Hello everyone! Women are the embodiment of love, strength and courage, and I’m super excited today to be a part of the 3rd International Women’s Day Hop!
I’m pleased to say that Penguin Palace, among many others are sponsoring this year’s hop. The first stop of the hop starts HERE, please head over to check-out the full hop list where you will find lots of wonderful inspirations from many talented artists, AND for a chance to win!
For this hop, I made a very feminine card. This colorful background was created using The Floral Wreath on our Stencils 360°TM tool, at a turning interval of 45°.
I ink blended a combination of Distress Oxide Inks including Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, Bundled Sage, Cracked Pistachio, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron and Wilted Violet. There was no masking needed to apply these different colors to the different elements on this stencil, and that is the advantage of using the Stencils 360°TM tool! And, there was no cleaning of the stencil in between inking!
To give the card a little bit more interest, I used the scalloped die from the Words From The Heart (Chapters 1 & 2) – Coordinating Penguin Perfect Cuts on kraft cardstock and adhere that to the centre of my card. Then I took a piece of Elegant Backwash – Premium Fine Paper and wrap it around my card to form a sleeve.
I then cut another piece of kraft cardstock to house my sentiment. To match the theme of the hop, I chose the following scripty sentiment from the Words From The Heart (Chapter 2) stamp set:
“To the world you are a mother, but to your family you are the world”
As a new mom to my first born who just turned two years old, this sentiment really warms my heart. Like some of you, I’m now a Stay-at-Home mom since I quit my job about a year ago. I’m pretty sure we share and face some of the same challenges day in, day out; yet we choose this path, as we want to spend more time with our loved ones. And I’m so glad I did it, as no matter how frustrating it gets, there’s always a moment where I think to myself that all of the hard work is more than worth it…like the moment when my son smiles and says “I love you mommy” 🙂
I hope you enjoy the above inspiration! And I hope all of us crafters will continue to be kind, positive, humble, and always support and encourage each other as we take a step forward towards women empowerment!
Thank you for stopping by, don’t forget to click HERE to see the full hop list and play along for a chance to win!
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Your card is beautiful.
Happy Women’s Day!
Wonderful creation. Like the use of vellum.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
This beautiful design is sure to touch the heart and soul of the mother who receives it!! Lovely work!
Gorgeous cars! I love the floral!
Hugs, Joy
So pretty! Makes me feel spring will be here soon with blossoming flowers! Lovely sentiment also.
Happy Day To You!
Aww.. so pretty! Love the colors you chose for the card and that darling sentiment is the cherry on the cake. Thank you for your generosity and being a part of this encouraging hop. Hugs ~ Ishani
Its a beautiful make , I loved the bright and happy colors and also the sentiment ! We are grateful for the support you have given to our hop and are very happy to have you as guest for our BlogHop.
What brilliant and wonderful colors!
Simply gorgeous! Love this Women’s Day hop! Thank you for the inspiration!
I love the colors you chose!!
Love the frame of flowers.
Wonderful sentiment for a loving
mother. Wonderful card.
thanks for sharing
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A beautiful, heartwarming card – thank you for sharing !
Happy Women’s Day from Belgium.
I can see why the floral wreath is sold out – it’s so pretty!
Love the colors you used; so colorful. Gorgeous card!
I love the colors and gorgeous floral wreath!!!! Thanks so much for being a part of this great hop!
Hi, Sharon – Your wreath frame is Be-you-tiful! Just lovely! I love the shades you chose and also the premium fine paper (looks almost like vellum) paper you used as a wraparound band. So pretty!! TFS your creative genius!
Lori S in PA (USA)
Lovely and colorful!!
Love your beautiful and colorful card, and the sentiment is so true and also inspiring.
Gorgeous card and lovely sentiment.
So pretty.
very sweet card I love the sentiment – so powerful
Those words are so true! The floral frame is really beautiful.Great work.
Lovely card for spring, with a lovely sentiment too! The colors are so cheery! Happy Women’s Day!
Beautiful card! It is awesome how easy it is to create with the Stencil 360*.
Beautiful card with fresh colours. Thank you so much for being our guest for this hop and also sponsoring our event
Lovely card.
Love the sentiment used on this card.
What an amazing card.. Beautiful sentiment and fresh colors. I totally love it. Thank you so much for being part of this hop. Hugsxx Deepti Aggarwal
So pretty in pastel colors and I love the heart touching sentiment!
Oh my my! The creatures with blossoms and your stunning coloring work gave them a life! Love both, hard to say which one is more beautiful! Thanks for being a generous sponsor!
There is a google error through wordpress, Sorry it added the last comment too by mistake I don’t know how! Don’t count the creature comment, so sorry!
Beautiful card, and I love the sentiment too!
Gorgeous card. I love the pretty colors.
Loving the colors of this. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on motherhood. My child is very much into her adulthood but I remember the toddler days like it was yesterday. Thanks!
Sensational card! I love the stenciling! And the bright colors using the distress oxide inks.
Simply gorgeous! This is such a fun hop!
That is a beautiful card Sharon, love the colors and the sentiment is so lovely. A BIG thank you for being part of our event.
Lovely card! I especially love how you did the wreath and all the pretty colors!!!! Happy International Women’s Day!!!
Wonderful colors, Beautiful sentiment… Fab card there.
Thanks for supporting and sponsoring our Hop.
What a beautiful card and sentiment! I love the bright colors!
Such a lovely card and sentiment. So beautiful and true
very beautiful card!
Thank you for sharing a beautiful card !
Love the wreath floral and what a great sentiment
Beautiful card with lovely colors and sentiment..Thank you so much for supporting and sponsoring our hop.
Sharon, what a beautiful writeup. Love it, especially the sentiment on the card is so meaningful.
Such a lovely card with a very true sentiment! I only worked 2 days a week when my kids were young and no amount of money can replace the time we spent together.
love how you used the vellum to break you the background pattern – very nice
Wonderfully stenciled background and an amazing sentiment !!
Just fell in love with the cheerful and beautiful card
Beautiful card 💟
Beautiful card, Sharon! And that sentiment is so heartwarming. I love how you’ve framed that beautiful sentiment with those gorgeous florals. You are so right– whatever adjustments we make in our lives, our loved ones’ smiles make it completely worthwhile 🙂
Thank you so much for supporting our hop.
With love,
Jasleen
Team Member
Women.beyoutifully.you
So True, Our world revolves around our mother the first women we got to know. Lovely Card
Beautiful card, lovely colors and a very important message, simply loved it.
Beautiful card and I love the background!
Such a beautiful and colorful card! 🙂
Love your card. So gorgeous, love these colors. 🙂
Absolutely beautiful!
Well that pulled at my heart strings! Congrats new momma, I wish you a wonderful life filled with all the things you dreamed of for your family! The card was wonderful and I thank you for showing it for the message of this hop! Thanks.
Thank you so much Carol!
This is amazing! So soft and beautiful. Well done.
Wow, I love all these beautiful colours.
Beautiful card!