Mother's Day for My Youngest Daughter

Our family decided to celebrate Mothers' Day and Father's Day together for several reasons. . .not everyone's double COVID vaccine would be optimally effective, plus there were so many mothers to celebrate, it just seemed the best solution to make it easier on everyone!  Here's the problem. . .did I remember this particularly important fact when it came to making the cards needed for this celebration?  NO!  I had just finished my third Father's Day card when I realized I should have made three Mother's Day cards as well.  Simultaneously, I also realized that I just had no time to fit them in before the week-end!  

Not the optimum solution, but this is how I solved my dilemma with no time to make three more cards. . .  My  youngest daughter, Jackie, lives the furthest away, and therefore, not as easy to just pop over to make a belated card delivery, which was my plan for the other two.  My oldest daughter and daughter-in-law live within a 10-minute drive from me.  So, I focused on at least getting Jackie's card done and delivered at our family barbeque event.  Another reason I chose her is that Jackie will be celebrating her third Mother's Day, and I have not yet been able to spend this holiday with her as I have with the other two. 

 

Back in May when we delayed our Mother's Day celebrations, I had already decided to do a flower garden theme for all my family Moms.  I had just bought a new Mother's Day die that I was anxious to incorporate in some manner.  For Jackie's card, I decided to use some papers and florals from Stampin' Up's Made to Bloom card kit from the 2019 Occasions catalog.  One thing that I've noticed is that there haven't been many who have branched out and made other alternative designs than those provided in the original kit.  But, if you've followed me at all, you know that I just can't make the card designs provided in the kits.  I usually make alternative designs before the kit designs, and this card is no exception.

For my card front design, I love layers, so I added a Blackberry Bliss cardbase and a gold foil mat layer before adding a third layer of one of the patterned papers provided in the kit.  I added a gold foil horizontal band to anchor the kit-provided gold-edged floral bouquet, plus I ink-distressed its edges.  My finishing touch was to sprinkle on a few gems for interest.  I decided to incorporate that new Mother's Day die on the inside as the sentiment and "verse" combined...how pretty it is in the gold foil!  Take a look below at the inside and outside finished card.  I think my youngest daughter will enjoy her card.

Ingredients:  Stampin' Up products:  Made to Bloom Card Kit (2019 Occ./ retired)--BG patterned paper, Gold foil-edged flowers.  Cardstocks--Blackberry Bliss, Calypso Coral, Gold Foil.  Ink--Crumb Cake (ink distressing).  Gems--Glitter Enamel Dots.  Punch--Curvy Corner Trio (retired).  Other: Sargent Art--Acrylic Glitter Glaze (flower centers).  Papertrey Ink die--To Die for Sentiments--Happy Mother's Day die.  Size--4-3/4 x 6 inches.

Sending Sunshine on Mother's Day

I wanted to use my first Paper Pumpkin Kit...June 2020--Box of Sunshine kit pieces to make Mother's Day cards for my oldest daughter and my daughter-in-law.  For my daughter, I decided to use one of the papers in the kit that looked like an alcohol-inked background.  There were actually two different yet similar colored one...one in brilliant red-oranges, yellow golds, yellows, and gold metallic and the other in yellows, yellow-golds, and metallic gold.  For my daughter's card, I chose the one with red-oranges and yellows.   I loved the card design provided in the kit, except I like layers so here is what I did. 

I used the card design provided for this paper pattern, except I dropped the start of the stamped sunshine about 3/8" lower from the top and 3/8" to the right...closer to center than the original design.  Then, I followed through with the black dot horizontal paper, sentiment, and stamped lines as originally positioned in relation to the stamped sun.  I  added two mat layers beneath the card front...a new black cardbase, and a burnt orange mat layer between the cardbase and card front.  I also positioned my sequins slightly different.  For the most part, other than the added layers, you might not notice any difference from that of the original card front unless closely scrutinized.

I finished off with an inside verse sending sunshine and happiness.  Take a peek below at the finished card inside and out design.  I think my daughter, Michele, will like her card.

Ingredients:  Stampin' Up products:  Paper Pumpkin--June 2020/ Box of Sunshine:  AI-style dsp,  black & white dot dsp, stamps, irregular hexagon sentiment die-cut.  Cardstock--Basic Black, Whisper White.  Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.  Other products:  Core'dinations Foundations cardstock--Valentia Orange.  Bazzill Swiss Dot--Honey Yellow.  Colorbox Chestnut Roan pigment ink (edge distressing).  Stash--sequins & red-orange rhinestones.  Chatterbox computer verse.  Size: 4-3/4 x 6-inches. 

Enjoy Today...It's Mother's Day!

This is my second Slightly Alternative Mother's Day card for my daughter-in-law, using my first Paper Pumpkin Kit...June 2020--Box of Sunshine kit pieces.  For her card, I chose the gold metallic and white horizontal striped paper provided in the kit.  Again, I loved the card design provided in the kit for this paper, except I like layers, and I wanted to change the sentiment, so here is what I did. 

I used the card design provided, except I trimmed the top and bottom of the striped paper down a total of 3/8." I also dropped my pineapple about 1/4" lower and moved it 3/8" to the right closer to the center than the original design.  Then, I followed through with the black dot horizontal paper, sentiment fishtail flag die-cut in relation to the pineapple's position as in the original design.  I  added two mat layers beneath the card front...a new black cardbase, and a apple green and white dot mat layer between the cardbase and card front.  I also added more sequins and positioned them different.  For the most part, other than the added layers, you might not notice any difference from that of the original card front unless it is closely scrutinized.

I finished off with an inside verse sending thoughts of love and appreciation.  Take a peek below at the finished card inside and out design.  I think my daughter-in-law, Ginger, will like her card.

Ingredients:  Stampin' Up products:  Paper Pumpkin--June 2020/ Box of Sunshine: gold metallic/ white stripe dsp,  black & white dot dsp, pineapple die-cut, double-fishtail flag sentiment die-cut.  Cardstock--Basic Black, Whisper White.  Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.  Other products: Stamps--Penny Black/ Sweet Wishes.  Recollections--Primary Dots dsp; Bazzill Swiss Dots/ Honey Yellow.  EK punch--Victorian Corners.  Colorbox Chestnut Roan pigment ink (edge distressing).  Stash--sequins & black enamel dots.  Chatterbox computer verse.  Size: 4-3/4 x 6-inches. 

My Lovely Mother!

Mother's Day will be here before I blink, and I needed time to get a card made and mailed to my Mom you lives several states away!  I went to a card-making class, hosted by Dar Peterson and Luci Kirschbaum, a few weeks ago to try out my new knee and see if it would withstand several hours in the sitting position.  It didn't like it much, but managed to survive until I could get home and elevate it in my recliner, where I promptly fell asleep!

While at class, I started a card from a very nice design, but visions of things I wanted to add or change kept interfering, plus the desire to color the daffodil stamped image with my Copic markers rather than the pens our hostesses were providing, prompted me to gather its parts and bring it home for completion.

I think I'm pretty pleased with my totally remodeled card...it is surely more my cardmaking style, and, I think, worthy to be a Mother's Day card for my Mom.  I thinks she will be delighted with it!  I found I will also be able to enter it into several SCS Challenges that I checked out before starting my finishing project. 

Take a peek below at the card front, as well as my interior design and Chatterbox verse!  Check out the modification story below the ingredients list if interested.

Ingredients:  Stampin' Up products: Cardstocks--Daffodil Yellow, Whisper White, Old Olive; Patterned paper:  Delightful Daisy dsp; Stamp--You're Inspiring (2018 Occ); Ink: Old Olive; Twine: Crushed Curry Solid; Pearls; Washi tape--Basic Pack #2.  Dies: Reverse Confetti Lacy Scallop Frame (yellow mat layer); Spellbinders Lattice Rectangle (daffodil frame); MFT First Place Ribbon (double fishtails).  Punches: Martha Stewart--Butterfly Trio; EK--Medium Scallop Photo Corners (inside).  Copic Sketch markers.  Computer printed sentiment/ verse.  Chatterbox verse.  Size: 4-3/4" x 6".

The Modification Story

Several days ago, I finished coloring my daffodil image, I was really pleased with it...such a pretty stamp set!  Next, I began with my own design ideas to finish off the card.  

I added a new daffodil yellow mat layer die-cut with one of my favorite rectangle edging, and I adhered it to a new and enlarged white cardbase (cut 9-1/2" x 6" and scored at 4-3/4").  I cut the green patterned paper layer provided in the card class smaller to allow my new yellow mat layer's edging show.  I adhered this green patterned paper to the yellow mat.  I also cut my daffodil image smaller to fit onto a new yellow lattice-work rectangle frame, where the lattice curves peeks out around the edges of the daffodil image.  

I decided to center my lattice-framed daffodil image from side to side and center my double fishtail sentiment below.  I added criss-crossed golden-yellow twine to the olive green one-inch wide horizontal strip, and centered the strip from top to bottom beneath image frame.  

To finished, I plunked a bitty butterfly hovering along the edge of my daffodil flowering image.  The butterfly is punched from a lemon-lime and white striped washi tape adhered to a piece of Daffodil Yellow cardstock with a bitty pearl added for its body.  I prepared my sentiment using my computer and composed a versed to added to the inside, which I colorized to match Old Olive green.  I added punched scallop photo corners, using the olive patterned paper, and more bitty butterflies punched from the same washi-covered cardstock and body pearls.

Mom's Are Special!

Mother's Day was coming up and really needed to make a special card for my mother for Mother's Day.  I attended a card class hosted by Liz Thayer last month in April, where I re-visited and practiced watercoloring with Stampin' Up Ink and an Aqua Painter on a stamped & heat-embossed image.  The embossed image creates a resist affect when applying the stamp pad ink with the aqua painter.  It is easy to created wonderful blended colored images using multiple colors of ink.

For this class, Liz had created a card that we were to re-create.  I chose to modifying the layout design of her card just a bit, though I stuck to the flower's color palette while applying the watercoloring as used in the original card.  My moifications included a sentiment change and adding a double layer of scallop oval die-cuts underneath.  I also used a decorator corner punch on my top layer, and added an additional color mat layer to bring out all the colors in my watercolored Rock Rose.  (I think this stamp's image looks just like a Rock Rose, though it is also similar to a double-frilled poppy as well).  Take a look at my finished card below:

My next step once the front of the card was finished, was to create an inside design to compliment the front, and also a verse suitably perfect for the occasion---Mother's Day.  It is ready to take a look-see below:

Recipe:  Stampin' Up Products:  Cardstocks--Whisper White Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight.  Stamps: Birthday Blooms.  Inks--Rich Razzlebrery Daffodil Delight, Rose Red, Old Olive, Mint Macaron.  Punch--Curvy Corner.  White Embossing Powder.  Rich Razzleberry 1/4" Cotton ribbon.  Spellbinder Dies: Ovals, Scallop Ovals,  Computer sentiment/ verse.  Size: 4-7/8" x 6". 

Celebrating My Mother!

Mother's Day is coming, and I must get a card made and sent before I leave on my Girls' Retreat Cardmaking Event, which is four glorious and fun-filled days away, ending on Mother's Day!  But once again, the kicker is so much to do, so little time, but what else is new.  I'm just full of idioms this morning, and I'm remembering an English teacher from my past who advised us that idioms and cliches should be avoided at all costs as they are a sign of a lazy writer.  Somehow, sometimes they just fit perfectly, and today it pleases me to use them (so there)!

With a little anxiety because of the short timeline, I sat down a few days ago and thought about Mom and what she loves on cards.  She loves pastel colors, especially aqua and peach and especially with butterflies, so there was my anxiety reliever and my first injection of mojo.  I remembered a card made several years ago using the Flower Garden embossing folder and Pool Party cardstock, which was designed by Liz Thayer.  I decided to do a take off on that card, but I would use a little vellum with my aqua card and make it two tone,  and the rest just began to flow from there.  Something light and airy with a little sparkle would be nice, bring on the vellum, aqua shades and silvery glitter paper.  I decided my butterflies should have a embossed vellum layer as well.  Here is the card that evolved, and I think it suits Mom to a tee!

A little decorating on the inside to coordinate with the outside design, and a little Mother's Day verse just for my special mom, and now, I can say it's all done and ready to send off in the mail.  Enjoy your special day, Mom!

Recipe:  Stampin' Up products:  Cardstocks--Very Vanilla, Bermuda Bay, Pool Party; Misc. paper--White Vellum, Silver Glimmer paper; Flower Garden Embossing folder; Punches--Elegant Butterfly, Bitty Butterfly, Modern Label, Word Window; Stamp--And Many More; Ink--Smoky Slate; Rhinestones.  WRMK Corner Chomper: Deco.  Stash: Sheer Aqua ribbon. (Size: 5" x 6-1/4").

Mother's Day 2014!

I am visiting with my Mom in California, and I planned to stay until after Mother's Day, and so, of course, I wanted to make a special card just for Mom.  It is difficult to sneak in making a card that she doesn't see as she loves to see what I'm working on.  I have to stay up later than she does so that I can work on cards for her without her seeing, or I have to forfeit going to play BINGO with her, claiming I have personal finances that I must get to before the due date.  Little white lies, so that's okay, right?

I was in the mood for a pink card for some reason, and I decided to complete a card kit Liz Thayer presented at one of her Friday Night Card Buffets.  I used all the parts of the card kit and added a new card base and a flowered pattern paper for two more layers, thus my card is now enlarged to 6" x 5," which fits right in with my like of larger cards.  I also added a sheer pink organza ribbon and bow, a clear Vintage Facet button, with a large pearl, and a double-layered butterfly to which I added Dazzling Details adhesive glitter and more pearls.  I love the love sentiment in Stampin' Up's anniversary stamps set Best of Love, and I am so glad I was able to use it on Mom's card.  I'm thinking my additional paper layers, printed paper, and embellishments enhanced Liz's very pretty original design yet now the card takes on the flavor of my style as well.  I also think Mom will like her pretty little pink card.

I must apologize for the picture ahead of time.  Unfortuantely, it is the best I can do with the equipment I have available.  The card is very 3-dimensional with the Vintage Facet button and pearl, and the lighting and focus will not get any better.  I tried re-scanning it many times and changing its scanner position to the point of frustration!  Also, the color is very poor as well.  The distressing on the flower frame is much more subtle than the lighting made it look in the picture...I apologize for the poor quality, but I hope you get the gist of the card.  It is really very soft pink and not at all garish!

Recipe:  Papers: Stampin' Up cardstock--Whisper White, Pink Pirouette; DCWV--Preppy Princess stack (rose pattern).  SU stamps:  Best of Love.  SU Ink: Rose Red.  SU Embossing Folders:  Adorning Accents, Designer Frames Oval.  SU Framelit die: Label Collection. Martha Stewart Butterfly Medium Double punch. SU button: Clear Vintage Facet. Studio 21 pink pearl, cream pearls.  Stash: Pink Organza ribbon.

And Mother's Day came in 2012...

While in California this spring, my sister, Heidi Gonzales (My Lil' Scrap Corner), gave several card and embellishment classes, and I thoroughly enjoyed them.  I always learn so much from my sis!  Mom, sis, and I traveled to several crops and a three-day scrapping retreat in Chico, Red Bluff, and Shingletown.  We had an absolutely GREAT time...I caught up on my lots of my "To Do" stash and kits; some I bought and they sat waiting for several years!  One night I scrapped until 2:00 a.m., but another scrapper took the grand prize, and stayed up until 5:00 a.m.!!  The retreat crop room was open 24-hours a day...what a great place to get away!

One of the classes my sis taught was a flower-making.  We made four different styles flowers:  a Gerber Daisy,  a Carnation (with iridescent glittered netting), a small Rose, and a Peony.  I decided to use my new flower skills to make a Mother's Day card for Mom, which was a challenge with her sitting right by me cropping away!  No, Mom,  the card really wasn't for Michele's birthday, as you found out!

Mom's 2012 card...love you!

Butterflies on Mother's Day 2011

I just hate it when there is no time!  But, salvation is at hand.  I remembered the card I made for John's sister and that I tuck away the knowledge the it would make a great Mother's Day or birthday card.  Aha. . .now is the time to use it.

I brought up the digital image I had scanned of the previous card before I sent it off in the mail so I would know exactly what to pull out of my scrapbooking stuff.  I was delighted to find that I had already put the glitter sparkles on the butterfly wings, which meant it was dry and ready to use.  I got busy with the papers and embellishments, and voilà, here is my mother-in-law's card.  I know she will enjoy it.  She is always tickled to get any mail, but especially my cards she says.

A Vintage Mother's Day 2011...

John and I are both fortunate that our mothers are still with us.  His mother will soon be 96, but she is still alert and very much with us!  My mother never likes to tell her age and looks at least 15 years younger than she really is.  We have been thought to be sisters...good for her, but not sure it is for me???  

Here I go again with vintage thoughts for my Mom.  I bought and downloaded some images from Iralamija on Etsy, and I loved the vintage cake and cupcakes images, so I decided to use one for Mom's card.  I'm found some lovely My Mind's Eye papers that I thought were just right in both color and look for a vintage card and the image.  I hope Mom loves her card!