Welcome back to Heartfelt Cards Week with the Web Artists!  Today we’ll be getting even more mileage from our heart images by using them on a type of card we so often need — thank you cards.  It wasn’t planned, but today all four artists chose to use the sentiment “Thanks from the bottom of my heart” from the new Hugs and Hearts set.  Great minds think alike!

First, here’s the talented Laura Griffin to share a little about the gorgeous thank you she created.  “This sentiment from the Hugs and Hearts set makes a perfect ‘heartfelt thanks’ card for someone special all year long. I am a huge fan of the new extra long Hero notecards…who doesn’t love more stamping space? I used the light kraft version here and created a subtle background with a vine stamp and soft sand shadow ink. To add extra dimension, I used some foam dots, one of those great Hero art flowers, and a dimensional butterfly.”

Supplies:

• Clear Design: Scallop Borders
• Clear Design: Hugs and Hearts
• Light Kraft Long Notecards
• Colonial Blue Memories Ink
• Soft Sand Shadow Ink
• Rose Petals Chalk Ink Queue (Maroon)
• Art Flowers Meadow
• Other: blue cardstock, tan lace (Making Memories), antique brad, sewing machine, tan thread

Laura’s Tips:

• Align and stamp images side-by-side to create long scalloped borders.
• To make your own dimensional butterfly, just stamp the butterfly image out, color it a bit darker with a Prismacolor pencil, cut out, adhere the center to the card with a small glue dot, and bend the wings back so it can fly!

Next, feast your eyes on this stunning card from Sheri Reguly.  So feminine and pretty…love it!  Sheri says,“Hearts aren’t just for Valentine’s Day anymore. In fact, they’re the perfect addition to any card created with love. I made this card for a very dear friend, and wanted her to know just how much her thoughtfulness meant to me. The sentiment I chose couldn’t have been more fitting.”

Supplies:

• Heart Flourish
• Hugs and Hearts
• Blossom Notecards
• VersaMark Ink
• White Embossing Powder
• Spring Felt Flowers
• Assorted Crystal Gemstones
• Other: cardstock (Bazzill), brads (Bazzill), ribbon (American Crafts), decorative border punch (Martha Stewart)

Sheri’s Tips:

• To create this simple yet elegant design, stamp the sentiment along the bottom right hand edge, followed by the heart flourish directly above it using VersaMark. Top with white embossing powder and heat set.
• Add green embossed cardstock to the left hand side, followed by a decorative scalloped edge and a vertical strip of floral ribbon.
• For a finishing touch, add a felt flower topped with a clear gemstone and two small pink brads.

I just love the happy colors and singing bird on this next card!  Barbara Hache dreamed up this sweet design, and she says, “Hearts are often associated with Valentine’s Day but they can also be used for so many other occasions. I fell in love with this sentiment when I saw it ! It is the perfect way to marry heart stamps with a thank you sentiment.”

Supplies:

• Clear Design: Hugs and Hearts
• Clear Design: So Sweet
• Primary Elements Chalk Ink Queue
• Black Memories Ink
• Cream, Pink , Pool, Baby Blue, Cantaloupe Notecards
• Other: colored pencils

Barbara’s Tips:

• Make a bunch of hearts while you have your inks and papers out. They make great embellishments for all kinds of cards.
• To keep this from looking to “Valentiney”, use bright colors and smaller hearts.

And Jacki Jones wraps things up today with a fabulous Z-fold thank you card.  Jacki shares, “One of our family traditions is to have everyone sign the cards that go out from the family. This particular card is an ‘after Christmas’ thank you card with seven hearts on the front to represent the seven of us. I left plenty of room in this one for everyone. ”

Here is the front of Jacki’s card…

And here is the inside.  I love how she stamped the sentiment at the bottom…

Supplies:

• Clear Design: Hugs and Hearts
• Other: burgundy dye ink, white card stock, patterned paper (Basic Grey’s Eva collection)

Jacki’s Tips:

• To create this fold, I started with a 5 1/2 x 11 inch piece of white card stock. It’s scored at 4 1/2 inches and then 8 1/2 inches. I flipped it over and scored it 2 3/4 inches from the opposite side.
• All areas were covered with printed papers except the 4 1/2 inch panel which I left blank for all the signatures.

Laura, Sheri, Barbara and Jacki…thanks for all of the beautiful inspiration!

Now…since all four artists used the Clear Design Hugs and Hearts set on today’s cards, we thought it would be fitting to give one away!

For a chance to win, just leave a comment here on this post and thank someone for something!  It can be anyone…for anything.  I’ll draw a random winner on Thursday morning. Good luck!

Thanks to YOU for stopping by today!  Have a good one.

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