Altenew Build-A-Flower Rose Mother's Day Card

Hello everyone and thank you for stopping by,

This year feels like it’s just rolling away.  I can’t believe it’s May already and time for another super fantastic bragging rights challenge over at Eclectic Ellapu.  This month’s challenge is near dear to us all because we celebrate our amazing Mothers.  Whether your mom is still here or gone on and hopefully at peace, it’s always a great opportunity to show how much our moms are appreciated and thought of often.  For my design team project, I wanted to keep it very traditional, soft and simple.   I made a 4 ¼ x 5 ½ tent-fold card using the Altenew stamp and die set Build-A-Flower:Rose.  This set is just amazing!  You can make some of the most beautifully detailed roses and leaves.   To make this card, I started with some #110 white card stock for the base and the front panel.   I used some regular old #65 cardstock to stamp the layered rose.   I think from now on I’m going to start using Neenah Classic again.  Although my roses came out beautiful, I think using a better quality paper will make them even better.  I suggest you use whatever is cost effective for you.  As you can see, using the #65 card stock worked just fine.  The sentiment is an old JustRite Clear stamp set-“All in The Family Large Sentiments”.  The sentiment is stamped on Spellbinders “Savory Labels” die.  I used Versa-Fine ink to do all the stamping.  I added a small touch of clear Wink-of-Stella to some areas of the rose and the leaves.  I finished the outside of the card with some very old clear drops. For the inside again, I wanted the card to be very simple, so I stamped Happy Mother’s Day and added a piece of vellum (adhered with Vellum Tape) over the top of the sentiment.  I popped the flower up on foam tape as well as the sentiment.  I made a coordinating pink envelope to go along with the card. I love how it turned out.  I hope you enjoy it and give it a try. My card was inspired by Amanda at Lolli Lulu Crafts; you can watch her YouTube video here.  This is one of the best videos I’ve seen for using Altenew’s layered stamps.  Amanda makes it look so effortlessly!  I used all the colours of Altenew inks in the video (the littlecubes).  The only colour I did not have was the “Evergreen”, so instead I used Tim Holtz’s Forest Moss and it was perfect. Well, until next time…Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms and mom’s to be…

Joyce Ann,

 

Sorry for the crazy glare but this was the best photo to capture the sparkle from the Wink-of-Stella.