Mom- Flourishes Motherly Love

Good Morning Friends! It has been an all-nighter for me, no sleep and so wired so I had time to play in my craft room. Since Mother's Day is just around the corner (May 13th) I figured I would make a card to give to my mother and to take part in the Flourishes Motherly love challenge. So here is what I came up with:

My card base is a standard A2 size card at 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. I used white and black Bazzill cardstock. I created the background by using a floral stamp by Inkadinkado, inked it up with some Versamark ink and it left a pretty watermark. I used Forever Green, forever blue and forever violet Perfect pearls which gave me a beautiful resist and tone for the black background.

Then I stamped this beautiful butterfly stamp from the new Pretty Momma stamp set from Paper Smooches, again using the versamark ink. I then took some teal and hunter green PK glitter Glitz and covered the butterlies. Aren't they just so sparkly?

I stamped my sentiments(both on the outside and inside) with a white ink pad from studio G and with my sakura white gel pen, I made a few faux stitching around the butterlies and around the inside panel. The sentiments are also from the Pretty momma stamp set. I added a butterfly to the inside panel that I stamped on white bazzill cardstock, cut out and popped up with foam adhesive, to continue the theme from the front of the card. The ribbon I used was a small spool that I had in my stash. Well that is it for my card today, I hope it gives you some ideas for Mother's day! Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!

Supplies:

Bazzill cardstock

Pretty Momma stamp set by Paper Smooches

Florals stamp set by Inkadinkado

Versamark ink, white ink pad

Perfect Pearls

Pk Glitter Glitz

Ribbon

Blessed Easter

Hello Blog Friends! Can you believe how fast this week has gone by? It feels like it was just the weekend and here we are coming up on a new one!! I have not been feeling too well the past couple of days. I think I have a stomach bug of some sort but today I managed to create another Easter card. I used the Deconstructed Sketch #44 for my card and my card is 5x5.

Here is my take on the sketch:

I used Bazzill cardstock for the base of my card and for my matted layers. The patterned papers are from the Darling Dear Collection from MME.  The butterfly stamp is a dollar stamp I got at Michael's from Studio G. I stamped it onto some MME's patterned paper from the Bella Collection and then added some Golden Diamond UF Glitter by PKGlitz around the edges. My stamped sentiment is another dollar stamp I got at Michael's. I stamped that onto some Bazzill paper in momento tuxedo black ink. I added some baker's twine to my sentiment and I also wrapped it a couple of times across my middle layer and added a cute glizty gold brad. My scalloped edge was created using my Spellbinders edgeabilities and my cuttlebug. I inked all around the edges of my layers using some antique linen distress ink. The sentiment, scalloped edge and twined layer are all popped up using some dimensionals.

For the inside of my card I added some of the Darling Dear patterned paper and cut it into a banner and wrapped that with some of the twine. I stamped a cute Easter stamp from Hampton Arts using my Zig markers. The inside sentiment I created myself with a whimsy alphabet stamp set that I have had for a long time and I apologize but I do not remember what stamp company I got this from.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Deconstructed Sketch#44
Timeless Tuesday#162
Well thats it for my card today! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Card Recipe:
Papers- Bazzill, MME
Stamps- Hampton Arts, Michael's, Studio G
Twine- The Twinery
Inks- Momento, Tim Holtz distress ink
Spellbinders Edgeabilities
Zig Markers
PKGlitz Ultra Fine Glitter