Thank You Coach!

Hello and happy Sunday!

My friend needed a thank you card for her

daughter's Cross Country coaches and she asked

me to make something in our school colors.

I tried my best to replicate the jerseys that they wear.

On the front of the card I used Simply Thank You 

from Simon Says Stamp.
The jersey is from Close to my Heart. C1154 Basketball.

The sentiments on the inside are from Sporty Accessories 

and Just so Sporty from Melanie Muenchinger.  (Gina K)

The mats were made from 5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies

from Art Impressions

I also made some envelopes in our school colors to match the cards.

A Trio of Thank You Cards

Hello and happy Saturday!

You never know when you might need a thank you

card so I like to keep some on hand.

Today I have a trio of cheery cards.

I used Shaker Dome Cutting Templates from Momenta.

This one has features a bee and bird. I don't like that Momenta 

doesn't name their products. It just has a UPC number.

It's a 21 pc. set and also comes with this wreath

and lots of flowers, branches and other dies.

At the moment, I can't find this Thanks die and I

don't remember who makes it.

These were a lot of fun to put together.

I hope you like them.

Bee Kind Thank You card

Hello and happy Tuesday!

This was a thank you card that I made for a friend who gave me a bee themed gift.   Dies are Spellbinders,  embossing folder is from Momenta, other dies are from Momenta and the stamps are from Hampton Art. 

My friend knows how much I love bees and is constantly giving me gifts.

I wanted to BEE grateful and make her a thank you card.

Thank you! You GNOME me SO well!

Hello and happy Saturday!!

Christmas is always such a fun time at school.  This year my friends went above and beyond and got me the most perfect gifts.

I wanted to make some extra special thank you cards for them. 
Although the cards are all the same layout each one is unique through the backgrounds and gnome outfits.

Each little gnome was painstakingly constructed using dies from Joy Craft.  These tiny little pieces make these little guys so unique but very time consuming to put together.

Thank you, Katie, Therese, Melissa, Tessa, Jaime, Teri, Michelle, Maryann and Amanda!

I Brake for being thankful!

Hello and happy Saturday!!

Today I'm sharing a thank you card that I made for a co-worker.

She gave me a little "just because" gift yesterday and so I wanted to thank her. 

It's probably not well known to most people but I LOVE bees!

I used the bee from Things with Wings and Butterfly Catcher Shy Bear.
The verse is from Every Day Phrases.

On the inside I used Thank You for the verse and

I also used a flower and a leaf from MS91 Full Plate.

I Brake for Penguins!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a very special thank you card.

I used Large Penguin from I Brake for Stamps.

My husband is a member of the Elks.  I am the 5th grade special ed program aide at an elementary school.  I approached the Elks about helping out my school and of course they came through for us!

We have a HIB library which stands for High Interest Books.  Due to poor funding our school library is rarely open and we don't have a librarian so we now have a "mini" library that the kids can access anytime they want to.

The Elks gave us a generous donation to buy new books to add to our library.

I Brake for Happiness!

Hello and happy Sunday!

Today I'm sharing a fun, bright card that I made for my friend.

I used CHOOSE HAPPY

from

CARMEN MEDLIN

found at I Brake for Stamps.

Last week my friend surprised me with my favorite 3-wick candle from Bath and Bodyworks for no reason!  The card simply said, "Happy Thursday my friend!"

Isn't that so sweet??

Don't forget you can always save 10% off your order when you use my coupon code

SAVE10RENEE.

 It never expires and can be used over and over again.

I Brake for Sunflowers!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing another thank you card that I made for a teacher I work with.

I've used

BEAUTIFUL SUNFLOWER

from I Brake for Stamps.

I really like this stamp and can maybe even see myself stamping it twice in the future and cutting and popping up some of the leaves.  I think that would be great to add some dimension.  

Don't forget to use my coupon code...

SAVE10RENEE

to save 10% 

off your order at I Brake for Stamps.

It can be used over and over again and never expires.

I Brake for BEES!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a thank you card.  My birthday was on Thursday and I needed a thank you card for someone that gave me a gift.

I used two images from MS89 Full Plate.

It's from the STAINED GLASS line at I Brake for Stamps.

I'm on my way to owning just about all of them!

I used a smaller bee on the inside that coordinates with the large image on the front of the card. It's difficult to see but there is white glitter on the bees wings.

Don't forget to use my coupon code...

SAVE10RENEE

to save 10% 

off your order at I Brake for Stamps.

It can be used over and over again and never expires.

Safari thank you card

Hello and happy Thursday!

Today I'm sharing a very special card with you.  In August my husband's aunt and her friend invited me and my daughter to their home in Myrtle Beach for a vacation.  We went to an interactive safari that was amazing.  This is the thank you card that I made for them.

We went to Myrtle Beach Safari...aka...T.I.G.E.R.S.
The Institute for Greatly Endangered and Rare Species.

This is a 900 lb. liger.  I can't remember his name.

We also went to Alligator Adventure so I wanted to include a gator on my card.

I made a step card because I wanted there to be a lot of dimension.

We got to hold many different species and some of the others we just observed at close range.

White Handed Gibbons.

They were so much like human babies.  They clutched their blankets, sucked their thumbs and squeezed our fingers.

One of our favorite moments was when we got to hug Bubbles the elephant. She was rescued over 30 years ago when her entire herd was slaughtered for their ivory.  It's just mind boggling to me how some people can treat animals like they're trash...use what you want and throw away the rest.  We got to see her eat a watermelon which is why I have her holding one on the card. They told us she has the intelligence of a 6 yr. old child.

My kids taught me a little fun fact...scientists think that elephants think that people are cute.  They believe the way we react to our cat or dog is how they think of us. They want to cuddle and be around us.

We also held baby lions and tigers.

Though they aren't on my card we also interacted with wolves.  They were SO sweet and just want their ears and bellies scratched!

Baby Lynx.