Encouragement Card Hop

I am so excited to participate in this Encouragement Hop! Several of my crafty friends are participating too, and I love having a chance to play with them 😀 And for it to be a hop to encourage crafters to share, and to create encouragement cards at the same time, is an admirable thing. Thank you Courtney, Mary, and Jen- for coming up with this idea!


I did create a video with all the details of how I created this card, including the coloring. Please go check it out- be sure to like the video, subscribe to my channel, and leave me a comment! I love to hear what you think! All of this helps my YouTube channel.

Now doesn't this look like the second best way to spend a summer afternoon? The first would be crafting, of course! 😉

• Ink blend a 4-1/8"x 5-3/8" panel of white cardstock with Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, adn Faded Jeans Distress Oxide inks. Spritz with Pearlized water and spatter with clean water. Let air dry, or dry with a heat tool.
• Use Versamark ink to stamp the Hero Arts Abstract Waves background stamp onto panel, heat emboss with Hero Arts White Satin Pearl embossing powder. 
• Dry emboss panel with Spellbinders Scored and Pierced Rectangles die. Trim coater blanks down to fit behind the panel and adhere together.
• Stamp the main image from Art Impressions Stayin' Afloat set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Copic friendly white cardstock, and color as desired.
• Cut the ladies out with Spellbinders Scored and Pierced Circles. Cut a matching circle from coaster blank and adhere together.
• Stamp and die cut the sentiment with the Scored and Pierced Circles. Cut a matching circle from coaster blank and adhere together.
• Cut a card base to 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and score at 4-1/4" to create an A2 card base. 
• Ink blend the same colors inside the card and stamp sentiment in black ink. I prefer Versafine Onyx Black for my sentiments. 
• Adhere the layers to the card front. Done!

 Don't you love the shimmer of the White Satin Pearl here?! And I love these ladies. Definitely going to have to create more cards with them. And collect a few more of these ladies!

And the inside of the card. The Twisted Citron looks much better in real life than in this picture. I do not know what happened there, sorry folks.

One last look at the ladies! I may have to pet this card for a while before I send it to someone.

Head on over to the next crafter, Denise Gibbs, and don't forget to leave some encouragement along the way.


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