Our challenge at Cardz4galz is for a Mother’s Day card and I hope this inspires you to join us with your own creations. Generally I don’t make Mother’s Day cards these days, as my mom passed away a long time ago and so did my hubby’s mom, so I don’t have a reason to make them. But I do have a friend who asked me to make her mom a card so this is what I did for her.
The folder is an unbranded 3D one I’ve just acquired. It makes a lovely impression. I was playing around a bit with inks in the folder and initially didn’t get the ink onto the correct part of the folder so this piece came out with a slightly grungy background. I liked it although it wasn’t what I had planned, but I needed more colour so I used the same inks, but this time brushed the colour where I wanted it on the raised impression. The pink wasn’t quite pink enough so I went over it again with a darker ink and liked the result much more. I also wanted some shine so I dusted the entire panel with Perfect Pearl powder and spritzed a little mist to set it. After edging the panel with a black border I wound some thread around it and then glued it to the card front. The sentiment is from a very old CTMH label set and using Versamark I stamped the circle and the center. Then I heat embossed with Recollections Copper. Used a Hero Arts infinity die to cut the circle and added it as you see in the photo.
Because I was messing around with the folder I have several others ready to go for other cards. Thanks for taking a look and I always value your comments. Have a great day wherever you are.
Lavender House Creations 
Beautiful card! I do not make Mother’s Day card either. Hopefully many people will participate in the challenge.
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Thanks and I hope so as the last 2 didn’t appeal to many so less entries than usual. I really like this folder and have done a few using it.
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This is GORGEOUS!! Love the way you added the ink – loosely on background and then more concentrated on the flowers and leaves. Love the colors you chose as well!
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Thanks. In a way it happened by accident as I didn’t ink the folder properly. Sometimes beautiful results occur when something doesn’t quite work at first.
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It’s a lovely card. I really like how your inking came out.
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Funny how a perceived mistake turns out so well in the end. Thanks
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Gorgeous card. The embossing folder and the soft inking is really pretty. I only send Mother’s Day cards to my daughter and daughter in law. I guess I better make them.
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Thanks – I suppose if I had kids I would still be making them but now both our parents are gone there is no point.
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Beautiful!!! Your inking really made a gorgeous background.
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Thanks. I really like this one myself.
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This is lovely. A great use of colour on the embossing folder, and adding more afterwards for more colour and definition. xx
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Thanks. I’ve really enjoyed playing with this folder. Each card slightly different and all very pretty.
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