Birthday & Thank You cards

My nephew's birthday is coming up soon so I made a card for him today.

I started with Tim Holtz's jalopy stamp...

I stamped it on a piece of grunge board and fussy cut it.

I stamped Happy Birthday on a diecut piece of card stock and put on a pop dot.

Distressed the edges of my papers and added a bit of walnut stain distress ink.

Added a piece of burlap and set it all on a blank card base. 

Easy Peasy!

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Linked up with...

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes

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My Thank You card was made for the 

Shabby Tea Room - Shabby Patterns challenge

  

The inspiration photo...

We had to use the colors in the photo, add flower and damask.

My card.....

I used a piece of Core'dinations paper and a Cuttlebug embossing folder, 

then sanded it to bring out the embossing.

Added a piece of ribbon, 

a Recollections flower that I sprayed with 

Pink Taffy Glimmer Mist,

and 

a diecut that I stamped with 

Heartfelt Thanks

in pink.

A close up.....

The sentiment is pretty light in the pictures but, 

thankfully, 

it is easier to read up close and personal!

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Linked up with...

Shabby Tea Room - Shabby Patterns