Mother's Day

 

At Kate Hadfield Designs there are so many fabulous sets it is really easy to get inspired to use them. There are digital stamps which you can colour, coloured versions you can scrapbook or make into digital layouts. Papers, patterned overlays and doodles galore. No matter what your skill level there are so many goodies to play with.

One of the most fabulous things about being in this Creative Team is that we have free rein to make anything we want to using the sets in the shop. This is amazing for inspiring creativity as there are so many amazing packs to play with. I feel very, very lucky to be able to have this opportunity.

I am very late blogging this as we had Mother's day in the UK a few weeks ago.

I made this card for my Mother in Law. I try to make completely different cards for her every year on both Birthday and Mother's Day. It can be a real struggle to make something different each time and I was inspired to make this card having seen an example of this type of fold in a card making group on Facebook. I thought I would try to recreate at.

My focal point is the flower jug from the Tea Party Doodles kit. I chose the papers to compliment the colours in the image.

I used glitter card for the base layer and added floral papers which were a magazine freebie many many years ago.

The image was sized to 10cm high, fussy cut and mounted onto 3d foam pads. The sentiment was printed off my computer, cut using a die and then matted using the same papers.

The inside of the card opened out is how it is intended to be displayed. I created my first test run with paper to get my sizing right and I am so glad I did as it was such a help.

I added the papers to the back section first. Cut a heart out from the pop out section using a Sizzix nesting die and then stuck the 2 pieces of card together. Cutting the plain green was one of the most awkward parts as I dit the heart first and then trimmed the side afterward to make sure it fit properly.

After adding the patterned paper to the side sections it was time to decorate.

I used the flower jug again and lots of butterflies. Finally the dangling heart was a sentiment I printed off my computer twice, cut out white card hearts and sandwiched the twine between both layers.

I saw Mom earlier today and she still has this card on display. The beauty of it being that the main inside if the card does not specifically mean it can only be on display for Mother's Day.

Over at Kate Hadfield Designs there is lots going on. Kate is really generous with her freebies which are readily available. If you sign up to the newsletter you get access to an extra subscriber area the Doodle Den where there are loads more freebies. There is a gallery full of projects by the Creative Team and customers and so much inspiration for crafters and teachers. I would highly recommend you pop over there and join in the fun.

Card Details -

Size - A5 Fancy Fold

Digital Image - Flower Jug from Tea Party Doodles (Kate Hadfield Designs)

Dies - Framelits Hearts (Sizzix)

Papers - Green glitter card (Hunkydory) Cute Creations & Florals Collection (Making Cards magazine freebie by Nancy Watt)

Embellishments - Butterfly stickers from my vast collection

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

• 613 Avenue Create - #202403 Anything Goes
• A Place to Start - #202402 Anything Goes
• Addicted to Stamps and More - #464 Any Occasion
• Allsorts - #773/774 Anything Goes
• Ally's Angels - #80 Anything Goes
• Aud Sentiments - #311 Glitter Paper & Green & A Sentiment
• Beautiful Blossoms - #15 Anything Floral Goes
• Butterfly Challenge - #194 - Prize 1 - Dairy Cream/Dark Green/Daffodil/Delft Blue/Die Cuts/Butterflies
• Cardz 4 Galz - #221 Spring Flowers With Dies and/or punches
• CD Sunday Plus - #129 - Anything Goes with a Digital Item
• Classic Design Challenge - #3-2024 Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore - #12 Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - #668 Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - #253 Anything Goes
• Creative Crafting Uncles - #51 Spring and/or Easter
• Creative Fingers - #274 Anything Goes
• Di’s Digi Designs - Welcome Spring (hope spring flowers are ok?)
• Do-Al (l) Creative - #87 Anything Goes
• Double D Challenge - Green
• Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday - Anything Goes
• Gem of A Challenge - #6 Anything Goes
• Let’s Craft & Create - #205 Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #226 Anything Goes
• Love To Craft - #79 Anything Goes
• Love To Scrap - #166 Anything Goes
• Mix It Up Challenge - #70 Anything Goes / Fancy Fold
• Morgan’s Art World - #74 Anything Goes
• My Time To Craft - #530 Multi Coloured Florals
• Outlawz Festive Fridays - Fancy Fold
• Outlawz Monday Greetings - Anything Goes / Add Some Green
• Outlawz Sunday Songs & Rhymes - Inspired by the phrase 'The Garden Green'
• Outlawz Twisted Thursday - Anything Goes
• Pattie’s Creations Design Challenge - #216 Anything Goes
• Pearly Sparkles - #93 Celebrate
• Penny’s Challenge - #568 Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - #12 Anything Goes
• Sheepski Designs - #84 Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes
• Star Stampz Challenge Blog #56 - Anything Goes / Animals
• The Crafting Challenge - Spring Air
• The Creative Crafters - #74 Anything Goes
• Triple B - Birds, Blooms & Butterflies
• Word Art Wednesday - #641-642 Anything Goes