Poppy Trifold Thank You Card

A couple days ago, I received a surprise package from a longtime friend of mine and her family back in my hometown. They sent me a lovely gift box from The Swiss Colony aptly titled "The Colossal Breakfast." Let me just say that it truly is an enormous amount of food in a giant box! It was an unexpected Thanksgiving present that came at the perfect time since I'm having out-of-town relatives arriving this Tuesday to spend a week with us over the Thanksgiving holiday. We will put it to good use! The timing made me think of the statement in a recent lecture I heard in my BSF class: "Not one molecule or millisecond is outside God's sovereign control." How gracious He is!

Of course I wanted to thank my friend and her family for their generous gift, so I made them a thank you card using some pretty floral card stock and putting into practice some coloring tips I learned from Mary Polanco in her alcohol marker class this weekend. The card base was cut on my Silhouette Cameo, and then I had fun embellishing it. I used a sentiment from the SU! Flowering Tulips set for the thank you message, and then in order to follow the theme over at the Butterfly Challenge, I stamped 2 poppies from SU! Painted Poppies set and colored them with my Ohuhu alcohol  ink markers after die cutting them with the coordinating dies. I then die cut 3 butterflies from the SU! Butterfly Brilliance bundle and added some pearls to them. I adhered all the circle layers and then the sentiments and die cuts to finish the card.  It's hard to tell in the photos, but the card stock I used for the butterflies and the thank you sentiment circle is a pale peach that matches the lightest color in the floral card stock I used for the base of the card. Hopefully this card will convey my gratitude to my friend and her family for their thoughtfulness and generosity.

Front view:

Left side close up:

Middle panel close up:

Right side close up:

Top view:

Another view of the card when open:

The card closes flat to mail:

 Challenges I'm entering: 

Butterfly Challenge (butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.com): Poppies, layers, and butterflies (ends 11/22/23)

We Love to Create mixed media Challenge Blog...sponsored by Polkadoodles (welove2create.blogspot.com) ATG (ends 12/1/23)

A Place To Start (hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com): ATG or for a child (ends at the end of the month)

****Pammie's Inky Pinkies**** **********Challenges********** (pammiesinkypinkieschallenges.blogspot.com): ATG (1/3; ends 11/19/23)

Anything Goes With a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #70 (secretstamper.com): ATG with a fun fold (ends 11/24/23)

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Thanks/Thanksgiving (1/5; ends 11/20/23)

The Paper Shelter: Fun folds (1/2; ends 11/23/23)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (ends 11/22/23)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with option of Thankful (ends at the end of the month)

Allsorts challenge blog: Christmas or ATG (ends 11/24/23)

No more challenges.