Hey everyone! It’s EK, and I am popping into to share a one layered card to inspire someone right now. I don’t know about you, but morale is a little low in my house, so I thought maybe I should make some cards to help inspire my kiddos to do their best work. I just love how the Soar Collection stamp set by Suzanne Cannon is filled with inspirational quotes perfect to inspire anyone.
Step One: Trim a piece of 90lb Soft Finish Cardstock to 4.25×5.5 inches. Trim a circle out of a piece of masking tape and adhere it to the cardstock.
Step Two: Blend some water reactive inks onto the Soft Finish Cardstock to create a night sky. I used Distress Oxides in Chipped Sapphire, Dusty Concord, and Hickory Smoke.
Step Three: Using a black water reactive ink, blend ink around the edges of the cardstock to ground the image. I used Distress Oxide Black Soot.
Step Four: Using both clean water and an iridescent spray, splatter the cardstock to create stars.
Step Five: Peel off the mask to expose the moon. Add some pale blue ink to the revealed area. I used Distress Oxide in Tumbled Glass.
Step Six: Tape the A Way With Words Flourished Frame stencil from Suzanne Cannon over the inked cardstock.
Step Seven: Blend white pigment ink through the Flourished Frame stencil to create a frame around the card.
Step Eight: Stamp a sentiment onto the card frame from the A Way with Words Soar Collection stamp set. To be honest, any of the sentiments on the card would be perfect for this card, but I went with the Shoot for the moon sentiment.
I really love how with just a stencil, a stamp set and some ink you can create a really inspiring card. All of Suzanne Cannon’s sentiment stamp sets are perfect to create on layered inked cards. If you don’t have any, check out her full line. Let us know what your favorite A Way with Words sentiment is in the comments below. Until then, happy crafting.
