We Create May Blog Hop Mother May I?

Welcome to the We Create May Blog Hop with our theme this month, "Mother May I?" With Mother's Day coming up soon, our Design Team will be sharing projects and ideas to help inspire you to create your own beautiful projects for this special occasion and beyond.

For my card design, I wanted to create a card that was not your traditional Mother's Day card. We have so many women in our lives that are mothers but not necessarily our own mother. Wouldn't it be great to recognize them with their own special card and show them the love in our hearts for all they do. Maybe it's a daughter or daughter-in-law, a sister, a close friend or someone else that you feel deserves to be celebrated. So for my card design, I chose one of the images from the new Hearts & Hugs Bundle from the new 2024-2025 Annual Catalog, which launched today. I paired it with two of the brand new 2024-2026 In Colors to show how these beautiful colors can help you create a sweet and heartwarming card design. For this design, I chose Petunia Pop as my main color and Pretty In Pink as my accent color. I also chose Gray Granite to color the badgers and I think it adds a wonderful contrast to the bright colors. 

Products Used:

Hearts & Hugs Bundle (item #163667)

Everyday Details Dies (item #162864)

2024-2026 In Color 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #163777)

Petunia Pop Cardstock (item #163801) 

Pretty In Pink Cardstock (item #163793)

Pretty In Pink Classic Ink Pad (item #163807)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154886)

Pretty In Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #163824)

Pretty In Pink 3/8" Bordered Ribbon (item #163784)

2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems (item #163781)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Petunia Pop Cardstock

Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Pretty In Pink Cardstock 

Sentiment Label die cut with the Everyday Details Dies

5 Small Hearts die cut with the Hearts & Hugs Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Large Detailed Circle die cut with the Everyday Details Dies

Hugging Badgers image stamped and die cut with the Hearts & Hugs Bundle

Petunia Pop Designer Series Paper 

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

The new 2024-2026 In Colors are simply gorgeous and I had a hard time deciding which color combination to go with for this card design. In the end, I thought the combination of Petunia Pop and Pretty In Pink worked best for this occasion but I do encourage you to explore combining some of the other colors to come up with your own comibnations. I really liked the striped Petunia Pop design for my background and how it makes the focal design pop. I chose to use the hugging badgers image from the Hearts & Hugs stamp set because it made me think of a mother hugging her child. I colored the badgers with the Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Markers and used the Light Pretty In Pink Stampin' Blends Marker for their noses. I die cut them out using the coordinating Hearts & Hugs Dies. I used the largest circle from the Everyday Details Dies to create the focal background and I stamped the triple hearts image several times towards the top using Pretty In Pink Classic ink and then colored them in with the Light Pretty In Pink Stampin' Blends Marker. I added the badgers to the circle using Stampin' Dimensionals, placing them towards the bottom of the circle to allow the stamped hearts to show above them. I added a piece of Pretty In Pink Bordered Ribbon around the center of the Petunia Pop Designer Series Paper layer, attaching the ends to the back. I added this layer to the card base and then added the circle over the ribbon with Stampin' Dimensionals, centering the circle on the card front. For the sentiment, I stamped the image onto the Pretty In Pink sentiment label I die cut with the Everyday Details Dies. I attached the sentiment label to the bottom right side of the card front so that it slightly overlapped the focal circle, underneath the badger's feet. To embellish the card design, I added several small hearts die cut with the Hearts & Hugs Dies to the top right and bottom left corners of the card front. I also added two of the Petunia Pop Shimmer Gems to the corners of the sentiment label for a touch of bling. I think this card design would be perfect not only as a sweet Mother's Day card from the heart but for so many other occasions. Who wouldn't love to receive this adorable card? 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to create your own beautiful projects for the special women in your life. Whether you create a card for your own mother or for a special woman in your life who is an amazing Mom, there are so many wonderful ways to celebrate this special day. Make sure to check out the amazing new products in the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog and explore the beautiful new 2024-2026 In Colors. 

Now it's time to visit Kimberley's blog and see what she has to share with us. Just click on the Next button below to visit her blog. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. 

Roll Call List

Kimberley Morris

Lisa Cunningham

Linda Moore

Tricia Butts

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Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
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