecricutchirp.com

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  18. Love the silver embossing. Thanks for joining Speedy Fox and Friends.

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  19. Very pretty!! Love the use of the blue, to create that great wintry theme! Thanks for playing along with us @ Frosted Designs!

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  20. Great job! my friend I love the embossed snowmen, that reminds me of something I need to post. stay tuned.I love that you used blue and white so crisp and Christmas y.

    DIANA L.
    http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/

    Thanks for joining my DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge

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  21. This is beautiful!! I love the silver embossing...so elegant and fabulous :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  22. Melissa fantastic embossing. Love the blue and silver so frosty good. Thanks so much for joining my challenge. Karen

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  23. Beautiful card! I love the stamping and embossing on the patterned paper! Thanks for joining us at Frosted Designs.

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  24. Beautiful, love all the embossing! Thanks so much for playing at LITTLE MISS MUFFET and MILKCOFFEE challenges this time:)

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  25. Pretty card Hun love all the embossing and like the way u decorated the inside too :)

    Thanks for joining us at 2Sisters Challenge

    Hugs Mandy xxx

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