The Mother’s Day Card Blog Hop had me stumped. My mom has passed so I find it difficult to make one. Then I thought about a conversation I had with someone who struggles with Mother’s Day because she had several miscarriages and never ended up being a mom… So I geared this year’s card towards someone who is a “mom” to many but mother to none.
Flowers are the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Mother’s Day. I wanted to use a set of stamps & dies that are in the current catalog AND the 2023-2024 Annual Stampin’ Up catalog. I choose the Sentimental Park stamps & dies.
The card started with a Gorgeous Grape card base measuring 5 ½” x 11”, scored at 4 ¼” and 8 ⅜”. The Fresh Freesia cardstock on the front was die-cut with the largest die from the Scalloped Contours die set, then run through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine using the Painted Texture 3D embossing folder. The banner was stamped in Gorgeous Grape with 2 stamps from the Sentimental Park stamp set on Basic White cardstock then cut using the plain die from the Sentimental Park die set. Using the largest ornamental banner die from that set, I die cut using Highland Heather cardstock. I added Adhesive Sheet to that back of a scrap of Gorgeous Grape cardstock and die cut the smaller floral outline dies. They were adhered over the flowers that are the same size.
As I looked at what I had done so far, the card front still needed something (other than the bling that would be added last). I die cut some of the larger flowers in Highland Heather cardstock and floral outlines from the Gorgeous Grape that had the Adhesive Sheet on it. They were adhered on the card front using Stampin’ Seal and the banner was adhered with dimensionals.
The inside of the card has a gift card pocket in the bottom. I took the plain banner die from the Sentimental Park die set and die cut a notch for the gift card then adhered the right & left sides using Stampin’ Seal +.
The card’s inside sentiment from the In The Moment stamp set was stamped in Gorgeous Grape on Basic White cardstock then die cut using the plain banner from the Sentimental Park dies. It seemed a bit too plain so I added some of the extra floral outline die-cuts I had.
It still seemed a bit too plain… So I stamped some of the smaller flowers from the Sentimental Park stamps in Highland Heather & Gorgeous Grape on Basic White cardstock and die cut the using the dies from that bundle.
I moved them around until I like the position they were in and adhered them to the inside of the card using Stampin’ Seal.
A piece of Basic White cardstock was inserted in the gift card pocket as a placeholder, or you could write a personal note!
Wowzers! The colors are my favorite! The bling even BETTER! This took some thought and there really is a large demographic of women who are mothers that aren’t biologically moms but share their time and heart with so many as a mother would. I love the card and I applaud your thoughtfulness.
Thank you Laurel!!
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Really pretty card!
Love it!
Perfect card for those who love purple, so pretty!
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Love the purples of this card. It looks like violets thst grow in my yard every spring.
#stampitcontest. Nice card
#stampitcontest Purple is my favorite color. So it is an amazing card
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very nice card
Love the colors and your card! #stampitcontest
#stampitcontest Just the card for my purple loving sis.
What a beautiful idea to make a card for someone who isn’t, but should be, a Mom. Your card is amazing!
I know your Mom in Heaven sees your beautiful Mother’s Day card and she loves it!! Your card is so pretty!
I enjoy your cards and videos!
Loving all these beautiful cards! #stampitcontest
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I love your idea of making a “mom to many” card.
You can never go wrong with shades of purple. What was more beautiful then your card was your sentiment in your blog post about mothers. I am lucky enough to still have my Mom here with me and I am a Mom myself, but I have many friends who wanted to be a Mom and were never blessed to have their own children. Your comment was very special. #stampitcontest
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Lovely gift card holder!
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