{12 Weeks of Christmas}: Week 12 -- Smeby Family Thank You Note

Sunday, December 25, 2011

{12 Weeks of Christmas}: Week 12 -- Smeby Family Thank You Note

Once again, I've had fun using My Digital Studio to create a card for our family. MDS is my go-to program for photo Thank You notes. For example, I like to use a photo from each of my kid's birthdays as the backdrop for their Thank You note for friends and family.

This is our Christmas Thank You picture. I'll trim it (which is why there's so much blue space below the photo) on the right side and bottom to fit a 4 1/4 by 5 1/2-inch card base.

The background color is one the I chose using the Color Picker function (I wanted it to coordinate with the kids' outfits); I simply guided my mouse over the photo and chose my color. The snowflakes are from the Season of Cheer stamp set and the pinecone arrangement is from Pines and Poinsettias. The Modern Label Punch is Always Artichoke and I lowered the opacity to make it translucent (one of my favorite effects to use!). I've also added a silver brad to the Modern Label punch, as I would to a "hard copy" version. The "Thank You" comes from one of my favorite sets, Thank You Kindly. Finally, the photo has a small black mat and as well, I used the "Drop Shadow" effect on it.

Our Christmas Thank You notes turn out to be "hybrid" (which is often the case). I usually add buttons, ribbon or some other embellishment as well as sometimes mounting it upon two different pieces of card stock for visual interest. Here, I've simply trimmed the picture and mounted it on a Very Vanilla card base. I've added a length of Whisper White Narrow Grosgrain and made a Faux Bow and added a rhinestone to the center of the small snowflake on the right. So simple and just enough "Wow!"