Mother's Day Cards

I made some Mother's Day cards today. Used Stampin' Up's Watercolor Minis, Lots of Lavender and Wreath of Roses stamp sets. The feathery leaf stamp is by Judith. The embossing folder, Flowers & Leaves from Spellbinders, was a little too thick for my 2 B plates/Cuttlebug. So I used one C plate, a piece of sheet metal flashing and a medium thickness piece of paper. I really like the floral design on this Flowers & Leaves embossing folder.

Materials used: twine and some old Hero Arts plastic sequins.  

Inks:

Distress wilted violet, wild honey, 

Distress Oxide worn lipstick,

Stampin' Up wild wasabi

Here's a similar card with a yellow background.

I tried adding stems from the Lots of Lavender set. Not sure that worked well. 

Inks:

Distress wilted violet, abandoned coral, scattered straw, wild honey

Memento tuxedo black

Stampin' Up wild wasabi

Here is another slight variation.

Inks:

Distress wilted violet, spiced marmalade, scattered straw

Distress Oxide worn lipstick

Stampin' Up wild wasabi

Thanks so much for visiting!

Hope you make someone's day!

Flower Cards

Made these flower cards with two Stampin' Up! sets:

Lots of Lavender and What I Love.

This card and the next were inspired by Lee Ann Greff's card here (pinterest link)

Here is the inside of the card.

Used white Georgia Pacific cardstock. The green layer may be a Stampin' Up paper, but I don't know for sure.
Inks: Stampin' Up!-going grey, almost amethyst, wild wasabi, certainly celery

Ranger-jet black
Stamps:  Lots of Lavender by Stampin' Up!

and sentiment stamp by Savvy stamps
Hero Arts plastic sequins applied with acrylic medium.

Variation using orchid opulence ink (SU).

Sentiment from an old SU set called Simple Sketches.

Here is the inside of card.

This card was inspired by Marie-Josée Trudel's card (pinterest link).  I used google translate and learned from the comments that Maria-Josée white embossed some flowers before stamping. She used watercolor paper. I used white matte coated cardstock from Ranger. It held up well and didn't warp with the embossing and applications of water/aqua brush to blend the inks. To get my splatters I applied the pine needles ink pad directly to my craft sheet, added water from my aqua brush, then flicked that ink across the layer.

Inks: Distress-pine needles, broken china, tumbled glass, shabby shutters
Ranger-jet black  for sentiment stamp from Stampendous
Sponged the paper banner with broken china ink

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit! Wishing you a wonderful week ahead!