Thank You......THANK YOU!

HI PEEPS.....

I had the needed to make a few 

THANK YOU cards....

So, I decided to use this
 The April Sketch Challenge and Die~Namites Dare!!!

Every month a new sketch will be introduced....

the sketch can be interpreted as a card, layout or altered piece!

You need to use at least one Die~Namites Die in your creation.

You have until the last day of the month to post your creation on your blog, 

with mention of the Die~Namites Die used and a link back to the Die~Namites Dies blog. 

Link your blog post, using Inlinkz, to the Die~Namites Die blog.

A random winner will be chosen from eligible participants

for a $25 Gift Certificate to the Die~Namites Dies

Here is my take on the sketch....

I pulled out a few pieces of patterned paper from

 Marion Smith's  ~ Motley and Never Grow Up Collections.

I began with the Self Portrait as the card base.

I placed the Crafter's Workshop stencil ~ Cityscape
and applied Picked Raspberry ~ Distress Stain

through the stencil.

I then pulled out Mini Ledger Stencil

and applied Golden ~ Molding Paste

and dried it.

I applied Peeled Paint ~ Distress Stain 

through the Paradise Stencil.

(I loved that it bled under the stencil!!)

Using various Marion Smith papers

I die~cut several

Nana's Flowers

I colored one of "Nana's Flowers" with

Picked Strawberries ~ Distress Stain and
Peeled Paint ~ Distress Stain and then

spritzed it with a Gold Mist.

I used the second die~cut of Nana's Flowers
to fill in the die~cut areas of the painted die~cut.

I then colored a few Petaloo ~ Mini Pearl Daisies
with a smidge of Picked Raspberry ~ Distress Stain

and applied them to the die~cut Nana's Flowers.

I had also cut out 

Beautiful Flowers

which I ended up not using it on my "sketch" card

but created a second card with the

left~over pieces parts....

I used the "left~over" Nana's Flowers

as the backdrop for

the colored Beautiful Flowers.

I just LOVE how the patterned paper mixes so well

with the Picked Raspberries ~ Distress Stain.

I DO hope you will pull out a few of your
Die~Namites Dies and Play ALONG with US!