Mother’s Day card 2025

Hello and welcome, 

This is my Mother’s Day card for my Dear Mother this year. (25/5)

I have used Tim Holtz products for this card.

I started with the background, a piece of Watercolor cardstock. Inked different colors of Distress inks and some Oxides on a piece of OH plastic and sprayed lightly with water, then used it to add ink to the paper. Color by color and drying in between. By doing it this way it is quite easy to control we’re the ink will goes.

Then I stamped the CMS394 Tiny text with Distress embossing ink and added white embossing powder, (I saw Vicki Evans did that on a card and got inspired), then heated with embossing gun. Then I stamped one of the stamps from CMS489 Deconstructed with Black soot Archival ink, and finally some numbers in Ground espresso Archival ink.

I stitched around the edges with my sewing machine and then inked the edges with Scorched timber DI.

I used a fine liner pen and traced around the stamped words “Love you”. You can see that just above the pink heart.

I diecut the hearts from 666567 Vault rosettes die, from Distress mixed media heavystock. Inked in different colors, stamped the text stamp from CMS328 Entomology with Ground espresso Archival ink and finally glued them together with Distress collage medium. Inked all edges with Scorched timber DI.

I glued the hearts in a heart shape to the card.

Then I printed out words on the computer with words that I think symbolise my Mother, inked the paper with Pumice stone DI, glued to another thicker paper and cut them out as pennants. Inked the edges with Scorched timber and then put Mini fasteners in each and everyone. Then glued them to the hearts with Distress collage medium. 

I mounted the card to a piece of red cardstock, then to a white cardblank that I made from white cardstock. Inked all edges with Scorched timber and used 3D foam between the layers for dimension. 

I also placed a pennant in the middle of the card, “Mamma” means Mother in Swedish.

I will try this card in a challenge over at Simon says stamp Monday challenge - Emboss it

Thank you very much for visiting my blog, 

/Susanne

Card for a young women who is studying to be a doctor

Hello and welcome, 

Today I have a card for a young women who is studying to be a doctor. And a while a go she had some practice in Tanzania. 

I have used Tim Holtz products, and the stamped doctor is from Kenny K. 

The background is Watercolor cardstock which I inked with Pumice stone on my craft mat, added water and dipped the card. Heated between layers and repeated until happy.

Then I stamped the “table of the skeleton” stamp also with DI Pumice stone. Stitched the edges with my sewing machine and inked the edges with Scorched timber DI. 

I splattered some Candied apple DI on the background as well.

I colored the stamped doctor with Distress inks. And then I diecut the pieces of the globe and inked with Distress inks. All edges on the globe are inked with DI Scorched timber. 

I diecut the starborder from a Pumice stone inked piece of Watercolor cardstock and when cut I inked the raised areas with the same ink. 

I diecut a piece from the Heartbeat dieset, from a Candied apple inked piece of Watercolor cardstock. 

I matted the card with a piece of red, then a piece of white cardstock. Both with inked edges Scorched timber. Then made a black cardblank. All layers mounted with 3D foam between for dimension. 

I decorated the card with three red pearls. 

Products used: 

Stamps: CMS412 Examination, the doctor is a digistamp from Kenny K

Dies: 666606 Vault World travel, 664416 Heartbeat

Decorations from stash. 

Distress inks and Watercolor cardstock 

Thank you very much for visiting, 

/Susanne 

On the bottom of the card I decorated with some gauze bandage and some other small decorations like a hat, a stethoscope and a patch.