Although I haven't been posting, I've managed to complete a few projects during my self-quarantine that I'm excited to share. The first is a scrapbook paper Mother's Day card that I made for my Mom. I didn't plan on posting this project, so I didn't take any process photos. But yesterday I went to the store and noticed there was very little stock in the card aisle. So I thought others might be looking for a homemade card idea.
It started with a sketch and a simple idea to make a flower using hearts as the petals. Then when I drew in the background, I thought to add another heart detail to the back.
I traced a number of hearts on to some coordinating scrapbook paper. I had a small heart sticker that I used as my template for tracing.
I used a pre-made store bought blank cards with an envelope to begin. I glued down a piece of sky blue paper for my background and added my green landscape. To create the flower, I layered seven hearts in a circle, alternating the pattern of the paper. I was going to use a button for the center, but used a gem stone instead.
I wanted my image to have a cute patchwork look to it, so I pulled out a jelly roll opaque white pen I had in my supplies. I tested this pen on some scrap to see if it would show up on my paper. It worked perfectly.
I used the pen to draw a dotted line around most of the large images on my card. I'm pleasantly pleased with the finished look.
For the inside of the card, I searched for a Mother's Day greeting online and printed this out on another piece of paper. I then trimmed this paper to size and glued it into my card using glue stick.
Hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day and find some time for crafting too!
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