💜 YOU MATTER 💜 | Suicide Prevention Week Card Hop on Instagram @artsyfaithrae

💜 YOU MATTER 💜
Today I’m participating in the Suicide Prevention Week Card Hop on Instagram. Please join me over there to see all of the hop participates so that they know how valuable this hop is: @artsyfaithrae💜💜💜

You don't have to be a counselor or mental health professional to make a difference in someone's life. Sometimes it begins with something much smaller — noticing someone, checking in, sending a message, listening, or simply reminding another person that they are important. That is one reason handmade cards feel so meaningful to us. A card can say:

I see you.
I'm thinking about you.
I'm glad you're here.
You matter to me.

My card showcases deep, etched embossing on white cardstock. I wanted to keep it simple, yet wanted it to make an artsy statement and a kind, encouraging message.

Throughout this week, we'll share cards, resources, and simple things all of us can learn about supporting one another and preventing suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, please reach out for support. In the U.S., call or text 988. If you live outside the U.S., please use your country's crisis or suicide-prevention resources.

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• Instagram: @artsyfaithrae
• Threads: @artsyfaithrae

Leave any questions below. Until next time. Good day friends!

Rae💜

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Simple Layering Stencil Techniques | A Bold Rose Is Still A Rose

Welcome Friends! 💜 The bolder the bloom, the better, and this floral didn’t disappoint! This rose set comes with stencils, inks, and some stamps. I opted to use my own distress inks. Watch my process video to see how easily this design is to mass produce. I also show you the rose that inspired it all!

Main Products:
• Crafter’s Companion Rose Layering Stencils
• Distress Inks: Festive Berries, Candied Apple, Lumberjack Plaid, Fired Brick, Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn
• Hero Arts Ink, Raspberry Jam
• Mono Sand Eraser
• Sentiment: I-Crafters Elephant Family and Phrases

Videos & Playlists You Might Like:
Let’s Get Inky With Five Shades of Purple | Anemone: https://youtu.be/3QdqgrCbd-o
Pivoting - These Inks Aren’t What I Expected | Peony: https://youtu.be/tVSPEtb1PRM
Rehash Your Stash – Use What You Have Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6tCBy3PxcwGlqtrWdKSj8l0MSnOBle8K
Binge Rae Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6tCBy3PxcwEkiFoPPYHWQ1cBe2FurruD

Connect with me on Social Media:
• Instagram: @artsyfaithrae
• Threads: @artsyfaithrae

Leave any questions below.

Until next time. Good day friends!

Rae

Simple Alcohol Ink Techniques | Stunning Card| Altenew Build-A-Garden Grand Carnations

Welcome Friends 💜 Today was an alcohol ink playdate with just one color of ink and it was fun! Watch to see how quick this beauty came together.

Main Products:
• Altenew Build-A-Garden Grand Carnations Stamp Set
• Ranger Alcohol Ink: Sunshine Yellow
• Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Yupo Paper, 5x7

Connect with me on Social Media:
• Instagram: @artsyfaithrae
• Threads: @artsyfaithrae

Leave any questions below.

Until next time. Good day friends!

Rae

Art Journal Therapy – Lead With Conviction Caged Bird | Mixed Media Affirmation Cards

Welcome Friends 💜 Art journaling is so soothing, it’s therapeutic. For me, it helps to mitigate artist block or loss of my creative mojo. Watch as I create my own mixed media mini-masterpiece with stamps, dies, rice paper, ephemera, stencils, inks, texture paste, and more - to get my creative juices flowing.

Art Journal Therapy Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6tCBy3PxcwE61mY2ivjU8NbYfbf11NTB

Main Products:
• Distress Oxide Inks Victorian Velvet, Tattered Rose, Crushed Olive
• Archival Ink Plum
• Distress Grit Paste
• Tim Holtz Ideology Ephemera #94317
• Tim Holtz Postmarked Sticker Book
• Tim Holtz Faded Type Stamp
• Tim Holtz Botanic Collage Stamp
• Hero Arts Unity Empowerment Sentiments
• Heffy Doodle Notre Dame Stencil

Connect with me on Social Media:
• Instagram: @artsyfaithrae
• Threads: @artsyfaithrae

Leave any questions below.

Until next time. Good day friends!

Rae

Let’s Get Inky With Five Shades of Purple | Anemone

Welcome Friends. 💜 I love big, bold, beautiful blooms and this floral didn’t disappoint! This anemone comes as a set of stencils, inks, and some stamps. See how I overcame some challenges with this ink. Watch my process video to see that, despite the ink challenges, I was able to easily design this card.

Main Products:
• Crafter’s Companion Anemone Layering Stencils, Stamps, & Ink Set
• Distress Inks: Shabby Shutters, Lucky Clover
• Distress Oxide Inks: Bundled Sage

Connect with me on Social Media:
• Instagram: @artsyfaithrae
• Threads: @artsyfaithrae

Leave any questions below.

Until next time. Good day friends!

Rae

Art Journal Therapy Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6tCBy3PxcwE61mY2ivjU8NbYfbf11NTB

Art Journal Therapy - Be Brave – Creativity Takes Courage | Red Admiral Butterfly

Welcome Friends 💜 Art journaling is so soothing, it’s therapeutic. For me, it helps to mitigate artist block or loss of my creative mojo. Watch as I create my own mixed media mini-masterpiece with stamps, dies, rice paper, ephemera, stencils, inks, texture paste, and more - to get my creative juices flowing.

Main Products:
• Crafter’s Companion Red Admiral Butterfly Stamp & Die
• Catherine Pooler Inks: Tiki Torch, Tiara, Tutti Fruitti
• Tim Holtz: Faded Type Stamp, Postmarked Stamps, Small Talk Sentiments,
Industrial Stencil, Field Notes Ephemera
• Ranger Texture Paste, Archival Inks Black Soot, Plum
• Stampendous Aged Bronze Embossing Enamel
• Embossing Inks: Versamark, Stampendous
• Acrylic Paints: Magenta, Titaniam White

Connect with me on Social Media:
• Instagram: @artsyfaithrae
• Threads: @artsyfaithrae

Leave any questions below.

Until next time. Good day friends!

Rae

Art Journal Therapy Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6tCBy3PxcwE61mY2ivjU8NbYfbf11NTB

Northern Lights Postage Collage - Aurora Borealis | Cherish The Little Moments

Welcome Friends. 💜 I’m always in awe of the pictures I’ve seen of the northern lights, so I incorporated them in today’s design using the emboss resist technique. According to Google, the northern lights were visible in 10 states on November 13, 2025. Also known as the aurora borealis, the northern lights is a natural light display caused by solar wind particles from the sun interacting with Earth's magnetic field. These interactions result in vibrant green, red, and blue curtains of light in the northern hemisphere night sky. The visibility and intensity of these auroras fluctuate.

💜 Watch my process video to see how I used silhouettes to pull off my aurora borealis interpretation.

Main Products:
• Waffle Flower Postage Die & Stencil
• Hero Arts Northern Lights Bold Prints Background Stamp
• Hero Arts August 2023 Card Kit
• Distress Oxide Black Soot
• Distress Inks: Cracked Pistachio, Twisted Citron, Picked Raspberry, Victorian Velvet, Weathered Wood, Hickory Smoke
• Hero Arts Sparkle Embossing Powder
• Inks: VersaMark, VersaClair Nocturne
• Dina Wakely White Acrylic Spray

Connect with me on Social Media:
• Instagram: @artsyfaithrae
• Threads: @artsyfaithrae

Leave any questions below.

Until next time. Good day friends!

Rae
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Art Journal Therapy – Don’t Hide Your Magic!

Welcome Friends 💜 I'm playing with rice paper and pattern paper today! You can do these techniques with either or both. Art journaling is so soothing, it’s therapeutic. For me, it helps to mitigate artist block or loss of my creative mojo. Watch as I create my own mixed-media mini-masterpiece with a stencil, inks, texture paste, rice and/or pattern paper, images from my stash, and get my creative juices flowing.

Main Products:
• Stamperia Land of Pharaohs Pattern Paper & Stencil
• Stamperia Fortune Rice Paper
• Arden Filmstrip Dies
• Hero Arts Bermuda Ink
• Archival Ink: Ground Espresso
• TCW Gel Medium
• Ranger Texture Paste
• Tim Holtz Faded Type Stamps
• Dina Wakely Typed Ledgers #2
• Egyptian Art – digital download, Esty
• Canson XL Watercolor Paper
• Dina Wakely White Acrylic Spray

Connect with me on Social Media:
• Instagram: @artsyfaithrae
• Threads: @artsyfaithrae
 
Leave any questions below.

Until next time. Good day friends!
 
Rae

#artjournal #mixedmedia #collagepapers #rehashyourstash #craftytalk #craftytales #letstalkcrafty #Cardmaking #HandmadeCards #Papercrafts #DIYCardmaking #multiplecards #raehunter #artsyfaithrae #cardmakingideas #papercrafting #cardmakersofinstagram #cardmakinghobby #greetingcards #handmadecardsofinstagram #handmadegreetingcards #makingcards #cardsofinstagram

Art Journal Therapy – You Do Halloween?

 
Welcome Friends 💜 Art journaling is so soothing, it’s therapeutic. For me, it helps to mitigate artist block or loss of my creative mojo. Watch as I create my own mixed-media mini-masterpiece with a stencil, inks, texture paste, images from my stash, and get my creative juices flowing.

Main Products:
•   Art Impressions Stamp Set
•   Echo Park Web Stencil
•   Tim Holtz Faded Type Stamps
•   Canson XL Watercolor Paper
•   Ghost Dies, I-Crafter
•   Distress Oxide Inks: Twisted Citron, Ripe Persimmon, Villainous Potion
•   Ranger Texture Paste, White Opaque
•   VersaClair Nocturne Ink
•   Clear Embossing Powder
•   Black & White Gel Pens
•   Archival Ink: Black Soot
•   Tim Holtz Small Talk Word Stickers
•   Dina Wakely White Acrylic Spray

Connect with me on Social Media:
• Instagram: @artsyfaithrae
• Threads: @artsyfaithrae
 
Leave any questions below.

Until next time. Good day friends!
 
Rae

#artjournal #mixedmedia #rehashyourstash #craftytalk #craftytales #letstalkcrafty #Cardmaking #HandmadeCards #Papercrafts #DIYCardmaking #multiplecards #raehunter #artsyfaithrae #cardmakingideas #papercrafting #cardmakersofinstagram #cardmakinghobby #greetingcards #handmadecardsofinstagram #handmadegreetingcards #makingcards #cardsofinstagram

Art Journal Therapy - Witch Better Have My Candy | Beginner's Journey

 
Welcome Friends 💜 Art journaling is so soothing, it’s therapeutic. For me, it helps to mitigate artist block or loss of my creative mojo. Watch as I create my own mixed-media mini-masterpiece with a stencil, inks, texture paste, images from my stash, and get my creative juices flowing.

Main Products:
•   Picket Fence – Witch Please Stamp Set
•   Echo Park Web Stencil
•   Canson XL Watercolor Paper
•   Distress Oxide Inks: Twisted Citron, Ripe Persimmon, Villainous Potion
•   Distress Mica Stains: Jack O’Lantern, Wicked Elixir
•   Distress Texture Paste, Black Opaque
•   Tim Holtz Faded Type Stamps
•   Ohuhu Alcohol Markers: Hair 143 & 137; Skin 141; Dress,leggings, and scarf 147 Pale Lilac
•   Archival Ink: Black Soot, Jet Black
•   Dina Wakely White Acrylic Spray
•   Dina Wakely Typed Ledger #2

Connect with me on Social Media:
• Instagram: @artsyfaithrae
• Threads: @artsyfaithrae
 
Leave any questions below.

Until next time. Good day friends!
 
Rae

#artjournal #mixedmedia #rehashyourstash #craftytalk #craftytales #letstalkcrafty #Cardmaking #HandmadeCards #Papercrafts #DIYCardmaking #multiplecards #raehunter #artsyfaithrae #cardmakingideas #papercrafting #cardmakersofinstagram #cardmakinghobby #greetingcards #handmadecardsofinstagram #handmadegreetingcards #makingcards #cardsofinstagram

Shake, Shake, Shake! Shake Your White Cardstock Scraps | It’s Raining Scraps! | 💜 Scraps To Beauts

 

Welcome Friends 💜!  I have a few more ideas for you on ways to use your leftover white cardstock scraps to make beautiful card fronts. Watch my process video to see simple techniques and the ease of turning your scraps to beauts! Also, check out the playlist, linked in the video, to see other Scraps To Beauts videos.
 

 Main Products:

•   Simon Says Stamp July card kit
•   La La Land Pattern Paper
•   Waffle Flower Sweet Lattice Sentiment Stamps & Dies
•   Gina K Masking Magic
•   Paper Rose Ella’s Garden Scribble Leaves Dies
 
Connect with me on Social Media:
• Instagram: @artsyfaithrae
• Threads: @artsyfaithrae
 
Leave any questions below.
Until next time.
Good day friends!  
Rae
 
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