Turning Into My Mom Card

This is an image I've had for years and kept forgetting to find it.
Not this year! 

I'm not overly thrilled with this card though. It's a bit too bright.

The design is based off of a sample in an old catalog, using a different

image, colors and embellishments. 

Most supplies used were from Stampin' Up!

Happy Mother's Day !  I'll be baking first thing this morning then picking up my Mom to drive her to my sisters house. This will be the first time we've seen them since the pandemic hit, actually since Christmas 2019!  

Thanks for looking =) 

Purple Pansy Mother's Day Card

Happy Mother's Day !

Supplies used: 

Stampin' Up! items - DD Pansy - 1996

Designer Labels (trimmed) - 2006

Linen Background - 2006

Concord Crush, Crushed Curry, Garden Green inks

Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, Crushed Curry card stocks

dimensionals

doily

satin ribbon

sewing machine (stitching on plaid paper)

plaid paper scrap, Die Cuts With A View

alphabet die, Recollections/Michael's

I'm entering my card in the following challenge:

Retro Rubber Challenge - May Flowers

Happy Mother's Day

Floral Edge Die Card For Mom

The fancy edge cutting die I purchased earlier this year 

makes it easy enough to create a pretty card.

(Die'sires)

I ran it through the Big Shot twice to cut both long

edges of the white card stock.

It is layered on a Daffodil Delight card stock base.

I colored the petals with two shades of chalks and 

added mini rhinestones to the centers of some.

I then carefully lifted the petals to give dimension.

The rubber stamp image (Well Scripted by Stampin Up!', 2010)

was heat embossed with a shimmery yellow embossing powder.

Yellow with white polka dots wide grosgrain ribbon

 was bought at a dollar store quite some time ago.

I also used a long "forgotten" metal edge tag. 

I've used a few of them on projects this year.....

Thanks for looking =)

I'm entering my card in the following challenges
Crafting By Designs - Mother's Day
and
Retro Rubber - Flowers
 -this stamp isn't as old as most that I have, it's from this decade ;)

Rustic Rose Card for Mom

Today's card is based on a fun layout I've seen done similarly,

perhaps it was a sketch challenge somewhere in the past.

I just recall the basic idea and kept it "on file"

in the back of my mind to use one day ;) 

Supplies:

All stamp images are oldies from Stampin' Up!

DD Cottage Rose (1999)

Woodgrain (2009)

Itty Bitty Backgrounds (1997)

inks, card stocks and linen thread were also from SU!

strip of patterned paper, an old Die Cuts With A View paper stack

(scrap saved from another project because it would be wasteful to throw it away,

decent enough sized to use for something someday!)

tiny yellow rhinestones 

really old paper doily from my crafting supplies stash

I'm entering my card in the following challenges:

Beautiful Flowers at Retro Rubber

Whenever I enter the Retro Rubber Challenge and look up

the age of my stamps, two things come to mind: 

1) time really does fly, it doesn't seem like I've had the stamps that long....

2) does anyone else keep all of the stamps they've collected over the years?!

Mood Board at Use Your Stuff

(putting an old paper doily to use,

actually everything on the card I've had for several years -

time flies!)


Thanks for looking :) 

Florals and Gingham Mother's Day Card

I like how this simple card turned out
using a simple go-to layout! 

That gorgeous embossing folder really makes a card look special.

Rubber stamp image - Stampin' Up! All Year Cheer (1999)

White and navy blue card stocks

Night of Navy ink

Scalloped rectangle die

We R Mempory Keepers embossing folder, Bouquet

stylus and scoring board - for embossed edge around sentiment

Gingham ribbon-unknown, really old "crispy" type of craft ribbon

pop dots

I'm entering my card in the Mother's Day Challenge #352 at
Shopping Our Stash
and
Old Is New Again #85 at
Retro Rubber Challenge
(although not exactly vintage as the challenge perhaps intended,
flowers and gingham are always a classic combo.
I did use a nearly 20 yr old stamp and 30 yr old ribbon!)



Thanks for looking =) 

Mother's Day Card - pink flowers and gingham

Although it's a month away, I wanted to get started on Mother's Day cards.

I used a gingham embossing folder for the background layer.

The flowers are made with the Morning Meadow stamp set (Stampin' Up!) and
coordinating punch. I added a rhinestone (from a Jack O' Lantern decorating kit of all things!)
to the centers.

The edges of the stamped sentiment (from All Holidays , Stampin' Up!) section
are finished with a polka dot ribbon paper punch (I need to use that punch more often....)
and thin strip of pink card stock.


I'm submitting my card to the current challenge at Shopping Our Stash:
black, white and one other color.  This one is mostly white. I have an idea for another card
to make that will have more black on it.
https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2018/04/sos348-black-white-1-other-color.html


Thanks for looking =)

House of Cards Challenge August

This months challenge at 

House of Cards

is to use flowers and/or the colors

in the inspiration photo below.

The card I created to share with you 

for this challenge uses both.

It is a larger sized card to accommodate the 

round frame rubber stamp image.

Various paper flowers, paper punches, twine,

organdy ribbon and rhinestones to create a 

pretty cluster on the frame. 

Medical supply gauze as an embellishment ?!

I love the dimension this embossing folder creates !

We R Memory Keepers Next Level Embossing Folder, Bouquet.

It is a 6x6 folder, making it easier to create larger projects.

I bought it from Amazon earlier this year.

Thanks for looking =) 

Be sure to visit the rest of the design team members blogs

to see their wonderful cards for the current challenge.

 Chanya13 | Cohenna | Donna | Em | Heather 
Jane | Judy | Karen | Katarina | Merethe

Michele | Mynn | Paula | Rocky | Rosi 

Shawna | Shirley | Sue N. | Susan 

Happy Mother's Day

A quick printable card I created.

A few sequins and touch of organdy ribbon

really finish it off !

Watercolor images were from a graphics site,

no longer available.

Digitally Made May Challenge

Welcome to the very first challenge at 

Digitally Made ! 

We are a new 100 % digital craft blog.

That is, no printed digital images 

assembled into tangible, hand crafted projects.

We want to see your digital art,

be it scrapbook pages, cards, inspirational

quotes combined with photos, banners

made for social media, backgrounds

for your computer screen, digital paintings,

printables, etc and so on ! 

We will have monthly themes to challenge you.

Our theme this month is Anything Goes - 

so long as it is completely digital and family friendly !

Our challenge is just for fun and inspiration,

there are no prizes awarded. 

Our winner for the month will be offered

a guest designer spot in a future challenge. 

I created a digital scrapbook page for my project.

I'm hoping to get a decent photo of my Mom and I

on Mother's Day to add to the completed page :) 

Digital Papers : I created them myself by scanning papers

(Attic Boutique) bought from Stampin' Up! several years ago.

I used the actual papers on several other projects that you

can see in additional posts this month as part

of other design team projects I made.

The papers were 12" x 12", so I had to scan them in two sections

using my Canoscan. I then used Photoshop Elements

to piece the two sections together - yes, it was quite

tricky, on some more than others. There may be an easier way

to do it using some function in the program that I am not aware of.

Once I was happy with the way I got them lined up, I cropped them

to a 12" square and saved them at 300 dpi. Sure, it was a lot of work

to make my own digital papers this way, but now I have digital versions

of this particular paper should I ever want to print it out for another

handmade project or use it digitally on additional projects (more likely).

Digital elements : various elements purchased years ago

through Stampin' Up! for the My Digital Studio program

they offered. It has since been discontinued and content

is no longer available. I use My Memories Suite now.

Quote element : from LollyJane.com   

(I altered it a bit by painting over the URL on the image)

Template : freebie from Miss Mel as part of the 

March 2017 For The Love of Templates Blog Train

Because I used a predesigned template for this project,

Photoshop Elements was the program of choice.

These types of files do not work in My Memories Suite.

Font : Playlist

National Scrapbook Day is May 6th !

Thanks for looking =) 

Be sure to visit the rest of the design team members blogs

 for more inspiring digital projects:

Annie

Carol

Heather - you are here

Margaret

Sonia

Susan

Mother's Day Cards

Three cards I finished up this morning for Mother's Day.

outside

inside - created with an element from the Love You Mom digi kit by JMC Designs 

that I recolored in Photoshop Elements

The first, very colorful one was given to my Mother. Not the typical card, aside from having flowers on it, that I gave to my Mom. It's much bolder colors than I normally use, which was a fun change. Why did I go so bright on this card ? It was originally designed for an upcoming design team project. After having completed it, I found out that I had to go a different route with my project so I added the Happy Mother's Day tag and gave it to my Mom.

This colorful card creation fits the newest photo inspiration challenge at Sunny Day Crafting perfectly, Challenge #6 Make A Colorful Project OR A Project With Fruit. 

The second card is one I've had in my premade cards stash for quite some time. The colors faded shortly after stamping it,  so I never gave it away. It was a precut card gifted to me, the card stock seemed more porous on the inside and semi glossy on the front panel, neither side held the ink well. I added more color, a touch of glitter glue on the flower petals, vellum strip for the sentiment and a piece or peach organdy ribbon knotted before giving it to my sisters mother-in-law.

I'm entering the above card in the Week #275 Pastel Colors Challenge at Less Is More. 

The last card was from a premade kit that Stampin' Up! sold. I trimmed the front die cut panel off and adhered it to a regular card, adding yellow paper behind it. The cards in the kit had both the front and back panels die cut, along with the envelope flap. Although a unique shape, the card can't be stood up easily for display if the recipient wants to. I gave this card to my sister.



Thanks for looking :)   I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day.

Fancy Cash Envelope Gift

Wow, was it late and the light not the best in the craft dungeon

when I started this project: I didn't realize the decorative paper was pink !

I made the envelope and band, then when I was going to attach the

poinsettia flower (leftover from my photo frame card project last year)

I realized it was pink !  I decided to go ahead and finish it off,

finding a pink card stock in my stash that coordinated well enough

to heat emboss and cut out the MOM letters on. 

The project details:

Decorative paper is from an old Die Cuts With A View

Christmas paper stack, 12"x 12'.

Pink, black and silver card stocks from Stampin' Up!

Lightweight red, green and yellow card stocks, unsure of manufacturer.

Stamp set and scallop edge paper punch, Stampin' Up!

Poinsettia die, cricut.com

Gray grosgrain ribbon, Walmart.

I found logos (and had to make some) to local restaurants

that my Mom likes to eat out at with her friends. 

I sized them onto regular printer paper, printed them out

then attached $10 bills to each one (with an extra $20 in back). 

The idea is for her to use them when she goes out to lunch !

Of course she can use them on whatever she'd like. 

I printed and cut the pieces of paper first, 

then used the dimensions to determine how big to 

make the envelope from a single sheet of 12"x 12"paper. 

Really quite easy to do, no pattern necessary. 

I'll be giving this to her tonight at our bittersweet get together:

our first Christmas without my Dad.

I almost forgot to share another one I made:

Thanks for looking and

Merry Christmas  ! 

Frap Bottle Flower Vase for Mom

I made three of these for Mother's Day,

filling them with fresh cut iris and ferns

from my garden. These are empty, clean Starbucks 

frappuccino/cappuccino bottles. 

The frame stamp is an oldie by Stampendous (?).

It was stamped with black ink then die cut with a 

Nestabilities circle die.

I colored the flowers with ink and hearts with glitter glue.

It is attached to the paper twist band with heavy duty double stick tape.

The band itself is not glued to the bottle, just wrapped around it snugly.

I didn't want to permanently attach it since it would get ruined

when emptying/refilling/cleaning the vase.

Martha Stewart fern(?) punch, Petite Petals and Flower Trio

punches by Stampin' Up!

White card stock, textured purple card stock (unknown),

Gable green card stock and yellow paper twist.

Finished off the large purple flowers with yellow rhinestones.

Here is another type of empty jar I repurposed into a vase.

and a super simple, fabric wrapped jar flower vase.

Thanks for looking =) 

Muted Mother's Day Card

I was in inspired by a sample in a Stampin' Up! publication

to create this simple card using old items I own,

The color combination was a recent challenge at

splitcoaststampers.com, #527

All supplies used were from Stampin; Up!,

though most are now retired:

The Art of Life 

Teeny Tiny Wishes

Sahara Sand and Naturals card stock

Pink Pirouette, Wild Wasabi and Sahara Sand markers

scrap of green paper

scrap of stitched pink ribbon

scallop tag topper paper punch

Thanks for looking =)

Triple Challenge Mother's Day Card

I made this Mother's Day card with inspiration from three challenges:

Sketch Challenge 254 at Operation Write Home

Embossing  - ODBD May Challenge at OWH

Color Challenge 526 at Splitcoaststampers

All items used were from Stampin' Up!,

though most are now retired:

All Holidays stamp set

Versamark ink

White embossing powder

Rose Red, Tempting Turquoise and Island Indigo card stock

White copy paper

Large Delicate Doilies die

Texturz Plates

Rhinestones

(I wish I would have added a white layer between the blues)

Thanks for looking =) 

MOM WOW Card

The Mother's Day card I made for my mom this year.

It took a bit of time, but it was worth it !

Every item used,

other than the oval die, 

came from Stampin' Up!

though most are now retired.

The color combination came from the 

current color challenge at Splitcoaststampers.com.

CC529

Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango and Crushed Curry.

I used a Texturz plate for the dry embossed polka dots

on the orange background, 

a  die and embossing mat for the oval,

then heat embossed an Aida texture with 

clear embossing powder on the MOM letters.

Since I used embossing on this card,

I'll link it to the current Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge at

Operation Write Home - embossing. 

This particular card won't be going to OWH, though.

I have been slowly working on filling a box to donate

and have dozens of cards to share here still. 

I am disappointed in the way my printer

interprets the colors on my digital designs............

Below is the word art I designed,

however the colors printed nothing like I intended. 

I was going to mount this to a piece of Melon Mambo

before attaching it to the inside of the card,

but since the colors were so off, I did not.

 I could have used Crushed Curry

since the orange and pink did not match my card stocks. 

I should have chosen a different font,

or flipped and reversed the MOM text box,

so that it would create WOW

exactly the same. Mom isn't nearly

as nit picky as I am on the little details 

and probably won't notice ;) 

Thanks for looking 

and 

Happy Mother's Day weekend !

Embossed, Debossed and Die Cut LOVE Card

I made this lovely card for a wedding shower, but the design could be used for other occasions such as Mother's Day!

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!, though many are no longer available:
I used a coordinating stamp set and punch for the flowers
Die for the word love
Letterpress plate, outside front layer of the card
Embossing folder, inside sentiment layer of the card
Rhinestone accents
Stylus to depress the center of the flowers, giving them dimension



I used My Memories Suite V6 software to create the sentiment inside the card.
Text boxes, a couple of different fonts, export as a PNG and then printed on card stock,
trimmed to fit the embossing folder and inside of the card.

Thanks for looking =)