thank you note inspiration

This one was inspired by the thankyou note I received from my sister.  Here is what I received...

  It took a few takes and this one is my favorite.  The sentiment and a few snowflakes embossed in silver.

I made a bunch of them...  would you like a set of your own??  ... I am selling them in my card shop here!!

Getting my craft on!

It seems like it has been forever since I sat down and made cards... Christmas is over, I am done making cookies and wrapping presents, and shopping, and cleaning up, and entertaining family, and eating cookies (okay, well, I am not done eating cookies, yet!)... so I spent some time today cleaning up my cardmaking table, and then I searched for some challenging on the internet to give me some ideas, and then I stamped, and stamped, and stamped... I have 2 cards that I want to share, and link to the challenges that gave me some inspiration!!  I made another card (which actually ended up being my favorite), but it didn't fit one of the challenges, so I will share it another day!

Mostly I wanted to make Thank yous... because you can never have too many Thank yous after Christmas, so here goes!!  both of these cards are applicable to these challenges/themes:
Cute Card Thursday: Challenge 145--Thank you!
Papertake Weekly: Thank You
Found another thank you challenge to join in at Phindy's Place

For One Layer Wednesday, I used one image stamp... from Close To My Heart, repeated in red.  Then of course, the Thank You, so I can use it to thank one of the wonderful people who loved on me this Christmas.

And for Mojo Monday, a SQUARE card... this was new for me, but I like it, also used CTMH, so that I could enter into the Heart 2 Heart Challenge of a holiday card using CTMH... red/green, Christmas thankyou!

So, I just have to know, what are your thoughts regarding matching envelopes?  is it worth the time/effort?  do you notice it when you receive a card with a matching envelope? 

Word Filled Wednesday

Psalm 30:11-12

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing, thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;  To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God,  I will give thanks unto thee for ever. KJV

Fall and winter is hard for me... I NEED sunshine!  I have been a little down in the dumps lately. Christmas is over and now I am just living for May!!  But there is a lot of days between now and May and I don't want to spend it in a depressed slump, so my word for 2011 is JOY!!! and my first memorization in the Siesta Scripture Memory team will be these verses!!  Together God and I are going to tackle this!!  and I will give Him all the praise!!

For more Word Filled Wednesday, visit Internet Cafe.
To share your Word for 2011, visit Courtney at Women Living Well
To join the Siesta Scripture Memory Team, visit LPM blog

Top Ten Reasons I haven't blogged in a month

10. I have tendencies to laziness

9.  I have 4 kids (which should give me great blogging material).

8.  I spend too much time reading other blogs to write my own.

7.  I do not write eloquently, or with great wit or wisdom, or with a sense of humor, or

6.  Nobody ever comments on my posts (see previous reason).

5.  I am very easily distracted.

4.  I don't know what to blog about.

3.  I procrastinate.

2.  I come up with a great topic and forget what it was when I sit down to type.

1.  I was busy making (and eating) Christmas cookies!

I am linking up to ohamanda's Top Ten!!