Penguin Moms

Only a few months late (but who is counting?) Below are the Mother's Day cards I made for both of my supervisors. Both are hardworking moms that make balancing work and motherhood look easy (or at least very achievable!).

I have been obsessed with my nestabilities dies so I used many of them for these two cards. I also wanted contrasting color schemes since I wanted to use these paper flowers I got from Michaels. I think they came out pretty well.

Embossed Bird for Mom

This is a card I made for my boyfriend's mother. She's an incredibly sweet woman so I wanted to make something really special. She has a bird feeder in her backyard so I wanted to incorporate birds in the card. I decided to emboss the background then use some Distress Inks to fill in each block. I then added two pearls to accent the Mom stamp in the middle. I really liked how this came out.

2nd Mother's Day Card

For the second Mother's Day card I made, I wanted to create a floral motif. I took a bouquet stamp I have and went to work with my Copics. Still learning how to blend! I found this nicely embossed paper at Michael's on the sale rack that I used as the background. The paper trimmer was by Martha Stewart and I decided to add a ribbon just because.

And of course, a MOM stamp. =)

1st Mother's Day Card

So I realized that I never shared my Mother's Day cards on here. This year I made three which is usually the same amount I make every year. One for my mom (duh), one for my boyfriend's mom and one for my friend Kevin's mom who was like my stand-in mom in college. These three ladies are very important to me and each card is very different.

For my own mom, I found the cutest Penny Black stamp of a kitty that I knew I could make look like my own cat, Balthazar. And since the card was going to be from the both of us, I decided he should make an appearance on the card as well.

After I colored in the stamp with Copics, I used a special scissor cutter to trim the edges. I embossed the red background and cut the sentiment from the Create a Critter 2 cartridge. It was quick and simple. Hope you like it! The other two are yet to come. =)