Tragically last year int he U.S. there were 372 mass shootings (single incidents where 4 or more people are killed or injured) killing 475 and wounding 1,870. The latest shooting in Orlando, FL reminded us again of the violence that can come from intolerance and hatred. In memory of the many innocents who lost their lives, I created this peace card.
I first used Ken Oliver Color bursts in Indigo, Merlot, Terre Verde and Yellow Ochre on water color paper to create a kind of rainbow tie dye effect to represent the LGBT community’s philosophy of diversity and inclusion. I then die cut the word “PEACE” using the Lawn Fawn “Cole’s ABCs” die set. Using a fuse tool I sealed up part of a project life pocket page that I filled with gold sequins and seed beads to make a shaker element that I glued onto the back of the PEACE opening with Beacon Zip Dry glue (which is great for nonporous surfaces like plastic sleeves).
To represent the innocents I colored up three of the angels from the Mama Elephant “Love from Above” stamp set with the following Copic colors: Skin: E000, E00, R30; Blonde: E53, E55, Y21; Brown Hair: E53, E55, E57; Strawberry blonde: E53, E55, YR12; Heart: R81, 83, 85; Angel clothes and wings: C0, C2 with 2 coats of clear Wink of Stella on the wings for lots of shimmer. I fussy cut them out and inked the edges with black ink to eliminate the distraction of the white edge of the cut paper.
To help the gold sequins show up, I backed the opening with a scrap of shimmery white Shimmerz paper from DCWV. Then to help the gold sequins pop and still be cohesive on the card, I backed the watercolored card front onto chunky gold glitter card stock from Recollections. Lastly to add a little extra dimension and interest to the angel wings, I popped them up with a bits of Glue Dots. The inside of the card is simply lined with another scrap of pale pink Shimmerz paper and stamped with a sentiment from The Greeting Farm “Magical Friends” stamp set that reads, “Hope Today is All Rainbows.”
The following is a process video showing how I created this card start to finish:
This card is being entered into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Add Some Shimmer Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Craft Your Passion Anything Goes Challenge
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes Challenge
Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge
Crafty Gals Corner Sparkle and Shine Challenge
Virginia’s View Make It Colorful Challenge
This is lovely, and such a thoughtful gesture. Thank you for joining us at Craft Your Passion. We would love to see you again.
~ Bonnie DT
Thank you so much Bonnie. It was actually therapeutic for me to create this card. 🙂 tfstopping by, hugs, Kristina
Dropping by to say Thank you so much for entering your art work into WAW this week Anything Goes Challenge – where you can upload 5 pieces each week – a total of 10 opportunities to win a prize! Happy Dance – it is a blessing to have you come by and join the challenge – may your day be filled with fun and laughter and leaving you with this message “The Lord is Good – All of the Time” Blessings, Gail WAW DT
Thank you very much for your kind words, Gail. hugs and blessings, Kristina
WOW!! The colors are BURSTING with happiness…this is a work of art! Love the bonus shaker element, too! So glad that you join the fun over Virginia’s View “All about Colors” Challenge!
Thank you so much Virginia! Your words of encouragement made my day! I really enjoyed creating this card, and like so often is the effect of creating, it made me feel better. Big hugs, Kristina
Beautiful card and great video! Thanks for playing along at Crafty Gals Corner Sparkle & Shine Challenge. Lisa DT
Thank you so much Lisa! And I really appreciate you watching my process video too! Big hugs, Kristina
Such a beautiful card and wonderful gesture. Thanks for joining us at the 613 Avenue Create Challenge.
Peggy T.
DT Member
Thank you so much Peggy. It was actually a little therapeutic for me to make this card. 🙂 tfstopping by! hugs, Kristina
Stunning card! And such a beautiful heartfelt gesture! Thanks so much for joining in and playing along at Crafty Gals Corner Sparkle and Shine Challenge! Jennifer DT
Thank you kindly Jennifer. It made me feel better to work on something in honor of those innocent people. tfstopping by! hugs, Kristina
Beautiful card. This was very thoughtful of you and it comes across clearly when you look at your card.
Thank you for playing along with us at Crafty Gals Corner.
♥ Lena, DT
Lena’s Creations
Awww thanks so much Lena! It made me feel better a bit to create this card. TFStopping by, hugs, Kristina
This is so pretty, and what a lovely tribute to the lives that were lost in that senseless attack. It doesn’t matter where anyone stands on personal issues, this type of hatred is simply unacceptable. God commanded us to “love one another”, and what a beautiful world it would be if we would all just obey this one simple command. Thanks for taking the time to create something for this purpose. Thanks so much for sharing it in our challenge. I’m so grateful to have you play along, and I hope that you will join us again real soon.
Have a blessed week, and God bless you!
Karen Letchworth
Word Art Wednesday
http://www.karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com – I’d love to have you stop by and say hello sometime.