A Thankful Heart – Mari Ko Creations Thanksgiving 2017 Freebie

Happy Thanksgiving! (Slightly belated, sorry!) Though we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving here in Finland I was very excited to see this awesome freebie from Mari Ko Creations. It’s free with any purchase during the Black Friday – definitely worth checking out! What I love most about this stamp is how versatile it is. It is great for Thanksgiving, but also for thank you cards at any time of the year!

I kept my card pretty simple as I really wanted to let the image shine. I printer out both parts on to some alcohol marker friendly paper and coloured them up using my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers. I kept my colours on the Autumnal side, using soft oranges for the flowers, yellow greens for the rounded leaves, and darker greens for the spiky leaves.

I had originally planned to keep the card as a one layer card, but after colouring I decided to fussy cut the heart out and adhere it to a kraft card base. I then adhered the full inner panel to the inside of the card.

I love how this card turned out. The kraft card base really helps the image pop, and the Autumnal colours work beautifully for the flowers. It’s such a sweet image and I can definitely see myself using it a lot! It’d be fun to make a set of thank you card with different coloured flowers on each. I definitely encourage you to check out the sale at Mari Ko Creations and grab your freebie whilst you can!

Love,

Lady Joyful

Challenges included:

CAS-ual Fridays – Gratitude with Attitude

Paru’s Cardmaking Challenges – Thank You

The Flower Challenge – CAS