Thursday, August 25, 2011

Strength, Love, Faith, Courage and Hope

Here is a set of cards I created for a couple of challenges. They are listed at the end of this post. If you have time to craft, please consider working Robyn's "cards for a cause" in to your crafting time.

These are standard A2 cards.  The black and white polka-dot paper is from DCWV's Stack 7, the pink paper is scraps of some Heidi Grace paper. I also used some black seam binding ribbon and my white gel pen. I created the sentiment using Photoshop, you can see the sentiment best at the bottom of this post.

I printed the sentiment onto pink cardstock and mounted it on white card stock.  Then this block is mounted up on pop dots.

The inside of the card is decorated with scraps of the different papers I used. There are two versions of this card, and the inside paper is mounted on the coordinating side (if the ribbon on the front is on the right side, the inside decoration is also on the right side).

Here you can see how they are all very similar, but the layout is flipped.  I attached the sentiment block to the center of all the cards. I love the simple color scheme.

Here is one last look at the card set.

This is the sentiment block I created for this card. Each word is in a different font.  With these powerful words of encouragement, I just fell in love with it.

Challenges:  

15 comments:

GiGi said...

Very pretty card! That is such a beautiful sentiment box you created! Thanks for sharing and playing at WHimsical Wednesdays!

MM said...

Very pretty! i love the Sentiments Box im currently working on the same project and this gave me an idea

Annette said...

I really like the color combination that you chose for your card. I think this is going to really brighten someone's day. Thanks for coming to visit me:)

Missy said...

This is a GREAT card! The sentiment you created is fantastic!!!

DIANA L. said...

Very nice sentiment is super you did a great job on design that.

abusybee - DoubleClick Connections said...

Beautiful!

Carri~abusybee
www.doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com

Cindy Beland said...

FANTASTIC job with your card!I just LOVE the sentiment!Thanks so much for playing along with us at Whimsical Wednesdays!:)

Sunshine HoneyBee said...

Like how you created & placed the sentiment.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
http://CreatedbySunshineHoneyBee.blogspot.com

Dee Burns said...

Love the colors and everything about this card. The Sentiment is fantastic. Good job.
Have a great night!
Thanks
Dee B

Karen H said...

This is such a fantastic card set. The pink stands out so powerfully against the black, delivering the message so boldly. Excellent faux stitching, as well. :o) Thank you for playing along with us at Whimsical Wednesdays! :o)

Hugs and blessings!

Melanie - The Paper Retreat said...

Great word art! I am impressed that you created it yourself! Very inspirational and so happy you shared these cards with us at Whimsical Wednesday! Melanie

Unknown said...

Gorgeous cards Cheryl. I love the font you used to create the block of words! Thank you for joining us at Whimsical Wednesdays.

Hugs,
Stephanie

PS. Did you get my e-mail answering your questions about SU..let me know if you need anything.

jessica said...

Amazing cards Cheryl!! Love the word art and thanks for sharing it!
You did an excellent job on this weeks challenge! TFS and playing along with us over at Whimsical Wednesdays!!

JustYolie said...

Beautiful card for a great cause...I hope you join us October 1st for Link Up for Pink...Thank you for sharing your word art. :)

Anonymous said...

Oh wow your cards are amazing. thank you so much for sharing your word art.... love it.