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Mothers Day
Treat Your Mom to a Special Card & Gift This Mothers Day
Mothers Day is the time of year when you can show your Mom some real appreciation for everything that she has done for you over the years. You can make a special card for Her or even a special gift. But what if you haven’t much time and you don’t want to just buy a manufactured card over the counter but would prefer to give her something a little more personalised. Well here are some things you can do…
In A Hurry?
If you are short of time and are not able to cut your own card blanks or find time to do stamping or any fancy techniques then cheat. You could buy card blanks and embellishments and make a quick card that way or even buy a card pack with all the bits and pieces all ready for you to put together so that she still gets a hand made card from you.
You could also print off a card from your computer perhaps with a family photo or a picture of your Mom’s favorite flower or animal. You could send an ecard although I know that my Mum would not be too keen on an ecard as she would prefer something a bit more traditional.
I personally put together a couple of quick cards today because I did my cheating weeks ago by making various elements in advance and storing them until I was ready to use them.
Getting Elements Together In Advance
A while ago I bought some very pretty gold embellished vellums from the craft TV shopping channel so that I could make a quick but effective cards in a hurry. I then cut card blanks to the same size in various colours to compliment the vellums ie purple card with purple vellums, yellow card with yellow vellums etc and using a glue stick I attached the vellums to the outside of the scored card blanks at the back folded edge and along front folded edge and put them away until I needed them. Don’t worry too much if you don’t have any vellum wraps you can use some pretty floral scrap booking papers instead.
Creating Embellishments Using Peel Offs
I like to sit and create embellishments whilst watching TV in the evenings and I love to use peel offs. For Example: I had some pretty butterfly peel offs which I stuck on foil card and then cut out the shape of the butterfly, (this works well for all sorts of peel offs from flowers to hats and shoes to clocks).
I also have a crafting CD full of butterflies and I printed these off from my computer on a sheet. I like to use glitter glue to add a bit of sparkle to the edge of the wings so I do this whilst they are still on the sheet and then leave them overnight to dry.
The next day I cut them out and put together a smaller butterfly and a matching larger butterfly and joined these together with a tiny piece of double sided foam which gives a double layered butterfly. I then put them away in an old shoe box until I need them.
I sometimes buy foil stickers (the sort that are produced for children) things like butterflies, lady bugs, Disney characters etc. These are usually available in toy shops and some newsagents or even some supermarkets. These are also very handy to put on small areas of your card where something else is needed.
Putting the Card Together
Card 1 – From my pre made stock I took a card blank (as mentioned above) with a gold embossed mottled pink and cream vellum with butterflies already printed on it. I then attached one of my pre made craft CD Butterflies with double sided tape and added a couple of pieces of edge peel off just above the body of the butterfly to create antennae. I then carefully lifted the edges of the smaller butterfly to give a bit of lift to the embellishment. I then attached a small foil butterfly sticker at an angle to the main butterfly. I added a “Mothers Day” peel off to the front and then the card was ready to write and send.
Card 2 - I took a purple vellum butterfly card stock this time and attached a foil and peel off butterfly which had been made using blue foil card this one already had antennae (as mentioned above). I then carefully folded the wings back slightly from the body of the butterfly to add depth.
To this card I added 2 small foil butterfly stickers and decided that as there was not enough room on the front that I would put the “Mothers Day” peel off on the inside of the card as a greeting instead of a verse or leaving it blank.
Creating Different Elements Each Night
If you are just starting to learn card making then it is a good idea to make lots of these elements together at the same time. For instance one night you can sit and create embellishments. Another night you can cut and fold card blanks. Another night you can do stamping another teabag folding etc.
And Finally
You may not realise it but the UK and USA have different dates for celebrating Mothers Day so I have put these down for both 2010 and 2011.
Mothers Day Dates
UK – 14 March 2010 - 03 April 2011
USA – May 09 2010 - May 08 2011
If you would like to see more designs and information about making Mothers Day Cards please visit our website www.easy-cardmaking.com
If you have made a Mothers Day Card or some card making tips that you would like to share with others then please leave details in the comments box or email me with details on how you made your card and some photos and I will add it to the website www.easy-cardmaking.com
Please make sure that all cards are original designs and do not infringe on any copyright laws and that the design is your own and not copied from anyone else’s design.
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