I made this card for my daughter for Mother’s Day, she is a pastry chef. The stamp and die set I used for the dishes is Kitschy Kitchen from My Favorite Things Stamps and the wood look came from the Altenew background stamp Wood Pallet Background. My daughter’s favorite color is purple so I chose shades of purple that would accent each other. 
I began with a piece of Neenah Solar White card stock 4.25” x 5.5”. I placed the Studio 490 Basically Bricks stencil down and masked off the area for my brick background with painters tape. On my craft mat I put down some Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink and mixed the embossing paste into it until I had the color I liked for my bricks. For you, if your color is too light simply add more color to it and too dark add a little more embossing paste. Be creative with this. When I liked the color I smeared the paste onto my stencil keeping it thin and fairly uniform. They are bricks so perfection is not necessary. I set this aside to dry overnight.
I stamped several of the cups, plates and coffee pot onto Neenah Solar White card stock using Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink because it is safe to use with alcohol markers. I used the Misti stamping tool and stamped them several times to get a dark solid image. I then heat embossed the images with clear embossing powder. Using Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, I colored the flowers with PL1, PL2, PL3 and LV1, and for the leaves and stems I used LG5 with FL3 . I blended on some Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink onto a piece of beige card stock to add dimension to the wood. I then stamped it with Sepia Archival Ink to create wood for the shelf. Using the die cut set I cut out the plates, coffee pot, cups and the shelves.
I changed my layout several times, initially using both shelves and all of the cups and plates with one coffee pot. In the end I went with only two plates, a coffee pot and several cups. I cut out the word “love” using the Scripty Love die from Lawn Fawn to add at the top. I really enjoyed making this card. Sometimes it is fun to make a card with someone specific in mind. Continue reading “Mother’s Day Card”
Mother’s Day Card
I used my Misti to plan out my card layout. I used 
To create the look that some flowers are behind others, you need to create and use masks. To do this, stamp onto a Post-It note and then cut close to the edge of the image. Place this over the “front” image and then stamp behind. Save these masks for future use. They can be used over and over. I put them on the page from the stamp set so it all stays together.
Using 
When assembling the card I used foam tape behind the center flower and doubled the foam tape behind the bees so they would stand out a little more. Yellow polka dotted background paper made the flowers pop. A couple iridescent sequins finished off the card nicely.
I decided to make this into a shaker card. The schools colors were red and white, so I chose papers and sequins in those colors. I stamped the cap with 
I stamped ink swatches from every ink pad I have using a kit I found at 
I started this blog because i have a passion for card making. I want to share that with others along with techniques and products that I find useful or interesting.