Since Thanksgiving is almost upon us, I thought I would dedicate this week to thinking about how thankful I am for my wonderful life and all of my dear friends. So, this week’s challenge is to make a “simple thank you” card with any stamping scraps you have.

When I realized my blog week was near, and I would be traveling the next two weeks, I decided that these cards would have to be made NOW in a nano second. So, I went into my scrap stash and I found a TON of already stamped scraps that I couldn’t previously throw away. (That didn’t even include my paper and ribbon hoarding boxes!) I picked out some of the scraps (see below) and started creating.

Just by playing around and arranging these paper scraps, I created more than a dozen cards in a very short time. Card making doesn’t have to be elaborate. Just pick one item and build around that.

Here is a closeup of my first card:

Featured Supplies:

• Sketched Flower
• DesignBlock Thank You
• Clear Design Thank You Messages
• Card Buttons - Summer
• Art Flowers - Summer
• Watercolor Paint Wheel
• Memories Black Ink
• Kraft Notecards

Here are two more quick thank you cards using scraps:

Featured Supplies for Letter Card:

• Clear Design Bold Caps Alphabet
• Memories Black Ink
• Colorbox Chalk Ink Queues (Rose Petals, Primary Elements, Sand Dune)

Here’s a closeup of the watercolor thank you:

Featured Supplies for Watercolor Card:

• Clear Design Thank You Messages
• DesignBlock Flourish
• Watercolor Paint Wheel
• Memories Black Ink

I hope you are ready to rescue some of your stamped scraps!  This week I challenge you to create a thank you card that uses at least one stamped scrap and one Hero Arts stamp.  Load your cards into the Hero Arts Flickr pool by Sunday, November 23 at 11:59pm PST.  Please tag your submissions with the word “thankful“.  From the entries we will select winners for the following prizes:

• NEW!! Fresh Face Winner (someone who has not yet won a contest): $50 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2008 catalog
• 1st place: $50 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2008 catalog
• 2nd place: $25 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2008 catalog
• 3rd place: $10 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2008 catalog

Yes, you read that right — not one but TWO winners will be winning $50 of new Hero Arts stamps — a Fresh Face in addition to our “usual” first place.

Thanks for stopping by.  Come back tomorrow to see what bits and pieces turn into simple thank you cards!

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