Pride 2026 Week 3 Card | Happy Happy Happy Pride | Stamp Anniething Stamps

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Hello everyone, and welcome to my 3rd card celebrating Pride Month 2026. Today I am using a "HAPPY" stencil that I got from Heffy Doodle before they closed.  I think this is my most-used stencil in my collection because it's perfect for so many holidays and themes.  Today I am using it for a Happy Pride card.    

I used Distress Inks from Ranger/Tim Holtz to make the rainbow - Festive Berries for red, Squeezed Lemonade for yellow, Mowed Lawn for green, Salty Ocean for blue, and Chipped Sapphire for purple.  I skipped orange and indigo as there was no room, and they were too close in color to red and purple.    

  • I cut a 6" x 6" piece of watercolor paper and secured it to a piece of printing paper using washi tape.  
  • I secured the Happy stencil on top using washi tape. 
  • Using the washi tape, I blocked off the 3rd and 4th row of the stencil to make sure the ink doesn't travel.  
  • Using a blending brush, I added the Festive Berries to the first two rows of the stencil.  
  • I continued doing the same thing, removing the washi and blocking off the layers above and below where I needed the next color, blending the 5 other colors - Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, and Chipped Sapphire - until all the lines were blended in.  


  • I made a top-folding 6" x 6" card using white cardstock.  
  • I printed the rainbow-striped paper from The Fierce Collection by Traci Reed Designs and adhered it to the card front. 
  • I trimmed 1/8" around the card, layered it on a piece of red fun foam, and then adhered it to the card front. 
  • Using an alphabet die set in my stash, I die-cut the letters P-R-I-D-E from white glittered fun foam, adhered them to a piece of purple glittered fun foam, and then to the card front. 
  • I stamped 3 of the images from the Chosen Family, Chosen Love stamp set from Stamp Anniething.  Then I colored them using 6 Tri-Blend markers from Spectrum Noir (Dark Red Blend, Orange Blend, Citrus Blend, Light Green Blend, True Blue Blend, Lavender Blend, and Purple Blend).  Then I fussy-cut the images.  

Throughout June, 10% of proceeds from the Chosen Family, Chosen Love stamp set, and 100% of sales from Stamp Anniething's 2SLGBTQIA+ digital stamp collection will be donated to True Colors United, a prominent nonprofit co-founded by Cyndi Lauper, working to end homelessness among LGBTQIA+ youth.
  • To finish off the card, I adhered the images to the card front using foam squares to raise them up, and I cut a 3/4" piece of the rainbow-striped paper and adhered it to the inside of the card.  This way the paper brings the front of the card to the inside.  


Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today.  I'd love it if you would leave a quick comment and tell me what you think of this card idea.  Links to my socials are below. I'd love if you followed me there too.  


Until next time...

Hugs from Brasil.

~Michael

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