Mother’s Day is sneaking up on us (as does everything!). Have you made a Mother’s Day card for your mom or the other females in your life who are mom’s?
We made this easy card in classes this week. One of the gals made about 6 of them….sisters-in-law, daughter, sister. Then she sent me a text when she got home saying she forgot to make one for her mother-in-law and her step mother-in-law! Ha!
Many of my customers liked this card but their mothers were no longer with us so I showed them how they could easily change this card up to just be a lovely floral card.
In this stamp set the pot of flowers and the sentiment are all one stamp so it makes it easy to get everything lined up in the first card. For the second card I showed my customers how to easily mask the sentiment so it wouldn’t get inked up and stamped. I first trimmed down the small piece of Whisper White cardstock and the small piece of Flirty Flamingo cardstock. To mask the sentimentI took a couple of sticky notes and placed them over the sentiment on the stamp. Then I took my ink pad and inked up the pot of flowers on the stamp. I did end up with ink on the sticky note but that’s ok. Remove the sticky note and stamp your image on the cardstock. Easy Peasy!
Masking is a great way to make your stamps more versatile as in this case. Without thinking of masking the sentiment many people would have just thought….”I don’t like this stamp set because I don’t need to make Mother’s Day cards”.
The stamp set I used on this card is called “Just Because”. It’s a hostess set from the Occasions Catalog. A Hostess Set is one you can only purchase (at a specially reduced price) if you host a qualifying party or make a purchase of at least $150.
I like this stamp set because I can use my Stampin’ Blends on it to color the images yet they were small. I still get a little intimidated when I try to color large areas. Practice makes perfect though so I’ve just got to stick with it.
Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping! Don’t forget to make (and send) those Mother’s Day cards! 🙂