Sunday 7 March 2010

Mother's Day Card

Writing up dates in my diary, it suddenly dawned on me that Mother's Day is in the not too distant future - yikes! So I've spent part of the weekend making a card and gift for her.

My Mum loves green, doesn't matter what shade as long as it's green! So of course that had to be the basis of her card and gift (more of the gift later!). I wanted to make an easel card using another rich colour scheme and the gorgeous butterfly stamps I bought the other week, so, this is what I came up with:
 
Front View

 

Side View



Materials used:
Base card - Green shimmer card by Inspirations
Flowers - Purple shimmer card by Inspirations, Sizzix Daisies Die, Army & Navys Card Candy by Craftwork Cards
MUM - stamped using SeeD's Alphabet Stamps, then embossed using Gold Heat It Up
Butterflies - stamped using the Butterfly & Sentiments Set from EJ Designs, then embossed as above.
Butterfly trail - Versamark Embossing Pen and Heat It Up Gold Embossing Powder 
Ribbon - purple ribbon from stash
Scalloped Panels - X-Cut Edging Punch
Embellishments - Army & Navys Card Candy by Craftwork Cards

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge
Prairie Fairy Fridays
Cute Card Thursday
Craft Challenge
Lili of the Valley Thursday Challenge
Pixie Dust Studio Pixie Challenge
Lexi's Creations
Crafty Cardmakers

25 comments:

  1. Oh wow, that is absolutely beautiful, love the rich colours and the butterflies are gorgeous x

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  2. Your Mum will be delighted with it, Ilove the colours you've used.

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  3. Absolutely beautiful and brilliant card. I love everything about it. Well done xxx

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  4. This is fab, i adore the colour green, she will love it, the papers are so lush, thanks for playin with us at crafty cardmakers xx

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  5. Those colours are gorgeous together. I love the flowers!

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  6. Beautiful- I love the butterflies x

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  7. Lovely colours you have used
    Thanks for playing along at Lexis Creations

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  8. beautiful card ,love the colours,
    thanks for joining us at lexis creatios and good luck in the challenge
    lalkygirl x

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  9. this is gorgeous, love the butterflies and all the blue tones look fab :) Xx

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  10. Beautiful card - the daisys and the butterflies are gorgeous xxx

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  11. Hello..Your card is gorgeous, thanks for playing along with craftycatz x carol,

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  12. Gorgeous card :) I did the same this weekend, had a shock when I realised Mothers Day is next weekend! Will be getting on with mine tomo :D x

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  13. Hi Claire
    A beautiful card,thankyou for joining us at CraftyCatz for this week's challenge,
    Hugs Dianne xx

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  14. Lovely card for Lexi's Creations Challenge!! Thanks for joining us and ... good luck!

    Greetings, Saskia :)

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  15. Lovely card Claire!
    Thank you for coming over to play at C.R.A.F.T this week!
    Hugs,
    Eiglas
    x

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  16. Fabulous card sweetie, thanks for joining us at LOTV this week
    Hugs jacqui x

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  17. This is beautiful! Thanks for joining FFF!

    xoxox

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  18. Oh this is so beautiful the colours, butterflies and flowers are so lovely you mum will love it thank you for joining us this week at Prairie Fairy

    Hugs
    Lorraine x

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  19. What a fab card, I love those big flowers.Thanx for joining us this week at Crafty Catz.
    (hugs)
    Trish (-:

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  20. This is a gorgeous Easel card lovely colours too, thank you for joining us at LOTV this time, hugs pops x x x

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  21. Fab card, thank you for joining us at CRAFT Challenge and good luck!

    Jo and Tigerlover.

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  22. Lovely card. The colours are fab and I like the butterflies and flowers on it.

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  23. beautiful card! Thanks so much for joining us at Pixie Dust Studio.

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  24. That's a gorgeous card, i'm sure your mum will love it! The colours are beautiful. Well done and thanks for sharing.

    hugs
    michelle
    x

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  25. Gorgeous card. I bet your mum loved it. Jaqui x

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