DL.ART THANKFUL THURSDAY CHALLENGE # 227 MOTHERS DAY

Good Morning It is time for a new challenge over at DL.ART- Mothers Day is the theme.  You can always substitute a Thank You card.  Have you visited the DL.ART Store- Diana has lots of fun ribbon bundles and buttons.  My readers receive a 10% discount.  Use the code KA345 at check out.
I used the purple and blue in the Rainbow Bundle
For this card I used the floral design from the Anna Griffin Pop up cartridge.  The floral paper on the outside is Paper Studio, it is decorated with Anna Griffin die cuts.  The inside papers are Paper Studio and Core'dinations.  I added the pretty purple and blue bow to the inside.  The sentiment is from Florals Embellished

Head on over to DL.ART to check out what Diana and her amazing team have created.  I can't wait to see what you come up with for this Mothers Day or Thank You Challenge

FCCB MOTHERS DAY 2ND ENTRY

Yesterday I posted a card that one of the boys I watch designed for his mother.  His younger brother had a harder time coming up with a concept.  He finally decided on tea.  His mom loves Chai and she makes the best tea ever.  For this project I used the Cricut cartridge "Love You A Latte"  The papers are DCWV "Taj Mahal" and the Denim Stack.  I like the contrast of the shiny papers with the denim.  I am entering this into the FCCB BLOG HOP AND MOTHERS DAY CHALLENGE

GLASSES FOR MOTHERS DAY

I made this card for one of the boys I babysit to give to his mom.  He came up with the idea.  His mom loves fashionable sunglasses.  Fantabulous Cricut are having a Mothers Day Challenge and Blog Hop.  I began the card by cutting the sunglasses with my Cricut using Forever Young.  The sentiment is from the Florals Embellished cartridge.  The sun is an foil embellishment that I got a long time ago at a calligraphy store in Berkeley.

DL.ART THANKFUL THURSDAY CHALLENGE #203

Hello, It is time for the DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge.  This time it is a "Mothers Day" Challenge-you can always substitute a Thank You card.  Diana has so many pretty ribbon colors in her shop that are perfect for Mothers Day cards.  I am using one of my favorites St. Tropez Gold from the Tropical Summer Bundle.  Diana gives my readers 10% discount-just use the code K34510 at check out.

I began this project by heat embossing the floral images by using Versamark ink and Paper Source Embossing Powder.  Efflorescent is the name of the Penny Black stamp. Then I watercolored the image using Marvy Markers.  The papers are Anna Griffin, the sentiment is My Creative Time.  The beautiful ribbon is ST.TROPEZ GOLD

BAGS FOR MOTHERS DAY

I made a few bags to put some EOS lotions in for Mothers Day gifts.  I used Chalkboard-Birthday-Stamp-Die-Set-By my Creative Time.  The sentiment is CTMH  The papers are ECHO PARK.  The gorgeous ribbons are from the DL.ART  shop.

DL.ART Thankful Thursday Mothers Day Challenge

Mothers day is quickly approaching.  Diana at DL.ART  is having Mothers Day be the theme of her Thankful Thursday Challenge.  Of course you can submit a Thank you card as an alternative.  For this swing style card, I used Lavender from Spring Bundle 1.  I love the spring ribbon colors-they are so bright and cheery.  Diana offers my readers 10% discount-just use the code K34510 at check out.
For the base of the card I used an Anna Griffith die set that I recently purchased from HSN.  I added a gold label , flourish and sentiment from the same kit.  The papers are Colorbok Pearl.  I decorated the sides with some Jolee flowers, I used the following Paper Studio product;gem flourish, pearls and white flower.

Water Colored Mothers Day Card

One more Mothers Day card. I painted this Art Impressions stamp with Marvy Markers. The vibrant floral paper is by Paper Studio. I framed the image using My Creative Time stitched dies. The sentiment is by Close to my Heart 

BEFORE AND AFTER-MOTHERS DAY CANDLE

My sister-in-laws and I always exchange a little something at our Mothers Day Brunch.  I bought a few candles from Home Goods. They came with a plain band, which I used as a template.  The longest paper I had was 12".  So I cut a circle from Plantin Schoolbook then added strips to each side.  Then I folded the sides to fit around the candle. I decorated the top with flowers from Flower Shoppe and Artiste . I ran the circle through my Cuttlebug using Textile folder. The sunburst and sentiment on the front side is also Artiste.The sentiment on the back side is My Creative Time on a Spellbinders die. The papers are My Paper Studio. I used Memento and Colorbox inks.

original packaging

top

front side

b)ack side

CHALLENGES
BBTB2-Mothers Day
Cut It Up Challenges-Mothers day
DL.Art-Thankful Thursday Mothers Day
My Craft Spot-Spring or Mothers day
Craftin' Desert Divas-Linky Party-Mothers Day
Pause,Dream,Enjoy-Linky Party -Flowers

QUICK MOTHERS DAY GIFTS

I needed to make a few quick gifts to give to my sister in laws for Mothers Day/  I got these yummy milk chocolate with hazelnut candy bars from Trader Joes.  I made a band to go around the writing then added a flower and sentiment,  All of the paper is from my scrap bin.  The dies and sentiments are  from My Creative Time.  The tibbon is from Karen at Little Scrap Pieces.  I am linking this up to DL.ART THANKFUL THURSDAY MAY LINKY CHALLENGE

crepes my 15 year old son made for me

FLORAL BIRD MOTHERS DAY CARD

Hello.  I hope you all had a fabulous weekend.  I am so far behind from being sick for 2 weeks.  But I did have time to finish this card for my mom for mothers day.  I used Florals Embellished for the bird. The die and sentiment are from My Creative Time.  I used Stickles on some of the flowers and Martha Stewart glitter on others.  The background paper is K&Company, the rest is Colorbok.  I Used  Versa Mark chalk ink for all of the edges.  The ribbon is from Walmart.

CHALLENGES
FCCB-Paper Roses Challenge
DL.ART-Thankful Thursday Mothers Day Challenge

MOM'S DAY BANNER

A few weeks ago I won some Petaloo Floral Ribbon from Paper Playtime. I knew I wanted to use it in a banner. I am going to enter it into a challenge at Little Scrap Pieces CLICK HERE

FORMULA
Paper:My Minds Eye Girls pack; solids SCWV Adhesive Mat Stack
Cricut:Storybook
Die:My Creative Time-Scalloped Circle
Martha Stewart Score Pad
Ribbon:off package; floral ribbon Petaloo
Adhesive:Sook Wang

MOTHERS DAY DAMASK DECOR

I haven't posted for a while.  I went to Arizona for my daughter's graduation.  So much fun.  I am still recovering from driving 800 miles while she slept in the car.  (we did make a short stop to sleep)  I hope to create and visit blogs soon.  So many Mothers Day cards to make.
Here is a card I made for my sister in law.  She likes the colors yellow and blue, in muted shades.  I used the kanji word function on Pagoda for the word "mother". The center medallion is from Damask Decor. I am entering this crd into a few challenges.
CCR has a Mothers Day Challenge, to  check out the designers projects CLICK HERE
Also Fantabulous Cricut is having a Mothers Day Challenge where you use the recipients favorite color for more information CLICK HERE

FORMULA
Paper:solids-Colorbok; patterned DCWV "Linen Closet"
Cricut:base with word-Pagoda p 60: medallion-Damask Decor
Glitter:Martha Stewart Tinsel
Pearls:K&Company
Fabric sticker from my stash no name on it
Liquid Pearls Baby Blue
Adhesives:Zip Dry, ATG

MOTHERS DAY CARD

Here is a center step card I made for a Floral challenge at Little Scrap Pieces. For more information and inspiration CLICK HERE The card shape is a front step card from Splitcoast Stampers CLICK HERE form super clear directions.  The flowers are embossed and debossed, then painted with pearl watercolors

flattened out

FORMULA

Papers-base:Colorbok;solids-DCWV Spring Adhesive;Patterned-Jillibean Soup "Southern Chicken Dumpling Soup"

Cricut:Freshly Picked 5"

Cuttlebug with "Swiss Dots", "Distressed Stripes", and "Tiny Bubbles"

Stamps:Flower-Hero Arts Kommichiwa; sentiment-My Creative Time "More Gift Card Sentiments"

Ink-Memento

Liquid Pearls-Baby Blue, Pastel Pink

Paint:Niji Pearlescent Watercolors

Adhesive:ATG

2 New Favorites

I am really liking the "word" feature on the Pagoda cartridge.  This is the 2nd mothers day card I have made.  There are lots of great card cuts with a word on the bottom.  Some include-friend, daughter, happiness and love to name a few.  If you are like me you will barely be able to see the image in the handbook, unless you bring out the strong reading glasses.  Now my second new favorite is the "Lemon Flower Stack" and matching plain Matstack from DCWV.  I don't usually use a lot of yellow and green in my projects.  I like the color combos in this pack so much that I am thinking of redecorating my studio.  I love this cut from "A Child's Year"  My I have 2 girls and a boy.  My youngest daughter always wore a funny little ponny tail on top of her head and my oldest daughter had her hair like the middle child.  My mom is going to love this card  Also in my family there were three of us. Me, my brother and sister.  Sadly, my sister passed away 8 years ago.  I know this will remind my mom of when we were little

FORMULA
All paper used is from DCWV
Card-"Pagoda" Kanji word feature at 8"
Children-"A Child's Year" 2.75"
Green background-"Storybook"4.5" trim off bottom to fit to card
Back the word with glitter cardstock
Pen-Sakura
Adhesive-ATG and Recollections Pop Dots

I searched to see if there was another challenge using a Mothers Day card.  I already submitted one card to FCCB.  So I am entering this one into Celebrate the Occasion celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com

Japanese themed Mothers Day Card for My Sister-In-Law

I have been wanting to use the Pagoda cartridge for a long time, but I didn't know what the Kanji symbols meant until I put my reading glasses on and was able to read the very small print at the bottom of Kanji word section.  So I decided to make the card using the word as the card base and the tag for the center  Later in the week I am going to use the same card base in bright colors with flowers or animals.

It is hard to see the mono chromatic effect of the center crane.  It is a very glittery crane on white cardstock.
FORMULA
Cut English word "MOTHER" at 8" using black textured Colorbok cardstock (page 60 of Cricut Pagoda Cartridge)Cut crane tag 3 times at 2"(pg40)
Back word with sticky tape(Sookwang) Add glitter(Crystal Glitter Ritz) Do same to tags using Martha Stewart Red glitter for two outer images and clear for center
Add Ribbon(Michaels) using ATG tape
Adhere cranes to card
Contest
FCCB fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com Card with mom or mother on it