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Scenic Mother's Day Card

Looking back at past blog posts I realize I never put up my Mother's Day card for my mom. I decided to go for the scenic route as I did previously here. I was lucky that my Lawn Fawn stamps arrived just before giving mom her card so I added more elements to the card than the previous one.

This card has to be one of the most time consuming projects I've ever done, mostly because I made doubles of every stamped image. Each stamped image is colored in with Copic Sketch markers, glossed with Ranger's Glossy Accents, & adhered to the card with 3D adhesives. The only things not stamped (other than the background) are the felt house, rainbow, cloud & the red 'happy mother's day' banner.

Of course I had to add in photos of us three siblings inside the card. Since my brother graduated from high school this year, I decided to put pictures of us in our cap & gown attire. Now that all three kids are high school graduates, I haven't seen my mom this happy in a while. I wanted to remind her that 'Look Ma, we did it!!! Woohooooo!!!" I think she likes the inside of the card more than the outside haha.

[[ NOTE: In case you were wondering, the photos go in order from oldest to youngest: me, sis, & lil bro. ]]

I wanted to use the Lawn Fawn polaroid stamp (I seriously try to find any excuse to use it!) but the photos were small in width. Instead I made my own polaroid photos using white cardstock & a thin black marker. I cut the insides of the polaroid out using X-acto knife.

I didn't make an envelope for the card like I did for the previous one. My mom likes to hang all my handmade cards on the fridge so I figured there was no point of an envelope. I don't think I made an envelope for last year's card either.. [yeah, I didn't]

                                                                                             

Well day 2 of my monthly challenge is complete! I've already planned out a week's worth of crafty projects to show you too. Now it's off to study the urinary system & hopefully clean my bathroom. Peace peace! `=]

HEY! card plus update

Hi guys!

I'm taking a break right now from studying to pop in & just say hello! It's been super long since my last post & to make up for it, I made a card I'd like to share here! This card is for my online penpal [hi Audrey!] whom I've been talking to since February. I wanted to break the online connection & write her a personal handwritten letter as well as send her this super cute card.

The main focus of the card is the peacock stamp I used from Hero Arts. To color it in, along with the cute bug, I used Copic markers. I know my shading is out of line but I'm still practicing & testing out how to blend in the colors. To add extra oomph! I added glossy accents to the feathers of the peacock. The papers I used came from the Mod-Retro paper stack from DCWV. I didn't realize until after the card was done that I incorporated red, white & blue colors, perfect since 4th of July is next Monday! Smart without realizing it... oh!

Inside of the card has the same top & bottom borders as the front. I didn't have enough blue pattern paper to make the bottom border reach out to the edges so underneath I added the red checked paper to improvise. I tried to be creative & extend the stamped 'a happy hello' sentiment with my own handwriting but I think I went a little overboard?! It would have looked better with no !!! but it's not a big deal to me.

Supplies:

[[ Recollections Kraft Cardstock Paper [4.25" x 3" folded]  //  DCWV The Mod-Retro Stack  //  Hero Arts Stamp Set - Happy Hello // Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black  //  Copic Sketch Markers  //  Inkssentials Ranger Glossy Accents  //  Inkssentials Blender Tool  //  Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Fired Brick  //  Uniball Signo White Gel Pen  //  Xyron 1.5" Create-a-Sticker  //  Recollections Adhesive  //  Adhesive Foam Squares  ]]

                                                                                         

Almost forgot to tell you, Happy July! In one week, I'll be done with my summer class & get back to updating my blog more frequently than June. I'm giving myself a big challenge & that is to post a new project (big or small) every day for the month of July. I know it's pretty insane for me considering I don't even update the blog every day but I'm going to try my hardest. Well back to studying I go! I might be back either today or tomorrow with a list of monthly goals.