Monday, October 12, 2015

The Hop to Stop

I have made a card for the link up party at The Hop to Stop over at The Damsel of Distressed Blog by Becca Cruger. It's a hop to share awareness of Domestic Violence, something near and dear to my heart.


Purple is the color of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which is October. 1 in every 3 women will experience domestic violence over the course of their lifetime. That's 33% of all women. Women are not the only ones affected - women, men, transgender, it doesn't matter. Domestic Violence exists regardless of gender, education, religion, or socioeconomic status. Sadly, it's something a lot of us don't talk about. This hop is all about papercrafters bringing awareness to Domestic Violence.

All of the wonderful sponsors of this hop are shown in Becca's graphic above. Amazing sponsors with fabulous prizes for sharing your cards. Here is my card -


To begin I stamped the sentiment from Dyan Reaveley Quintessential Quotes in Ranger Archival Deep Purple Ink onto Ranger Watercolor Paper. I choose archival ink because I knew I was going to add watercoloring for my background and archival ink is permanent. 

I used the newest distress ink by Tim Holtz, Wilted Violet, to create the background. The ink was smooshed onto my carft mat and spritzed with water.  Then I dragged the watercolor paper through the ink on my mat and dried it with my heat tool. Once the panel was dry, I smooshed it in the ink again and let it drip around to create another layer of color. Once dry, I blotted the panel into the ink to create some splatters. Love the end result. It resembles crying and tears to me, something any DV survivor knows too well. 

The panel was die cut with SSS Stitched Rectangles and then was split using Mama Elephant Landscape Trio die cuts. The pieces were then adhered to a top-folding Neenah card base. I added some Pretty Pink Posh Sequins to finish off my card.

The sentiment I chose for my card says it all. Every survivor of any type of abuse needs to hear these words repeatedly. 

I hope everyone has a good day. Enjoy! 

                                                                        Pam

12 comments:

  1. Just perfect Pam. The perfect quote and adore the water colouring x

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  2. Absolutely beautiful card. I have used Distress inks for the water color effect but it doesn't turn out as well as yours. I also envy your ability to sew a curved line!

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  3. Lovely background and amazing sentiment!! Love the design with th stitched curve!!

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  4. Love your background and how you have split the card and left a little white showing!

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  5. Really nice... great background and very cool how you die cut the pieces to be separate...

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  6. Oooooo I don't have Wilted Violet now and I am super jealous! Love that inky background and the smattering of sequins. Thank you for supporting the Hop to Stop!

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  7. I'm visiting from the Hop to Stop. Your card is gorgeous - that sentiment says it all! I don't have Wilted Violet yet - it looks fabulous on your background! Thank you so much for caring about this issue and for supporting the hop!

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  8. inspiring sediment! i love the watercolor background, it is so beautiful and the little extra sparkle goes a long way

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  9. So striking, Pam ... such beautiful smooshing and a gorgeous colour ... the quote is perfect! Hugs, Anita :)

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  10. Love that beautifully inky purple background xx

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  11. This is so striking Pam, love the background you created!!!

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  12. Your background is lovely and that quotation, so powerful. I'll need to add it to my collection: something to remind my niece and nephew when they're having 'one of those days'!
    Hugs~c

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