Sometimes all you have to do is believe. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. This is the sentiment I decided to use for the card I’m posting today.
I like to make encouragement cards and actually often make them just for myself – to encourage myself during a difficult time. This is a card I made recently when I was feeling down. I spend some time working on it and my mood improved, I ended up feeling much better once the card was finished. Do you ever feel like this?
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CARDS DETAILS
I started working on this card by stamping floral image from the Spring Seeds stamp set in Intense Black ink onto white cardstock. I cut it out with the help of coordinating die and colored using my Copics (I used same colors as I did here).
This floral image has a little banner that can house a sentiment. The stamp set this image comes from has several sentiments to choose from, but I decided to use a different one and not make this into a Spring card. I picked Believe set and white heat embossed most of my sentiment onto a vellum banner.
I didn’t want to use the large “Believe” word that comes in the Believe set (as it would have been too big for this card), so I looked in my stamp collection to find this word in a smaller size and found one in the Running With Your Heart set.
To create a background for this card I white heat embossed Falling Hearts onto kraft paper. I love this hearts background, but I don’t use it often enough.
I trimmed my background to 3 3/4 x 5″ and foam mounted onto an A2 white card base. I also foam mounted my floral image and the sentiment banner. Lastly, I used shimmer pen and Nuvo Drops to add some detail to my flowers.
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
 Simon Says Stamp Spring Seeds Stamp Set Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Spring Seeds Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies Spring Seeds Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Believe Believe in the Season Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Running With Your Heart Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Cling Rubber Stamp Falling Hearts Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah Classic Crest 80 Lb Smooth Desert Storm Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Vellum Shop at: SSS |
 EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic English Mustard Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS |
 Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Aqua Shimmer Pen Nuvo 2 Pack 888n Shop at: SSS |
 White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS |
 Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS |
Very nice card Yana, I love encouragement cards (even for myself too… LOL) and I LOVE quotes, so this is really up my alley! TFS!
Yana,
I think this project has had a lot of thought gone into it. I was looking at the list of resources and I was thinking about your process at the start of designing this card. You obviously knew what you wanted to do and had some idea of where you would find the right resources in your craft stash. Thank you for sharing this project with us crafters Yana. :O)
Beautiful Card Yana, love the white embossing and vellum embellishment – Perfect in everyday 🙂
What a beautiful and loving encouragement card!
Love this beautifully feminine card Yana! The vellum fishtail banner is a nice touch!
Such a beautiful encouragement card, Yana! I love how you paired elements from different stamp sets for your design and your color palette is lovely! I sometimes forget to use vellum on my cards, and this is such a great reminder for me to take it out!
Love the simplicity of your elegant card. The images are awesome and the yellow Nuvo drops gives great texture. The sentiment is awesome. Love this card. Oh the heart background is perfect. Love it.
Lovely card. I am always hopeful when I see your design process unfold…and yes, I feel better after making a card for someone.
Wow, Yana! This heartfelt card is so beautiful and encouraging. You’ve added so many extra touches and textures (embossing, nuvo drops, shimmer pen) to make it unique, and I find it especially creative. I would love to receive a card of this type from someone, so I’m going to try to recreate it to send to a friend in need. Thanks for all the inspiration you provide!
Love this encouragement card. I also love the bunny card in the background. What background stamp did you use to emboss the background of the bunny card?
Lovely motivational quote and a beautiful card!!
Beautiful card and sentiment! I hope you are feeling better. 🙂
I just love SSS background stamps and the kraft and white is sooo pretty with those flowers and velum. Gorgeous.
So very pretty!!