More Mother's Day Cards

I wanted to share a few more cards I made for Mother's Day.  One of these days, I may actually make several of the same layout or use the same image for more than a couple cards.  I always have the intention to do this with multiple cards, but I guess I get too bored doing the same thing over and over.  You will see that most of these cards use the color pink.  These were made for a promotion that my daughter did for her Mary Kay business, and the color pink is usually identified with this product.

The first card is the one I made for my daughter.  Her favorite flower is the Calla Lily and her favorite color is green.  She loved this coloring on another card that I made, so I knew what to make for her.  This pic was taken before I added the Stickles to the flower portion, but I still like this look too, especially when you're sending cards to Operation Write Home and you can't add glitter to these cards for the safety of the soldiers.  I love these Prism Glossy card blanks from The Paper Cut.  They need very little added to them since you don't want to cover up this awesome quality.  I've had these Stampin' Up! flowers for awhile, but I've never inked them up.  The ribbon is from Hobby Lobby and the rhinestones are from Hero Arts.

Next is another simple card that took very little time to make.  The Fiskars border punch classed up the side of the card, and these 99 cent package of swirls from Target added a little extra.  The daisies are made by Eureka Stamps, and I stamped them with Memento Black Tuxedo ink.  The finishing touches were the addition of the white gel pen to the flowers and the punched edges.

This card was one I showed yesterday, but I wanted you to see what the addition of the doodles make on the card.  Instead of my normal white gel pen additions, I used a green gel pen too! lol  This Hero Arts stamp was a perfect companion to this DP because of all of its' swirls. 

I love the soft elegance of this next image.  The Hero Arts Paris Rose image is stamped with Stampology onyx black ink onto Paper Adventures Strawberry Delight DP.  I added several layers of chalk to the image to add color and then stamped an Autumn Leaves Flourish instead of adding a ribbon to this one.  The last thing I did was to add some faux stitching to the edges, but I wished I had used either a soft grey or brown instead of the darker brown gel pen that I used.

This card was probably one of the easier cards that I've made.  The design paper is from The Paper Studio, and as soon as I saw it I knew what I wanted to use it with.  I had some of these dried daisies from Darice that I've been wanting to use for awhile.  All I did was add a ribbon to the flowers and adhere them with my trusty Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive.  The DP was added to the brown card stock and then I added some more faux stitching with a white gel pen.

 

I've hoarded the DP as well as many others long enough, so I decided it was time to use it.  This was used as a base to this DCWV glittery DP that was cut out with a Fiskars Oval Cutter.  The Hero Arts Rose Portrait was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto white card stock.  It was then cut out closely to the edges and glued to the matting with Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive.  Next I added some dots with a white gel pen and faux stitching and scallops with a silver pen.  The ribbon was another eBay purchase and the Thinking of You stamp by PSX was stamped with Autumn Leaves Stampology Onyx Black ink.

Instead of trying to do all of these cards in a day or so, I find it much easier to break them down into smaller groups of less than 10 a day.  This way it doesn't seem like a job and I'll still enjoy making them.  I must admit, this would be a great job since I do enjoy making cards so much, but thanks to my disabilities, I'm limited to what I can do.  As long as I don't overdo things, I don't end up in bed for days at a time to recover like I used to.  Now I would like to spend more time on trying new techniques so I can add some more special touches to the soldiers cards.  I hope to see some of you take part in the Operation Write Home Memorial Day Weekend Blog Hop that is being held on Saturday, May 29th.  Go to the link for more information.  We love to show tutorials during the blog hops, so if you have one that could help us in our card making, we'd love to have you join us. 

~~  Lee  ~~

Challenges:

If The Shoe Fits - Mother's Day or Special Lady

Simple Doodles - Thinking of You

Hand Full of Stamps - #27 Just a Little Dottie

No Time to Stamp? - Mother's Day

CCEE Stamper's - Mother's Day

Raise the Bar! - For Mom

For Fun Challenges - For Mom

Paper Play Challenges - Week #18 Stamp/Digi & Bling

Tuesday Taggers - Out of Your Comfort Zone (a BLACK card for Mother's Day!)

Craft Your Passion - #5 Colors: Pink & Green

Kaboodle Doodles - Celebrate Spring

Mother's Day Cards

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day!  I spent time with both of my daughters and the grand kids, so mine was fabulous!  I made over 30 cards for my daughter for a Mary Kay promotion that she was running, so needless to say I was a bit swamped with Mother's Day cards.  I thought I'd share a few that I made with you.

The first card is made with a free digi I found at by Nina B Designs.  I colored the hydrangeas with colored pencils and blended them with blending stumps and Goo Gone.  The sentiment is by PSX and the paper by DCWV Once Upon a Time set.

The next card is another freebie digi; this time a DZ Doodles image.  I also used the colored pencil and Goo Gone technique with this one along with a white gel pen for highlights.  Behind the bears is some brown Magic Mesh & this yummy, shiny paper is made by Bo Bunny.  The ribbon is by Heidi Swapp and the corners are finished off with a Fiskars corner punch.

The next card uses the Marcella by Kay paper.  The lace is some of my stash trims that I have from my mom.  The butterfly from Victorine Originals is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on paper that I used the spray starch technique on.  I followed the tutorial on the gg designs Gazette by Deb Lovett, and I really love the results.  I haven't used much of my Pearl Ex, so I was happy to see something I could actually do without having to buy a bunch of other products.  The rhinestones were from packages of bling I bought from Tuesday Morning, but I'm sorry I can't remember who makes them.

Another card I made using the spray starch technique uses a gg designs Floral Mini.  I won this set through the gg designs Gazette, so it pays to check to see if the manufacturer of stamps you love offer any type of incentives.  The sentiment from PSX is stamped on some yummy Paper Temptress paper that I also won!  Guess I've been luckier than I thought lately!  All of the images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  The designs on the card stock is made on a Martha Stewart scoring board that I bought at Michael's.  I originally was going to do the embossing the other way too, but I thought it would distract too much from the images.  The bling is some more of my stash rhinestones.

 Hero Arts made this gorgeous Paris Rose image that was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I very lightly colored the image and old writing paper with colored pencils and blended with baby oil.  The design paper was from The Paper Studio and I think the ribbon is May Arts.  I love these easy peasy cards that have such a sophisticated look!

Here's another card using the Swirl Flower made by Hero Arts.  This image was also stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto white card stock.  This paper is an oldie from The Paper Studio that I've been hoarding.  The ribbon is some more from my stash that I bought from my favorite seller on eBay.  I did add some doodles to this after I took the picture (like it wasn't busy enough!).

The last card for now is another Victorine Originals butterfly that is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I used some more of my gorgeous paper using the Spray Starch Technique.  The grey mulberry butterfly was in my stash, but it looked so nice as a shadow with this image.  The lace stamp is an oldie that doesn't have a name on it.  After cutting off the bottom edge of the card, I added rhinestones in the flower centers and on the butterfly's head.  The swirls were a 99 cent package of stickers from Target.

I can never seem to make a bunch of the same cards when I'm making so many.  I get side-tracked by all the paper or images I want to use.  I guess that's why we hoard stuff, so we have things to use for big projects like this.  Maybe this is why I teamed up with Operation Write Home, but instead of using up my stash it gave me an excuse to buy more! lol 

~~  Lee  ~~

Challenges:

Dare U 2 Digi Stamp - Anything Goes

Pile It On - Challenge #18 Cute and Cuddly

Simple Doodles - #17 You're on My Mind

Hand Full of Stamps - #27 Just a Little Dottie!

Paper Play Challenges - Week 18 Stamp/Digi and Bling

Fab 'N' Funky Challenges - Challenge #22 Show Us Your Funky Edge

Flutter By Wednesdays - #108 Anything Goes

Inky Impressions Challenges -  #34 Summer Creation

For Fun Challenges - A Card for Mom

Raise the Bar - Challenge #17 For Mom

If the Shoe Fits - #33 For Mom

CCEE Stampers - Mother's Day

No Time To Stamp? - #138 Mother's Day

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - As You Like It

Lexi's Creations - #13 Animals

Gingersnap Creations - GC52 Kraft (or Light Tan)

Creative Craft Challenges - Bloomin Marvellous

Wednesday Stamper - Flowers

Guess I should post more of the cards I make all of the time so I can enter more challenges! lol