Red Roses Mother's Day Card

The roses are a print and cut image.  I pop dotted one onto the doily and then pop dotted an identical image on top.

Mother's Day Card with Apron

The apron was cut using my Cameo.  I printed the sentiment onto some vellum and added heart "pockets" with a Stampin' Up punch.

Mother's Day Card

A Swiss Dot embossing folder was used for the base of the flowers.

The sentiment was computer printed and trimmed with a Stampin' Up border punch.

I added adhesive pearls for the flower centers and brads to the sentiment cut out.

This is another Mother's Day card that will be given to the local nursing home for their residents.

Daffodil Pocket Mother's Day Card

The small envelope was cut using my Cameo.  I added some pen work along the outer edges.

The daffodils are a print and cut image.  The sentiment was computer generated.  I used PesannaHMK font.

The inside sentiment is "and wishing you a Happy Mother's Day".

Mother's Day - 30 Minute Card

You don't have to spend hours on a card to get one that's really nice and that you'll be proud to give.

I printed the sentiment by computer and added three Petite Petal flowers with Pearl Pen centers. 

The edges of the popped up layer were rounded to add a little interest.

Rounding the edges of the printed inside sentiment ties it to the layout of the card front.

I stamped two more images beside the sentiment.

Petite Petals Punch Mother's Day Card

The flowers were done using a Petite Petals stamp and punch from Stampin' Up.  I embossed the base with a Darice Folder.

This card was based one one done by Blythe , a Stampin' Up demo.  I saw it on Pinterest and thought it would be simple enough to make multiples for donation.

I especially liked the inside sentiment trimmed down to allow space for the flower shapes.

Mother's Day Card With Cherries

The diamond edges were done with a Fiskar's border punch.

I used a 2" circle to stamp the cherry leaves and added two buttons cut with a Sizzix Sweet Buttons die.

The sentiment was printed using Hallmark Card Studio software.

Embossed and Inked Butterfly Card

The butterflies were embossed onto vellum.  I trimmed the embossed area following the upper edge of the design then colored the butterflies on the back side using a Promarker.
This gives the impression that the butterflies have been cut out to let the card base color show through.

The sentiment was printed on my computer then punched with a Word Window punch and layered onto a Modern Label punched out shape.



The white butterfly was embossed with a Brocade folder and pop dotted for dimension. It's a Martha Stewart punch.

3 Dimensional Pansies Mother's Day Card

Glenda Calkins, a Stampin' Up demonstrator, shared a video on using their Pansy Punch to make three dimensional flowers. 

After watching it, I decided it was something that would work well on Mother's Day cards for the nursing home residents.


It takes quite a bit of time to assemble the pieces but the results make it worth the time.

The background was embossed with a houndstooth folder.  I used MTC to resize and cut the base for the sentiment.

Mother's Day Card - 30 Minute Card

The sentiment is computer generated.  I embossed the bottom section with a Cuttlebug folder then added five paper flowers with adhesive pearl centers.

The inside sentiment is also computer generated using Hallmark Card Studio software.

Mother's Day Sweater Card

This card was inspired by one I found while doing a Google search for Mother's Day card ideas.

I cut a piece of copy paper the same size as the card front and drew a "V" shape in it to determine the angle and size for the neck opening.  This was used as a template to mark the back side of the floral cardstock and cut it out.

The lacy collar was done with a Stampin' Up border punch and cut to 1/2" wide.  The placket is also 1/2' wide.  I embossed the blue cardstock to give it a more lacy look for the collar and placket.

Looking back at the papers I chose makes me wish I'd chosen something other than mini-dots for the bottom layer.  Once the card front was assembled, I decided the large open "V" was too plain and added a Pearl Pen dot necklace.  Dots on dots!

The flower shaped buttons are from the Dollar Tree.  I was wandering around the store and discovered them on the aisle with the automotive stuff!  They were no where near their craft supply area.

This template is really handy to have around.  It gets used a lot to decide what size circle punch to use for a particular stamp or to draw an arc.  It was found at Hobby Lobby in the area with drafting and art supplies.  I have two of these.  Once has circles from 3 1/2" down to 1 1/2" and this one has 2 1.4" down to 1/16".

I used it to create the arc shape for the Pearl Pen dots in the necklace.

 There was a comment left on Facebook after I posted this card in a card making group with the suggestion to add thread to the buttons.

They had already been adhered to the card so, instead, I used a Pearl Pen and just added a faux thread across from side to side.  It does improve the appearance of the buttons and I didn't have to fight to get thread looped though them!

Tongue in Cheek Mother's Day Card

The frame is from Elegant Edges; the silhouette if from Forever Young Cricut cartridges.  I cut them on my Cameo with Make The Cut software.

The flowers are from the bridal section at Michael's.

 This sentiment was seen online.  I thought it was cute and decided to make a "tongue in cheek" Mother's Day card with it.

Pink Butterflies Card

This week's theme must be butterflies.  They are one of my favorite elements to include on my cards and it just happens that the cards I've been inspired by had butterflies on them too.

The butterflies were done with Stampin' Up and Martha Stewart punches.  The background is embossed with a folder by Darice.



My rant on punches:
 I learned my lesson on buying Martha Stewart punches.  Never, never take one home until you test it on cardstock.  I no longer purchase her punches.  There are too many on my punch racks that don't work worth spit. 

The small butterfly has to be trimmed by hand.  The shape doesn't punch completely out of the paper and often the interior openings don't punch cleanly either. 

Fiskars is another brand that I no longer purchase.  Their hand held punches don't go across the paper far enough so you have to punch too close to the edge.  Their border punches don't stay sharp very long and even punching through sandpaper or tin foil doesn't sharpen them much.

This pretty much leaves EK Success as the brand I'll buy in the future.  Hobby Lobby carries very few of theirs, but they're still making the ones sold by Stampin' Up.  I've also been using some digital punch images and cutting them on my Cameo. 

With the price of materials and shipping getting so high, and Stampin' Up moving more toward metal dies, digital images may be the future for my paper crafting.

Petal Card Punch Card

Stampin' Up petal card punch (retired) was used for the tiny envelope.  The flowers are SU's flower shop bundle.

Flower Shop Bundle Cards

 Inspired by a card seen online.  I used Stampin' Up Flower Shop stamp/punch bundle for the flowers.
The greenery was cut with my Cameo.

A paper doily is the base for this card.  Again, I used the Flower Shop bundle as well as the Petite Petals bundle.

#1 Mom Card

This was done with file number 10235 from the Silhouette store.  I imported it into MTC to cut though!  Silhouette software and I do not play well together!

Mother's Day Cards

The sentiment was printed on my computer.  The clothespins are clip art images.

A Stampin' Up punch was used for the sentiment that I printed on my computer. 

Subway Style Mother's Day Card

While searching for inspiration today I found this cute subway style art at The Pink Doodle.   The blogger was kind enough to share her subway art for downloading.  Since I'm falling behind on getting all my cards done for Operation Write Home's deadline for Mother's Day cards, I appreciate finding something so cute that could be made quickly.

I printed a nice Mother's Day sentiment on the inside using Hallmark card making software.

The image was resized and printed to fit an A2 card.  I trimmed it down and pop dotted it on the card front.

CASED Mother's Day Cards

Pinterest is a great place to find inspiration for cards.  These two were patterned after ones seen on there.
The pink one is from The Paper Stamper 's blog.  I believe the other one was a commercially done card. 

The flower was embossed onto vellum with a Darice folder.  The butterfly was done with a Stampin Up punch and has Liquid Pearls for the accent.

I printed the sentiment and punched the ovals with a Stampin' Up punch also.

It took quite a while to find fonts that would fit onto the card front so the word "MOTHER" would be on the center front.

The flowers were stamped and punched with Stampin' Up products.  The border punch is from We R Memory Keepers.

Bermuda Bay ink from Stampin' Up was used for the flowers.

Mother's Day Cards