Hello I'm back here to share a Mother’s Day card with you. This
week I’m using a variety of coloured cardstocks from Papermilldirect’s
lovely colours range, and teaming it with ‘Coniston Blue’ which is this
week’s +Papermilldirect Special Offer card. If you're quick you can grab a small box for just £4-40!! This is for 75-80 A4 sheets of premium quality 300gsm, a bargain!!
I cut this layered floral design on my Cricut Explore using images
free from within the Design Space subscription. (I know they've changed the name to Access now :D ) If you would like to
cut it exactly as I have, the link to my DS file is here: https://uk.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/37189424 I have sized it to fit a 6x6 card but you can of course adjust the size to suit your requirements.
If you don’t have a Cricut then why not use the coloured cardstocks
as inspiration to die cut or punch a variety of flower shapes and leaves
to form a wreath shape onto a card front. I am using the ‘Coniston
Blue’ as the backdrop and shadow for my ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ sentiment,
as it is the perfect shade of blue to set off those lovely bright
colours.
The flowers and leaves in my design are very dimensional and this is
simply by layering up the shapes and gluing them on top of each other,
using a wet clear drying glue such as Cosmic Shimmer allows some
‘wriggle time’ to line them up and not leave any glue marks.
For the Plain White Card panel I have embossed it with a Basket Weave
effect embossing folder through my Big Shot to add some extra detail
and texture, but it could also be left plain. The card blank is also
PMD Plain White card.
To add some extra sparkle I applied some of the Nuvo glitters by
first using the Nuvo glue pen on the area to glitter and then sprinkling
the glitter onto it from the bottle, when dry you can gently tap the
excess off and pop it back into the bottle. (I used a small clean
paintbrush to gently brush away any stray glitter afterwards)
You can add different adhesive gems, pearls or enamel dots to the
centres of the flowers to make them ‘pop’ and / or add some die cut
butterflies as I have done here to accent the sentiment.
Although I designed this one as a greeting card, it would work well
mounted in a little box frame too, perhaps as a Mother’s Day Gift? You
could even use different sentiments in the centre or perhaps a
photograph to make it an extra special gift.
Papermilldirect - Coniston Blue ‘offer card’
Papermilldirect - Plain White card
Papermilldirect Coloured card - Pale Turquoise, Marine Blue, Apple Green, Spring Green, Baby Pink, Raspberry Pink, New Lilac, Buff, Orange
Crafters Companion – Basket Weave Embossing Folder
Nuvo Glue Pen – Tonic Studios
Nuvo Pure Sheen Glitter – Candy Pink, Aqua, & Diamond – Tonic Studios
Adhesive gems, pearls, enamel dots
Double Sided Tape, Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic Glue
