Happy New Year!

Hello friends!  I just wanted to pop in and wish you all a very Happy New Year!  I also promised to share a set of thank you cards that I made for my daughter's Kindergarten teacher.  I kept them very clean and simple, but I love the way they turned out.  There are two different styles in three colors, Pure Poppy, Simply Chartreuse, and Hawaiian Shores.  Both use the Mat Stack 1 Collection stamps and the Background Basics:  Diamonds impression plate.

Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink (white)

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink (Mat Stack 1 Collection)

Ink:  Clearsnap (Cranberry, Moss Green), Papertrey Ink (Hawaiian Shores), Inkadinkadoo (Black)

Tools:  Papertrey Ink (Background Basics:  Diamonds impression plate), Martha Stewart (scoring board), We R Memory Keepers (Corner Chomper)

Accessories:  Stampendous (clear embossing powder)

To make these, I dry embossed the diamonds at the bottom of each card front, then added two scored lines.  I stamped the label and heat embossed with clear powder, then added the sentiment in black.

To package the cards, I repurposed a clear plastic box from one of my PTI stamp sets.  I simply tied some Hawaiian Shores dotty ribbon around it and added a tag.

It's a little hard to see, but the tag is stamped with various holiday sentiments, as well as Versamark stamped snowflakes that are heat embossed with clear glitter embossing powder.

Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink (Hawaiian Shores, white)

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink (Signature Christmas, Peace Be Still, Mega Mixed Messages), Waltzingmouse Stamps (Teeny Trees), WPlus9 (Poinsettia Patterns)

Ink:  Papertrey Ink (Hawaiian Shores), Versamark

Tools:  Spellbinders (Create a Flake One and Two dies), Papertrey Ink (Tag Sale 1 die)

Accessories:  Papertrey Ink (button, ribbon), Jo-Ann (glitter embossing powder), The Twinery (baker's twine), DMC floss

That's all for tonight, but I hope you all have a safe and happy New Year's celebration!  Thanks for stopping by, and I'll see you in 2011!