Blooming Mother's Day Card w/ Lynda Kanase's Card in Box Flower Basket Die

Hello, Crafty Friends!! 

Where has the time gone? It's Mother's Day tomorrow and for today's project, I have a tutorial for this gorgeous card I created for my mom using Lynda Kanase's Flower Basket Box Card die! 

I know what you're thinking... wait a minute, this isn't a box card! And you are absolutely right!! This card was made by using components included in the box card die set that make it super versatile. Let me show you how...

Supplies Used

Lynda Kanase Card in a Box- Flower Basket (Sizzix)

Big Shot Machine (Sizzix)

Sea Glass Paper Pad (Craft Smith)

Mixed Media Paper (Strathmore)

White Cardstock (Recollections)

Eileen Hull ColorBox Blends Inks- Sunshine, Golden, Leaf, Frog, 

Nutmeg, Uniform, Flagstone, Ebony (Clarsnap)

ColorBox Archival Dye Ink- Wicked Black (Clarsnap)

Awesome Family (Pink and Main)

Mega Runner (Xyron)

Scissors 

Stylus

Paper Trimmer

Acrylic Block

Clear Drying Liquid Glue

Self-Adhesive Rhinestones

I started by making my card base.  I've been on a #10 card kick for a while. I think they are way more interesting than a boring 'Ol A2 card and it doesn't cost extra to send through the mail since they fit into a standard letter-sized envelope. So, YES, #10 cards are my jam!

To make the card base I used the following measurements...

White Cardstock Card Base- 9 1/4"x 7 3/4"

Striped Patterned Paper-

Green Geometric Pattern Paper- 

If at first glance you don't fall head over heels in love with this set, this right here may change your mind. This is the die-cuttable window die that comes included in the set. What is so awesome about this particular die is that it has no outer cutting edge, so it just cut out all those tiny little diamond shapes. And because of this, you can use this die to cut out one continuous background pattern. Which is what I did here to create this trellis for my flowers to climb.

Simply line up the die flushed against one side of your paper then die cut. Remove the die cut pieces, poke out any that didn't fall out, and reposition your die. Use the previous cut marks to line up the die for easy alignment. By using the previous cuts holes, you can make your pattern as long or as wide as you like! How flipping cool is that??!!

I trimmed the paper down and gave it a 1/4" lip one side and jagged edge and randomly cut edge on the other. 

 Then, I used my Xyron Mega Runner to adhere may card base together with my patterned papers and trellis onto my card.

Next, I die-cut Lynda's gorgeous flowers and leaves from this die set from Strathmore Mixed Media paper. This paper is very substantial, very thick, it is a 140lb weight,  and holds up amazingly to wet mediums. 

 I used Eileen Hull Blends to shade all my die cuts.

For the leaves, I used Leaf, Frog, Golden, and Nutmeg.

For the larger flowers, I used Uniform, FLagstone, and Ebony.

And for the smaller flower, I used layers of Sunshine.

 To give my flowers shape, I used my Stylus to make fine lines and crease on the backside of my flowers. Then on the front, I used the bigger ball on my stylus to roll a pitted center. Then attached my beads and rhinestones to the centers.

I arranged my leaves and flowers onto my trellis as desired. Then when I was happy with their placement I adhered them down using a clear drying glue, always starting with the leaves because those need be tucked under the flowers.

Then, using an acrylic block and I used the words "to an" and "mother" leaving an evenly spaced gap.

And on a separate piece of patterned paper, I stamped the word "Amazing" then hand cut it out leaving a thin border around the word. Then added foam adhesive to the back of the word and fitted it gap I left between the " to an" and "mother".

And here is my finished card...

I really love how this card turned out and I can't wait to give it to my mom and see her reaction. 

I hope this card inspired you to make something beautiful for your mom, not just for Mother's Day but for ANY DAY!

If you want to see more amazing projects made with Lynda Kanase's Card in a Box Flower Basket Die set, Check out my awesomely talented design team sisters on their blogs!! Their projects are sure to knock your socks off!!

Pam Bray

Karen Aicken

Amanda Stevens

Danieal Costa

Lynda Kanase

THANK YOU so much for stopping by!!

Until next time...

HAPPY CRAFTING!!

~Mitsyana 

Mother's Day Chocolate Flower Arrangement

Hello Crafty Friends! I'm back again with another "flowery" project! 

As you all know, Mother's day is on May 10th... that just gives you a week to come up with something ultra fabulous for dear ol' Mom. Anyone can buy flower arrangements but how many people can say they actually made their mom flowers?! Probably not that many... So this Mother's Day why not make your mom an awesome assortment of chocolate flowers?!

Tools and Supplies Needed

Cut'n'Boss Machine 

Teresa Collins Pocket Dies- Girls Best Friend Collection- (You'll need the FLOWER dies and BOW die from this set)

Cardstock

Flower Pot ( I used an 7" pot)

Styrofoam ball( I used a 6" ball)- cut in half

4" Styrofoam Block

15 pc. of Chocolate ( I used Ferrero Rocher but little Dove square will also work)

Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks

Stylus

Wax Paper

Scissors

Optional

eBrush and Markers

The following sandwich was used to cut my paper with my dies:

From Bottom to Top

D Plate

A Plate

Magnetic Platform

Die

Paper

Metal Platform

A Plate

I used the Biggest of my flower dies and cut out 2 pieces for each flower. Making it a total of 30 LARGE flowers.  

And with my BOW die (not the tails) I cut my green cardstock to make...

 LEAVES... And the great thing about using this die is that it cuts 2 leaves at a time. Also, because the Teresa Collins Dies are made heavy duty I can cut them a  few layers at a time.

I cut them down the middle and shaped the cut end to a point, making my bows resemble leaves. You will need 2 leaves for each flower, plus additional leaves to use as fillers. I cut an extra 10 just for this, making it a total of 40 leaves.

Back to the flowers...

I made cuts about an half an inch cut between each petal cutting toward the center. This gave my flower separate petals while still keeping my flower whole.

I like my flowers to very detailed and when possible try to make them look as realistic as possible.

With my ebrush and markers I airbrushed my edges along my flower to give them more depth. I also did this same technique around the edges of my leaves as well.

With my stylus and with the help of some wax paper and a rubber mouse pad I formed my flowers into bowls by rubbing my stylus in a circular motion around my petals.

I then hot glued them in place so the bowls would hold their shape. I used 2 flowers, 2 leaves, and 1 chocolate (for the center) for each complete flower. For this project I used 15 flowers.

I cut my styrofoam  block to the size of my pots and then glued it into my pot. I then glued my half a styrofoam ball on top of that.  I then glued in my flowers to my ball base. First starting with the bottom layer and working my way in.

At this point glued in my additional leaves where there were open gaps, covering any exposed styrofoam.

 I decided at the last minute to make a matching card to go with my Mother's Day gift...

It came together very quickly... I used a couple more extra leaves and cut out 2 medium flowers and 2 small flowers from the scrap pieces of paper I used to make the large flowers. Repeated the same "bowling" of my flowers and created a mini flower to match my bouquet.

I attached my mini flower to a piece of craft cardstock I embossed with the Teresa Collins Diamond Motif embossing folder. I then stamped and cut out my sentiment using Pink and Main's Super Mom stamp set and then I adhered all my pieces together.

My Result... A gift that looks good enough to eat... literally!!

I hope you enjoyed my Mother's Day Chocolate Bouquet!!

See you again next time!!

~ Mitsy

Mother's Day Cards

Sorry, for some reason this did not post yesterday... oh well, anyhoo....

Good Morning & Happy Mother's Day Crafty  Friends!!!

Today I'm sharing with you 2 Mother's Day cards. I made them for the 2 most important ladies in my life, my mother & mother-in-law. 

The first card is the card I made for my mother. And, the second is for my mother-in-law. You may notice that neither card has a sentiment on front. There are a couple reasons why I do this. 

One is because a lot of times I make cards on a whim and add them to my "stash" that I keep on hand that I can thumb through later.

Leaving them blank gives you more freedom on when & to whom you want to give them. If I labeled both these cards Happy Mother's Day then I would definitely have to give them to 

A. a mother and 

B. on Mother's Day. 

By leaving my cards blank I can expand card giving areas to (just by looking at them, based on theme) Easter, Spring, or just an everyday type card... maybe even birthday( depending when the recipient's birthday is). 

Reason two is sometimes I just like keeping the cheesy puns inside the card a surprise.

For this card I used Design on Cloud 9's Tulips file. 

I used the watering can from DC9's Garden Pixies file for this card.

Hope these inspire you to your own card stash...
Happy Crafting Everyone!