A Quirky small world reminder - places all over the world (not small as in tiny things)

 I am pleased with this card, I used a Paper Pretties image called Merci Beaucoup, coloured it with Promarkers and cut it out with Spellbinders Nestabilities labels one, and then cut out mats with labels one and labels one scalloped.
As you can tell my card is about Paris, I have never been there but I would love to visit some day.
The papers were freebies, I think the pink one is My Mind's Eye, and the yellow background is from a stack called Spring Jubilee by Pink Paislee. I am impressed that this free gift with Cardmaking and Papercrafts magazine is actually a full stack, and there were several sheets of each design so that I could easily decorate the inside of the card to match. Please excuse the crease, it happened when I was applying DST with my ATG, whoops, hoping it won't matter. I used dark pink metallic card to mat the front of the card and matching paper for the inside. The card blank is a 6" x 6" Craft UK one, they are handily sitting on shelf right by the desk so I have tended to reach for them often and I know the size of mats too! I find the card blanks a little flimsy but once I have added some mats inside and out they are more sturdy.

The ribbons are from a Bev's Vintage bag I bought a while back, I think I bought two - they are so pretty. The bow is made using the Bowdabra also from Crafty Ribbons. The roses match the roses on the paper, and the Prima blooms with pearl centres also match the tree blooms on the paper. I wanted to add flowers in honour of our main sponsor for this challenge which is Samaflora!

Please hop on over to Quirky Crafts to see what the team has made, and to join in by midday next Saturday. Don't forget a Small World is about places around the world where that you have visited, where you live or would like to go! (It is not about little things but can be about both). You could win £15 of gorgeous hand made flowers from Samaflora, some digi images from Paper Pretties, or £5 worth of beautiful flowers from Samaflora - what are you waiting for!

I have entered the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbon Challenges - anything goes with ribbon closes 25th Sept.

I love Promarkers - anything goes - Wednesdays

Polkadoodles Challenge Spot - candy colours

Thank you cards

I needed a thank you card a week or so ago, and I decided to keep it simple and make the word Thanks the feature of the card. I used Sizzix Shadow Box alphabet to cut my letters, and I tried different variations of the theme.

The top two are Papermania papers, on a contrasting card shadow, the top one has stamped butterflies,  and the letters are staggered.

The second one has the letters in a line but the H, N and S are "popped" out with foam squares, and I added a bloom punched with a Nellie Snellen punch and emboss set to match the letters.

On the final one I used some freebie Dovecraft Kate Knight designed papers on a dark teal shadow to emphasise the darkest colour in the papers and I punched and embossed butterflies with a Nellie Snellen punch and emboss set. Again the letters are staggered. The card blanks are Anita's tall blanks.

I think this is a good idea for using up scraps of pretty paper too, and could be used for different words, how about the word Happy with birthday as a peel off, or stamped below.

Which arrangement do you like the best?