Honeycomb Card

Last month a dear friend of mine took the time to write me a sweet 2-page handwritten note that she included in her Christmas card. It wasn't a newsletter about her family but a note thanking me for my friendship and support when she went through a difficult time in November and updating me on how she was doing. I don't get to see her nearly as often as I would like as she lives about 45 minutes away and homeschools her 9 children, so receiving such a special letter from her was a treat for me. I wanted to write her back to thank her and let her know how much it meant to me that she would take so much time at the busiest time of the year, so I chose this card design to send her with a handwritten note of my own.
This card is a 5x7 inch white card base that I distressed with ink along all 4 sides. I had some lovely honeycomb paper with vintage-style printing on it that I thought would work well with this image and sentiment from Our Daily Bread's "Be Happy" unmounted rubber stamp set, so I trimmed it to fit the card front. I stamped the image directly onto the patterned paper and then stamped the verse from Proverbs onto some of the scraps of the patterned paper's other side. I fussy cut the verse and adhered it with foam squares after distressing it with the same ink I used on the card base.
I love this verse! It's such a good reminder of the power of our words to encourage others. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge W,1E, SIO - #268 Anything Goes with ODBD stamps
613 Avenue Create - W - #157 Anything goes with twist: CAS project
Amusing - W, 2E, no digi - Something New (This stamp set is new)
Come and Get It - W, Unlimited - Something New (This stamp set is new)
Glitter n Sparkle - W - #169 Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - 2W (1st and 3rd Sunday) E3 #25 Anything Goes   (W1 of 2)
Robyn`s Fetish - W - #297 Anything Goes
Scrappy Hands - 2W – #55 Sweet (W2 of 2)
Cupcake Inspirations - W - Inspiration* (colors)
Allsorts W,3E What's new? (new stamp set)
Catch The Bug W,3E,SIO anything goes 
Crafty Friends Challenge 2W,(W1) - use something new (new stamp set)
Di's Digis Designs 3E,2W,SIO (W1)new to you (stamp set is new)
My Time to Craft 2W (W1 ) friendship/ friends 
Outlawz Challenges  W use something new (stamp set is new)
Sweet Stampin W, 2E  something new (stamp set is new)
Card and Scrap (2W, P1/15) #109 Stamps
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M,P1) Anything goes with Patterned Paper
Creatalicious Challenges (M,P15) #82 Something Old, Something New (new stamp set, old patterned paper)
Kreativeinkauf-challenge (M,P15,E3)  #34 Anything Goes
One Crazy Stamper (M,P1,E5) Anything Goes (no digital images allowed)
Creative Corner - W, 3E  - Anything Goes
Left of Center Creative Challenges - W - No.111 - All Things New (W1 of 2) new stamp set
Stempelsonnen Challenge - 2W, 3E, stamp as main focus - No.157 - (W1 of 2) - Always Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks W #279 Anything Goes
As You Like It Challenge 2W,E3 Anything Goes (W1 of 2)
C.R.A.F.T. W,5E #344 Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations 2W,3E Always Anything Goes
Crimbo Crackers 2W #97 Anything Goes (W1 of 2)
DL ART Thursday Challenge 2W,2nd & 4th Thurs,3E #171 New Year (W2 of 2) Monthy Challenge: Always Anything Goes
Share Joy Challenge W Sketch &  Clean & Simple*
Crafty Creations - 2W - #305 Anything Goes  (Week 2 of 2)
Crafty Gals Corner -  W, E2 - #52 Anything Goes
DoubleClick Skittles - 2W, E1, F -  #38  Something New  (new stamp set)
House That Stamps Built - W, SIO, 4 challenges at the same time starting each Wednesday weeks  - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination - W, F- #66 Always Anything Goes
Paper Shelter Challenge - W,3E, SIO - #230 Anything Goes Challenges Runs Next 3 Weeks
Wonderful Wednesdays -  W, SIO -  Always Anything Goes
WordArt Wednesdays - W,5E , scriptural word art freebie offered each week - #216 - Anything Goes  Challenge Runs 2 Weeks
Deep Ocean Challenge 2W - #119 - Anything Goes (runs till Jan 11)
Creative Card Crew 2W - #103 Anything Goes (week 2)
Lemon Shortbread 2W, E3, no digital projects Always Anything Goes (Week 2) 
Retarte 2W, E3 - #68 - Anything Goes  
Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes
Tuesday Morning Sketches  #332 - Anything Goes (week 2)
Tuesday Throwdown W- #274 -  Anything Goes - runs till Jan 4

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