Hello! I’m back today with a special card that I made for an anti-racism Instagram hop. The message on the card is “The hand of friendship has no color”. I’m honored to participate!

Here’s my card. Below you’ll find more details about the products that I used and the process of making it:

When I heard about the IG hop, I knew immediately that I wanted to participate. The crafting community is very supportive and kind, and many of us relate to the messages of anti-racism, unity and support. A wonderful example for this is the We Stand with You stamp set by the Stamping Village. All the money raised from this set went for donations to organizations that stand against racism. I got this set a long time ago, and the hop was the perfect opportunity to finally use it ❤️

I wanted my card to reflect diversity, so I chose the rainbow stamp from the set, and stamped it nine times on my card. Then, I colored all the rainbows, except one, in different colors, and added some shimmer on top with my Wink of Stella pen:

For the sentiment of my card, I chose another stamp from the set – “The hand of friendship has no color”. I love that saying and think it’s so powerful! The rainbow in the center is without color because I wanted it to match the “no color” part of the sentiment:

I’m so glad to take part in this hop. While I was making my card, I thought of ways how to speak with my children about racism and how we should focus on people’s actions instead of their color/gender/religion/etc. I’m going to show them my card, and explain what the “hand of friendship” is and why it has no color.

I really hope you’ll find some inspiration too ❤️❤️ If you want to see my IG hop post, click here. To see all the creations, follow the hashtag #papercraftersuniteagainstracism.

Card Challenges

This week’s sketch at Freshly Made Sketches was the inspiration for the layout of my card:

(For my previous entries to the Freshly Made Sketches challenge – click here.)

I’m also submitting my card to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Clean and Simple.

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Enjoy you Sunday!

– Michal