This beautiful card has a large die cut sentiment with pink ombre color added, it’s over top of a die cut frame to really draw in the eye. There’s also small die cut butterflies in white and pretty stamped flowers colored to match the sentiment. Learn more at the Penny Black blog.
I personally love to create cards that have little scenes and I might add a small sentiment on the front with another on the inside but I don’t always focus on words and phrases as the main point of a card design. But I think I’m missing out on saying something special and impactful by not focusing on those all important words. So today I thought we could check out some cards that do just that, ideas using large words and sentiments to let the recipient know exactly how we are feeling.
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This pretty card by Hannelie has a wonderful layered stenciled background with pink inks and gold paste as well. The stamped pink sentiment is backed with gold paper to tie the design together. Find step by step directions on the Altenew blog.
This lovely card from Seeka used a spiral gold hot foiled ring to draw the eye to the center and highlight the sentiment. The stamped words fade from orange to pink and are offset by stamped and die cut flowers tied with twine. Take a closer look at the Papertrey Ink blog.
Here’s some more foiling, this time in a Springy lavender color for the leaves and words. When die cut the leaves form a frame to pull focus on the sentiment in the center. There’s also some dry embossing and gems to add a nice texture to the design too. Find more details at the Spellbinders blog.
This fabulous card from Mitchell has a stenciled heart background in pink and red with a trendy die cut postage stamp layer. In the center is the fun sentiment die cut from black glitter cardstock along with little silver accents like the &, small hearts and metallic twine. Take a closer peek at the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog.
This sweet circle flip card from Caitlin has such pretty pastel colors on stark white cardstock for the dry embossed side and faux stitched die cuts. She inked her cardstock before die cutting out the flowers and “Hello”. I spotted her card on the Pink and Main Instagram page.
Miriam created custom backgrounds using Liquid Pearls metallic “paint” and a little water, appling strokes with a flat paint brush to black cardstock. Over top she added different silver heat embossed words that she fussy cut out. Find complete directions on the Ranger Ink blog.
Charlene stamped pretty florals, coloring them with alcohol based markers for her pretty Thank You card. The words were letter pressed, which gives a slight debossed feel, with silver glitter paper behind the sentiment. Learn more at the Hero Arts blog.
Heather got a two-fer for her large leafy sentiment cards by die cutting the leaf from plaid green paper and using the positive and negative cut images for a shaker card and another simpler design. She added the stamped sentiments over the leaves, notice how she used black and green inks and how the words are cut apart for added interest. Find all the details at the Simon Says Stamp blog.
This elegant Thank You card from Theary has a stamped watermark scripty background on ink blended green cardstock. She added gold heat embossed flowers around the edges with a beautiful layered sentiment cut from gold, green and vellum papers. Watch her video tutorial at the Taylored Expressions blog.
I love the purple and teal color combo on this fun card from Zoe! There’s a repeat “hello” patterned paper on the bottom half and a stamped and die cut sentiment over top with thin strip borders of cardstock and some splatter for texture. Take a closer look at the My Favorite Things blog.
This yummy card from Chari has a cool teal stenciled strawberry background, a large thick sentiment and some stamped and colored strawberries. Take a look at the fun pop up inside this Thank You card over at the Lawn Fawn blog.
I hope you’ve found some ideas and inspiration to focus on words and sentiments on your next card design!
-Heather
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