Encouragement Hop

Hello Everyone!

I'm so excited to be joining my first HOP ever. I'm thrilled to share my three favorite YouTubers Scrapnena Creations, Courtney Kreeber, and Mary Polanco. Please follow them if you don't!

They decided to make a hop to reach out to all crafters around the world. I feel this is great opportunity for me, I've been card making for 6 years, but crafting since I was little girl. I've always have a joy crafting which brings a smile to my face. I can't believe how wonderful the crafty community and they're my new group of crafty friends! Please support by clinking the next link below and check out the hop on Youtube as well.

On with the card, today I made a Thankful for you Friend. When I was thinking of making an Encouragement card, I wanted to thank all my new crafty friends and my friends out there who's supporting me through this journey. I'm thankful for everyone for being on this crafty adventure with me.

I started stamping the girl from The Greeting Farm called Pumpkin Spice, this set was from STAMPember event hosted by Simon Says Stamp (Can't wait for this years event!) on Neenah solar white 80lbs cardstock. She is a fun image to color, I used copic colors to give her hair some textured and give her some life. Once I was complete coloring her, then I fussy cut her out. This part always frightens me, if I mess up, I have to do all the coloring again...this time all good!

The background I stamped the coffee cup and heart from Lawn Fawn "Love you a Latte" set, stamping on Lawn Fawn card stock fog, using Storm Cloud dye ink for the coffee cup and Wild Rose dye ink for the heart. I randomly placed the coffee cup and heart upside down, right side up, and side ways in different angles. This way the back ground gives me variety and my unique spin to the card. Next I died cut on Simon Says card stock Sea Foam using the circle stitched die from Honey Bee Stamps. It felt flat to me to I got my distress oxides out and found the closes match to the blue and used Salty Ocean. Using the Nuvo brush to pull out the color behind her.

Lastly the sentiment, The Greeting Farm Pumpkin Spice "Thankful for you" and Mama Elephant Calliletters spelling out "friend". I embossed the two sentiments on Lawn Fawn card stock called Black Licorice, such a wonderful black for embossing white sentiments.

I hope you enjoyed this card as much I made it. Don't forget to hop onto the NEXT person. Please check out the videos Encourgement hop on Youtube as well!! Thanks!