Thank You

Quick and Easy Gift

traderjoestraderjoestraderjoesAre you ever in the situation where it’s time to go to an event and at the last minute you think, “I should bring a hostess gift!”  Well, I find myself in that situation all the time.  My go to stamp set for last minute emergencies is Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Thank You.  In this case, I was visiting a friend with a broken ankle and it happened to be her birthday.  I went to Trader Joe’s and got her French Vanilla Ice Cream (best ice cream ever!), Midnight Moo Chocolate Syrup and 50% Less Salt Peanuts.  There are two important things I need to mention here.  First of all, the Trader Joe’s clerk asked me what I was doing that day and I told her about my friend and that I was taking the ice cream etc. to for her broken ankle.  Well, the clerk got a reusable Trader Joe’s bag for me to use as a “gift bag” and ran and picked out some flowers for me to take to her also. ( The bag and flowers were free!) Trader Joe’s is an awesome store!  Second important thing is a note to my friends and family: If I break an ankle or other body part, please bring me the ice cream, chocolate syrup and peanuts pictured above. 🙂

Anyway now that the broken ankle was covered, I thought I really should bring her a little something for her birthday.  Since other people had also probably been bringing meals and maybe even ice cream, I thought she might need some thank you notes to send.  I spent the next few minutes whipping up 5 cards and envelopes.

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Not to be outdone by the cute Trader Joe’s bag, I came up with a cute Berry Basket to present my cards.

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Broken ankle gift- check

Birthday gift- check

It was time to go visit my friend and she loved both gifts.  When you need a last minute gift, make sure you have Watercolor Thank You on hand.  It’s saved me more than once, HERE’S another easy gift I made with Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Thank You.

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Blessings,

Beth 🙂

 

 

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Best Day Ever – Attempt two

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Yesterday I posted the first attempt at this card.  See it here.

I wanted to figure out which card was the favorite to send our friend, and also to enter in Mojo Monday card sketch challenge.  If you are a stamper you should enter the challenge.  See the challenge here.

Please leave me a comment and vote on your favorite.   Abby picked her favorite this morning and we sent it on to our sweet friend.

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Did you notice the heart on the card?  I stamped it with the heart from Best Day Ever.  I punched it out with the heart from Itty Bitty Accents punch pack and then covered it with the Itty Bitty Accents Epoxy Stickers.  This is the first time I’ve used these epoxy stickers and I love them.  I can’t wait to use them again.  Hmmm, who needs a card with a heart, star or circle on it?

Be awesome today!

 

 

 

 

Best Day Ever/YOU made My DAY

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Our very good friend surprised Abby with flowers and candy the other day.  Of course Abby was thrilled, and wanted to send a very special thank you note.  I decided to use the MOJO Monday sketch 387 and here’s what I came up with for my first attempt.  Tomorrow I’ll show you the second attempt and you can tell me which you like better.

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I used the Stampin’ Up! Best Day Ever set which I got free during Sale-A-Bration.  I love the saying, “You made MY DAY,” because our friend really did Make Abby’s Day!  The Calypso Coral Pompom Trim made the card even more special!  I added hearts along the bottom of the envelope.  When the card arrives, do you think they will open the bills first or the envelope with hearts across it?   I know which one I would open first.

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Here’s the happy inside of the card.  I left room in the middle for Abby to write a note.

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I have been a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator since 2003.  It truly brings me joy to make a card and send it to someone who I think will feel joy receiving it!

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