Take Time To Rest Card

A friend of mine just had surgery, and I wanted to make her a get well card, so I pulled out a sentiment stamp from Pinkfresh Studio's Get Well Soon stamp set that says: "take time to rest and allow yourself to heal." That's such a lovely sentiment, and the coordinating die outlines it so perfectly. I die cut 3 additional layers of the sentiment die to stack together for dimension and set the sentiment aside. 

I wanted to follow the monthly inspiration challenge on the Pinkfresh Studio blog, so I went with the fall foliage theme and included all the colors in the challenge graphic below. I have a limited number of Pinkfresh Studio inks, but I thought the Mimosa and Passion Fruit would work for the orange and pink colors in the graphic. I used Pinkfresh Studio's Delicate Foliage hot foil plate and ran it through my BetterPress with black ink onto thick cream-colored cardstock. Then I used the coordinating stencils to ink blend the leaves. Some of the leaves aren't colored in with the stencils, so I used a purple colored pencil to add in the shading on those leaves. 

Next, I used Pinkfresh Studio's Blanket Stitched Brackets to die cut the cream panel with the foliage on it, and I adhered that to a 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 inch piece of black cardstock. I added that to a white A2 card base. Then I decided where I wanted to place my sentiment and adhered it to the card front. To finish the card, I added 3 glitter gold enamel dots around the sentiment. 

Challenges I'm entering:

October 2026 Challenge: Fall Foliage: (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

****Pammie's Inky Pinkies**** **********Challenges**********: ATG (1/3; ends 11/2/26) C10

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (4/5 for the week; 6/10 for the challenge; ends 10/29/26)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG with option of autumn colors (ends 11/12/26)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (unlimited; ends at the end of the month)

Let's Craft and Create: Colors of Fall (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

Allsorts challenge blog: Feminine or ATG (2/5; ends 11/6/26)

Crafty Catz: ATG (2/5; ends 11/5/26) Top 3 Pick 11/6/26

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: ATG (2/3; ends 11/5/26)

Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game!: ATG with stencils with optional twist of Orange (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

No more challenges. 

I'd like to leave a blessing for all the lovely visitors to my blog: 

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you;

The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.

Numbers 6:22-26