Giving Thanks

Sometime in February I had a fairly large birthday party (well ok, not that large but around 20 adults is a pretty big group for me), so I thought I'd thank the attendees. Due to a bout of laziness followed by a bad stomach, the project was delayed for a little while, now they're done and posted, and I'm quite pleased with the results. 

As you can see I used a lot of the mats from the previous batch of cards, and they're all fairly same-y because then the cards are finished faster that way.

These cards are quite small, only about 4"x4" (10cm), although half are a little smaller since the paper stock wasn't quite 12"x12" (30cm).  Here's all of them in one go:

Reverse of cards made with Tilda paper:

And obverse of Tilda paper:

Reverse of Inkido paper cards:

And obverse of the Inkido paper cards:

Mats:
Paper (5-cards batch): Tilda/Panduro "Winter Memories" (brown background, stars on reverse side, pink peonies and turquoise hydrangeas on obverse side)
Paper: (6-cards batch): Inkido Is This Love? "Laugh" SM12325 (Grey-and-red stripes on obverse side, grey/white paisley print on reverse).
3M transparency film.
Heart die-cuts: Craft paper block from Lidl. Unfortunately no other names available, but I've included a picture of a similar paper from the set.

Heart die: Cheery Lynn Designs, "Hearts 'n Gears" (Steampunk series) B378 
Stamp prints on transparency: My Mind's Eye, Lost & Found "Rosy "Everything" Stamps" item #LF2052
"Thank you" stamp: My Mind's Eye, Lost & Found "Union Square "Perfect" Stamps" item #LF1082. 
Bird stamps: Crafty Individuals "4 Block birds" CI-184
Griffin stamp: Metal type bought at a Sunday market in Cambridge, no brand/name. 
Flowers: Bulk buy from a Tradera auction probably the majority are Pappex brand; although I manged to sneak in a few Prima Flowers  Flower Can "Caboodles" ones too. 
On the obverse sides, I have used a single Pappex flower with pressed rose petals from my own garden. They're actually a deep burgundy, not brown.
Sticker pearls: from Panduro Pearl-Stickers Mix (same set), Cyan/Turquoise/Grey
Feathers: from an eBay seller, 2-4" feathers (mixed colours).
I used Distress Ink pads on the edges of all the cards: Faded Jeans (blue), Walnut Stain(brown), and Barn Door(red).

Did I mention that I was pretty pleased with how they turned out? I took roughly 2 days to complete them all... which is quite slow, but still... :)

xoxo