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A Mothers Day Card to Craft
Here's a beautiful Mothers Day Card to craft by our Design Team Member Christy! With lots of photos and a very detailed tutorial, you're on a sure way to make something your mom will treasure always. :)
A Beautiful Mothers Day Card
By Christy Schumacher
Hi! I'm Christy and I'm happy to be here with you today! I just love making greeting cards and today I'll be showing you an easy tutorial of a beautiful gatefold Mothers Day Card to craft at home.
Materials Used
- 5 ½” x 8 ½” Ivory Card Stock
- 6 pieces Recollections Signature Glitter Paper, 4 cut at 5 ¼” x 1-7/8” and 1 cut at 5 ¼” x 4 and last piece cut a 4” oval
- 6 pieces G.D.C. Rose Colored Glasses Collection-Droopy Vines 4 cut at 5” x 1-5/8” and 1 cut at 5” x 3 ¾” and last piece cut a 3-¾” oval
- Scotch ATG with Acid Free Adhesive
- Zig 2 Way Squeeze Glue
- Foam Adhesive
- Fiskars Paper Trimmer
- Scor-Pal
- Bone Folder
- Heat Gun
- Embossing Buddy
- Stampendous Embossing Powder-Gold Tinsel
- VersaMark
- Hampton Arts stamp - Happy Mother’s Day
- Recollections Cling Stamps-Butterfly Collection
- Acrylic Block
- Butterfly Die Cut
- Cricut Expression 2 Machine
Assembly:
- Score ivory cardstock at 2-1/8” and 6-3/8”.
- Adhere the Droopy Vines patterned paper to the Recollections paper.
- Take butterfly cling stamp and dab with VersaMark and ink on all the panels making sure to reapply ink in between stamping.
- Adhere the panels to both the inner and outer sides of the flaps of the card.
- Proceed to adhere the two center pieces of patterned paper together and adhere to center of card.
- Attach the two ovals together.
- Rub the embossing buddy over the entire area over the ovals and then stamp with the Happy Mother’s Day stamp using VersaMark ink.
- Apply the Gold Tinsel embossing powder and shake off the excess.
- Heat using heat gun.
- Use foam adhesives on only left hand side of the ovals since you will need open and close the card. Adhere to left side of card front.
- Attach the butterfly die cut to the card base as close to the oval as possible. The butterfly's wings will keep the card closed.
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