Mother's Day Cards

Since my mom already received it, I can share the springy card I made for Mother's Day.

I just LOVE this card design. Not too difficult, and packs a big WOW factor. 

To make it extra special, I added a little glitter and made a coordinating envelope. 

 

I love my mom! Big shout-out to her for sitting at the booth with me for 8+ hours at a craft fair last week! :) One of my best sellers was this adorable little flower pot Mother's Day pocket card (inspired by Julie Davison).

 

My sisters, best friend, and grandma all received this one from me. I love them all too! :)

FYI - The Blossom Punch & Mixed Bunch Stamp Set are only available through 6/2/15 while supplies last!

 

Fun Fold Card

Stamps: Mixed Bunch, All Holidays
Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Pool Party, Sahara Sand
Paper: Pool Party Coredinations, Sweet Sorbet DSP, Summer Starfruit CS, Whisper White CS
Tools: Blossom Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Envelope Punch Board
Accessories: Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, 2-Way Glue Pen, Stampin' Dimensionals

Flower Pot Card 
Stamps: Petal Potpourri, All Holidays
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive
Paper: Rich Razzleberry CS, Whisper White CS
Tools: Flower Medallion Punch, Berry Basket Bigz Die, Big Shot
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals

italics = retired product

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Back to Blogging!

I've been on a (depressing) stamping hiatus for a few months but I am finally getting back into it! I wanted to do a challenge to start myself off, so I found Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #112.


I also was determined to make my Mother's Day cards because my family has been subjected to Hallmark for the last few months... lol. I made 4 of the same card for all the "moms" in my family but changed up small details on each one. I took the color pallette from the Tea Party Designer Series Paper. I think they turned out cute; I love that little frog!






Suppplies: A Flower for All Seasons Stamp Set, Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set; Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Almost Amethyst, and Whisper White cardstock; Tea Party Designer Series Paper; Certainly Celery and Pretty in Pink Classic Stampin’ Pads; Jet Black Staz-On Ink Pad; So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, and Almost Amethyst Stampin' Write Markers; Modern Label, Word Window, and 1-3/4” Circle Punches; So Saffron, Certainly Celery, and Pretty in Pink brads; Circle Scissor Plus with Glass Mat; Paper-Piercing Tool (for brads); Stampin' Dimensionals

Mother's Day Part 2

I feel like I haven't posted much lately so here are the rest of the Mother's Day cards I made last month. I love how the little felt flowers and rhinestone brads look! :)

Supplies: Delight in Life Stamp Set*, All Year Cheer II Stamp Set*; Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette, and Whisper White cardstock; Rose Red Prints Designer Series Paper*; Certainly Celery Classic Ink Pad; Versamark Ink Pad; Flower Fusion; Flower Fusion Too; Rhinestone Brads Circles Fire; Stampin' Dimensionals
*retired SU! product

My Mommy's Card

Now that my mom has received her Mother's Day card, here it is! I am absolutely in LOVE with this card. I made another one just to keep because I think it is so pretty. (If I do say so myself, lol!) I think I came up with the color combo on my own, but I used the Weekend Sketch Challenge #79 once again! It's also the first time I used the Texturz plates with the Big Shot, and I am hooked! :)



I made this last picture kinda dark so you can see the embossing from the Big Shot.


On a side note, I finally just figured out how to make my pictures bigger! Duh.

Supplies: Eight Great Greetings Stamp Set; Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette, Almost Amethyst, and Whisper White cardstock; Basic Gray Classic Ink Pad; Certainly Celery and Almost Amethyst Stampin' Write markers; Blender Pens; Pink Pirouette Classic Ink Refill; Pink Pirouette 5/8" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon; Pretties Kit; Flower Fusion Too; Big Shot; Stampin’ Up! Backgrounds I Texturz Plates; Mini Glue Dots; Stampin' Dimensionals

Mother's Day Card #1

As I mentioned yesterday, this is my first day off in a while so I'm trying to power through some challenges and get stuff accomplished! Work even called to see if I could cover for someone that called in sick. But for once I actually said NO (which is hard for me to do!) because I think it is necessary for my mental health!

I finally sat down and made a list, and there are 29 cards (!) I need to make for the next couple months. (Only 2 of them are late!) There are four women in my life I'm planning on giving Mother's Day cards to... but only two of them might actually check my blog so I think I'm safe posting a couple of them early.

In the interest of multi-tasking, I used two challenges to make this card. The first is Stacey's Jewelry Color Inspiration #34. What a perfect color combo for a frilly, feminine card!

The second challenge I used was the Mojo Monday Week #84 sketch. This is my first Mojo Monday sketch, and it was pretty intimidating! But I love how it turned out!

I stepped out of my card-size comfort zone and decided not to do a 5-1/2" x 4-1/4". I made this square-sized card once before (5-1/4" x 5-1/4"), and it fits in the Medium Square Envelopes.

I don't have Going Gray, so I used Brushed Silver. It's more expensive on a per-sheet basis, because it is so fun and shiny!!

I have a large box full of retired stamp sets that I am going to (hopefully!) sell on eBay that I dragged out of the closet today. I actually had some success doing this in January, so we'll see! Anyway though, I wanted to use the Mother's Day and Father's Day stamps from All-Year Cheer II one more time before I part with this set. I kind of like them though, so maybe I won't be able to sell it after all! Since I was using retired stamps already, I also used retired paper and non-SU! (gasp) brads and ribbon.


Stay tuned for a few more challenge submissions later today...

Supplies: All-Year Cheer II Stamp Set*, Perennial Favorites Stamp Set*; Perfect Plum, Certainly Celery, Brushed Silver, and Whisper White cardstock; Enchanté Designer Series Paper*; Certainly Celery Classic Ink Pad; Perfect Plum Stampin' Write marker; Scallop Circle, 1-3/8" Circle, and 1-1/4" Circle Punches; Certainly Celery 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon; Mini Glue Dots; Stampin' Dimensionals; Target brads; random silver ribbon

*retired SU! product