Mother’s Day – Karen Joy Creations

Happy Mother’s Day

Sadly, my sweet mother passed away in September of 2017. I miss her every day and Mother’s Day is when I miss her the most. I miss making cards for her.

This year we were going to my son’s house for Mother’s Day and I decided to make a card for his wife who gave birth to our two wonderful grandchildren residing in Washington state.

I Stamped the flowers and leaves from Altenew’s Wallpaper Art with a light ink and colored them with Copic Markers, After the coloring was complete I stamped the flowers again with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed them gold.

I die cut a rectangle with a scalloped die to add some pretty visual interest behind the flower and leaves. Whenever I am using white on white for a card I like us an embossing folder to add detail to the background. This time I sued the Darice Basketweave Embossing Folder.

I arranged the leaves and flowers on this scalloped rectangle, adhering the yellow flower and leaves directly to the panel with liquid glue and adding foam tape behind the top orange flower.

For the sentiment I pulled out Honey Bee Stamp’s Best Parents and die cut the word “mother’s” from gold mirror cardstock. The shadow was cut from black and the two were adhered with liquid glue. The secondary sentiment were stamped onto thin strips of black cardstock and adhered to the top and bottom of the larger sentiment.

I think this card turned out pretty. I love the flowers in this Altenew stamp set.

PRODUCTS USED:

Altenew Wallpaper Art
Honey Bee Stamps Best Parents
Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Birthday
Copic Markers: Y19, Y18, Y17, Y15, Y13, Y21; Y08, Y06, Y04, Y02, Y28, Y26, Y23, Y21; YR16, YR15, YR14, YR12 E37, E35, E33; YG67, YG17, YG03, YG01
Altenew Lime Ink
VersaMark Ink
Gina K. Designs Champagne Embossing Powder
Gina Marie Designs Scalloped Rectangle
Darice Basketweave Embossing Folder
Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
3M ½” Foam Tape
Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock
Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock
Gina K. Designs Base Weight Onyx Black Cardstock

Watercolor Mother’s Day Card 5

The last Mother’s Day Card example for the 12-13 year-old girls in my church uses the Clearly Besotted On Your Day stamp set.

It was colored using ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Markers 036 Light Blue, 026 Light Pink, 044 Deep Green, 046 Mid Green. I added some color at the base of a petal and then pull the color throughout using a watercolor brush and water. Once the watercoloring was dry I ran it through the Big Shot with the Pretty Pink Posh Scalloped Rectangle Die. Darice Sticky Back Foam was added to the back for added dimension.

The sentiment is a combination of stamping and die cutting. The stamped sentiment from Gina K. Designs Stitched Leaves was stamped on a scrap of pink cardstock with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with Gina K. Designs Detail White Embossing Powder using Marvy Embossing Tool. It was cut into a then strip and 3M 1/2″ Foam Tape. One of the Mom words from SugarPea Designs Mom Words Die Set was cut from Tonic Gold Pearl Mirror Satin Cardstock and adhered to the lower left of the card and the sentiment strip was adhered above.

A side folding cardbase was made from pink cardstock in my stash. The focal image was adhered to the front with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive. Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Gold Sequins were add for visual interest and the card was done.

PRODUCTS USED:

Clearly Besotted On Your Day
Gina K. Designs Stitched Leaves
SugarPea Designs Mom Words Die
ZIG Clean Brush Markers: 036 Light Blue, 070 Orange, 044 Deep Green, 046 Mid Green
Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Gold Sequins
Pretty Pink Posh Scalloped Rectangle Die
Darice Sticky Back Foam
Gina K. Designs Onyx Black Base Weight Cardstock
Canson XL 140# Cold Press Watercolor Cardstock
Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Watercolor Mother’s Day Card 4

I was asked to help the 12 and 13 year-old girls in my church make cards for the mothers. I decided to use a watercolor medium. I printed this image from Sparkle ‘n Sprinkle called Beautiful Magnolia on Canson XL 140# Cold Press Watercolor Paper I created several card as example so they could make a selection on what they wanted to use for their mothers. This is the fourth example card.

This is another beautiful flower stamp from Clearly Besotted called Make a Wish, and I really like the purple color used. ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Markers 080 Violet, 044 Deep Green, 046 Mid Green, 050 Yellow, 036 Light Blue were used. I added some color at the base of a petal and then pull the color throughout using a watercolor brush and water. Once the watercoloring was dry I ran it through the Big Shot with the Pretty Pink Posh Scalloped Rectangle Die. Darice Sticky Back Foam was added to the back for added dimension.

The sentiment is a combination of stamping and die cutting. The stamped sentiment from Gina K. Designs Stitched Leaves was stamped on Gina K. Designs Base Weight Onyx Black Cardstock with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with Gina K. Designs Detail White Embossing Powder using Marvy Embossing Tool. It was cut into a then strip and 3M 1/2″ Foam Tape. One of the Mom words from SugarPea Designs Mom Words Die Set was cut from Tonic Gold Pearl Mirror Satin Cardstock and adhered to the lower right of the card and the sentiment was adhered above.

A side folding cardbase was made from purple cardstock in my stash. The focal image was adhered to the front with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive. Doodlebug Designs Lilac and Pretty Pink Posh Sugar Plum Mix Sequins were added to the front and the card was done.

PRODUCTS USED:

Clearly Besotted Make a Wish
Gina K. Designs Stitched Leaves
SugarPea Designs Mom Words Die
Pretty Pink Posh Scalloped Rectangle Die
ZIG Clean Brush Markers: 080 Violet, 044 Deep Green, 046 Mid Green, 050 Yellow, 036 Light Blue
Doodlebug Designs Lilac and Pretty Pink Posh Sugar Plum Mix Sequins
Pretty Pink Posh Scalloped Rectangle Die
Gina K. Designs Onyx Black Base Weight Cardstock
Canson XL 140# Cold Press Watercolor Cardstock
Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Watercolored Mother’s Day Card 3

I was asked to help the 12 and 13 year-old girls in my church make cards for the mothers. I decided to use a watercolor medium. I stamped the images on Canson XL 140# Cold Press Watercolor Paper with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink and then embossed it with Hero Arts Fine Detail Clear Embossing Powder. This creates wells where they could only watercolor a small portion of the image at a time and it wouldn’t run into another section of the flower or leaves. I created several card as example so they could make a selection on what they wanted to use for their mothers. There are two cards using this stamp from Simon Says Stamp called Bouquet of Thanks, how appropriate for Mother’s Day. These are the third example cards.

CARD 1: I added some color at the base of a petal with a ZIG Clean Real Brush Markers 024 Wine, 044 Deep Green, 036 Light Blue and then pulled the color throughout using a watercolor brush and water. Once the watercoloring was dry I ran it through the Big Shot with the Pretty Pink Posh Winnie & Walter Audrey Essentials Rectangle Die. Darice Sticky Back Foam was added to the back for added dimension.

The sentiment is a combination of stamping and die cutting. The stamped sentiment from Gina K. Designs Stitched Leaves was stamped on a scrap of pink cardstock with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with Gina K. Designs Detail White Embossing Powder using Marvy Embossing Tool. It was cut into a then strip and 3M 1/2″ Foam Tape. The Mom word was cut from mirror cardstock using the Lawn Fawn Cole’s ABC Die and adhered to the lower left of the card and the sentiment was adhered above.

A side folding cardbase was made from pink cardstock in my stash. The focal image was adhered to the front with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive. Raspberry Sequins were added to the font with Ranger Multi Medium Matte and the card was done.

CARD 2: This card was essentially the same with a little different because Distress Inks Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn, Broken China were used for watercoloring and the Pretty Pink Posh Scalloped Rectangle Die was used to cut the image. Pretty Pink Posh Clear Droplets were added for visual interest and the card was done.

PRODUCTS USED CARD 1:

Simon Says Stamp Bouquet of Thanks
Gina K. Designs Stitched Leaves
SugarPea Designs Mom Words Die
ZIG Clean Brush Markers: 024 Wine, 044 Deep Green, 036 Light Blue
Pretty Pink Posh Watermelon and Sweetheart Mix Sequins
Gina K. Designs Onyx Black Base Weight Cardstock
Canson XL 140# Cold Press Watercolor Cardstock
Darice Sticky Back Foam
Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
Ranger Multi Medium Matte
Winnie & Walter Audrey Essentials Die

PRODUCTS USED CARD 2:

Simon Says Stamp Bouquet of Thanks
Gina K. Designs Stitched Leaves
Lawn Fawn Cole’s ABC Dies
Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn, Broken China
Pretty Pink Posh Clear Droplets
Gina K. Designs Onyx Black Base Weight Cardstock
Canson XL 140# Cold Press Watercolor Cardstock
Pink Cardstock from Stash
Darice Sticky Back Foam
Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Watercolored Mother’s Day Card 2

Since this was not an embossed image it was necessary to talk with the girls about the importance of not working on petals of the flower right next to one another. It was colored with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Markers026 Light Pink, 045 Pale Green, 048 Emerald Green. The color on the flowers was added to the base of a petal and then spread through with a watercolor brush. For the leaves the darker color was added to the veins and base and then the lighter color was used to meet that color and spread it throughout the leaf. Once the image was colored and dry it was run through the Big Shot with a Gina Marie Designs Loopy Rectangle Die, which add a beautiful border to the image. Darice Sticky Back Foam was added to the back for dimension when adhering to the front of a side folding A2 cardbase made from some pink cardstock I had in my stash.

Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Gold Sequins were scattered on the front, adhered with Ranger Multi Medium Matte and the card was done.

PRODUCTS USED:

Sparkle ‘n Sprinkle Beautiful Magnolia
Gina K. Designs Stitched Leaves
SugarPea Designs Mom Words Die
ZIG Clean Brush Markers: 026 Light Pink, 045 Pale Green, 048 Emerald Green
Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Gold Sequins
Gina K. Designs Onyx Black Base Weight Cardstock
Canson XL 140# Cold Press Watercolor Cardstock
Darice Sticky Back Foam
Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Watercolored Mother’s Day Card 1

I love this flower stamp from Clearly Besotted called Happily Ever After, and I really love the bright orange that was used to color it. ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Markers 036 Light Blue, 070 Orange, 044 Deep Green, 046 Mid Green were used. I added some color at the base of a petal and then pull the color throughout using a watercolor brush and water. Once the watercoloring was dry I ran it through the Big Shot with the Winnie & Walter Audrey Essential Rectangle Die. Darice Sticky Back Foam was added to the back for added dimension.

A top folding cardbase was made from orange cardstock in my stash. The focal image was adhered to the front with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive. Doodlebug Design Tangerine and Pretty Pink Posh Tangerine Sequins were add for visual interest and the card was done.

PRODUCTS USED:

Clearly Besotted Happily Ever After
Gina K. Designs Stitched Leaves
SugarPea Designs Mom Words Die
ZIG Clean Brush Markers: 036 Light Blue, 070 Orange, 044 Deep Green, 046 Mid Green
Doodlebug Design Tangerine and Pretty Pink Posh Tangerine Sequins
Gina K. Designs Onyx Black Base Weight Cardstock
Canson XL 140# Cold Press Watercolor Cardstock
Tonic Gold Pearl Mirror Satin Cardstock
Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
Ranger Multi Medium Matte
Winnie & Walter Audrey Essentials Die

Mom I Love You Mother’s Day Card

I love the image from C. C. Designs DoveArt Studios Himalayan Poppy and decided to use it for my Mom’s Mother’s Day card this year. She loves red and so that is what I used to color this image with Copic Markers: R22, R24, R27, R29; YG99, YG97, YG95; BG000, BG0000.

Once coloring was done I die cut the image with the second largest Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Stackable Rectangles. Another rectangle was cut from Paper Accents Gold Mirror Cardstock 1/8” larger and both were adhered together using Be Creative Double Sided Tape. (I find this works best with the smooth surface of mirror cardstock.) Simon Says Stamp Script Mom was also cut from the same mirror cardstock and again from Darice Sticky Backed Fun Foam. I cut the foam with the sticky side up and find it works really well to add dimension to die cut words.

Darice Sticky Back Fun Foam was added to the back of the focal image rectangle and then it was placed on a top folding A2 cardbase made from Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock to determine where to stamp the secondary sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Mother’s Day, which was stamped underneath the focal image rectangle on the right. The focal image was then adhered to the cardbase with Tombo Mono Multi Glue. Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Gold Sequins were scattered on the card front.

I thought the card was done at this time, but the more I looked at it I just felt that it needed something more. I had just watched a YouTube video about adding shading to Copic colored images with colored pencils and decided to give it a try. I used my Derwent Inktense Pencil 0410 Hot Red to add shadows to the flower centers and liked it much better, but I still felt it needed something, so I pulled out my Sakura Gelly Roll Metallic Gold #551 pen and added gold dots to the flower stamen and finally felt like it was complete.

PRODUCTS USED:

C. Designs DoveArt Studios Himalayan Poppy
Gina K. Designs 120# Ivory Cardstock
Paper Accents Gold Mirror Cardstock
Darice Sticky Back Fun Foam
Sakura Gelly Roll Metallic Gold #551
Derwent Inktense Pencil 0410 Hot Red
Copic Markers: R22, R24, R27, R29; YG99, YG97, YG95; BG000, BG0000
Simon Says Stamp Script Mom
Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Gold Sequins
Ranger Multi Medium Matte
Tombo Mono Multi Glue
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Stackable Rectangles