Last Mother's Day card

This is the last of the Mother's Day cards for this year.  This was another of the three a friend asked me to make.  I went for a soft lavender and blue colour scheme which I really like.  Again I created the sentiment on the laptop and used Card-io stamps all around it.  The 7" card gave me scope to use some of the larger flower stamps.

 

Mum's Mother's day card

My new stamps arrived from Card-io just in time for me to make a card for my Mum.  I wanted to make something very different from previous cards for her.  I created the background using distress oxides and all the stamps are from various Card-io sets.  

One of the sets I bought is a new textures set and I will be using this a lot.  It adds so much to the card like the grass and leaves on the trees.

 

A wreath within a wreath

I was asked to make 3 Mother's Day cards for a friend, one of which I already shared on here. As this is a 7" card I decided to try stamping a wreath inside a wreath.  I created the sentiment on the laptop and then stamped around it using Card-io stamps.

We had a lovely visit to Mum's yesterday.  We took her out for a nice roast dinner. I will share her card I made tomorrow.

 

Commissioned Mother's Day card

The lady who orders from me every month asked me to make a Mother's Day card for her mother-in-law.  I wanted to try out this design but it looked better in my head than it turned out.  I printed the sentiment from the laptop and then used Card-io stamps to create the design.  I quite like it but not as much as I hoped but she was pleased with it so that's what matters.

 

My Mum's card

I had planned to share this yesterday but stayed out of the craft room at the weekend so didn't get to schedule this post until yesterday afternoon. We went to see my Mum on Sunday for Mother's Day and this is the card I made her. 

I used a cross stitch pack from Hobbycraft I bought recently. I really enjoyed sewing this one so will be using the pattern again. The papers are Craftwork cards, flowers from Wild Orchid. I used a MFT stitched scallop frame die and some Memory Box butterfly dies. I only have one of these doilies left so ordered some more from Ebay. Unfortunately the person I used to buy from is no longer on Ebay so I hope the new ones I ordered will be as nice a quality.

I am planning some creative time in the craftroom today so may have something to share tomorrow.

 

Not my Mum's card!

As the title suggests this isn't the card I made for my Mum.  I can't show that today as my Mum looks at my blog every morning. We will be going to see her this morning so I will share her card tomorrow.

You may have seen a pink card with this image which was for an order. My friend loved it but said she had discovered her MIL's favourite colour is blue so I offered to make her another one in blue. I changed the sentiment on the pink one to Happy Birthday so that has gone into stock for sale.

I used some lovely papers from Craftwork cards. The MFT stitched scallop border die came out again along with an old Xcut oval die.  The lace is from Crafty Ribbons.  I keep rediscovering ways I used to decorate cards and that is to add a rose to the centre of a paper flower. These paper flowers are years old and I am gradually trying to use some of them up.

Happy Mother's Day to all Mums.

 

Seesaw

This is the last of my commissioned Mother's Day cards. I have used another coloured simply print from LOTV.  The papers are some old LOTV ones back from when they did paper pads.  These are so useful for 7" cards as they are 8" pads. I used some ric rac and Crafty Ribbons lace. I tried an old technique with some of the flower stalks, wrapping the wire around a cocktail stick. I added a burlap and punched butterflies. I also used MFT wonky stitched rectangle and stitched scallop border dies.

 

And here is the third

The third of four Mother's Day cards made for an order. This time using a coloured simply print from LOTV called A cart full of sunshine. The papers are Dress Shoppe by Nitwits for LOTV when they did paper pads. I used an Xcut oval, MFT stitched scallop border, Joy leaf, Sweet Dixie and Hunkydory Moonstone floral dies.

Three down, one to go plus my Mum's card of course which is partly made. I have had a busy start to March with 3 Birthdays. They are all made now. Hopefully I can soon do some more scrapbooking.

 

Second Mother's Day card

This is the second of the ordered Mother's Day cards. I have a number of these Hunkydory toppers and messaged her a few photos of images I thought she might like for the cards she wanted. She chose this one for her Nan. The papers are Craftwork cards, embroidered ribbon from The Range and lace from Crafty Ribbons. 

I wanted to pick up on the orange from the image to liven up the yellow and blue so searched through my flowers and found this lovely spotted paper rose I bought in America. I teamed it with some yellow cherry blossom from Wild Orchid and diecut a butterfly using Memory Box dies.  Two cards done two more  to make.

Daffodils

I have 4 Mother's Day cards ordered and this is the first one. I cross stitched the daffodils using a Durene Jones freebie chart on Facebook. The lady who ordered liked it when I sent her a photo and asked me to make a card for her Mum who passed away. I used some Laserlowe Love 12 x 12 paper as this is a 7" card. I used a MFT scallop circle frame die and added a doily behind the the image. The butterfly is from the same paper pack. The flowers are some old ones from The Hobby House and the leaves are from a flower pack from Hobbycraft.

Launch Day

Yes it is launch day at LOTV and I used one of the new images and sentiments for my Mother's Day card which I can now share with you.   I used Copics for colouring and MFT papers and scalloped banner die. The pretty ribbon and pearl trim are from my stash, flowers from Hobbycraft. 

Not sure what we have planned for today.  Thankfully we have plenty to occupy ourselves.  It is so odd looking at the calendar with everything crossed out. 

Mother's Day

Well I have been so busy doing other things that I haven't had time for crafting nor have I had time to post on my blog for a couple of days so I am finally sharing my Mother's day card. 

Image - Inkylicious

Papers - Craftwork Cards

Punches - EK success retro flowers, Hobbycraft dove

Lace butterfly - Facebook group

Wooden butterflies and seam binding from stash

For my Mum

My Mum said how much she liked my LOTV fairy card last week especially the little butterflies so I  thought I would use of the other new LOTV fairy stamps for her card, not forgetting the butterflies of course which were cut with a Memory Box die.  I used Fairies Birdhouse stamp but fussy cut the fairy as I wanted to use her alone.  She has been coloured with Copics and teamed with Bo Bunny Secret Garden papers. I used an old MS flower border punch, Whimsy fence die and Memory Box clouds and MFT stitched clouds dies.  I used a Wink of Stella pen on her wings for sparkle and a pearl pen on the butterflies.

Challenges

Creative Inspirations any occasion 

The Paper Shelter Let it be Spring 

Simon Says Girl power 

Noor! Design UK Spring

Flaunt It

Our new challenge today at A Gem of a Challenge is Mother's Day. Now this isn't my Mum's card as she looks at my blog on her mini iPad every morning so I won't be showing that until after Mother's Day. As well as cute children and animals there are some great adult images at Pink Gem and this digi kit of Molly is a fun one. I like to reduce the size of the first page of the digi kit to use as a topper rather than the full card. I used a Joy flower die, some lace from Crafty Ribbons and pearls.

Challenges

The Cutie Pie Mum

Creative Inspirations Pink/Red
Simon Says anything goes

Playing the flute

So yesterday I decided to have a play around with my blog settings.  It has been a few years since I changed the background and my previous background was from Shabby Blogs website. Every time I go into my blog on the laptop my antivirus tells me their certificate has run out and asks if I want to continue, There doesn't seem to have been anything posted on their website for a few years so I decided to remove the background and use a simple one from Blogger instead. It took me a while to work out how to do this but I am very happy with the result. I also put all my magazine logos onto a separate page and then played around with some of the colours of links etc.  It was good to remind myself how to do it all.

The new Crafts Beautiful magazine was published yesterday and I was delighted to make this pretty Mother's Day card for them. The image is from LOTV and is coloured with Copics. The papers are First Edition sweet nothings and I used Joy butterfly and flower dies.

Challenges

Simon Says anything goes 

Noor! Design UK celebrations

Mother's Day

Since my Mum has had her iPad she looks at my blog everyday so I couldn't post her Mother's Day card on here until today. This is such a fun Spring image and is one of the new LOTV digi simply print precoloured sheets with MME Happy Days papers, some lovely lace from Crafty Ribbons and cherry blossom from Wild Orchid. I used MFT pierced rectangle and jumbo ricrac dies.

Challenges

Paper Creator's all about Mum 

The Cutie Pie dies and digis 

The Ribbon Girl any image 

Simon Says use more than one die or punch 

Noor! Design UK Spring 

Creative Inspirations anything goes

Check out my candy post above.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all Mums. This is the card I made my Mum which is based on a card I made for Papercraft Inspirations recently. That card was an A6 but I used the A6 on a 6" easel for my Mum. It is the first time I tried making a flower out of lace and I really like the result. I took a length of lace and sewed running stitch along one side and then pulled it into a circle and sewed along the join and added a rose. 

Image - LC Designs topper

Papers - LOTV Timeless Victorian

Ribbon and lace - Crafty Ribbons

Die - Doohickey Tilda lace border, Memory Box butterflies

Roses - Wild Orchid

Sentiment - Stamposaurus

Challenges

Dies R Us Shaped cards Natalie and Amy fancy borders 

Paper Creators Spring colours 

Double D Shades of green 

Simon Says Touchy feely (add texture) 

Cute Card Thursday Mother's Day 

Dream Valley Mother's Day 

Simon Says Monday Take a leap into the unknown (lace flower)

Allsorts Feminine 

Crafty Calendar Mum's Day/special lady

We are off to visit my Mum this morning.

Let's get sewing

Another sewing themed card today, this one for my stall for Mother's Day.  I have my Mum's card half made so I will share that with you on Mother's Day. For this one I used a Hobby House topper and LOTV Dress Shoppe papers. The tape measure ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons. I don't like naked buttons unless thy are very tiny so I sewed them with baker's twine which I also wound around the wooden bobbin. The sentiment is from a very useful occasions set by Stamposaurus.

Challenges

The Ribbon Girl any image

Crafting from the heart anything goes

Simon Says anything goes 

Inky Chicks ribbon or lace

Winter Wonderland must use a sentiment

Looking forward to be treated to lunch out today by some very good friends. They went to Florida for the first time in Jan/Feb and we worked out all their itinerary for them, including booking some meals and rides at the Disney Parks. They were so grateful and followed it apart from the day they got lost putting in the wrong info for Kennedy Space Centre. Luckily we had left them a free day towards the end so they managed to get there the second time they tried. Time for some crafting first today.  Enjoy your Sunday whatever you are doing.

Love cupcakes

For my first LOTV inspiration card this month I have been playing with some of the new trios. I have used one each from the Patchwork Love and Tea for Two sets. I paper pieced the word Love with some scraps. The backing paper is Dovecraft. The images were coloured with Copics and sakura pens for sparkle. I also added some Wink of Stella. The sentiment is also LOTV and I added some lace and a Memory Box die cut banner.

Challenges

Graph'It Pink and white 

Inky Chicks Love and/or hearts 

In the pink With love 

Dies R Us Love 

Incy Wincy Love is in the air 

Delicious Doodles Love

Have you entered my candy yet?

Penny Black Mother's Day

I made this card for Cardmaking and Papercraft online blog which you can find here. I so love the PB hedgies, they are so cute and love colouring them too.

Image - Penny Black Country Lady

Medium - Copics

Papers - Santoro Mirabelle

Dies - Marianne border, Spellbinders circle and scalloped circle

Lace - Crafty Ribbons

Sentiment - PC generated

Other - paper flowers and brads

Challenges

Papertake Mum's the word 

Creative Inspirations anything goes 

As you like it Digi or rubber (I do love digis but rubber stamps are still my favourite. There is something about the process of stamping and also I feel more like they are mine.) 

Cute Card Thursday Celebrate 

Penny Black Spring blooms 

The Ribbon Girl Going green

Bunny Zoe Spring colours

It's my day for selling my cards at the hospital shop so a early start. I will back to link up and catch up with you this evening.