What better time than Mother's Day to share Mother's Day cards, right? I made a handful of cards last week that featured Stampin' Up!'s "Flower Cart" bundle in two different colors . . . Flirty Flamingo and Highland Heather. The cart wheel bases and the banners were cut from silver glimmer paper, but the banner is so little that it almost gets lost on the cards.
I love that the "Flower Cart" stamp set has some two-step stamping images, and they are so easy to line up. As I mentioned in a recent blog post, I like to die-cut a lot of shapes from white cardstock, keep them in the stamp case, and then stamp them when I'm ready to use them.
I underestimated how long it would take to assemble all of my stamped images and die-cut shapes. Making these cards literally took the better part of an entire day. Of course, I had to step away from the process a few times to tackle some laundry and other chores.
From the above photo, you can see the detail on the cart's "wooden" box. To enhance the detail, I inked the die with Pecan Pie ink before cutting the shape from Pecan Pie cardstock. Inking the die made a really big difference!
The die-cut tags on these cards are from the "Tailor Made Tags" dies, which I use often and keep within reach.
In the photo below, you can see the shine/glimmer on the cart's wheel base.
The card that I made for my mother features the "Lazy Days" bundle, which is now retired. I'm sure I would be fine if I had not noticed this bundle during its final days of availability, but I am so glad to have it. Every time I reach for it, I feel thankful to have finally noticed it (just in the nick of time).
Apparently, there are MANY ways to arrange a porch and as many other choices for creating a porch view. I just love this bundle!
And that die-cut pillow. Oh, my goodness, it's just the cutest.
To all the mothers, I wish you a happy and blessed Mother's Day!
1 comment:
So pretty and Happy Mother's Day to you.
Post a Comment