Happy Mothers Day

Just a very quick post to wish mothers everywhere a very Happy Mothers Day!  I have made cards for my two daughters and daughter-in-law, each one of them loving mothers to their families - and hope they enjoy their special day.  Here is one of those cards:

I have used Peony bouquet by Altenew for the stamp, which is a 3-4 step process.  I used one of the layers as a soft background panel, and used 3 layers for the flower.  I took advice from Therese (not given to me personally of course, but on a video tutorial - linked here ) and stamped the solid colour first, then the detail layer and then I could add the shading layer much more easily.  Thank you Therese for all your great hints!  I'm still using limited supplies, so made the most of the inks I had - a mixture of pink and red here.

Comments

  1. Viv7 May 2016 at 06:28

    Beautiful card Ann,just love that pretty Peony too 🙂 Viv xx

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  2. Viv7 May 2016 at 06:28

    Beautiful card Ann,just love that pretty Peony too 🙂 Viv xx

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  3. Anonymous7 May 2016 at 11:06

    So Pretty.
    Enjoy your Mother's Day too :)

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  4. Linda7 May 2016 at 12:11

    Great job Ann! I love the soft stamping in the background. Isn't it a fab set - I love it so much.

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  5. lostinpaper8 May 2016 at 18:17

    Such a beautiful design Ann, love the subtle colours and the background stamping is genius. Hope you had the loveliest of days x

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  6. Heather13 May 2016 at 07:21

    A gorgeous card Ann, a lovely design with a super border.......your image is beautiful, with fabulous stamped leaves and flowers with super details!!


    hugs
    Heather xx

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