Encouragement Card with Muted Florals

Life can throw curve balls our way from time, and I've been very fortunate to be relatively healthy for much of my adult life. I'm currently waiting on test results however, that can change that course and take me down a road that many have followed. The most frustrating part right now is the waiting and I'm not a patient girl, haha! I do have my faith and that helps tremendously to keep me grounded, along with the support of family and friends. With all that being said, encouragement cards have always been my favorite card to make. We all need encouragement, and honestly, I can't imagine anyone not accepting it. While I'm currently facing uncertainty, I was drawn to make an encouragement card. It brought me so much joy and peace to create this card that features products from Scrapbook.com, Gina K Designs, and OLO Marker. Creative details below, with my supply list at the end.

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

The stamp set I'm featuring today is Gina K Designs Thoughtful Flowers. This is available individually as a stamp set or as bundle with the stamp and die set. The stamp set has a beautiful cluster of blooms, along with individual flowers, leaves and other elements, including a splatter stamp. The stamp set also has a good number of sentiments, which I love. You can never have too many sentiment choices!

Also, one of my favorite paper pads is from Scrapbook.com. It's an ombre paper that comes in a lot of different shades and mimics the look of ink blending. I actually went to my personal Facebook page and asked my friends to help me choose the pink or the green ombre paper for this card. The pink won!

I was kind of leaning towards the pink too, because it had that pretty yellow as well and that helped pull out the yellows in my colored blooms.

Let me also show you how I applied the splatter stamp. I simply placed low tack tape over my floral stamping, then stamped with the splatter stamp in the empty space. So easy!

I have to admit, coloring is my favorite part. All of my coloring was done with my OLO Markers in these colors:

YO2.3 - Butterscotch

YO2.2 Pudding

RV0.2 - Bubble Gum

R5.3 - Dusty Rose

YG8.3 - Lichen

YG8.5 - Moss

YO2.0 - Eggshell

R0.2 - Pink Lemonade

I really wanted soft, muted colors and I was so happy with how all of these colors paired together so nicely. When making my color choices, I generally swipe my markers on some scrap cardstock to see how they match up together, before applying the ink to my images. I passed over several colors because they were too bright or too dark for what I wanted to achieve.

I also used a white gel pen as an accent on my blooms and leaves.

 

Since I tend to create first and measure later, my full card dimensions were just over A2 sized, at 

4 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. This could easily be scaled down a bit for A2 size if that is your cardmaking preference. 

I love how this card turned out and I can't wait to give it to someone who needs encouragement. If you'd like to browse for more product detail, or shop for any of the products that I used today, I've provided convenient affiliate links below. There is no added cost to you, if you click and shop through my affiliate links. If you make a purchase, the companies that I work with compensate me a few cents per dollar so, please consider shopping through my affiliate links. I appreciate it so much and every little bit helps!

Have a great day!

Terri

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OLO Marker YO2.3 - Butterscotch Shop at: OLO Marker	OLO Marker YG8.5 - Moss Shop at: OLO Marker	Gina K Designs Score Board Shop at: Scrapbookcom	OLO Marker RV0.2 - Bubble Gum Shop at: OLO Marker
OLO Marker - YO2.2 Pudding Shop at: OLO Marker	Gina K Designs Thoughtful Flowers Stamp & Die Set Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Gina K Designs Thoughtful Flowers Stamp Set Shop at: Scrapbookcom	OLO Marker YG8.3 - Lichen Shop at: OLO Marker
OLO Marker YO2.0 - Eggshell Shop at: OLO Marker	OLO Marker - R0.2 - Pink Lemonade Shop at: OLO Marker	OLO Marker - R5.3 - Dusty Rose Shop at: OLO Marker	Ombre A2 Paper Pad - 40 sheets Shop at: Scrapbookcom
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Prayers For Australia

With all the raging fires burning in Australia, and many Americans feeling so helpless, Scrapbook.com has created a digital file fundraiser.  100% of the funds raised will go directly to the Australian Red Cross to assist in their efforts.  If you too are feeling helpless, you can purchase this set for yourself or a crafty friend for use in your paper crafting.  There is even a file that was created specifically for t-shirts. I hope you will read this to the end, as I have more crafty information that I want to share with you.

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links.  This does not affect your purchase price.)

The cost of this set is only $5.00 and contains 15 images that can be used for many other occasions as well.  Not only will you receive svg and png files that can be used with your electric die cut machines, such as Cricut Explore, Silhouette, etc, but the png files can also be used as digital stamps in Microsoft Word.  That is what I've done today, using a just a couple of the png images, and altering them to fit the dimensions that I needed for this card.  You can make the images as big or as small as you like.

Once I created my images in Microsoft Word, I saved my file in case I want to make extra's later.  Then, I printed my image on Neenah cardstock and trimmed the cardstock down to size, for this layered card.  I did a little ink blending and droplet splatters from a distress spray bottle to finish this off.  

Here's a tip: unscrew your distress spray bottle and gently tap the droplets from the end of the mister tubing to get the splatters.

I am so humbled and honored to create this card sample for Scrapbook.com.  As an affiliate, when you purchase anything through the affiliate links that I provide, I typically make a small commission, less than 25 cents when you click on any of my links.  I will not receive a commission on this digital file collection because it is a fundraiser.  We all want the AU Red Cross to receive as much as possible from this fundraiser!

Let me also mention that as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, it helps me so much when you click any of my links that I share here on my blog, and when you see me share them on social media.  There is no cost to you when you do this and it allows me to give back to this amazing community by offering up fun giveaways on my social media from time to time.  This is not a big money maker for me!  I do this because I love it, it's fun and I make so many amazing crafty friends along the way.  Thank you for your support!  Feel free to click away!

Thanks so much for popping in and letting me share several bits of information with you today.  If you would like to go a step further and share this blog post on your Facebook page and help spread the word, that would be awesome!  We need everyone to know about this and there are so many crafty file cutting lovers out there.  

If you purchase this set, I would love to see what you make.  Feel free to share with me over on my Facebook page at Waving My Wand! God bless and stay crafty, friends!  Terri

Affiliate product links are listed throughout this post. Click on the link to go directly to the product.  I do receive a small commission at no extra cost to you, if you make a purchase.

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