Simply Praying

Hello All! It’s LauraJane today sharing a simple card using the Prayers stamp set with a hint of Country Blooms. I find that I do a lot of praying while I’m in the craft room…and I needed several encouragement cards this week, so this simple created. I’ll show you ina few step-by-step photos how it came together.

Starting out with an A2 sized CS masked at half an inch from the top and bottom. Working on a grid makes this step easy.

First I stamped PRAYING in a dark shade of blue at an angle. Then repeat stamped PRAYING several more times in a lighter shade, trying to keep the same angle as the first.

Next I carefully removed the masking tape and positioned it so the top and bottom half inches were exposed.
I inked them with the lighter shade of blue and stamped the LEAVES from Country Blooms over them using the darker blue.
Carefully, so as not to tear the paper, I removed the taped once again. Ran the panel through the BigShot with a Stitched rectangle die.
At this point I realised that I had left too much white space above the “g” in the dark blue PRAYING,… sorry no photo… So I trimmed off the two half inch inked strips from the top and bottom and set them aside.
Trimmed down the PRAYING panel above the G, and layered some fun foam behind it.

Inked the FOR HEALING in the dark blue and swiped the ink pad across the bottom and top edges for more definition.
Took an A2 card base and adhered the Half inch strips to the top and bottom.
Used some washi tape to fill in the extra space left by trimming the PRAYING panel down.
Placed that panel on top so the solid blue washi was evenly peaking out from behind.

Added a few tiny little stars from Fireworks Mix to finish the card:)