Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day to each and every Mother out there! Please allow me a moment to *GUSH* about my Mom. :) This holiday has great meaning to me, not as a Mother quite yet, but I feel so incredibly blessed and grateful that I have the Mom I do. She is kind, understanding, loving beyond measure, and everything I could aspire to be in a Mother. I always make it a point to tell her how special she is to me often, not just on Mother’s Day, but I love that there is a day to pay tribute for the blessing that she really is to me.
The amazingly talented (and super Mum!) Debby Hughes is on our blog today sharing a couple special card ideas that your Mother would be so pleased to receive in our monthly creative uses post!
Be sure to give an extra big hug and kiss to the special women in your life! :)
Hello, Debby here with a look at stretching your supplies just that little bit further! Before I jump in though, in America it’s Mother’s Day so today’s cards both have a Mother’s Day/Mum theme. If you are a Mum I hope you get spoilt rotten and equally let’s all show some appreciation for the special women in our lives :D
With each new release I scan over the goodies, just letting my eyes roam and seeing what springs into mind when I see the stamps and die shapes; trying not to think about what they are intended for but just if anything pops into my head. When I looked at the new Lovely Spring set one of the flower heads reminded me of a butterfly wing. This was such an easy one to work with; stamped singularly it was a butterfly viewed from the side and when doubled up it looked as if in full wings open view. I’m still on my watercolour kick so stamped the butterflies in Versamark on watercolour card and clear heat embossed. After applying a wash of water over the panel I delved into the rich colours of the Gansai Tambi paint palette, dotting the colour on and letting the water blend and create interesting patterns. I just made sure there was plenty of colour around the butterflies so they stood out from the background. Once the panel was dry, I went back in with a fine paint brush and deep brown paint and carefully drew in the butterfly bodies and antennae.
I love seeing a stripe of contrast down the side of a card and am delighted at the new Diagonal Stripe stamp with it’s 6×6 size this is going to be a firm favourite in my book. I used Versafine Onyx Black ink to stamp the stripes to try and help cover that lump bumpy watercolour card, then cut a strip and adhered it to the back of the watercolour piece. The sentiment from Mother’s Day is stamped in Versamark on Bazzill Vellum and White heat embossed.
While the Lovely Spring set was on my table I couldn’t help pulling out a variety of the images to stamp a circle focal point for this second card. I used the ‘love you’ from the Circle Sayings set stamped in Smoke ink, then tucked in the Lovely Spring sentiment in Hot Lips, the flower stem in Beanstalk Green, the flower in Sunshine and finally the ‘butterfly’ in Sea Glass all stamped on a circle of White card cut with one of the Nested Circles dies. I drew the butterfly body with a fine Copic Multiliner and embellished with sequins. The Mum sentiment from We’re Expecting is stamped in Versamark and White heat embossed on a banner from Hearts For Lila cut from Black Card. The circle die cut is then foam mounted on a White panel with another Diagonal Stripe piece and a banner of patterned paper added.
Phew, still with me? Well I hope I’ve given you a nudge to get out your supplies and look for different ways to use them. Now I’m going to call my Mum and let her know I love her :D
Beautiful Mom’s day cards–love the spring floral washi tape, how cool!
So pretty. Hugz
love the contrasting stripe down the side of the card. . . .Happy Mother’s Day!
Stunning! :-D
Beautiful cards! I love the colors and layering.
Great cards, Debby!
Happy Mother’s Day to all! Gorgeous cards.
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Beautiful cards! I love them all. Happy Mom’s Day to everyone!
Love the bright colors from that watercolor set! I’ve also seen that diagonal stripe stamp used several times. Love it. Beautiful cards!
Just adore the beautiful Butterfly card. Love Debby’s work. Beautiful colorful back ground.Beautiful Mother’s Day Cards.
Happy Mother’s Day to all and
these are such lovely creations!
Carla from Utah
Wow! Love those cards. The lovely spring set is now in my cart!
2 beautiful, creative cards!
Love the butterflies!
wow such a clever idea…love the butterfly card so much…thank you for sharing those great tips and ideas…
Very creative how you used a flower to make a butterfly. beautiful!
I lo9ve the colors of today’s cards. Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers.,
Beautiful cards!
I like this creative idea of turning flowers into butterflies.
love the color palette on the cards. Wish I had Debby’s eye for seeing different objects in a stamp. She’s the master!
What a truly beautiful pair of cards!
Beautiful cards! I love Debby’s art!
Those cards are stunning! They made me realize that I need to learn to think outside the box with stamps. Thanks for sharing.
Such beautiful and clever cards.
Gorgeous cards! Love the very clever butterflies!
Great cards !!!
what lovely cards, especially the butterflies one. Thanks for the idea of seeing a stamp in a different way. will be looking at my stamps with a new eye
Very creative use of those stamps! I just adore butterflies, so that one made me smile! Thanks for sharing your techniques.
Love these cards…..esp the butterfly one. So pretty!!!
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Two beautiful cards. Love the colors and techniques. Thanks for sharing.
I love the flower butterflies and how they were embossed and watercolored, gorgeous.
Such a beautiful tribute and card to honor your mom! I’m quite sure she loved your stunning creation! Thanks for the “how-to” and for the inspiration :)
Wonderful cards! Happy Mother’s Day!
Beautiful cards!
Very pretty!
Love the watercolour background.
Wonderful Projects! Happy Mother’s Day!
Great cards! I Especially love the watercolor background for the clever butterflies!
Fabulous designs! Must try these techniques.
Beautiful watercolor card!
the butterfly card is amazing!
WTG thinking outside the box with those floral stamps! Your cards always make me happy!! TYFS!!
Happy Mother’s Day to all. Fabulous cards!! Thank you Debby Hughes
Gorgeous cards, Debby! I love how the watercoloring turned out on your first card.
Love the cards thanks
Two stunning cards. Well done!
Gorgeous cards as always Debbie!
Awesome cards!!! I LOVE the transformation of the flower to a butterfly that Debby did, the butterflies look amazing! I also love the watercolor background of the first card and the circle sayings combined with the small stamps and colors on the second card. Thank you for the inspiration!
You do amazing work & am inspired always!!!
In love with the butterfly card..!