Tag: Happy Mother’s Day

4/27/24 Weekly Favorite at Splitcoast Stampers!

Hi friends! Happy Saturday – the weeks sure are flying by! Believe it or not, we got a little skiff of snow last night… just when we thought Mother Nature was over it. Bahahaha, I guess not! I’ve begun making Mother’s Day cards for our friend with the local ‘hardware + everything else under the sun’ store to sell. Her husband passed away several months ago and she’s struggling a bit, so this year I am donating as many Mother’s Day cards as I can make for her to sell and keep 100% of the proceeds. That’ll make my heart happy. There are three files in this bundle and I’m hoping to get the other two made this weekend. Fingers crossed!

For this card, I used my Cricut and the Juliet card cut file from the Le Chapeau SVG Bundle from Dreaming Tree. I cut the pieces from CutCardStock Lessebo Cement Gray, Lessebo Granite Gray, Basis Natural and Pop Tone Black Licorice, along with Hygloss Gold Foil and two coordinating papers from the Keep It Simple Ruby 12×12 Collection Pack. I added a ribbon bow fashioned with the cool little wooden bow maker my awesome friend Maureen gifted me this past Christmas. I also added a couple Wild Orchid Crafts pearl sprays along with a sentiment from the Pretty Pink Posh Mom stamp set, stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on a Basis Natural scrap and cut with a My Favorite Things Essential Fishtail Sentiment Strips die.

For the inside, I stamped another sentiment from the Pretty Pink Posh Mom stamp set in black ink on a scrap piece of Basis Natural and cut it with a My Favorite Things Essential Fishtail Sentiment Strips die.

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support! 

Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Lessebo Cement Gray, Lessebo Granite Gray, Basis Natural, Pop Tone Black Licorice; Hygloss Gold Foil, Keep It Simple Ruby 12×12 Collection Pack
STAMPS: Pretty Pink Posh Mom stamp set
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
DIES/PUNCHES: My Favorite Things Essential Fishtail Sentiment Strips
ACCESSORIES: Cricut Explore Air 2, Elmer’s Craft Bond Tape Runner, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Really Reasonable Ribbon pink ribbon, small wooden bow maker, Wild Orchid Crafts Pearl Sprays

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this Mother’s Day card! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

2/28/21 Spotlight Winner at A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge!

Hi everyone! Happy Hump Day! I created a pretty hybrid Mother’s Day card using a Jan’s Digi Stamps digital stamp set paired with sentiments from Julie Nutting and Clearly Besotted clear stamp sets. Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’d love to enter this card into The Outlawz Monday Greetings Challenge which is Anything Goes this time, and the sponsor is Lee Holland Art. I’m also entering this card into The Outlawz Twisted Thursdays Challenge where the challenges are always Anything Goes with an optional twist, and the sponsor is Cute As A Button. The twist this time is Stitching (real or faux) which I pulled off with a stitched rectangle die.

I cut a standard A2 size top-folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock. I printed the Jan’s Digi Stamps image on white antique linen cardstock, cut it with a stitched die and layered it on a purple cardstock die cut layer to compliment the color of the pansies, and adhered the panel to the card base. I stamped the Julie Nutting Mother’s Day sentiment in black ink directly onto the digital image to complete the front.

I printed a single flower from the digital stamp set on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and made sure the flower was centered at the bottom of the die cut layer. I stamped the Clearly Besotted sentiment in black ink, layered the panel on a purple cardstock die cut layer and then adhered them to the inside of the card base.

And one more look… such a gorgeous digital stamp set which made an awesome Mother’s Day card!

Sharing in these additional challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #2-2021 – Anything Goes
2. Classic Design Challenge: #2 – Anything Goes
3. Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge: February Anything Goes
4. Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog: #139 – Anything Goes
5. Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenges: #2106 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, Marco’s White Antique Linen cardstock, GKD Wild Lilac cardstock
Stamps: Jan’s Digi Stamps Pansies For Mom digital stamp set, Julie Nutting Mama’s Day stamp set, Clearly Besotted One In A Million stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: JustRite A2 Card Basics and Stitched A2 Banners and Rectangles die sets
Accessories: Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Gemini Junior, MISTI stamp tool

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

2/8/21 Rising Star at A Place To Start!

Howdy, friends! I hope your week is going great – tomorrow is Friday already and we are a week into January! Time is flying by! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’ve popped in to share a hybrid Mother’s Day card that I’m entering in The Outlawz Festive Fridays Challenge that ends this evening. Our sponsor is Fred She Said, and participants have the option to choose from New Year, Christmas, Thinking of You and Anything Goes themes – and I chose Anything Goes. I was in my studio all day and I think I set an all-time record… ten cards made in one day. I finished two that I started earlier in the week and then made eight more. I woke up with ideas running through my head so I knew it was going to be a productive day, lol!

I used a Create-A-Card die set to cut the card base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, then cut layers from red cardstock with the next smaller size die. I printed the focal image for the front and a single flower image for the inside on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, and cut them with the next smaller size layering die. I stamped the front sentiment in black ink on a scrap of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, trimmed it, and layered it on two additional pieces of cardstock for a little dimension. I adhered the panels together and then adhered them to the front of the card base, and then added some Crystal Drops.

I stamped the inside sentiment (from the same stamp set) in black ink on the Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock panel, adhered it to the Tomato Soup panel, and adhered them to the inside of the card base.

And one more look… totally loving how this turned out! I really do like the look of a shaped card!

Sharing in these additional challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: #1 – January 2021 Anything Goes
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #1-2021 – Anything Goes
3. A Place To Start: #1 – January 2021 Anything Goes
4. Classic Design Challenge: #1 – January Anything Goes
5. Creative Moments: #206 – Anything Goes
6. Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenges: January 2021 Anything Goes
7. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #149 – 6th Birthday Celebration/Anything Goes
8. Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog: #487 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, GKD Tomato Soup cardstock
Stamps: Jan’s Digi Stamps Tea Time digi set, The Project Bin Defined stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: Crafter’s Companion Die’sire Stacey Create-A-Card die set
Accessories: Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Gemini Junior, MISTI stamp tool, Nuvo Ivory Seashell Crystal Drops

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

5/26/20 Honorable Mention at CASology!

Hi everyone! It’s Fri-YAY – hope you have a wonderful weekend planned and you continue to stay safe and well! I’m playing in The Outlawz Challenges again and have popped in this morning to share a card that I’m entering into the Festive Fridays Challenge where our sponsor this month is Bugaboo Stamps. The themes to choose from are Christmas, Birthday, Mother’s Day and Sympathy, so this Mother’s Day card is perfect for this challenge!

I won a Clearly Besotted gift card several weeks back and purchased several clear stamp sets, and this is one of them. First time using it and I love it! I stamped the image in black and then again in Versamark and then heat embossed in clear – a trick I learned years ago to give virtually any color of heat embossing! I colored the image with Nuvo alcohol markers, stamped the Mother’s Day sentiment and layered the panel on purple cardstock. I finished the front with some Crystal Drops.

I kept the inside simple to go with the CAS design on the front – stamped the sentiment in black ink and layered the panel on the purple cardstock.

One more peek… I absolutely love how this turned out!

Sharing in these additional challenges:
613 Avenue Create: #233 – Anything Goes w/optional Diamonds and Lace (no twist)
A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge: #116 – Anything Goes
AAA Cards: #165 – Up To One-Third w/optional Repeating Image
Addicted to Stamps and More: #386 – CAS
Allsorts Challenge Blog: Weeks 571/2 – Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: #251 – Anything Goes + A Sentiment
CASology: Week 368 – Plant
Crafty Catz: #506 – Anything Goes w/optional Outdoors
Crafty Gals Corner: #207 – For The Ladies
Creative Inspirations: May Challenge – Fabulously Feminine
Dare2BArtzy: May Challenge – In the Garden
Di’s Digi Challenge: Load on the Flowers
Moving Along With The Times: #118 – Flowers
Paperbabe Stamps: #119 – Picture Inspiration

QKR Stampede: #398 – Anything Goes
Scrapping4fun Challenges: #166 – Ladies
Sparkles Monthly Challenges: #128 – Use A Stamp (No Digis)
Stamping Sensations: May – Say It With Flowers
The Creative Crafters: #28 – Anything Goes
Try It On Tuesday: Lovely Ladies
World Wide Open Design Team Monthly Challenge: #05-2020

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, Stampin’ Up Perfect Plum cardstock
Stamps: Clearly Besotted One In A Million stamp set, Dare2BArtzy Flowers for Mom stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Versamark, Nuvo alcohol markers- 413, 415, 417, 449, 451, 453, 401, 437, 439, 441, 389, 391
Accessories:  Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder, Milwaukee heat tool, Nuvo Ivory Seashell Crystal Drops

I hope you’ve enjoyed this card and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

Hi everyone! I’m baaaaack! Thanks for hanging with me – this is my last post for tonight but I’ll be back with a couple more tomorrow. I’m so glad that I decided to set time aside these last couple days to create cards for The Outlawz Challenges because I didn’t get a chance to play much at all last month. The card I’m sharing now is for the Color Challenge and our sponsor this month is SheepSki Designs. I chose the gorgeous Wild Roses image from my stash to create a Mother’s Day card.

The colors for the challenge are burgundy, green, yellow, pink, purple and white plus a twist. This is our photo inspiration:

I used all the colors and my twist is CAS (clean and simple). I fussy cut the image and added a few dots of white Crystal Drops for a little texture. I stamped the sentiment in black ink.

I embellished the inside panel with a strip of the burgundy cardstock used to layer the front and inside panels, and then stamped the sentiment in black ink. The stamp set is from The Project Bin and contains both fun and serious sentiments.

And one more look… all I can say is love, love, love! Beautiful image and fun challenge!

I’d love to enter this card into these additional challenges:
Creative Inspirations: April Challenge – April Showers & Flowers
Not Just Cards Challenges: April Anything Goes
The Creative Crafters: #27 – Anything Goes
The Crafter’s Cafe: #240 – Flowers

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, Darice burgundy cardstock
Stamps: SheepSki Designs Wild Roses digital image, The Project Bin Defined stamp set
Ink: Spectrum Noir- DG2, LY3, OR1, LV1, LV2, BP1; Faber-Castell May Green artist pitt pen, Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: Kadomaru Pro corner rounder
Accessories:  ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Nuvo White Crystal Drops

I hope you’ve enjoyed this card and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,