Mamie's Mother's Day Card 2009

This is the card that I made for my grandmother for Mother's day. This card was so much fun to make. I used printed cardstock, I inked, I made the vase dimensional, & the roses are paper pieced & dimensional. This card is so different than what I usually do. It is fun to step out of your comfort zone sometimes.

Close up pic of the vase & flowers.

Details:
I used the Wild Card Cricut Cartridge for the Doily Card & the roses.
On the inside I cut Happy Mother's Day & You are so Special from the Wild card cart.
I cut the vase from the Walk in My Garden Cart & played with the size & shape in Design Studio.
I cut the roses out 4 times, twice in red & twice in green. I cut all of the red flowers from the stems & did the same to one set of the green flowers. I used one full green rose for the base. I layered a red flower on top of the green base. I Inked the green stems that were cut from the flower & inked the red flowers. I layered the inked stems onto the base. I then layered the inked flowers to roses.
I used my Cuttle Bug & Floral Fantasy Embossing folder on the vase & inked with Gold ColorBox Pigment Ink. I also coated the vase & the roses with Mod Podge to give them a glossy or glassy look.
To give the vase dimension, I used pop-dots down the center of the vase. I used my ATG gun for the edges of the vase & adhered it to the card front.
I them arranged the flowers in the vase & attached them with a pop-dot to give them dimension too.

Updated 10/23/09:

I also entered this card into the Paper Blooms Circle Card Challenge. I had made it so much earlier, but figured I would show it anyway.

Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed.

Lori

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Mom's Mother's Day Card 2009

This the the Mother's Day Card that I made for my mom. I just loved this making this card. I just can't figure out how to do the envie with the green grass. Anyone with tips please help!!

Details:

The card was cut out using the Wild Card Cricut Cartridge.

I cut out the green icon with the leaves craved into it. I used chalks to darken the leaves. I think it added some depth to the image. I sprayed this with Krylon Preserve It to protect the chalk.

I also just out a flower to cover the front & inside for a finishing touch.

I inked the edges of the flower with ColorBox Pigment ink.

I then cut out 3 more flowers in varying smaller sizes, crumpled them up then used the ColorBox Pigment ink pad on them.

I topped it all off with 2 prima flowers & a clear rhinestone brad in the center.

The inside has Happy Mother's Day cut from the Wild Card Cart.

Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed.

Lori

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