Handmade Greeting Cards – Page 70 – Stampin' Up! Only Challenges

What a delight it was to read all about all the projects submitted for our challenge to make a "Thinking of You" card. There were so many beautiful cards and, as always, we had to work hard to pick our Top Three for the challenge.

Kasey from Oz (Australia) wowed us all with her beautifully ornate embossed frame for a simply gorgeous "painting" of a ship. This really is true artistry of the stamping variety!

Tanya Bell (also from Australia!) just pulled this vintage look together perfectly. There was so much beautiful detail that it was hard not to keep looking at it to see if there was one more detail we missed!

Sheri Bradley's card has such a beautifully clean design. We loved the way the dogwood flower popped from the rest of the card, and how well it tied together with the rest of the paper!

With all of the very specific kinds of greeting cards to make, you'd think that we could all keep busy with those! But so much of the time, I just want to make a card that uses that special stamp set or that special Designer Series Paper or that technique that I just read about on the Internet, and I don't really have any other purpose in mind. Until, that is, when I get to the end of the design process and realize that I really do want to "say" something with the card. More often than not, I end up using a simple greeting such as, "Friend to Friend," or "Thinking of You." But what do you do when you START with the idea of making a "Thinking of You" card? That's what we'd like to find out in this week's challenge.

So join with us in today's challenge – to make a greeting card just for the purpose of sending to someone to say you're thinking about them. I've already used the card I made for today's challenge to send to someone who's going to be undergoing some medical tests. I want her to know that I'm thinking about her as she approaches this day that will be somewhat of an ordeal. I can hardly wait to see what kind of card YOU would make to say, "Thinking of You"!

Here, as always, are some cards from our Design Team to get you started as you design your own card. Please remember to post your card using the InLinkz tool at the end of this post – and be sure to use Stampin' Up! products ONLY, and post only cards that you've made in response to (that is, after) we've posted today's challenge.