Apr 15 2007
Flowers for Mom
With Mother’s Day coming up four weeks from today…I thought I’d share a Mother’s Day card I designed. I’ve been having fun alternating my styles from a Shabby/Distressed look with a cleaner fresh look for Spring. I decided to have a little fun creating the “image” with embellishments and just use stamping for the sentiments on this card. One thing I like about this card is it would not have to be specific for Mother’s Day. Moms are pretty special people and more than worthy of being cherished every day.:)
Cherish Mother
When I was making this card, the color scheme came directly from the products I had on hand. I had noticed that I had Prima flowers that matched my dotted organdy ribbon from Michael’s. Why not make the stems from the same color? Fun! I added a stitched sentiment border across the top to highlight the word cherish. For the “mother”, I took a little “bite” out of the side of my card with my circle punch. I then took a circle punch one size smaller and punched a circle out of the Cool Caribbean. I adhered it to the inside of the card so that it peeks through the card and is visible both when the card is closed as well as open. The excess of the circle was folded to the back of the card and after stamping the sentiment, I set a little white eyelet with my Crop-a-dile. To add a bit of “pop”…not a technicle term I know!….I tied black gingham ribbon through the eyelet and also throught the clear buttons that I used for flower centers.
Supply List:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Cool Caribbean - Stampin Up
Stamps: Warm Words, Everyday Flexible Phrases - STampin Up
Ink: Basic Black - Stampin Up
Other: circle punches - EK Success, Martinique flowers - Prima Marketing, sewing machine, white eyelet - Making Memories, Crop-a-dile - We R Memory Keepers, ribbon - Michael’s, Clear Buttons - Stampin Up
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Julia, this is so pretty. Great card for any mom.
Love it…the little cutout on the side is super and that prima/ribbon concoction is fab!
Absolutely lovely, Julia! Beautiful flowers, and your stitching is always the nicest touch! Yes, mothers are special any time!
I really love your work Julia, I added you to my blog roll, hope that’s ok….come visit me sometime!
Cute, Julia!! love the flowers and the ribbon stems!
Very pretty, Julia! Your mom is sure to love this!
Beautiful, Julia. Love the partial donut hole with the sentiment behind.
Lovely card - any mom would be thrilled to receive it!
Love the circle punch idea! Very creative!
Very pretty, your flower stem idea is a fabulous one. Great colors, TFS.
Hey Julia…this is beautiful! Love the soft colors and you can never get tired of the flowers. Also, just noticed your new banner…when did that happen…I love it, too…so spring and happy looking! Good going. Hugs, Barb g
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