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Flourishing Mother's Day

I thought I'd blog on a few of the cards I've made in the past year ... the ones I am particularly proud of.  Sometimes the idea in my head doesn't come out in a card very well but sometimes it does!

Since my mother died several years ago, I haven't been making or sending Mother's Day cards recently.  This year, I decided to make Mother's Day cards for all my female family and friends who were mothers in some sense ... human or critter children.  In my usual manner, I looked through my old pins in Pinterest and found one I wanted to CASE (copy and share everything) but now I can't find my inspiration card again.  I then went to my saved Freshly Made Sketches designs to find one that fit what I was thinking, #FMS351. Lastly, I went to splitcoaststampers color challenges and picked a combination I wanted to try, #CC991.

This card was selected as a splitcoaststampers CAS (Clean And Simple) Favorite on April 20, 2024.  I am very honored to be selected and have my creation appreciated.

Thanks for looking at my card.  Have a super day!

Card Recipe

Stamps: inkadinkado Dot Flourishes, SU! Hippo Happiness, Strong & Beautiful
Punches & Dies:  SU! Hippo & Friends
Embossing folders:  
Paper: SU! Whisper White, Gray from stash
Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine Black Onyx, SU! Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo, Lemon Lolly, Pretty Peacock
Accessories:  pearls, retired SU! colored dots
Techniques:  Die cut images, heat emboss clear over black, dot flourishes stamped on edges of gray card base in smoky slate for tone-on-tone interest













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