Saturday, April 16, 2016

Mother's Day Card Tutorial by Papercrafting With Gayle (Guest Post)

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Hello Friends of The Philosopher's Wife!

My daughter, Rachel, has graciously invited me to present a little tutorial for a Mother's Day Card I designed. I hope you enjoy!

Here's to an early Happy Mother's Day to all my fellow Moms out there!

Warm regards,
Gayle Piron

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Mother's Day Card

Materials Used

All materials are available at papercraftingwithgayle.ctmh.com
- White Daisy Card Base/Envelope -- X254 - Zoe My Reflections Paper -- X7197B
- Pixie Card Stock -- X5773 (Also part of "Whimsy" Combo Pack -- X5940)
- Canary Card Stock -- X5772 (Also part of "Whimsy" Combo Pack -- X5940)
- White Daisy Card Stock -- 1385
- Silver Sequins -- Z2013
- Clear Sparkles -- Z1752
- Aqua Shimmer Trim -- Z3086
- Glacier Exclusive Ink -- Z2641
- Happy Mother's Day Stamp from the "Just to Say" -- D1620
- Corner Rounder -- Z1912
- Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge -- Z3171
- My Acrylic Stamp Block 2" x 3 1/2" -- Y1009
- Adhesives -- Z3022 and Z1151 (lol -- anyone who crafts probably has a variety of adhesive!)

Easy Step by Step to Creating Mother's Day Card 


1. Zoe -- Cut 1 1/2" x 5 1/2"; 1/4" x 5 1/2"; and 1" x 3" (round corners of this one).

2. Aqua Shimmer Trim -- cut a 5 1/4" length.

3. Adhere Zoe paper and Shimmer trim to Card base as shown.


4. Pixie -- Cut free-hand or use Artistry Cricut Cartridge found in CTMH Cricut Cartridge Booklet -- 1 flower base (<Flower 8>) 1 1/2". Cut 2 flower layers (Shift Layer), 1 at 1 3/4" a d 1 at 2". You may wish to cut 2 additional bases at 1 3/4" and 2" to use on the envelope, if hand delivering, and also on the gift tag.


5. Canary -- Cut 2 flower bases, 1 at 1 3/4" and 1 at 2". Cut 1 flower layer at 1 1/2". If you are making the additional flowers to embellish an envelope or gift tag, cut 2 additional flower layers, 1 at 1 3/4" and 1 at 2" (as above),

6. Adhere flower base and flower layers.

7. Adhere 1 sequin to center of each flower.

8. Adhere 1 touch of Sparkle to center of Sequin.

9. Using your fingers, gently roll the petals of each flower toward the center to add a little dimension.


10. Adhere completed flowers to upper left of card, as shown. I used foam tape to do this.

11. White Daisy -- Cut 1 rectangle, 3/4" x 2 3/4. Round corners.

12. Glacier Ink -- Stamp "Happy Mother's Day!" to center of White Daisy rectangle.

13. Adhere stamped sentiment to Zoe rectangle.

14. Adhere assembled sentiment to Card Base, slipping just a bit of the left edge under the flowers.

15. Adhere 3 Sparkles just below stamped sentiment.



I hope you had fun Papercrafting With Gayle!




5 comments:

  1. very pretty! I love making my own cards but find few others the are not connected to card making companies.

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  2. This is such a pretty card! I wish I was good at this stuff. mine never turns out the same way as the picture lol

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  3. Such a pretty card! I rarely think to use my Cricut for card making!

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  4. Before I took up crochet, I tried my hand at paper crafting. Before these fancy paper cutting machines were a thing! Might have to try again someday - your card is lovely!

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