Balloons, hearts and a cute turtle

Hello friends! I have a sweet encouragement card to share with you today. I wanted to make something cute, quick and easy to send to a friend. Many of us need encouragement and hope at this moment and a card can make someone's day at least a little bit better. 

Balloons, clouds, a cute turtle and glitter hearts are very cheerful, and that is what I was aiming for here. I wanted to do a tall card where there was plenty of space for the little turtle to fly away in her balloon. It's 4.5 x 8.2 in. Don't mind the dirt on the card to the left. I only noticed it after taking the photo and it was there since the card had fallen over. I could brush it off luckily. My projects sometimes takes tumbles while being photographed, especially if it is windy.

I used two stamp sets by Simon Says Stamp: Lifting Hearts and You Got This. On a piece of watercolor paper, stamp the turtle towards the top. The sentiment was stamped using two sentiment stamps. I placed a piece of torn printer paper over the word 'friend' when inking the first stamp. You can keep 'friend', but I only wanted a three line sentiment. Then stamp the second sentiment.

Watercolor the turtle and the balloons.

Paint the background blue and mist a little water here and there for texture.

Add Glossy Accents to the balloons to make them shine.

I die cut Tim Holtz Falling Hearts from Simon Says Stamp Aqua glitter paper, creating a whole lot of small glitter hearts in one go. I have die cut this great die from various glitter and metallic paper, so I have little hearts ready to use on projects. The clouds were die cut with Poppy Stamps Whittle Clouds, from white felt.

For some reason, the Glossy Accents crackled a little. I don't know if it reacted with the watercolor or if the layer was a little too thick. I like crackles, so I didn't mind.

The white highlights in the balloons will color a little when you coat them with Gloss Accents.

The turtle holds a little heart.

It is important to remember that this difficult situation shall pass. We will get through this.

After distressing the edges of the watercolor panel, I adhered it to turquoise cardstock and then to a folded white card.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today! Stay safe!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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