Proud of You Slimline Card

 

A year ago this month, my oldest daughter committed herself to an in-patient psychiatric hospital for help with her anxiety and depression. It took a lot of courage to take that step, but she was at a very low point and even having suicidal thoughts. Over the past year, she has worked very hard to improve her mental health and has made amazing progress. She changed jobs to cut down on her stress level and commuting time, switched medications until she found ones that worked well for her, continued with counseling, and has made healthy choices in her exercise, leisure time activities, and food choices. My husband and I thank the Lord daily that she has improved so much, and we are very proud of the effort she's made to be healthy physically, mentally, and emotionally. When I saw the challenge theme of "So Proud of You" at the Cut It Up Challenge, I knew I wanted to make a card to celebrate her hard work and remind her of how proud we are of her. Her favorite color is pink, so I used pink throughout the card. She was so touched when I gave her the card when she stopped over yesterday that she cried, but it was a good cry, and she said that she had also been reflecting on how it's been a year since she went into the hospital. What a difference a year can make! So many answered prayers! 

I used a stamp and die set from Papertry Ink for the floral elements, and the slimline dies were from Lawn Fawn. The bow is also a die cut, but I don't know the manufacturer for that one. 

Challenges I'm entering: 

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)

Cut It Up (cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com): So Proud Of You Top Three Pick 9/23/22

Creations in Pink: ATG in mainly pink 

Crafty Catz (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com): ATG

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Stamp it

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: Stamp it

Path of Positivity Challenge: Anything Goes POSITIVE with the Opt. Twist of Celebrate Something Special about YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR NATION or the WORLD at Large

Monday Greetings Challenge (theoutlawzchallenges-monday.blogspot.com): Sweet Greetings

Outlawz Challenges: Monthly linky for Monday Greetings entry

Twisted Thursday Challenge (theoutlawzchallenges-thursday.blogspot.com): ATG with option of curved borders (mine are scalloped)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG 

Happy Little Stampers: Anything Goes with Dies: ATG with dies (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with option of Thinking of You (1/6 ends October 2)

Dies R Us Challenge: ATG with dies they carry. I used Lawn Fawn dies

Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero: September Challenge | Hero Arts: Die-lightful: use dies (ends October 2)