A "Manly" Thank You Card

Do you like the humorous title to my post?  There's a funny story behind it.  We finally got hit with some significant snowfall here in Wisconsin, followed by the Polar Vortex.  Hubby went to work as usual, leaving our very long, long, driveway packed with snow.  Our sweet, 80+ neighbor came and plowed our driveway out in the bitter cold.  It was such a blessing because we don't own a plow and hubby would have had to hand shovel it in -30 temperatures after working a 12 hour day at work plus a one hour commute.  So, my husband bought a gift card to our neighbor's  favorite restaurant and asked me to make a Thank You card for him.  I already had Thank You cards in my stash, but when I showed them to him he rejected them all because they were "too girly".  So back to the craft room I went to create this more "Manly" Thank You Card.

I used my Deer Die set from MFT.  I just love this die!  The deer are so sweet, and I think it works for both feminine and masculine cards.   Because I had limited time, I kept the card very clean and simple by just stamping a foliage image in the corner and adding a sentiment.

For the inside a stamped another sentiment and repeated the same foliage image in the corner.

Isn't this deer just the cutest?  I just love him!  I don't buy a lot of dies as they are very expensive and I own a Circuit machine, but this one I knew I'd get a lot of use out of.  I live in "Hunter's Country".  We have the most and largest bucks in the state here and almost all the men I know hunt, so I knew this die would come in handy.

If you're wondering how I got all the different colors on the leafy image, I stamped onto a Spectrum stamp pad.  Easy peasy!

Have A Great Day!  Amy

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A Thank You Card For A Good Samaritan

I don't know about you, but I don't witness true, unselfishness kindness too often anymore.  I leave my home on average about one day a week, and quite often I am fighting back tears on those days (or downright crying) because of the rudeness of a stranger.  It makes me not want to leave home and just stay home and cuddle my kitty.  But recently, my husband and I experienced the kindness of a stranger and I feel the need to share the story to help outweigh all the bad out there.

My husband and I were invited to a wedding in New York.  The save-the-date and wedding invitation arrived too late for us to make plans so we had to decline.  We then sent one of my handmade cards and a check in the mail.  About a month later we received the check back in the mail from a return address we didn't recognize.  The person included a small handwritten note asking us to return the check to the wedding couple and tell them congratulations.  We had no idea the check was even missing.  It turns out the bride dropped the check in a public place, and a good Samaritan picked it up and mailed it to the address on the check.

I was stunned.  This person could have tried and cashed the check herself.  She could have thrown it away.  She could have walked right past and pretended not to see it.  Instead, she took time out of her busy day to address an envelope, include a nice, thoughtful note, and put in the mail.  She was a good Samaritan.  So I decided to make a card for her to thank her for her kindness.

I used an image from MFT "Adorable Elephants" set to make my card.  I thought the sentiment was perfect for the occasion.

I stamped, colored, and cut out the elephant and balloon images separately, then popped them up on dimensionals onto the card base.

The sentiment is stamped directly onto the white card stock.  The shape of the sentiment made a nice "bench" for the elephant to sit on.

I added clear sequins for embellishment and put the white card stock base onto a black card stock base then adhered the entire thing to a white 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 card.

Have a  Great Day!  Amy

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