mandala monday

an extra special card today, made for my lovely friend becca cruger... aka the damsel of distressed... who is the hostess of a really wonderful online event taking place online for the next two weeks called the hop to stop, papercrafters raising awareness for the victims of domestic violence. miss becca writes about the event and the inspiration much more eloquently than i possibly could, so i suggest you click the link and check out all of the details, but hang on here and see my card first, k?

one of the rules of the hop is that your card needs to be significantly purple, the color of domestic violence awareness. (another is that you need to comment on at least the 3 cards before yours in the link up! be sure to read the rules you guys, apart from being respectful, it will make you eligible for many cool prizes!!!) since i have violet, orchid and indigo color burst, this was not a problem. i sprinkled all three colors randomly over a wet sheet of watercolor paper, swirled them around a bit and let them dry. then i came back with a white gelly roll pen and drew a bit of a mandala on top. this particular design was inspired by this gorgeous artwork by @tanjalouiseartist that my niece maddie sent me a link to on instagram. then i added a couple of mats and called it good.

i hope you will check out becca's post right here for all of the details, and to see her gorgeous artwork and just generally say HI to that lovely lady. then start planning your own purple masterpiece! ♥♥♥