Giving Thanks

Hello there

Christmas preparations are well under way.  Well,  the tree is up anyway.  We still have some gift-wrapping to do, but I think that the presents are all bought, at least!  The thought of battling the crowds out on the high street doesn't appeal one bit - I used to love shopping, and at least one Saturday a month would see me exploring the Oxford Street stores with relish!  I think I may have "shopped myself out" though 😀😀, and now I give thanks for internet shopping from the comfort of my lovely Aeron chair!

Giving Thanks is the theme of the last Daring Cardmakers challenge of 2016.  We'll be back with our next challenge on January 6th, so have left the InLinkz gadget open for sharing your creations till then.  We all have something to say Thank You for, so please join in!

It seems only right that we finish the year with cards that say
 Thank You 

For our part we'd like to say Thank You to all who've popped by over the year, joined in with our challenges and left some lovely comments too.
With luck, we'll probably all have a Thank You card or two to make, so here's your chance to get ahead and have one or two at the ready

It's rather nice to step away from all the Christmas themed stuff and use different colours and some neglected dies or images.

I went for pinky-peach shades and a lovely poppy die from Joanna Sheen

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Card blank is linen-textured and 'not quite' white (PDA Woodward)

2 shades Bazzill card

Lace and narrow ribbon

Pearls and gems

Dies:

Poppy (Joanna Sheen Signature Dies)

'Thank You' (Creative Dies; CraftStashUK)

Scalloped and plain rectangles (Tonic Nested set) 

Just love a bit of pretty lace, and its just ages since I used some.  I need to fix that little oversight, I think!

Just before I go and get some lunch, I thought I'd share the envelope I made using part of a sheet of 12x12 paper from a couple of years back.  I could have used my envelope punch board, but I couldn't be bothered to clear enough space on the desk to use it!

Voucher and Gift Card presents can look a bit dull, even in a pretty envelope, so I've gone a bit 'overboard' with the tag.

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Poinsettia layers are cut using my own Silhouette template

Pine sprigs are die cut (2x Joanna Sheen Signature Dies)

various star and Snowflake dies and punches

Real mini pine-cone

That's it, hope you like what I've been making - it would be great to hear from you
Have a great weekend