Floral Cross Religious Thank You Cards

Hello friends.

Wow, I have been one crazy Momma lately! My daughter celebrated her Confirmation this past Sunday and it just so happened to fall on the same day my son turned 14 years old. So I did what any other crazy crafty mom does and went overboard with the all the crafts, making all the DIY decorations and party details. From the cake table, cake toppers, sugar cookies, flower arrangements, guest keepsakes, and Thank you cards, yup did it all... yah, a bit nuts I admit... That's just me! The only thing I didn't do this time was make the cakes. I think I would have died if I had to do those too as they are so time consuming and I knew I wasn't going to have the time. I also asked my lovely and very talented sister in law to make me some cake pops as they are my daughter's favorite. If you have been following on Social Media, I have already shared some pictures of most of the decor but I will share some also here at the end of the post.

Today I want to focus on a few of the cards I made for some of the other important people that shared the day with us. The Confirmation Sacrament occurs when the child reaches adolescence and seals their own faith to complete what began with during the child's Baptism. As part of this day the child chooses a Sponsor, who then we refer to as a Godparent.  To thank the Godmother and the Catechists that prepared my daughter for the special day I created these very simple Thank You cards.

The Floral Cross stamp I used for the card comes from Studio Katia. You may have have seen me use it recently on an Easter Card - here. Love that this stamp is so versatile!

Since I was creating multiples I used a stamping platform to stamp out each panel. I then used Silver embossing powder and heat set it. Ran each panel through the sizzix die cutting machine using MFT's Scalloped rectangles. Then layered the card front onto a piece of  silver glitter vinyl that I had adhered onto the card base. The Thanks die comes from a Hero Arts set. See links below for all supplies used.

To stamp out the word Godmother took some creativity. I used letters from the Best Ever stamp set to put  the word together. I began with the "other" from brother, masking off the "br" then adding embossing powder and setting it. I then worked my way backward through the entire word masking off and stamping the remainder of the letters I need to use. I did use a positioner, and as you can see it's not perfectly positioned but I had no time to waste to re do it, but after all it is handmade 😏

On the inside of the cards I stamped out this message from the Honey Bee Stamps Bless Your Heart set.

 Here are some photos of our day and some of my DIY decor!

Cake Table and Paper Flower BackDrop

 DIY Cake Toppers

Son is a HUGE Star Wars Fan!

Maia and her new Godmother Marissa.

My Loves on their Special Day, Maia and Tomas!

 Hope you were inspired by today's post, sorry I became a little photo heavy and personal. If I have time I will share more on the DIY Decor and possibly share the files I created for the Roses.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting  :)

SUPPLIES

To make supplies easy to find, I have linked them below. If something I used is no longer available I will link to a similar product.

Affiliate links may be used depending on the product. Your purchases help keep my blog running, so thanks in advance for the support!

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Autism Awareness Blog Hop

Hello Crafty Friends!

Today I am honoured to be participating in the 2018 Stamping for Autism Awareness Blog hop. This blog hop was started in 2016 by two moms of Autistic children, Veronica Zalis and Tenia Nelson. Be sure to head on over to Veronica’s blog to see the full list of blog hop participants!

Together our goal is to help bring awareness to the world and celebrate World Autism Awareness Day. Today the Honey Bee DT, myself, and many others in the stamping industry are painting the crafting community blue. So if it's blue you will know what the card represents! Help us raise awareness and join the celebration of all those with autism and those whose lives have been touched by autism.

For my "blue" project, I thought it would be fun to color the fox from the Feelin' Foxy Stamp set blue. Why not paint a fox blue?! I believe you should be yourself no matter what, be unique, be you... because that is what makes us beautiful!

I began by stamping out the fox and butterfly, then masking them off. I then used the Outdoor Scene builder stencil to add the clouds and the mountains, of course in Blue distress oxide inks (Broken China and Salty Ocean). Next, I colored in my fox using spectrum noir markers. Once the fox and background was all colored in I placed the panel back in the stamp positioner and re stamped the fox and heat set the image with black embossing powder. I then stamped the sentiment out using the Foxy and Cheerful Sentiment stamps as well as added my hearts and heat set them and the sentiment with a clear embossing powder. I then used my largest stitched rectangle die and cut out the card front. Added a black layer and adhered that layer to another blue piece of cardstock. Finished the card by adding it to a top folding A2 size card.

I hope you’ve enjoyed my Blue Fox today, and that you will be visiting the other blogs along the hop! There are a bunch of great projects created by very talented crafters that you don’t want to miss as we celebrate Autism Awareness 😁

Make sure you check out the inspiration from Honey Bee Stamps DT → here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting  :)

SUPPLIES

To make supplies easy to find, I have linked them below. If something I used is no longer available I will link to a similar product.

Affiliate links may be used depending on the product. Your purchases help keep my blog running, so thanks in advance for the support!

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Sizzix Big Shot Shop at: SSS | AMZ	STANDARD CUTTING PADS Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Sizzix Big Shot Magnetic Platform Shop at: AMZ	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz Stamp Platform Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Strathmore 20 Sheet Smooth Bristol Pad, 9 by 12" Shop at: SSS | AMZ
Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Tim Holtz Distress OXIDE INK PAD SET OF 12 Ranger Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad Set Of 12 Summer 2017 Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool 1" Shop at: SSS | AMZ	COOL GREYS Spectrum Noir Markers Shop at: SSS | AMZ
BLUES Spectrum Noir Markers Shop at: SSS | AMZ	EMBOSSING POWDER-ICICLE Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Brutus Monroe Ultra Fine Embossing Powder Raven Shop at: SSS	Black & Decker HG1300 Dual Temperature Heat Gun Shop at: AMZ	Sakura 6 WHITE Gelly Roll Classic Medium Point Pens Set Shop at: SSS | AMZ
SSS Card Stock 24 Colors Shop at: SSS	Recollections White Heavyweight Cardstock 110bs Shop at: AMZ	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents, 2-Ounce Shop at: SSS | AMZ