Friday, September 16, 2016

You Make the World Better

Hi Everyone!

It's Friday, yay! We get a long weekend because it's teacher work day, so the kiddos are all out of school. I have lots of crafty things I want to get done today, so it's nice to know I don't have to run out and back and forth for various drop offs and pick ups.

I have another card to share featuring my new "You Matter" set from Simon Says Stamp. This time, I wanted to just concentrate on one sentiment. I love the sentiment, "You make the world a better place" I just think it's a powerful statement to share with a special person.


I used my distress inks and a bit of transparency sheet to make a "smoothed" background on some water color paper. I roughed up the edges of the paper and added some ink to the edges as well.
 Then I die cut the "You" three times, stamping one of them with black ink. I layered the die cuts to give dimension and then offset the bottom black layer just a little to create a shadow type effect so that the die didn't get lost on the background.

I added three coordinating smal strips of paper at the bottom, with the rest of the sentiment. I added the faux stitching and a few sequins to finish up the the card.


That is all for me, friends! Have a great day and enjoy your weekend!

I am linking this card to the following challenges:

Crafting with Friends Challenge Anything Goes
Creative Corner Challenge: No Pattern Paper
Simply Papercraft:Anything Goes





6 comments:

Kin Johnson said...

Very nice card, I love the background you created!

cotnob said...

A super card Dori, a fabulous background beautiful colours.
Pauline
x

Veerle said...

Gorgeous card, great background and so perfect for our challenge. Thank you for joining in. Gr Veerle DT Creative Corner

Amber said...

Dori this card is a real eye-catcher - especially the background...and the sentiment is perfect! Thanks for joining us at Creative Corner Challenges this week!~Amber DT Creative Corner

meg said...

Fantastic background for the die cut lovely card

Elina Stromberg said...

Love the background and the distressed details. Looks amazing!