Aussie Scrap Source

quick 'n easy cards: mothers day

With Mother's Day just around the corner here in Australia, the magical Miss Mel has put together a series of cards perfect to make for your mum on her special day (or get the kids to make one for you - they'll love playing with your Glimmermist!)

 

For this series of cards, Mel has used one of the Hero Arts card packs that we stock at Aussie Scrap Source.  They are available in a variety of colours with each pack containing 10 acid free cards with matching envelopes perfect for those different special occasions. The cards are coloured on the outside and crisp white inside, just right to hand record your message.

 

 

 

The new range of Glimmer Mist sprays are perfect for cards. Lightly spray a colour over the entire front of your card (as Mel has demonstrated here using Pink Bubblegum) to create a beautiful working surface. Add a Jenni Bowlin die cut journaling card (butterfly), some Heidi Swapp bling and colour in the edges of the butterfly to match the Glimmer Mist. Add a special message to Mum using Hero Arts Basic Lowercase Letters.

 

 

Create an attractive card with a little layering.  Here Mel has used a Heidi Swapp flower as her base, adding a Basic Grey Sultry chipboard flower and a Basic Grey button on top to complete the dimensional feel of the card.

 

 

 

Add an older photo of your Mum to her card this year for something really special.  Fold a smaller sized Heidi Swapp flower in half directly underneath the photo, adhere into position and add some bling for a soft, pretty feel.

 

 

Pamper your Mum and create a cute little pocket on her card to hold a tea bag or coffee satchel.  Mel has stitched the pocket into place and added a splash of glimmer mist (Pink Bubblegum) and BasicGrey ribbon before attaching her main message to the card - enjoy!

quick 'n easy: cards

another selection of cards from the lovely melissa goodsell ... she has some great new ideas for fast but lovely handmade cards.

 

Mel has used her all time favourite journaling stamp (Quotes background) combined with some Basic Lowercase letters to put together a card with a personalised message for a friend. To add a finishing touch the Tim Holtz texture hammer was used on the Heidi Swapp chipboard heart to achieve a dimpled appearance and then lightly sanded to give a nice mix of white and red.

 

 

An easy way to use up those left over embellishments is to cut out a small series of 3cm squares, ink the edges and combine a mix of accents with some hand stamped messages. Mel has the 'small greetings' boxed set again to create this fun and funky birthday card.

 

The Sassafras Lass die cut trims are perfect for stamping that special message on and adhering as a main feature of your card. Mel has used pop dots behind the die cut trim to add dimension to the card and added a selection of small French knots around the outer edge. The stamp used here is 'Fabulous Birthday'.

 

     

The 'Playful Animals' set contains a sweet bear, elephant, monkey and lion stamp, fantastic for scrap booking projects or birthday cards. For this get well card Mel has stamped the monkey directly onto a plain piece of paper, hand cut out the design and swung the monkey from a Basic Grey diet cut tree (Mellow die shapes). The get well stamp is from the 'small greetings' boxed set.