Hi friends! Happy Saturday! Please welcome back special guest designer, Kelly Rasmussen to our blog! Read on for more information on this lovely card design for Mom and enjoy!

Today I’ve created a Mother’s Day card using some Hero Arts and Simon Says Stamp goodies. My design was inspired by a card I created last month on the Hero Arts Blog that you can find HERE. 

I started out by die-cutting the heart opening from a 4.25 inch square piece of woodgrain cardstock. Then I created a watercolor background using Picked Raspberry and Abandoned Coral Distress Inks. I adhered the watercolor panel to a Fog Gray card base, followed by the heart window.

Next, I die-cut the letters for the word “mom” using the Hero Arts Luggage Tag Alphabet Frame Cuts and the same woodgrain cardstock. I adhered these letters to the watercolor panel and then finished stamping my sentiment using the Simon Says Stamp Mom and Dad Icons set.

And the part that I think really makes the card is the sequins! These are Hero Arts Blush Ombre Sequins, which come in a pack that includes a variety of sizes and colors. The arrangement of the sequins gives the illusion of a shaker card, but they are all firmly adhered in place using Mini Glue Dots.

I’m thinking this design would work great for a Father’s Day card as well! You could change up the color scheme and switch out the heart for a circle.

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It’s card kit reveal day and boy do we have a special one for you called Animation! We have a unique stamp set in this kit designed exclusively for us by Uchi Designs. What is different about these stamps is that they become animated when a grid sheet is placed over top and is moved back and forth.

We’ve pack this kit full of items including: a moving gift card slider, 12-4×6” sheets Illustrated Faith designer papers from their Basic collection, 1-Numbers and 1-Happy Things acetate sheet by Illustrated Faith. Our cardstocks include; 2 sheets of Simon Says Stamp 120# White, 1 sheet each of Navy, Doll Pink, and Green Apple. You will also get 1 box of 12 fine line markers by Crayola and 2 exclusive to Simon Say Stamp Watercolor cards by Suzy Plantamura.

Debby Hughes created a beautiful animated card using the flamingo stamp image with a die cut tag. She paired other papers and flamingo imagery to tie everything together.

Yana Smakula used the Cactus watercolor sheet designed by Suzy Plantamura with watercolor paints to create a bright and cheery Spring card.

I cut row of numbers from one of the Illustrated Faith acetate sheets to create a peek through birthday card. I cut out a pair of sunglasses to add above the “3” to denote the birthday age.

I have filmed a video of the walkthrough so you can see everything in action. View it below or on our YouTube channel HERE.

Remember, you can SUBSCRIBE to our no obligation kits and receive them monthly for $ 24.95, or purchase them each month for $ 29.95 (while supplies last).

If you are a subscriber who used Paypal to purchase your subscription, please be sure to pay the invoice that we send you within 3 business days. We have a limited number of this card kit in stock and don’t want you to miss out. For easier and quicker monthly processing, please contact us via email or telephone and we will put your credit card on file as a courtesy for you. Card kits bill and ship between the 17th and 27th days of every month.

Be sure to check out our card kit galleries for additional inspiration using our kits. Thanks for reading today!

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