Hello! Today, I am a part of an “Encouragement Card Hop.” This hop is different from your regular hops because it includes bloggers, YouTubers, as well as folks that don’t use either. Each stop along the hop will be linked to the next stop, so you should be coming from Jen Holder’s Video. If you’d like to start from the very beginning, please visit Courtney Kreeber’s blog HERE. This hop was created to not only include everyone, but to create cards that are encouraging. I think we can all use some encouragement from time to time.
The card I created was inspired by a Jennifer McGuire video from February, that teaches ways to rethink dies and stamps. You can check out Jennifer’s video HERE. I thought the video had so many wonderful ideas, and I really wanted to try one out for myself, as I love to stretch my supplies.
I looked though my Stampendous dies and I came across this rose bud die from the Rose Garden Die Set. I thought this die was distinct enough, and had enough of a surface area once cut, that it would look really pretty on a card. I decided to cut the rose bud out with Echo Park paper from their “Coffee” paper pad. I decided to also cut a piece of white craft foam with the same die, to give the patterned paper even dimension. Using the craft foam is also a huge time saver, because I don’t have to mess around with cutting little pieces of foam tape.
I embossed a piece of dark Wedgwood blue cardstock with an “Argyle” embossing folder (one of my absolute favorite embossing folders) from Darice, and die cut an oval window out of the center. This oval would create the perfect spot for me to highlight the rose bud die. I mounted the embossed cardstock on to a cream card base.
I made a small sentiment strip using the “Tiny Words” stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. For a finishing touch, I added a few blue sequins from the “Aquamarine” Sparkle Blend from Doodles Paper Playground. I adhered the sequins with On Point Glue from Imagine, which is my favorite liquid adhesive.
That’s it for me today. Next stop on the Encouragement Card Hop is the fantastic Mary Polanco. She’s got another great YouTube video to share. Thank you so much for stopping by. If you’re new here, I hope you’ll consider subscribing to my blog, or following me on social media. All of my links are up top on the right side of my blog. Have an inspiring day!
Love this card, colors work great together and just enough bling to make it pop a bit more.
Encouragement card seem to show up st the right time . Great card .
This is beautiful! I love that you used the die with patterned paper!
Beautiful card, Alison
Beautiful card. I always struggle with using embossing folders and patterned paper. Your card has inspired me to try it again.
This is phenomenal. The placement is just perfect. Thank you so much for being a part of the Hop
So pretty!
Very nice! Love the floral paper.
Pretty card and think I’ll use craft foam die cut behind certain dies as would be easier than foam tape. Thanks.
Awesome use of cardstock and dies! Love the card!
Great card. Tfs ?
This turned out perfectly! Love it! ?
This card is so elegant, I love the colors ♥️??
This is a lovely card, I think the argyle background with the oval cutout really makes the floral image & the sentiment stand out! Great job!!!
I love how creative you got in this card and it turned out so lovely. Thanks for sharing!
Such a lovely and unique card. I have not seen this video of jennifer mcguire so you sharing this tip from her is a plus. Will need to look at my stash and see what I can reuse in a different way. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful card ❤ thanks for sharing your creativity ?
I love this card so much! It’s so pretty! I really need to rethink the dies as well; YAY! Thank you so much for joining the hop! HUGS! 🙂
What a beautiful card! The florals are just so pretty! I love stretching my supplies too! Thank you so much for joining us on the hop! Jenn xO