Love You Card

Happy Friday crafty friends! My name is Jeannie and I'm so excited to be sharing my first post as a design team member for Ink Blot Shop. Today, I’m sharing a super simple card, which can be customized for any occasion.

I love background stamps for creating a subtle background or interest to a card, allowing you to focus on the main sentiment or image. For today’s card, I am using the String it Out background stamp, which is the perfect example of a background stamp to provide some subtle interest. I wanted a colorful background so I watercolored a card panel using a rainbow array of colors. Once that was dry, I used black ink to stamp out the String it Out background. I trimmed the card panel to 4.25” x 5.25” and matted it on white cardstock.

The sentiment is the focus for this card and I wanted something bold. The Solid Sayings stamp set has so many options and they are all in a simple, bold font that you could pair with just about any card. Using the “Love You” sentiment, I stamped it using watermark ink on black cardstock and used white embossing powder.

Looks a little bit plain right? I think so too! There are little hearts in the Solid Sayings stamp set and they were perfect to place around the sentiment. I stamped them in watermark ink paired with white embossing powder and heat set it. Isn’t it such a sweet addition?
I hope you’re inspired to create and pull out those background stamps to add some interest to your cards!

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Crafting!
- Jeannie