Encouraging Cards

Today's card is an encouragement theme, inspired by the prompt at Just Us Girls.

I pulled out some old supplies from a Simon Says Stamp kit (purging the boxes in the new year) and on of my favorite sets for encouraging sentiments from Catherine Pooler Designs. I couldn't stop at one, of course, because my goal was to empty the box of cardstock and pattern paper. I have three cards today, all of them centered around encouragement and using the sentiments as the focal points, stamping on pattern papers. 

I used similar layouts on these cards, merely swapping out the patterns, colors, sentiments and stamps. 

Love a good stripe as a border, so for this one used the black and white "words" pattern with the colorful rainbow pattern above that. 

This second one is my favorite, I think because of the bright yellow background. I'm also a fan of those hexagons that were stamped on the background.

And then this final one is basically a portrait flip of the first one. Instead of rainbow colors across, we have them running down the card. 

All super easy and fun cards inspired by encouragement sentiments. And I have an empty box out of my craft room. But the big question . . . did I free up space or just make room more new stuff. 

I'll never tell.

I hope you find some time to create some encouragement today.

Debbie

Stamps and Dies:  Fearless Pursuit Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Cardstock (Simon Says Stamp); "Believe" Collection (Bo Bunny);

Other: Charcoal Sequins and Marigold Jewels (Pretty Pink Posh);