Florals & Flutterbys for Mothers Day

I don't know about you, but I find that florals and butterflies are always a winner no matter what the occasion and appeals to such a wide spectrum of ages, and when it comes to selling cards, I think this is quite important. Hooray for cutting dies - how did I manage without them I often ask myself ;)
But Mothering Sunday will soon be upon us - March 30th in the UK, and I have a vintage & craft fayre coming up on the 23rd March so hopefully I will sell a few there. Otherwise I will be knee deep in mothers day cards but then I can always change them to birthday cards I guess!!

The card below is an aperture tri fold card by docrafts / papermania with a clear acetate window, an embossed white card behind, and is approx. an A5 size in the closed position. I really like these trifold card blanks as it enables you to hide all the tape and glue etc resulting in a neat finish / inside to the card.
Card recipe is below and as always, thank you for stopping by, any and all comments are hugely appreciated. xx

 

Card recipe:

Trifold aperture card blank from Hobbycraft

Clear acetate

Silver linen card (for the flourishes)

Holographic silver card (for the butterflies)

Dusky pink roses from hobbycraft

Silver grey silk flower from a hairslide bought at Primani (Primark)

Flourish die by Cheery Lynn & Butterfly dies by Cheery Lynn and Spellbinders

Embossing folder  is Venus Crest from Couture Creations

Jems Designs to the rescue - Man's card!!

Unless you have a selection of card making sets specifically for men from companies such as Hunkydory, making a 'Man's Card' is never easy I find, mainly I guess because as a general rule frou-frou such as lace, bows, gems and flowers is not on the agenda lol!!
But Jems Designs have some gorgeous cd roms specifically with mens themes and their images are so vibrant in colour - wonderful! This is an A5 single gatefold card commissioned this month for a Dad's 80th Birthday. The lady had obtained a 1934 old penny and wanted this incorporated on the card as an embellishment. I do hope you like it and the card 'recipe' is given below.

Thanks for stopping by and as always, your comments will be appreciated. xxx

Front view

Side view

 

 

Card Recipe

 

2 sheets of adorable scorable card stock

Matt gold card stock (for matting and layering on the main card and the toppers)

(Sage) Linen effect Bazzill card stock

2 sheets of vintage backing papers from an old Hunkydory card kit.

All toppers were created using the Cardz 4 Men cd rom by Jems Designs

Cogs and wheels are by Jim Holtz and the Happy Birthday is a diecut made with a die from Tattered Lace







Easel style card with spider web netting

This isn't the first time I have used spider web netting in my card making, but I usually use it as an embellishment in place of ribbon or lace. With this card, I have used the netting to create the background and have to say that I was rather pleased with the result and will definitely be doing it again. The cerise mirror card is a very vibrant colour and I wanted to 'tone it down a bit', and I think the white netting has done just that and also given the background a crackle ice effect too.

This particular Mothers Day card is a 6" square scalloped easel style (card blanks are from Hobbycraft), the foliage and flourish dies are all by Cheery Lynn. The vine design embossing folder used here is by embossilicious and the orchid was found attached to a hair slide in my local pharmacy along with two others.

Card in the open position

Side view

and finally, card in the closed position.

 

I do hope you like the card and would love to hear what you think of the spider web netting.

As always, thank you for stopping by, I appreciate you taking the time and all comments are welcome. xx