Simple Thanks for PP496

 Happy Sunday! Time for a new creative challenge over at The Paper Players. 

This week, Joanne is hosting our monthly Clean-and-Simple Challenge. 

This month the theme for the challenge is: THANKS. 
Check it out and play along with us!

I don’t know about you, but I can never have too many thank you cards on hand to send out.   If you have visited me before, you may know that Clean-and-Simple (CAS) week is ALWAYS a challenge for me, especially with the layers. In my defense, this card really came together quickly because the dies did most of the work. 

Yesterday, I spent the day with a dear friend of mine, catching up and stamping. It was SO fun to have someone to craft with after the past few months. The first thing I needed to accomplish on our “crafting day” was to create the card for this challenge. It’s always fun to stamp at someone else’s house because there are lots of new stamps and dies to play with. Haha! I pulled out a die set that I don’t have yet and got busy on my card.

The Detailed Bands Dies are really a fun way to dress up a card easily while focusing on the sentiment. They also can create a little wrap around the card, which I think is pretty cool. I decided to focus on the frame and the leafy accents and selected a thank you sentiment from the Butterfly Gala stamp set. Now, once I decided on my colors and layout, I felt like I needed ONE more leafy accent, but it had to be a “solid” leaf to balance everything out. So, I grabbed the Forever Flourishing Dies for those silver leaves. 

For my card layout, I was inspired by the current sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches. I’m always inspired by the awesome creativity on their challenges every week.

Card Measurements and Details: 

• Bermuda Bay Card Base - 5-1/2” x 8-1/2”, scored at 4-1/4” 
• Gorgeous Grape Cardstock - 5-1/8” x 3-7/8” 
• Whisper White Cardstock - 5” x 3-3/4”, embossed with Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder
• Bermuda Bay Cardstock - scrap to die cut the frame from the Detailed Bands Dies, accent with Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush
• Gorgeous Grape Cardstock - scrap to die cut two leafy accents from the Detailed Bands Dies
• Granny Apple Green Cardstock - scrap to die cut two leaves from the Detailed Bans Dies
• Silver Foil Cardstock - scrap to die cut leaf accent from Forever Flourishing Dies
• Whisper White Cardstock - scrap to stamp the sentient from Butterfly Gala stamp set in Gorgeous Grape ink and die cut using the frame from Detailed Bands Dies
• Accent card from with three rhinestones
• Whisper White Cardstock (inside card) - 5-1/4” x 4”, stamp with butterflies from Butterfly Gala stamp set in Gorgeous Grape ink

Finally, a peek inside the card. I stamped a couple of butterflies and left lots of space to write a handwritten note. 

I hope you will join us this week over at The Paper Players and share your project for our Clean-and-Simple Thanks Challenge. We’d love to see what you come up with! You can link up your project through Noon PST on Friday June 26th, 2020. 

Be sure to stop by and say hello to The Paper Players Design Team: 

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James 

Laurie Schmidt

Anne Marie Hile (that’s me!) 

Ann Schach 

Allisa Steinlicht

Stef Perry 

Mary Deatherage

Thanks for stopping by today! All of the products that I used on this card are listed below. You can click on any of the photos to go directly to my Stampin’ Up!® online store. 

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Thanks so much for stopping by. 
Have a HAPPY day today! 

Anne Marie

Product List

Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Stamp Set [148580]	Detailed Bands Dies [149549]	Forever Flourishing Dies [152714]	Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder [152718]	Silver Foil Sheets [132178]
Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131197]	Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146987]	Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730]	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897]
Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099]	Stampin' Seal [152813]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]
Mini Glue Dots [103683]	Paper Trimmer [152392]