Appreciate with Dotty For You!

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Due to a rained out game tonight I got to come home and spend some time in my craft room!  YIPPEE! I've missed it lately.  Last weekend the high school softball team played in a tournament near the hometown of their coach.  After the games on Friday evening, the coach's parents graciously opened their home to 4 coaches, 19 VERY DIRTY girls AND their parents and prepared a HUGE home cooked meal for everyone.  The team and coaches spent the night there and got to eat breakfast before heading out to their next game early Saturday morning.

I wanted to make a card for the team to sign in appreciation for all their hospitality.  I couldn't wait to use this piece of the Dotty For You paper!  The Dotty For You paper is our National Scrapbooking Month special that you can get for only $5 when you purchase $35 in Close To My Heart Products!  Read all about this special on my Dotty For You Tab.


I used the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge for the ovals, cutting the Cocoa cardstock at 1 1/2" and the sentiment at 1 1/4" <Oval2> .  The stamp is from the February Stamp of the Month - Thoughtful Tidings which is no longer available.  I also used the Art Philsophy Cartridge to cut my leaves at two different sizes - 3" and 2" - using the <Branch2> setting.  The paper flowers are from the Just Blooms Paradise Flowers (Z1710).  Next I added Opaques Mocha Adhesive Gems (Z1333) for a final touch to the card.

My inspiration was the sketch from Cardabilities:

Comments

  1. Krista Hershberger ---- Krista's Crafty with CTMHApril 18, 2012 at 8:31 AM

    Great card Gina!! This was the one paper design in the paper pack I didn't care for...but that's all changed now, since I saw this card!!! Beautiful! :)

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  2. Traci GodbeeApril 18, 2012 at 11:04 AM

    Ooh...pretty!

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  3. Traci GodbeeApril 18, 2012 at 11:05 AM

    Ooh...pretty!

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  4. Jacqueline SmithApril 19, 2012 at 12:06 AM

    What a really beautiful card Gina! Thanks for joining us at Cardabilities!!

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  5. BrendaBApril 19, 2012 at 7:54 PM

    Beautiful card! I love the colors! Thanks for joining us at Cardabilities.

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  6. PatriceApril 21, 2012 at 6:21 PM

    Beautiful use of the sketch...I'd love for you to link up at 52 Card Pickup this week!

    http://www.oldbackporch.com/2012/04/52-card-pickup-week-16.html

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  7. Lesley April 23, 2012 at 6:28 PM

    This is super cute! Love the bold colours. Thank you for joining us at Cardabilities!
    Smiles,
    Lesley

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